The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-10-30

ment of reason has yet to be pre-
sented. OF the most useful of all |
the measures over which many weary
days were spent, somo are now on
the vetoed list. The Legislature of
1886 was to all intents and purposes
a power welded by authority, in
stead of body exercising authority.
The close of the session left among
tax payers and people an all but
unanimous opinion that during the
last two or three months of its eN-
istencc, their rights and interests
were made to play second fiddle to
the demands of the stage manager,
the member for Hilo and his con-
freres, the Kings Ministers. This
is a sentiment which finds free oN-
preston at every street corner and
in every constituency, and Il Is a
sentiment bodiug very serious conSes
quences TO the stability cf the
Government and the independence
of the Kingdom.
Taxpayers seeing in the Appro-
priation Bill, y prescribed oNpeudi-
ture of nearly $3.50 per head Tor the
next biennial period, have come 10
the conclusion that ii 1.-the King is
the larger part of the Legislature
the sooner it is brought about that
| the people shall be the larger part
of that body, the better. The ka-
hunas act. the Loan Act, the Army
and Navy Act, and the Economy
Farce are universally recognized and
understood rs the doings of the
Legislature of which 1.-The King was
the larger part. - No one is verdant
enough to think for 4 moment that
the acts named could have survived
first reading in any independent
representative body on this planet.
As to the Army and Navy Bill. the
House was assured, on its second
reading that 10 further appropriation
of ofmoney was contemplated in the pas
, sage of the bill. that it was n per
fectly- harmless measure providing
for the better organization of the
, forces already existing. But, as the
event proved, the Minister'S inten-
tions and opinions were in in advance
: of his orders. Once the bill passed,
an appropriation of $4,000 quickly
l followed for the carrying out of its
5 provisions. The true intent and
E meaning of this Army and Navy
t Act is not fully understood, as yet.
1 1t is really the only piece of states
manship which the Legislature "of
which the King was the larger part
r have to record. But to give the
. servile stipendiaries of the crown
credit for any craftsmanship in the
: matter would be absurd. The states
manship of the occasion was uncon-
G scious on their part. There is nc
: occasion to add to their dement's by
c accusing them of knowing what
: they were doing, or of the pre-
e suming to enquire into the ulti
s mate objects of the bill. When
J. however, the violations of the con
10 sttution and laws which have becom
he so conspicuous of late, advance t
rs the stage of being further intolerabl
VI to the tax payers and people of tn
ce Kingdom, the Army and Navy bi
S, of 1856 will be better understoo
IN all round.
Of Again, the Economy Farce, i
lg which the Legislature received an
is accepted the Kings message t
re practise economy, and thereupo
IN prepared revised appropriate
In bill commensurate with the revenu
De and requirements of the nation, al
OF for the carrying out of which, ever
"a independent member of the Hou
II waged many hard fought battl
tie but in which the independents we
he outvoted by the Kings stipend
no aries who eventually complied wi
an the Royal instructions by doublil
sX- the Economy appropriations
rs this was Farce possible only in
elr Legislature of which "the King W
the larger part"
ISL That the record of the Legislati
-he Assembly of 1886 was worse tn
As predicted for it, or that it was a
an better, can scarcely be asserted.
The fulfilled, to large extent, its m
ger sion. The record was no wort
vas because the stage manager in
the worst acts, the mighty KaulukC
ere had nothing further on his hands