The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-10-02
THE LEGISLATURE.

its kind should be spoiled by an
unreasonably aggressive disposition
and total disregard Of the con
yentionalities Of debate Age may ripen
experience, but unless the foundation be
sound and true the matured effort viii
be worthless. We say this in no spirit
Of captiousness but from a sense Of duty.
This Kingdom has comparatively few
men, "native and 10 the manner born, "
fitted to take a leading part in its Gov
eminent to-day, and what few there are
do not harmonic upon any point, but
ride hobbies and hunt shadows with the
unreasoning zeal of ardent but untutored
proselytes. This is a misfortune. 1t
does injustice to themselves and it in
jures the country.
We feel that any remarks of this kind
from as may be regarded as obtrusive,
but despite this contingency we are inn
PEELED, from a sense Of duty, to bear wit
ness to the truth and give honest coun-
sci. In Mr.. Thurston's case he has
youth to excuse him but Mr.. Dole can
not 'plead the baby act' for any of his
mistakes or misdoings. He is a man of
ripe judgment and varied experience,
and if he is not well-balanced-self
poised, as it were now, he never will be.
Yet Mr. Dole yesterday offended far
more seriously than Mr.. Thurston, and
in an entirely opposite direction. In the
case of the member for Molokai, it was
his natural pugnacity that was on exhi-
bition; in the case of the member for
Lihue, it was an expression of deliberate
contempt for the Government under
which he was born, and for the institu-
tons he has taken manifold oaths to up
hold.
Mr.. Thurston was excusable; any
pugnacious man is excusable when he
undertakes what may be called an in
tellectual sword dance But there is no
excuse for Mr.. Dole. He is always
cool. His sneering attack upon his
Sovereign, therefore, to whom he owes
feaity and allegiance, was al once cow
ardly and discourteous, and should earn
for him the contempt of every manly
man in the Hawaiian Kingdom. That
the member for Lihue is ignorant of the
genius and policy of the Hawaiian Con-
stitution, and is perhaps incapable of
its logical comprehension, is no excuse
whatever for his offensive remarks and
insulting comparisons, for the sole pur-
pose of beIttling his Sovereign Lord the
King, upon an item OF expenditure for
absolutely necessary Government pur-
poses proposed by Ministers.
To be totally devoid of a logical
mind is not the fault of any man; it is a
freak of nature-a "dispensation of Di-
vine Providence" some people would
say; but that is no reason why any
man with enough intelligence and Gull
ture to carry him through crowd with
out attracting attention, should take adj
vantage of his position as a Representa-
tive OF the Hawaiian people to bring
into contempt the head and chief of the
Hawaiian Government, and attempt TO
cast ridicule upon the King because his !
Ministers, as a matter of public policy, /
an appropriation for the pur-
chase of a Government steam vessel. for
and revenue purposes along the
coasts of these Islands, and for Govern /
ment service at other points. To say |
that this vote was subterfuge to pro- |
vide a "plaything'' and ''toy'' for the /
King, or that it meant a ''toy |
and the like, was
an impairment assumption in the
face of Mr. Gibson's declaration,
that it was entirely the proposal of Min
listers as part Of their public policy But
it afforded an opportunity to men who
hate monarchical institutions, under
which they live and prosper, to sneer at
the Sovereign, to ridicuie his intelli-
gence, and cast discredit upon the ac-
tons OF the Government. Ii Mr.. Dole
and his associates despise a monarchy.
let them betake themselves to the Great
as somany of their compatriots
have already done, and perhaps they
may come back shOrn OF their self-con-
,eit and prepared to acknowledge that
here may be as unsatisfactory forms of
Government as a monarchy, and the
much more eXtravagant expenditures of
public money than have been proposed
u encouraged by the Administration.
Having said this much on the general
Of the days doings in the
we shall now say a word
lbout the business itself.
In the Department of Foreign Affairs (
he appropriations were completed BY ,
he addition of $2,244 to the vote for
Kings Guards, 70 restore a like amount
Iisbursed out of this fund in the past six
months for the pay of Guards TO Gov
Building and Gaol, and by a
lew vote OF $21, 900 for the organization
+ the army and navy and staff under
he Act recently passed for that purpose
.ater il the day the Royal Assent to the
-ct to Organize the Military Forces Of
he Kingdom was announced by the :
remier This announcement ELECTED
pplause.
Progress was made in the Interior De q
artment appropriations, the principal Q
'ature being the debate on the proposal :
} vote 100000 for the purchase of a