The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-02-01
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orInaton a-oea 10 repIy TO the charge Iia'
$23. 600, of a total alleged expenditure OF
800 600 for expenses connected with the
smallpox epidemic of 1881, had been I'M
accounted for 1t could make no de-
Tense. Mr.. C. r. Bishop did the best he
could to help his friends over the stlle OF
official delinquency, by suggesting that
the money was probably spent for
oranges, lemonade and the like. 1t was
a lame excuse, but it was better than |
none. The money was gone, and the
Minister of the day might have asked, as
Boss Tweed did under the pressure OF
similarly adverse facts: 3" What are you
going to do about it % The Legislature
did nothing about it, and the Treasury
remained short that amount.
The daily libel is unjust to the small
pox-lemonade Administration. 1t did not
loan any money to Bishop & Co., whose
name has been dragged into this contro-
versy by the Opposition organ. Ii 1t hao
it would have been better for the coun-
try, because although the act might have
been illegal, the money would have peen
safe. It did much worse. 1t made away
with 500, 600 of the smallpox expendl-
ture of 100000 it also made away
with $147 900 to $148, 900 of the new Pal
ace expenditure, and $4,000 approprla-
ton for the Pail road. This is only a
trifie of 500, 900 taken out OF the public
treasury by the Administration in ques-
ton for which no voucher was produced,
and no explanation that could satisfy
any one was ever given.
This is not our statement. 1t Is the
state of facts disclosed upon the lace o.
the public records; and it is state o
facts which presents the average imam
cial management OF the Opposition whel
it was the dominant party in the KING
dom. and had what might be called
continuous Ministry. A change in tn
nersonneI of the Government meant II
change of policy or methods until tn
Gibson Administration took office.
Not a word about the Palace accouI
sbortaoe is to be found in the inspired az
fepse of the daily libel, Opposition Jou
nal, last Saturday, only cowardly a
+emnt to crawl out of responsibility
tbrowine it upon the King. There IS n
defense possible. There is no eyadlng
sbirling the responsibility, which Who'll
and solely rests with the Government
the day.
There is a long-winded and abortIVe
tempt made to account for the dlversl'
Of $50 900 appropriation for the Nuual
Pail road to the Palace building accour
hut there is no attempt to show that
was so expended. How could there b
when nearly $14S, 900 under that head
admitted to have mysteriously dlsa
neared? Granting that the Adminlstl
ton had the right, under section OF t
Appropriation Act, 1880, (Which may
described as a clause to facilitate OHIO
embezzlement,) to apply the Pail re
appropriation to the Palace building iui
II did not relieve them from the necess
of producing vouchers for the eXpen
ture This was not done, however. !
only, therefore, was the Pah road
made as contemplated by the Legs
ture. but the money went " up mum
A counter-charge is brought by
daily libel, to the effect that the Glib
Administration diverted 900 apI
n1ated in 1882 to the Nuuanu Pall 70
and applied it for other things we
no mention of such transfer and expel
ture either in the report OF the Minis
Of the Interior for the biennial pei
ending March 81, 1884, the lteml
abatement of the expenditure oil the
terror Department for the same per
or in the very minute and hostile re
of the Finance Committee OF the Leg
ture. We conclude, therefore, thai
the money was not expended on
Pail road it did not happen to be III
Treasury. In other words, that
Legislature appropriated in excess
revenue. as it most unquestiOnably oil
1894 If such thing had taken plac
alleged, the Finance Committee w
have commented upon it, as 1t DID
q transfer of 81 200 from the Alto
Generals department to the Departr
of Foreign Affairs. The charge aga
the present Government regarding