The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-08-24
THE LEGISLATURE.
EIGHT e H-TnRD DAY. - CONTINUED
MONDAY, Aug. 23rd.
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The motion TO suspend the rules,
for dispensing with the reading of
the English version, carried.
Rep. Brown moved to lay the re-
port on the table, winch carried.
Minister Dare moved that the
further consideration of the report
be indefinitely postponed.
Rep. Brown raised the point of
order that the report of the majority
could not he dealt with until the
minority report Yves received.
Minister Dare said any paper be-
fore this horse was in tie possess
sion of this house, and could he
adopted, deferred or indefinitely
postponed.
Rep. Thrrston was not surprised
at this action, nor would he be sur
prised al any action Oh this matter
by the Ministerial side of The house.
The committee had gone right 20 the
bottom of the c. Sc, taking witnesses
here and examining them exhaus-
lively. Now is was proposed to
throw all the work of the committee
aside, without looking at the evil
dence they procured with so much
labor. 1t was simply another at
tempt to whiiewash u Minister.
The President here ruled, al the
request of Rep. Kaul.kou, on the
point OF order. The house having
refused to lay The report on the
table, il was now before the house
for amy action it might see fit.
Rep. Thurston proceeded, saying
this matter at first took The Minister
by surprise, and he jumped to his
feet and vehemenlly seconded the
motion for select committee of in
vestigation. a few days later the
Minister tried 10 crawiish out of the
affair and opposed the proposal to
send the committee to Lanai. The
committee had been INSTRUCTED in
its work by Rep. Hayselden persis-
tently ahsenting himself from the
meetings. When he did come that
member refused TO have anything to
Go with the investigation if he
(Thurston) was to be present. At
length the committee hid completed
its work in q thorough manner, and
now, without word of explanation,
with not the slightest reason adj
duced, it was proposed that the
report be thrown out without look
ing ct it. Was that fair? Was it
decent? Some of them were elected
to support the Government. He was
elected to oppose it. But they were
never sent there to whitewash a
Minister. If they indefinitely post
poned this report without discus
sion, they would be branded, worse
then they ever were before, as the
slaves of that man over there Glib
SOM They were so regarded all
over the country now, and it had be-
come their notorious reproGch that
this was Glbson's Legislature that
nothing could be done here except
what he sanctioned that the Ha-
waiian members were led about
with wires in their noses. Were the
native members to decide that
their countrymen who complained
of the oppression of a Minister were
to be spurned from this Assembly
without an opportunity of being
heard! The objection raised by the
Acknowledgement was worthy of
that side of the house. lie had
asked what right the committee had
10 have this report printed. What
right, he asked in return, had the
Ministers for bringing in their re-
ports in printed form? What right
hcd the Minister of Finance to pre-
sent his report printed? What right
had the Ministry TO have reports Of
200 pages, which might have COW
cred all the ground in 80 pages?
There YVES the report of the Board
OF Immigration brought down on
Saturday, the Hawaiian version
alone costing $1,000. He did not
know that it was any use of his talk
ing. If the members were decided
to whiiewa9h the Minister they
would do so in spite of all the facts.
Everything charged against the
Minister in the resolution was true.
Those people on Lanai had been
deprived of wood, water and fish for
declining TO vote for the Govern
ment candidate. They had been
promised continuance of their
former privileges, in those respects,
If they voted for Mr.. Gibson's CEN
didate. That was the most unblush-
ing bribery. II was proved that
actions were committed by the Gov
eminent agents on Lanai, which
were punishable by Imprisonment
under the laws. The speaker briefly
reviewed some of the evidence, and
concluded by remarks on a question
of privilege. In the evidence of
one of the witnesses, a reference
was made to himself, as having
lived unlawfully with woman in
Wailuku. He declared the state
ment to be false, and charged Mr..
Fred. II. Hayselden, the member
for Honolulu, with having instigated
the Islander.
Minister Gibson asked the Presi-
dent to call the speaker to order, for
supplementary conduct in naming
members. The hon. member was
never referred TO in that way by