The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-08-25


was in the report before moving its
indefinite postponement, lie said he
had read digest of the report be-
fore the Hawaiian version was read
in the house. They could not al
ways trust printers. The hon.
member had reflected on his law,
but had never yet replied to single
legal argument delivered by him.
Rep. Thurston remarked that
when the Acknowledgement sub
mitted an argument, he might be
prepared to reply TO it.
Minister Dare replied that if the
hon. member could not comprehend
an argument, it was doubtless be-
cause he was born so. 1t appeared
as if the hon. member had never
heard of the speaker before. Well,
he had been in legislatures most of
the time since he was 81 years of
age and was now 43, and the hon.
member would have heard of him if
he was reader of the public press.
Perhaps the hon. member could not
read. In all his public career he
had never heard Il word against his
character until he had done so in
the Opposition press of Honolulu.
Concluding, he said this report
showed an unconquerable desire on
the part of the hon. member for
Molokai and his associates, to be-
smirch the character of Walter
Murray Gibson. According to the
report, they had the privilege, if
man came before them to give evil
dence, to say he perjured himself,
and if he did not come before them
then he was guilty of the acts al
legged. The report of the minority
was sound in its legal and political
ethics, and was thoroughly precise
and logical. 1t was said by the hon.
member that the Ministry was afraid
of having vote taken yesterday.
On the contrary, the vote was de-
layed because His Excellency w. NJ.
Gibson wanted the Opposition TO
kill their own case, to pump them
selves dry.
Minister Gibson would only oc-
cupy about two minutes, but wanted
to refer to one point, as to state
of oppression on Lanai, and not
countcrmanded by him. There had
even been reference to slavery, if
not of body, at least of mind. That
was strange to him. He had lik-
ing for Lanai, having lived on that
island for years, keeping his sheep.
Among population of 400 or 500
people, himself and family were the
only strangers, but he had always
been on the most kindly terms with
those people. He often came to
town, leaving an only child among
those people without the slightest
thought of harm. The island of
Lanai had always been one of peace.
For three years not a case was re-
ported in the District Court, so that
the question arose in the Legislature
whether it was worth while voting
the salary of Judge. There was
an hon. member-he thought he was
here now-who held that was the
reason the judge should be paid, be-
cause he was influential in keeping
peace. Lanai was not dry island,
but abounded in springs so cool that
no ice was needed there. AS to
acts of oppression, why, it would
take 80 or 100 constables to enforce
such taboo as that alleged. With
regard to horses, they knew that
bucket of water was not too much
for a thirsty horse, and it had some
times been thought that native
owning 10 or 10 horses should not
go to those water holes in dry times.
He could bring evidence that Lapaki
Gone of the complainants) brought
10 horses here the other day to send
to Wailuku. He mentioned that to
show that there was plenty of water
on Lanai and no restrictions-ex-
cept, perhaps, sometimes in the case
of horses. Respecting tirewood,
prohibition would be more difficult
than that of water. There were an
extensive wooded ridge and 80 ra-
vines full of wood. 1t would be
improssible-a man would have to
be confined in cell, in order to
prevent him getting firewood. He
would beg to say to the hon. Assem-
bly, that there were no acts of oppres-
sion that he had any knowledge of,
which he should countermand. He
never knew of his friends interpos-
ing any restrictions. There were
over 800 horses on that island, and
he was not aware of ever deriving
any revenue from that source, for
Lanai was n beautiful pasture land.
1t had 10000 acres, every acre of
which would support a dozen sheep.
There was no land in America that
would compare with the pasture
land of Lanai. The people of Lanai
were his friends, and he would be a
desperately wicked man if he al
lowed any acts of oppression upon
them.
Rep. Kalua, as chairman, was
ut the conduct of Minister
Dare, who insisted that the COM
mittee's work was all done by some
body else He held that the work
OF the committee was impartial.
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