The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-06-20

mittee be laid on table.
Mr.. Dole moved that it he ac-
cepted
Mr.. Nakaleka moved that it be in
definitely postponed.
Mr.. Aholo thought the committee
were not yet ready, the other mem
bers of the Cabinet ought to say
something.
Minister Kapena then spoke in Ha-
waiian for about half an hour, get
ting quite warm. fle evidently was
very nervous and trembled from
head to foot.
Minister Neumann said, he was
comparatively n stranger among
them, and was ungraciously re-
minded of it the other day but not
by one of the Hawaiian members,
1t is not necessary to be here more
than month to be MS well posted
as if he had been year. He came
here to engage in private business,
but it had pleased His Majesty to
appoint him to Cabinet Office. He
accepted the position and concluded
to look into the department, to which
he intended to strictly confine his
remarks. He found in accepting
this office that he had committed an
almost objectionable sin, crime
for which here is the indictment,
(holding up copy of the report,) }
but | except to the panel. There
never was in parliamentary history
an instance of all the minority hold
ING a grand jury inquest. The Pre-
sident in selecting the Committee
had done rs he thought best for the
country The Finance Committee
have the functions of a grand jury,
but they should do their work fairly
and without partiality. This ar
rangement may be without the result
the gentlemen wish for. Personally,
do not care, the report does not
affect me, they tlatter me by saying
my private practice is so lucrative,
can do without it. 1t was not the
duty of the Committee to sneak
round like jackals and see what
they could nose and sneak out, but
to seek out any abuses existing in
the Government. When the mem
bers have divested themselves OF
their hatred, they will be ashamed
of themselves. The report is 6
damaging document to them. / dc
not waive the point, | only arrived {
year agy, with all my newness,
say that the gentlemen who sent tho
report in have misunderstood thei
mission. There are gentlemen il
town much better versed in Ha
waiian law than myself, few O
them belong to the opposition. Th,
corruptness of the Ministry and how
it had betrayed its trusts had beel
commented upon by the papers, ant
the streets were full of it. IL
thought the report was more of al
indictment of the p. e. -40certiSe
than of the Ministry. The Ministe
then went on at considerable lengt
reviewing the different items in hi
: department which the Committe
had specially mentioned. Our Unite,
space causes us to be obliged to omi
this.
! Minister Gulick said he had nc
had long experience in official work
and need hardly state the circum
stances under which he took office
: He would be as brief as possible
, He then went on to comment on til
report with regard to immigration
J the Post office and the Road Super
, vising, which, he said, the Cabine
were painfully aware, was not sati:
factory, With regard to the itel
for telephones he would say they ha
been of great use to the department
and considerably used. There al
; many points | would like to refer tc
but they are of a similar nature.
Mr., w. O. Smith said the Con
nittec had sought faithfully an
| honestly to lay before the public
the expenditures of the country. W
are fully aware our report is only