The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-08-21

Washington. Now, they had appro-
prioted $4,000 for an Envoy to
that capitalize believed it was for
an experienced man--and he did not
/ think there was need for two men.
We are not rich enough for the
luxury of two ENJOYS to one capital.
As q matter of fact this item was
struck out of the list at the request
of His Majesty the King. 1t also
seems clear that His Majesty pre-
ferred his request without consulting
with his Ministers. If that was so,
ordinary selfrespect would-have in
duced those gentlemen to tender
their designations. When those re-
duced estimates of the Minister of
Finance were read before the House,
why did not the Attorney-General
get up and object to the eXcision of
that item. Why did not the rest of
the Cabinet at that time object to
it? BY their silence they approved
of it and made it their action. Since
the Appropriation Bill had been
recommitted there had been whole
month in which they might have
filed their objection to the sacrifice
of that item, yet they had not done
it. The whole circumstances show
that that was not mistake of the
Cabinet. 1t was done with deliDer-
alton and, as they many times had
done, they simply changed their
minds. In regard to private lobby.
ing at Washington he knew nothing
about it, but this Government had
nothing TO learn about lobbying,
and the insinuations that had been
made came with a bad grace from
member of this Cabinet. He thought
the true inwardness Of the attempt
to revive this item bore q relation to
the honorable member for Honolulu
(NIr. Kaulukou) himself. He (Mr.
K.) had love for travelling, es-
pecia'ly when lie could travel at the
expense of others. 1t may be that
the Cabinet do not wish for this
item at all. His Excellency had
made motion to have it reduced to
$1,000. The speaker could not look
upon it but as n private fund, pro-
posed, because the member for Ho-
nolulu wished to 90 somewhere.
Coming back to the request for
economy from His Majesty, he said
the Opposition had tried to carry it
out. This item was one of the
largest reductions that His Majesty
had asked them to make. If they
inserted this item and went on in
that way restoring everything that
had been reduced, it seemed TO him
to be treating His Majesty with dis
respect. All the readers of local
newspapers in this Islands and abroad
would decide that this House had no
respect for His Majesty and His
Majesty no respect for this House.
And they will think that his Cabinet
are doing their best to bring him
into disrepute with the public. For
the Ministry and their following
have strennously opposed his re-
quests-have ignored them. He had
been informed that this money was
desired for mission to the courts of
England and France and that the
Minister of Foreign Affairs desired
such mission, but that Minister
had informed him that such mis-
sion was not desired nor even thought
of As it was not wanted for that
purpose and not needed in Washing
ton, the only thing left, outside of
the plans of the members for Homo
lulu, was the matter of q cable be-
tween San Francisco and Australia,
in reference to which someone might
be sent to Victoria and matter of
that kind, however could be attended
to by letter, and if not, great COM
pany like the one in question could
afford to send its messenger here.
They were afraid to appropriate
large sums of money out of which
unimportant missions could be sent
to all parts of the world.
Mr.. Hitchcock deemed the ques-
ton to be whether any money ought
to be appropriated for foreign mis-
sions. He thought some appropria-
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