The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-07-14
AN ANSWER TO ACTIONS LETTER.

AN ANSWER TO ACTIONS LETTER.
EDITOR BULLETIN Your cores
pondent who signs himself "Action,"
and who suggests the names of
future Ministry, evidently is a green
hand, for the idea that any election
would influence q change is fall
lacy, that is long exploded. The
names he suggests are good, as far
as they 60. But the first name
should be Sam. G. Wilder-not as
Foreign Minister, but as Minister
of the Interior, for which he is so
eminently fitted, and make that Of
flee the Chief Minister or Premier.
The farce of oar Foreign Minister
being Premier is Cor ought to beg
played out. Let him be, as formerly
in the good old days, Secretary-at-
War, &C.. &c. But really only to
keep up correspondence with other
nations, and be one of Council of
four Ministers who give advice, &c. !!
The reason l advocate this idea is
that the Interior Department is the
great outlet and controlling power
of the Kingdom, and is now more
than any average man can handle.
The same could be divided up in
certainly four or five different bu-
reaus to great advantage to all con-
cerned, and the reason place Mr..
S. G.. Wilder as THE man is the fact
of what he has done, when Minister,
for which by the way he never got
word of thanks, either from Gov
ernment, the press, or the people.
Who brought water down from Ma
kiki valley, and made lots on the
Plains worth $1,000 each, which
before were worth almost nothing,
and which, now they are built on,
bring in to Government, in taxes
and water rates, something very
large? Who built the bridge, &C.,
leading down to the Kapiolani Park
making lots, &C., there valuable,
whereas before they were not worth
spending cent on even to fence in.
l could name great many other
things - Marine Railway, Hawaii
Railway, &C., &C., but they are all
known to our community and need
no comment. lie is the MAN.
Regarding Mr.. Marques being n
future Minister, all l can say is,
Why? and as Mr.. Action puts him
.frst-is it because he can talk
several languages or is very great
favorite correspondent of your
paper.
Mr.. Godfrey Brown has, no doubt,
great abilities, but l would prefer,
as l think nearly all of us would,
Mr.. j. o. Carter. 1t is needless to
enter into his record or to question
his abilities.
The man for Attorney General
should be good criminal lawyer,
and one whom the Government
could trust for all opinion on other
matters, and man above the petty
tricks of ofIice-who would attend
to his business and not let deputies
act for him on Circuit-such a man
would be Mr.. Sandford B. Dole.
"The first shall be last" and 1
now come TO Foreign Minister, the
most useless (practically) Minister
we have, but it may want now a
man who can write lot of letters
to other powers, which mean no
thing and answer letters of the same
calibre for this Office. / know of
no one, unless some newspaper man.
l leave that to the Chief Minister
sin future" to select.
These names l suggest. l am in
great doubt if any one of the three
would take Office (big fools if they
do) and certainly only for the
general good, to save the ship, be-
fore it is too late. A great many
names could be cited as fit and good
men to take office-C. II. Bishop,
A. j. Cartwright, j. l. Dowsett, w.
w. Hall, III. Waterhouse, &C., &c. +,
but would any one of these enter
tain the idea, one moment?
If we wait for election to do any
thing, it will only be another great
mistake-2S members vs. 20 mobiles
and four Ministers, and the King to
veto,