The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-13
T H E
THE LEGISLATURE.

Early adjournments have been the
rule with the Legislative Assembly up
to the present, but with the quantity OF
new business introduced daily. there
must be a change in this respect or the
session will be unduly protracted. In
other words, the Assembly must sit
more hours each day if the work is to be
satisfactorily disposed of in a reasonable
time, or else some members must not air
their oratory so frequently. We trust
this hint will be sufficient.
The Opposition attacked the Civil
List, Mr.. Dole leading with motion to
reduce the vote of 500, 900 for the Kings
privy purse and royal state to 100000.
He referred in his speech to the revenue
from Crown lands, and to His Majesty's
request for economy in previous SEES
sion, as reasons for this reduction. After
information on the income derivable
from Crown lands was complained of,
the vote passed on division at $780, 900.
Mr. Dole next moved that the Queens
allowance be reduced to $12, 900. This
motion shared the same fate, and the
item, $4,000, as printed, was passed
Mr. Dickey moved the reduction of the
allowance for Her Royal Highness the
Heir Presumptive, but $4,000 was car
ried on a division Mr.. Castle then
tried his hand at economy, by moving
that the votes, $12 900 for Princess Like
~ $ D., 80, Ha
stricken out On division the votes
passed as printed.
Upon this action by the Opposition it
is proper to remark that the reasons
given Tor reducing or expunging the APP
preparations were insufficient. If we are
to have monarchy, the Royal state
and Royal Family in the direct line OF
succession, should be adequately sus-
tanned This point was evidently lost
sight of by Opposition speakers, and
manifestly SO in the case of Her Majesty
the Queen, who was classed by Mr.. Dole
as inferior in rank to the Chief Justice
and Chancellor of the Kingdom. The mis-
take Mr.. Dole and the gentlemen training
with him in the Opposition political field
made, was In assuming that the allow
ance in the Civil List is in the nature o
a salary. 1t is nothing of the kind. 4
salary implies on the part of the recipien
the condition of servitude, or to put it il
the language of industry, the relation o
an employee to an employer Sine
when, let us ask, have the Kings ant
Princes of Hawaii become the servant
OF their subjects? And Mr.. Dole, ant
Mr.. Castle, and Mr.. Thurston, and Nh
Bishop, and the gentlemen who vOtet
with them, one and all, are subjects c
the King as much as the humbles
native-born Hawaiian in the realm
Have these gentlemen read the COnsti
tuition? Do they know its history; an
do they thoroughly understand thei
own relation to the King and reignin
dynasty under it? One would suppos
that they had a great deal to learn upO
= this and cognate questions, or the
would not have taken the absurd
illogical and offensive attitude they rs
sumed in their opposition TO the apprC
priatiOns on the Civil List. The Chic
Justice and Chancellor may ''stan
second to the King in the performance
OF certain functions imposed upon hin
by the Constitution, but to say that h
ranks next to the King, and above tn
Queen, as Mr.. Dole did in moving tn
reduction OF the vote for Her Majesty
was to display objectionable ignoranc
OF the rules of precedence, not only i
this, his native country, but in that c
any other .mOnarchial Government i
the world. These gentlemen are sub
iects of His Hawaiian Majesty, men
bers OF the Hawaiian Legislature, an
are simply privileged to exercise sue
functions as have been delegated to the1
by the Sovereign. Outside of that dele
gated authority they have no powe
whatever; but one OF the powers so dele
gated ceftainly has not been the right t
vote SALARY to the Sovereign an
members of the Royal family, and I
.'dock their pay at the within OF ever
political charlatan or simpletOn.
The opposition to the vote for th