Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-05-20

removal oil the Hawaiian Consul Ten
eral at Brussels. His Excelency said
that he begged to express his objection
to such enquiry. II it were based on
petition of party aggrieved, and seek
ing redress Of alleged grievances in
connection with his dismissal from
office, there would be a proper motive
for this enquiry, but where no ground
of complaint is set forth, and the en-
quiry is prompted merely to crafty
someone's desire to pry into an official
transaction, no public interest is sub
served thereby. My feeling as to the
undesirability of the procedure is in
tensiied by the fact that the gentle
man referred to in the petition resides
in far distant city. He can have no
cognizance for long time to come of
an enquiry affecting him, and can
not be heard in his own behalf.
However, hasten to comply, trusting
this Circumstance will not hereafter be
maintained as precedent.
Complaints had been received at
the Foreign Office in 1884, that the
gentleman who then acted as His Maj
esty's Consul General at Brussels had
refused to certify to invoices of goods
from that city to these Islands, in di-
rect contradiction to his Instructions
The gentleman bad also violated an
important rule Of the Foreign Office
that His Majesty's diplomatic and con
suar representatives abroad should not
take an active part in local politics by
becoming violent political partisan.
For these reasons he was asked to
tender his resignation.
Hon, member Dole moved that the
report be accepted. That part of the
document which is report is very
satisfactory. 1t furnishes the House
with the information asked for. The
Hon. member was sorry to hear the
preamble to the statement. He con,
sidered it an impertinent remark to
make to this House. Every act of the
Cabinet in the English Parliament is
subject to enquiry, and the Hon. mem
Der was astonished at this display of
ignorance of the usages OF country
to which we naturally look for prece-
dents and examples, The House is
supreme. 1t is its iduty to consider
every act of the Executive in order to
Judge Of their fitness for the position
they hold. 1t is for the members to
censure or approve of acts of the Min.
isters. The Hon. member wished to
express on behalf of the House his
opinion that the remark of the Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs is undigniied
and impertinent
His Excellency the Minister of For
eign Affairs said that the House had
passed resolution lately that mem
bers introducing bills, etc, which were
referred to Committees should appear
before such Committee to make ex-
plantations. His Excellency regretted
now that the resolution was not
amended so as to include resolutions
asking questions of the Ministers His
| Excellency was surprised that the Hon
member from Lihue (Dole) had not
called at the Foreign Office to asccr-
tain whether any of the interests Of
this country were involved in the dis
missal of this official His Excel
lency was satisfied that the members
would not feel that there was any dis
courteousness intended by him He
was sure there was none intended A
motion to adopt the report of His Ex
cellency vas then put and carried.
Hon. member Dole reported from
the Committee of two appointed to en-
quire into certain items in the Finance
Department. The Committee recon-
mended that an Assistant Store Keeper
in the Custom House Department be
appointed and the item of $2,4o be
appropriated as his salary That the
item of Third Statistical Clerk be
stricken out. Report signed by the
Committee, Hon. member Dole and
His Excellency ]. M. Kapena. Re
port laid on the table to be considered
with the Approximation bill.
RESOLUTIONS
Hon member Kauhane from Kau
introduced resolution that the Gov
ernment pay the owners of the new
wharf at Honoapu $1,000, in order
that said wharf might be free to the
public. In answer to the question as
to whether the public were actually
barred from the use of the wharf, the
Hon. member said he did not know
that they were but thought the Govern
ment should be so situated as to guarc
against such an event The whar
cost $1,000. The resolution was laic
on the table to be considered with the
Appropriation bill
Hon. member Dole presented :
resolution calling on the Minister o
Foreign Affairs to report to the House
the object of Mr. Daggetts mission tc
Washington, and the results of suct
mission, The item of ST. ap
peared in the Foreign Office report tc
have been spent on this mission
Fifty thousand dollars was asked for il
the present Appropriation bill for SEX
penses foreign missions" and the Hon
member thought the House should bt
informed on this subject. Resolution
adopted.
His Excellency the Minister of For