The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-07-07

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/ fools, and that they wanted to make polit
/ ical capital out of 4 new Cabinet? Ii the,
/ thought so they had better put the fool
cap on their own heads. 1t Is true tina
/ three of the members of the Cabinet arr
| new; but the other one, who Is Premier
| and held that position in the previou:
/ Cabinet, was he 10 be responsible for al
! the heads of the other departments? II
would be q very onerous position for s
Premier to have TO look into every item
that passed through the several depart
ments The minority Of the committee
had no idea of censuring that individual
but thought it best to bring the matter before
the House, because the committee might
have been censuEed for not doing SO. The
House would have done so if the majority
of the committee had been listened TO. He
begged To be asked to be allowed to resign,
and some one else be appointed i'll his
place, as he did not feel inclined to submit
to discourtesy and reprimand when he was
attending to his line of duty. He did not
wish for the majority of committee to
direct him in his thoughts.
Mr.. Aholo moved that the request be
not granted The bulk of the work of the
committee was done Dr. Wight had been
a very valuable member of the committee
and was always on hand. He was sorry to
have him ask to be excused from the COM
mittee. Perhaps it was a mistake to have
had the report returned. He 1.-THE speaker)
made the motion, but did not do it with
any intention to hurt the members feel
ings. 1t was made so as to have the re-
port withdrawn and presented with the
main report.
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson, in support
ing Mr.. Aholo's motion, said it would be a
pity to lose the services of such an ex-
perienced member of the committee as DR..
Wight. The latter had referred to his (the
speakers position, but he did not feel it was
any reflection upon it. The character of
the report itself was proper. He was sorry
that DR.. Wight should feel aggrieved, and
hoped the House would request him to re-
tain his seat.
Mr.. Brown moved that the request be
granted by the House. He was not at all
surprised at the Minister of the Interior
supporting Mr.. Aholo's motion. He (the
Minister) OH Saturday supported Mr.. Ka-
table, and after speaking in favor of it,
voted directly against it. After such an
exhibition as that it was only proper that
DR.. Wight should have the leave of the
House to retire
Mr.. Kalua thought the honorable mem
Der should be excused. His reason was
that the Minister of the Interior seconded
the motion to lay on the table, and with
violent gestures, like hula man, spoke in
its favor but he voted contrary to it. No
member of the Government should play
not approve of any such action, and the
House did not want man with two
tongues. This action of the Minister re-
minded him of a fish allied to the squid
family-it runs every way and you cannot
tell where the head is.
Mr.. Kaulukou rose to a point of order.
The House was not discussing the pro-
priety or improperly of the Minister'S
vote, but request from DR.. Wight.
The President ruled that Mr.. Kaulukou
was right.
Mr.. Kalua continuing, said that DR..
Wight was advanced in years and ought
to be treated with respect. He is not an
old member, this being, he believed, his
first session; but he is man of reputation
and known throughout the Kingdom. The
district of Kohala had elected him and
there was not resident there but would
say that there was not blot upon his
character. He had fully given his reasons
for not wanting to serve on the Finance
Committee.
Mr.. Kaunamano said the matter rested
entirely with the House. He thought it
would not be wise for the House to grant
the request. He entirely agreed with Mr..
Browns remarks. To excuse the honor
able member would only be adding insult
to injury. He could bear testimony as re-
CARDS the character of DR.. Wight, who had
attended to his duties faithfully and thor
oughly. Any report presented by him the
House could have confidence in. His ser
vices were very valuable and it would be
pity to lose him from the committee.
His Excellency Mr.. Dare said he was
great stickler of the form of courtesy from
the House to its members, and from the
the members to each other. He voted to
receive the report and lay it upon the table;
but it transpired in course of debate it was
incomplete and had not been concurred in
by other members of the committee There
was no discourtesy intended. Notwith-
standing the apparent discourtesy of the
Minister of the Interior, he believed he was
voicing the sentiment of the Ministry
when he said they were solid in favor of
the withdrawal of the resignation.
Mr.. Palohau thought that Dr. Wight
by the manner he was treated on Satur-
day, had become discouraged. He (the
speaker) saw no reason for the report to
be returned, and he fully believed the
honorable member was justified in asking
to be allowed to resign from the committee.
Dr. Wight said he certainly thanked the
House for the various opinions. Flattered
however much he may have been, he did
not feel inclined to withdraw the request
he had made.
Hon. Mr.. Bishop was sorry that anything
had occurred to influence DIR. Wight to re-
sign his position. He should vote to ex-
cuse him, as he believed he had been work
ing at great disadvantage from the first.
When the report was brought in, everyone
knew why it was presented, and there was
no reason why it should not have been