The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-09

Ir WAS 4 ra,vSt unfortur1ic earcunsStanee
that whcn the qceStsca wSS sSke1 a. 70
Nliristers voting ~ their oNn hehsh On a
rsckica - wsrt q ecnkdercSs the HOncr~
shle President thcpght thst be saw Sorne
Gaslcsy between the case bvcpSht befcre
hiua fcg dseiSscn- ard Scrns'N bat sirniisr
cas-, II the Parliament ~ the I nited hinS
dcra. Eeing nader the irlrr~Sscn thst
such snaloSy existed the Hon PreSsdent
dss,iis,d acc,r,haS tc his cccyictioss ard
permitted the Ministers q carry veryiict
" isvur u their oun administration. rhtS
unfortunate ruling mSy, Eost prvbGhly
Val h, tortured INTO prccedenh bet 3
Et;le examination iato the prsctsces of thc
two leGislatu-sS which ST, Cre al West.
munster a,d the other ~ Honcluln. Will
shcz hcx fesble are the Rnalogfes. ard
how widely diversen; the supposed par
Snels.
On the racrniHs e May 18Th, iS>t. the
lso3er cf ths OpccSitica IN the House Of
Commons, brucSht q a vCte uctcn u
cerSure cn the Government, The racticu
WIS detected ty Ministerial rnslcrity q
srczg-eiyA
On the eve-iuS q June 18Th 1884
rescluscr II Want u Couttis ace in The
MINISTRY was hrccsh. u q vOte N Homo
lulu. ard the raSclu..cn wSs defeated BY
the Ministers by 8 vote o twenty-five tc
JEerty-c1s.
Here the similarity q the two cases Be
s-irs ard ends. n these general fedtureS.
n details they are wholly dissiuilEy,
II the House q CCrt-c-s there Hre s-r
Cabinet Ministers n az actuL vCte q .iss
latd--,J liE sscclig-siyit members. IN the
z 4 -
Ministers l. ~ actual vote q f2rty-slr-
Il the House q Commons every Minis
Ter bss beer elected BY j constituency
subsequent u his acceptance q Cfbce. IL
the H1waiian Legislature Cns Minister
hsppens % be Noble, the other thCee are
neither Nehies cr Representatives, and q
then twc AZ merely uIturaLEed aliens,
ard q these two, ons Ct lsss than a year
residence.
Another wide difference between the
eyistcrzs e the Lesisi1tr-us IN England
and Z Hawaii = this The English r,sn
csr who sccepts any pCs5 Cr place under
CrcvernDeut. carrying with Il any form ef
u,,curia-y er,clurlers. thereby vscdses his
ssdt. though sllElcls f-r re-slectiCn. the
EaWaiian menber to- often expects. and
ACQUIRES Place and pay, and cf tbs cLass
l. the l11e Ministerial vote. This beng
The state q aSIirS ksre. the credit u the
IndspenGsr. members who voted accord
inS to their convictions ard pronounced
these Minister'S 10 b unworthy cf the con
Sierce q the country L the more 70 thsIr
credit.
HAVING pointed oui the extreme diver
sgnciss b,stween the rules Of the Hawaiian
ard British Legislatures. It must De re
srst5ed that any supposed similarity led
the President 20 decide is he did Ins9cd
t1th doubtless, but perhaps taken IN
aw1-ss, a pozslole precedsnt nay have
been established which may make No
reno. kuasa x Co. Cr d Gibson. kIpe11. I
L Co. absolute a-6iters Of the welfare Of
this ki1gyi0u-If the King permit.
To see the fur Ministers, with two ac-
eumr6ces II their Illegal acts, able 70 re- I
verse the vote curdsr1nir-S them. though
the condemnation WIS cuupIsts. and the
attempt at ezculpati0n futile. does not sly
u1ch for the satisfactory working x Rep
resentatIvg Institutions n tins kl1srign-
Evil dcinS, not BY lSrCru-ce Cr oversight
CT pressure Of emergency, but II Deliberate
calculation. and I1IcipJ-lCu q verdict
- be 0bta-ned by their Own votes. i what
these Ministers I-s proved guilty gf. and
they are mean enough d-c place hungry
enough 70 take advantage Of I1,-f the
King psrr1s.-1r submit.