Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-06-28

stress mas been made that
per cent. additional had been paid to tax as
,essois With regard to this district il was
thought little advance should bc made. as a
d large decrease in the taxation Of the city was
expected But the real estate was brought up
IN as to nearly cover the loss. still the minister
Of finance had made the raise, The chairman Of
the committee has made structures upon me
FOR having paid out Of Public funds for things
for coronation. As $4,000 was not sufficient,
a fund for incidental expenses was provided,
which was tantamount to $40 600 being pro-
vided by the assembly All the bills referred
to were TO provide proper celebration oi that
great event. the coronation. | was sorry TO
recognize in the charmans remarks, a strong
bitter expression towards myself. II was
surprise to me md regret its NANTES alton
Referring to the remarks made about Mir
Keau, he spoke OF them As q slur. only
spoke Of him a. the honorable member did Him
self spoke courteously and honorobly Of
the gentleman, and the honorable member
had no foundation for his misrepresentation.
With regard to the term ignoramus it is a
word oi his own invention In reply to he re
marks Of the president Of the assembly, |
make them in all Kindness to an honorcd and
valued friend | feel he was mislead or affairs
must have been misreprcsented to him. lie
made one remark which struck me painfully, in
that had obtained Information from one OF my
lieutenants. | deny having any leutentn,s, |
am no captain. ! am far from assuming such
authority. [Mr. Rhodes said he had reference
to Mr Webb, the Editor Of his paper. lie
refers to the boards of immigration and educa.
tiun and says my actions were 80 domineering
he could not remain The honorable gentle.
man was present when raise Of salary was
voted upon he voted against it. his objection
was that i, was too much to give TO ln,ly. |
felt sorry that my honorable friend carried such
an ungallant idea.
=" The resolution, which passed, authorized
the president in connection with the Inspector
general to raise certain salaries.
Mr.. Rhodes It is not SO.
Mr. Gibson then read two resolutions Of the
board, during which an alteration between
Messrs. Rhodes and Gibson took place. neces.
stating the chairman calling them to order.
Mr.. Gibson continued -" The honorable
gentleman said he had been his friend. lie
said my actions were insulting, but lha, we
parted company as friends. He regretted The
circumstances. II was not at time when he
was domineering, but when the clouds were
lowering II was on I4th Of last September
He had been accused Of CGsarism Their,
was no Cesarsm in his actions, but at such
time he felt like CrSar and said II IN BJUIe.
Yes, Mr.. Chairman, at that time, on tha, IaIi
Of September when the air was rife with I'll.
mors of change of cabinet, when it was con
sidered sure on all sides that they would b,
obliged to go out Of Office. II was at thai
darl, period when he did not appear to have
friend except his colleagues and His Majesty
God bless him. lie was an honest man, NJ
honorable and prudent man to leave sinking
ship. | would be glad to come TO n vote on thi
Z,
many respects, and move that il be received ant
laid on the table
Mr.. Keau Z" am one of the finance com
mittee and know the contents of the re
port | do not endorse the committee il
everything, yet | signed the report, KNOWN.
that the points did not agree 10 were onl,
mistakes. am going to talk on both side
to-day About my not being able to under
stand the English language, is true. had t.
be told by the committee and kept memoran
dums. Several things ! do not endorse he
cause | have no memorandums OF the same
| would ask the attorney. general il he had an,
authority to transfer SI2oo from his to tn
foreign office If he can't tell me, hav
been able to find out myself. 1t was this way
the four ministers got together and passed
resolution themselves. The committee exam
ined the marshafs Office for about twent
80 ,,,;,ta / ,b;rL III ~, or ,ha -,
- ;rna,,oct &C an ;,.n, Co, ,,;J saron
;,,i;.;oi ,.S,,, /. No, ,,an,;on.g' ~ +, ,e,', ,
r. h,,n fornd sori, viii The con,n,;,,s
-, So, ,t',' ';,,;s,.,,s h. ,.,,,J b;'h',
,s,I,, hu; rordrnns then 1o, ,r,,sG.rr;n
,,,o1i,s The comn,;,,ee in ,Sa;, r.,,n,, Il
no, ,sl ror The ministers in In, conden,,c,
They have not put the monies into their ow
ioocIe,S and have no, acted IN violation
hr,;cle re- n ,he Cons,;,n,;on
NI;n;s,or N.u,,o,, .. In Tho d,sc,ss,o, =
The rcno,t which i in every ,v,v incnmnlet
il has heen osked ne,,inentlv Iv lion NJ
y;den,,nn &c 10 ,,bo, r;at, H.. n,;n;s,r, ha
IN d;srose of npb,;c G,ndS ,Y;thou, The coose
If the leg;sla,ure | viii answer .s Nonr
h,v. ev,el,;ned matters II, ,ny oun dsn,,,,re,
10 ,he sat:slnction of The horsc, With reco,
10 he ,ransGsr oi SI,oo I VII, exn,o;n So1
a(ter wen, into Office A gentleman encar,
in dinloma,;c mission ;nlormed me ;C Non
s,.ns were no, ,al on in ,ea,,J 10 ,h,. s,sie
Affairs on Kauai; one oC The war vessels Of +
Government would have to come here Son
harm was exnected from Chinese and soc;e,i
had been Gn,ned Vba, IN do d;d N
lLpo,y Inn, on consultation with b;s mo;es
, in cahinc, counciI !, was decided IN end
, jicbt field niece TO sheriff Wilcox Kanai n,
. one IN sheriff Everett. on Mani nurchas,
horses fo, that sneci6c ,se and exnec,ed m,
would he trained bv some one who was ,her
Afterwards I decided M, 10 do anv,binc wi
lihosc ,bings I'm, wai, fo, ,he Legislature Fl,
the finance committee asked me / would ho
, mad. ,h;s sta,emen, y.
| Mr. " o. smith ~ did ask the minister
he viii onlv refresh his memory Col In,
was nresen, \, the ,imr and ihonob, !, dane,
E ons to mn, arms into such hands
N;nis,c, Nepmann ~ canno, rcmemb
4 the crcnms,anres I do know ,ha, The hon
e r,ble memher has cas-, 80 much r;dic,le an 4
monn,ed noI;cc. ,ha, I bec;n ,o feel lie hi,
E I, ,yould have been be,,er 10, he 6nanc,. 80,
. n,i,,.s IN ha,s corr. AMI aslsd me- .o',,,.,,
/. / claim under ,he annron,;a,;on ,c, ,Y,s n,
fec,i, ius,;6shle in pav;no on, ,b;s Money rs m
+. ia ios, a. much r,ob, a. 7 had ~ Inv ho,s
! and accou,,emen,. IInde, he oan Ac,
A was nsrEec,lv legitimate IN anno,t;nn for cer'o
5 's',npses anil ,fte, consrl,;na one oe ,h, ~,
0 aup,.,s in ,h;s Town go odYiseJ a.,
rloss Of ,he 6scol nerod go ooo was d,a,
+: from he money annronrsi,d for roads n,