The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-07-06

the Treasury. The Ministry was
determined to have the law carried
out in the administration Of the
public funds.
Rep. Kalua desired to amend his
motion, so as to call for the report
of the majority not later than Thurs
day next. He was sorry the pre-
sent Minister of Interior had to
plead guilty to this species of adj
ministration, as, having been at the
head of affairs for the past four
years, he was fully responsible for
the practice. Having given his
sanction to it, it was amusing to see
him wriggle out of responsibility.
Last session, when vote of want Of
confidence was proposed against the
Ministry for this very practice, the
present Minister of Interior, then
Minister of Foreign Affairs, defend
ed the line Of action, and the house
excused the Ministry by rejecting
the motion. 1t made him rejoice,
therefore, to hear this morning that
this was to be reform Ministry in
this respect.
Rep. Aholo would like to know
whether the hon. member desired
the committees full report on
Thursday next, or only one on this
matter. AS he had stated, he OBJ
jected to presenting fragmentary re-
ports, but wanted to present full
report bound and printed. This
minority report was rather late as
the hen was flown, and he thought
the report should be rejected, es-
pecially as the majority intended to
include the matter in their main re-
port. The committee had not been
wasting their time. They were
called from their duties this MORN
ing to make a quorum in the house.
If, however, it was only on this
single matter that report was re-
quired by the house on Thursday,
the committee could probably COM
ply with the motion.
Rep. Keau, as a member of the
Finance Committee, declined to
sign the report because he thought
it was premature and he objected to
piecemeal reports.
Rep. Brown was in favor of such
a committee as the Finance present.
ing its report as body and not in
piecemeal, but still, at the same
time, in the circumstances of the
case, a change of Ministry having
occurred and certain irregularities
having been found in the Interior
Department, minority of the COM
mittee had seen fit to bring the mat
ter to the notice of the house. This
course had given an opportunity to
the Minister of Interior to declare
for himself and his colleagues that
the practice in question was to be
stopped. The report was, there
fore, one that is proper for all of the
committee to sign, and now it was
the right thing for the house to ac-
cept it aud lay it on the table until
the majority reported.
Rep. Thurston considered it would
be very improper to have this report
returned to the member who had
presented it. The other members
of committee admitted the facts, also
the Minister of Interior, and why
should the house reject the report?
The Minister had stated that this
had been the practice in the past.
1t might have been SO before 1882,
but since then it had been so only
under a deliberate violation OF the
law. He was glad to hear Of the first
Minister'S conversion, but feared it
was only skin-deep. Last session a
similar violation Of law came up, it
being found that the Ministry of
which the present Minister of In
terror was the head, had paid out
$4,000 in defiance of the law, and
that Minister defended the action
with all the force of which he was
capable. The evil in his case SEEM
ed to be dyed in the wool, and this
house should censure this practice of
unlawful expenditure of the revenue,
with sufficient emphasis to prevent
the Minister of Interior or any other
member of the Cabinet paying out
public money without authority of
law. Probably the enactment of a
provision suggested by him the
other day, to make such practice
criminal offense, would be the only
effectual deterrent.
Rep. Kaulukou objected to the
report because it was not translated
into Hawaiian. Although he under
stood it as rendered by the Inter-
prefer, yet report of his own was
rejected the other day on that
ground. He moved the report be
returned to the member presenting
it.
The motion to lay on the table
was put and declared carried, but
doubt being expressed, the ayes and
noes were called, on the motion of
Rep. Thurston, when the motion was
lost on the following division:-
Ayes-Minister Dare, Mobiles BIZ
shop, Cleghorn, Judd, Kaae and
Parker; Reps. Kauhi, Brown, Wight,
Kauhane, Kalua, Dickey, Kaai,
Thurston and Paehaole-15.
-Minisfars Gibson Cra;nh