The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-06-30
Lahsins (Mr. Kalua) passed, which


answered. If members of the Par
lament Of England were treated
in this way, the Ministry would
have vote of censure passed on
them before they knew what they
were talking about. II was time
either one of those resolutions was
answered to show the house the ex-
act position of this Government.
They wanted to appropriate enough
money to carry on this Government
for the next two years, but they did
not want to appropriate money I'M
less they knew that it was enough TO
pay the debts Of the Government,
and that the debts would be paid.
He therefore thought that this was
the only way IN which they could
get that statement, by refusing to
vote money till they got it. The
House Of Representatives has the
purse strings of this nation, and he
said they should not give this Gov
eminent one cent till it complied
with their request.
Rep. Kalua endorsed the resolu-
ton and remarks of the hon. MEM
Der for Kooauloa. He. did not
think he ever saw an Assembly
treated as this one. 1t made him
sick at the stomach to look at the
Ministry. Whenevera member got up
to ask questions, there was general
retreat of Ministers through that door.
Was it treating the house properly?
Just as soon as they reached the
appropriations in the Department of
INTERIOR the Minister was seen re-
treating. The Minister of Finance
had told him that the country's
bonded debt was s1,224,0OO, but
there was large amount due only
known in the Interior Department,
which he (the Minister of Finance)
did not know anything about. The
speaker had seen a paper the other
day, showing that there was one
+ debt of $3.50, 900 payable on demand.
Rep. Thurston was in favor of the
resolution not because he was opposed
to passing the Appropriation Bill or
progressing with the business. Every
member of the house knew that their
private business was suffering so
long as they were attending 70 legis-
lative duties. He favored the reso-
luton for the purpose of facilitating
the business of the house, and get
ting through earlier than they other
wise would. If they considered the
situation they would observe that it
was self-evident that they must have
that information if they were to
make any progress whatever. "A
main object for which the house
meets is to look into the financial
condition of the country and to
arrange for the finances of the king
dom for the next two years. If the
Government owed debts they had to
advise together to find means to
meet those debts. The debts of the
county were not debts of the Min
istry the Legislature owed them;
they were the debts of their consti-
tuents. He concluded with an
agument that common business
principles dictated that the house
should be fully informed of the
financial position of the country.
Rep. Kaulukou moved that the
consideration of the resolution be in
definitely postponed. 1t was very
evident that the Government was in
debt. The Minister of Finance in
his report said that the Government
debt was over million dollars.
There was the information. The
Mobiles absented themselves from
the house because they were sore
headed from the loss of office. The
Sergeant-at-Arms should serve a
warrant for the arrest of those
Mobiles.
Req. Aholo favored the resolu-
ton, which he thought good one.
Information should be given, but he
hardly thought the Appropriation
Bill should be postponed. The other
day they postponed the considcra-
ton of that bill for short time be-
cause the Minister of Interior was
not present. But to day the Minis
ter was there, therefore there was
nothing to prevent the consideration
proceeding. They were considering
items in the Interior Department,
and any information they wanted
the Minister would furnish. Every
one knew before the election that the
Government owed certain debts, and
there was great deal of talk about
that matter. The Minister of FL
nance in his report had stated what
the amount of Indebtedness was.
| (Rep. Dickey-It is not true.) He
heard someone behind him say it
was not true. He thought minority
of the Finance Committee made some
statement on that point, but prob
ably the Minister stated the debt so
far as he knew. If they postponed
the Appropriation Bill they would
prolong the session and hamper
some of the departments of Gov
eminent. The proper course was
for the house to proceed with the
Appropriation Bill and at the same
time consider the request from the
throne to reduce expenditures.
They owed a million dollars, but