The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-07-07
THE LEGISLATURE.
FrFrY-FouRTH DAY.-coNT1NUEp.
MONDAY, July 9Th.
COMMITTEES.

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his position on the Committee of
Finance. His reason was that he
considered the action of the house
on Saturday to have been uncourte-
GUS and unjust to the minority of
the committee for doing what they
considered to have been their duty.
The other members of the commit
tee acknowledged the correctness of
the minority's report, but did not
sign it because they did not consider
the committee should report piece
meal, and perhaps also because it
was regarded as an animadversion
on one of the members of the Cabi-
net. The minority ought not to be
altogether guided by the majority in
what they considered to be their line
of duty. They had not asked for
immediate action 70 be taken on the
report, but they consider the action
of the Government so utterly I'M
constitutional that it behooved them
to bring it to the attention of the
house at the earliest opportunity.
The action of this committee had
been very much delayed, owing to
some of its members being on the
committee to enquire into some mat.
tiers on Lanai. The two members
who signed that report had each
day been there engaged in the duties
of the committee, and he considered
it was the duty of the other men,.
bers to attend to the duties of the
Finance Committee in preference to
any other committee. 1t was far
more important 10 this house than to
enquire into private difficulties or
petitions coming from private indivi-
duals. The reports of this commit
tee ought 10 have been before the
house long before thai, and would
have been had the other members
been as regular in attendance as the
minority. The Finance Committee
was the most important committee
of the house. 1t IVES committee
that required to make thorough
and exhaustive investigation of the
finances for two years, covering
transactions of three million dollars.
He was extremely sorry when he
heard his name mentioned on that
committee, when he considered the
rapidity with which that committee
had to send it's work in. He did not
profess to be possessed of any false
modesty in saying this. He would
compare the action of the house on
this last occasion with what occurred
some ten days antecedent to that.
A majority report was brought into
the house on the taxation bill. The
majority report was never once re-
ferred to the minority of the COM
mittee. A law was also framed
which was not submitted to that
minority. Did the house instruct
that the report should be returned?
No; they required chat the minority
report should be in the next day,
and that the majority report should
be laid on the table in the meantime.
Why was this minority report not
treated with the same consideration
as that other report? In answer to
the interruption of point of order
by Rep. Kaulukou, he said he was
speaking on question Of privilege.
They did not treat the majority of
the committee the same as the mino-
rity. He repeated the statement of
the case he made at the beginning,
and said further that some of the
members and some out of the house
had made observations that the
minority wanted to make political
capital out of this. Did they take
them for pair of fools, that they
should try to make political capital
out Of this against new Cabinet?
They had better put the FOOLS cap
on their own heads. 1t was true the
Premier was member of the pre-
: vious Cabinet, but in u different
position. Did the minority suppose
that he was to be held responsible
for every transaction of his former
colleagues? There was no thought
Of that in his mind, nor did he be-
lieve in the mind of the member for
Makawao, but they considered it
their duty to bring the matter to the
notice of this house, which they
should not have done had they list
ened to the voice of the majority.
He did not believe in submitting to
discourtesy or reprimand when he
was acting in what he considered to
be the line of his duty. Therefore
he hoped they would agree to the
request he had made.
Rep. Aholo moved that the re-
quest be not granted. The bulk of
the committees work was done.
The hon. member had been very
punctual, always there at the hour
Of meeting. He was very sorry that
the hon. member had asked them to
excuse him. Perhaps it was a mis-
take to move that the report should
be returned. 1t was his notion, but
he did not intend to hurt the men,
ber's feelings. The only idea he
had was that the report should be
withdrawn and embraced in their
main report.
Minister Gibson supported the
motion not to accept the resignation.
1t would be pity to lose the SER
vices of the hon. member. He had