Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-07-26
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In the heat Of debate between two
contcnding parties and pending the
decision OF an issue, we naturally look
ior = degree OF party feeling which, il.
not altogether abatcd. is nevertheless
materially lessencd when the question
has been once decided a very mate |
rial spur TO the feelings OF any dis
putant has been lost when an object
sought hl, been finally lost or gained, /
and no prospect for 81, rchcarlng
remains IN view With regard to the
want-of-conddcncc resolution lately
decided IN the legislative assembly
We may now discuss the results with
degree OF cdlmness not known when
auticipations ran high The case has
been in court and after an exhaustive
hearing on both sides verdict has
been rendered. from which, according
to time honurcd precedent there Is no
legal appeal. 1t is useless now to
quarrel with the result, however much
it may be dcplorcd II We have any
quarrel, it should be on principle and
according to no party lines. With
those who III party spirit may cNuIt
over technical victory, let what com
fort they may have taken to themselves
as consequence remain. But, speak
ing as men IN the enjoyment OF God.
given intelligence, we much doub, If
there are any. even OF the o,tensibly
victorious party who do not IN their
own hearts condemn the parliamentary
system which made the recent bare
victory a possibility That the voting
Of ones self in his own interest is a
thing repugnan to proper SENSE OF
common deCency, is a fact so well
established and so universally acknowl-
edged in the conduct OF public assem-
blies as to render argument upon the
subject superhuous. However well
such a thing may Comport with the
teachings OF political trickery, II could
no more commend itself to an honest
mind than would be the case if a Grim
inal on trial were allowed to vote wilhthe
Jury II is wrong, and every member
Of the present cabinet knows 1t. That
it has been done before by other cabinets
ON similar occasions might be sufficient
excuse for the. voting of the cabinet in
their own behalf, but it is no excuse ior
the ministry, OF any one else, voting
against a proposed amendment of the
rules OF the house whereby its recur
renee in the future would have beer
efleclualy prevented. The notice tol
Il ~ .g.l, .1Nfl
ment was manly one, and one
which could in no way be asCrlbeC
10 party feeling, as, whether the belle
be well founded OF not, 1t is nevertheless
general among the opposerS OF thu
present ministry that these men vii
not have another opportunity OF votlnl
again as they have done. Two year
is 4 long term for any cabinet to serve
under the present dynasty, and ii is ut
terly unlikely that the existing cablne
will be able to double for themselve
this more than usual period of oitlcia
existence 1t IS plain then that tn
proposed amendment was dictated b
common s1nse and common decenc
alone. and such will appeal to ever
man possessed OF either, ~ S>haN 9
such a measure regardless Of who ma
or who may not be in Office,
When we fairly contemplate what tn
exercise OF such privilege has rendere
possible, il is no wonder, II we wish io
the preservation OF law and order, ths
all intelligent persons should emphi
Size their protest against such thns
Ii has rendered possible the actual Icy
islatiye authorization OF Illegal and VI
constitutional acts acts SO dnectl
contravening not only the spirit OF ou
constitution and laws, but the very IL
Ter also those laws and that constn,
ton, which, as was said by the Hol
w. q. Smith, were all that kept tn
sovereign from becoming tryant an
his subjects from becoming rebels
The 9Th and 18th articles of the col
stilution fagrantly have been broke
by the present ministry, while II
avoidance and actual violation OF sue
laws as We're repugnant to their deslgl
have been matters OF common occu
renee. So plainly have these fac
been shown that the ministry have bee
unable to deny them, and
many instances have not attempted
TO do but have been content to re
for their Justification upon a majori
vote, which, without their own, wou
never have been such. They ha'
broken the provisions OF the loan AZ
the coinsge act, the audit act, Il
law of transfers, and the Law 20
erning the disposal of governme
lands, not TO speak of the numerous
fragments OF the common law ma,
by individuals OF their number b
with such things staring them IN q
face and incapable OF contradiction,
majority of the Legislature sees lit
justify the present system, What do
this mean, unless 1t be that the prese
legislature OF the Hawaiian Islands h
openly declared to the world It's o'
mti,ness 10 perform the duties requlr
Of lis members by their offices : WI
does such thing amount to but
virtual declaration tha, a Legislature
no, needed. and that ministers ha
powers superior TO the legislature,
laws, and the very constitution, Il
the people have no rights and thereto
no need OF representation Is 1t !
time to mend our ways' The man "
cannot see the end, il such course is
he persistently pursued, is only a dc
and he who cries for the "oliye branc
while such things exist, must be ell
fool or knave.
The insufiiciency OF the audit a
and the inethciency OF the audit
were very clearly shown in the trans
of funds which prccipilaied the rec,