The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-22
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THE KINGS MESSAGE.

The proceedings in the Legislative AS
senbly were of more than usual interest
yesterday, from the fact that His Maj
esty the King sent a message to that
body urging upon il economy and re-
trenchment. The message appears in
our Parliamentary report. 1t is brief
and to the point. The King sets an
example of self-denial to his people
which the Legislature should not fail to
follow. And as the Premier, Mr.. Glib
son, has promised revised estimates on
an early day, we are justified in assum-
ing that the Assembly will have an OPP
portunity OF gratifying His Majesty, and
proving its intelligent appreciation of the
requirements and resources of the cOun-
try.
With singular bad taste, and Total
want of tact, Mr.. ThurstOn took advan-
tage of the occasion to assail Ministers in
vulgar, if not in supplementary Ian
guage. We think he missed a great OPP
portunity The Attorney General was
little hasty also in his objection to Mr..
Thurston's course. AS party man, he
would have done better to let Mr.. Thurs
ton proceed in his vulgar TRADE. 1t
would only have hurt himself and his
political associates; but owing to the in
reference of Mr.. Neumann the public
can never know how far this young gem
tleman would have gone in his self-de-
stroying speech.
In inf
made was very much better put by Mr..
Kalua; but it need hardly be said that
they both failed to perceive that they
were playing with edge tools. 1t is true
that last session the King sent similar
message enjoining economy, and it is
also true that in response the Assembly
greatly increased the estimates of ex-
penditure, appropriating in excess of
revenue. But who was to blame for
this? Manifestly it was the Opposition,
which began with a majority and held
the scales so evenly balanced during the
session as to hamper and embarrass the
Government, rendering decided action
on its part impossible. If the Opposition
done so; but it did not want economy.
Its game was to pass as big an apprOpri-
alton as possible, discredit the Govern
ment, and then get back in power. This
calculation of chances did not come out
right, however; but it does not lie in the
mouth OF one of the Opposition to accuse
the Government OF encouraging excessive
appropriations last session. The facts
are against them.
We have the Administration in very
different position this session. 1t has
majority OF two to one, and can carry
whatever measures it desires. 1t can
therefore not only initiate but carry out
a policy of retrenchment and economy.
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson has prom
Used, for himself and colleagues, that this
will be done, and We have no reason to
doubt his word. Indeed, no one did
doubt it, despite the venomous attack OF
the member for MolOkai.
We shall not anticipate the amended
estimates or the financial policy OF the
Government further than by saying that
we feel satisfied the country will APP
prove both. a conservative financial
policy will be inaugurated which must
place the credit of the Kingdom upon
an impregnable basis, and disappoint
those who have underworld, for their
own personal and political ends, to
wreck it. The country can get along
very we'll without increasing its obliga-
tions. There is great and prosperous
career before it, and we appeal to all
who have the honor and welfare OF the
Kingdom at heart to unite in carrying
out measures to that end.