The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-08-13

about taking power from RESPONSE
bic persons and placing it in ire
sponsible hands. The old law said
"the Minister of Finance with the
of the King" and the
Minister could not issue commits
sion without His Majesty's consent.
Under the new section the appoint
ment would doubtless be recon-
mended by the same Minister, and
no Minister would submit any APP
pointment not in harmony with the
opinion of his colleagues. The old
law held only one Minister response
BILE, while this held the whole four
responsible. He could not assent
to Rep. Thurston's view that it was
towards centralization. That gen.
tleman had referred to the native
members as having holes in their
noses. 1t was most unworthy
remark, and in accord with his usual
line of speech. For native-born
Hawaiian to say such things of Ha-
waiian members, that they came
here without any mind Of their own,
prepared to be led about with
ring in their noses, was an insult and
an outrage upon them he could not
understand coming from that quar-
ter.
Rep. Richardson moved to amend
by inserting in place of the words
"the King in Cabinet Council" the
the following words: "The Minister
of Finance with the approval of His
Majesty the King in Cabinet Coun-
cil.".
Rep. Thurston said he could not
see any difference between the re-
sponsihility of one and four Min
listers. What was everybody's bust
ness was nobody's business. His
objection to the section had been
removed by Rep. Richardson's s
amendment.
Rep. Dole did not consider that
Rep. Thurston's argument was at
all out of place. A precedent had
been established in putting Ha-
waiian to fill the Office of Minister
of Finance. These men had been
treated in the most humiliating man
ner. One was sent out of the coun-
try which was against the law, and
they all knew that these men had
been snubbed while in office. They
had been made laughing-stocks
before the whole nation. But they
had man in office now who was
not likely to stand so much of that
sort of treatment. The passage of
this section would reduce him to a
clerk and distribute his authority
among the King and Cabinet Coun-
ell. If they went to the Ministers
and asked who was responsible
each would say another was respon.
sible, and all would say it was the
King. Let them not degrade the
office. If kanaka or haole was
not good enough, then put in a
Chinaman. With such samples OF
white men for Ministers, as had
been seen for some time past, il
would be better to put in Hawaiians.
He would support Cabinet all Ha'
waiian, provided it was controlled
by the Legislature. A man should
be held responsible for the acts Of
of his own office. The present Min
lister of Finance was prepared tC
stand by his responsibility.
Minister Gibson complimented th'
member for Lihue as painstakin.
legislator, whose legal training mad
the speaker often glad to follow hi
lead. But sometimes he got into
scolding vein and INDUCED in a
captandum statements, thinking
would catch the ear Of the Hawaiia
representatives. The hon. membe
had drawn a picture of an insulte
Minister of Finance. He did no
know whom he referred to unless
was the Hawaiian gentleman VIII
occupied the office little time age
and whose character was denounce
and villified by him and his twi
scold the hon. member for Molokai
The member for Lihue did not bea
in mind that in his remarks upo
this very bill he referred in contemE
tuous terms to- the ignOranc
and want of intelligence of Hawai-
ian Assessors. Then Hawaiian mem
bers were represented as having II
minds of their own; as being lik
sheep, one jumping after the other
as having rings in their noses, an
being otherwise unfit to dischare
their duties. All this the hon. men
Der smoothed over by complimeI
to the national pride Of the natl,
Hawaiians. He would not accord
monopoly of this sentiment to IL
hon. member. He had always syn
: pathized with this view and ha
formed his views soon after he can
3 to this country upon the policy of
e former Minister of Foreign Affair
1 Mr.. Wyllie. That gentleman,
e well as Mr.. Rlcard held that Il
Y Cabinet offices should only be he
by foreigners, until they fully pr
4 pared the way for Hawaiians.
: Rep. Thurston remarked that til
e was being done by taking two Mini
e ters from California this year.
e Minister Gibson was pleased
n say that now several important pu
n lie offices were filed NV Hawaiian