The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-05-11

! 4 CHIEFS amauE takin' notes
And faiih he'll prent H.
To me, in the lobby, it seems that the Govern
ment Representatives have great strength in their
| -- feet.
1t has been reported to me that Que of the mem
oers has nov IL his possession bill TO regulate the
siss Of bananas. 70 be presented at early date.
Ny dear Mr.. Ralua do not degenerate into
| common scold; you lose your influence. Speak
your speech trippinGly, do not saw the air. See
you later.
Your foreign element do not seem to take much
| interest IN the Legislative proceedings. l have
been present on two occasions when l was the
only outside foreigner present.
Mr.. Castle seems to have rather poor luck in
carrying motions TO adjourn, even when made at
the twelfth hour lof noon.l The Government side
are reported to be aH faif in such matters.
] Although an Hawaiian now, yet for the moment
| Representative Dickey was imbued with American
patriotism when he presented a petition TO repeal
| the stamp aei OF l716! The foreign members
smiled. 1876 was toe year intended.
Mr.. Hayselden made his maiden tteen seconds
! speech the eighth day, and had the bEd -u;,E-
ners to use the pronOun | when speaking of a CON
mittee matter, rather than the editorial "we;''
! generally used by his more polite papa.
! saw in local paper here, forget the name
/ just at this moment, 4 leader insJructing the
Minis try to lead The writer should feel well
pleased that his words haye taken root, the Minis
Try have led 50 far, in schemes for increased taxa
/ tion.
am told, from good authority, that there would
| be meeting of members and some titled person.
ages at C0HrySGfi0Hscs TO be held at the private
! residence of the Chief Secretary of the Foreign
Office, on Monday evening, the 10th inst. l may
/ be there.
In a short conversation with the editor and
sole proprietor of one of the daily journals, !
learned that the Representatives a rule, especially
the Opposition members, were poor lot" /
thought they owned property, but may be they are
not all, sole proprietors."
You may inform your readers, Mr.. Editor, that
the report of the Department of Finance is again,
this session. mixed mess, unfit for circulation.
Although the full number required was printed
and delivered, the probabilities are very strong
against the English copies being distributed, for
the present at least.
Nr. Lilikilani's motion that bills be sent to
print only after their second reading was sensible
one, and only needed presentation by Mr.. Aholo
TO have been carried The printing bills this ses-
sion Will be enormous, especially as three of the
Ministers are shareholders in printing establish
ments and nov is their haying season.
The Assembly are a curious collection of Hon
Orables, without doubt. Now they accept into
their midst, without question, on the same level
.
wisdom, the criminal from Puma. An inquiry is
probably avoided by obtaining leave of absence
for week, but even if be return, what2
I said last week. that the President would be-
come tangled up in the duties of his Office and l
am now more convinced than ever that the position
IS not Que Of enjoyment TO him. Already the
Ministers have dehed his authority, one Gibson,
by retaining the floor when called TO order, and
the other, Neumaun, in an appeal from decision.
The chairman of the Printing Committee seems
to entirely ignore the House rules, as bills are
presented in printed form TO be only worthy of
rejection; for instance the Copyright" and
i" Fire Limit bills neither of which can pass in
their present form. The AttOrney-General. /
think Is Inclined TO be economical, at least he said
So
The Appropriation Bill which was kindly handed
to me by one of the native members, occupied my
attention and curiosity sufficiently to ascertain the
correctness Of the foOtings and, find there is
deficit in the total fOOtings of over $4,000. Quite
IN item. should say, and causes one to think that
your Ministers require further and better educ3-
ton.
Mr.. kalua threw down gauntlet when lie stated,
with regard to the transactions of last sessions
engroSsment committee that the bills for services
were larger than ever before, and boldly intimated
that there great difference in the figures be-
tween EMPLOYERS and employees. | have known
lighter statements TO create inquiry, but, not in
this country.
l have dared to sit down near the door on two
occasions during the sessions, and before doing so
have hung my hat In the anteroom. learned
however that three hats had been stolen from this
room in five days, SO l no longer hang my hat on a
peg in there. The hats did not belong to any of
the Representatives but to two reporters and the
ianitOr, which causesa suspicion.
am glad to see that Mckinley is such a noble
and patriotic citizen. He takes half the fees of
the San Francisco Consulate when all expenses
have been paid. / rather wonder how high the ex-
Penscs may run. Mac used TO be pretty shrewd
old cuss, way back in the ifties, and getting to
a soft racket like this be ought TO do we'll. guess
he has the dead wood on the Minister.
The proclivities of the Editor of the 4dreytlse,.
are soon seen. The word LEGISLATURE does not suit
his English taste of thought. he must and will
have Hawaiian Parliament at the head Of his Leg
islature proceedings. This is only one of the many
stravs which make one think that Gibson's mouth
piece Is playing double game. | guess most of
my friends have noticed how he blows hot and
cold.
At 1879 O'Clock on the sth, the clock in the Leg
islatIve Hall struck work, and concluded to boy
colt the Assembly by giving more time, At
HIS the unchanging face of the opposition mem
Der was noticed and inquiry revealed that all |
thought of time was dispeled on presentation f |
the volumlnous, If not luminous, report of the Min
lister of Foreign Affairs, which, 1t thought |
might be read IN its entirety BY the Intelligent
and respectable" member from Hamakus.
Aud why not inquire the reasons which caused /
the removal of the late Postmaster General? Moth
ing more proper and within the scope of Leg |
slatlve function than to ascertain the actions of
those IN charge OF Department from which about |
SA,uJO OF the public funds stolen and the thief
has never vet been caught The Minister of In 1
terror has had such occurrences before in the /
same Department, and on this occasion he should /
demand investigation
While IN the corridor on the morning of the /
seventh DAY, the Intelligent Interpreter said III
my nearing that a member of the Government
side, intended to introduce petition to rerHIgis
the strength OF ogges furnished at rssfaByuHfs /
paid atten 10 aud Mr.. Nahinu soon read the afore-
SAID subject from one of the petitions The
assembly received II with all due gravity and the
President referred 1t 10 the Committee on MisceI-
lansous Petitions, who will, probably, try their
inventive powers on capeneter.
The dignity of the Assembly was tested on the
eighth day by pencilled note being sent TO the
President, not addressed to the Assembly, inform.
ing hiu that Opportunity would be presented to |
VISIT the Triumph on the morning of the 10Th The /
Assembly took the afrCnt and then exhibited their
ack OF good breeding by instructing the Secretary
. toFVard 4 letter OF thanks to gentleman whom
they officially had no knovedce Of and fron, |
whom they never had a Communication The |
N mister Of Foreign Affairs, to maintain the dig |
nIty OF the Kingdom, might well have led in this
matter
:, LOuneing found the lobby found Washington
aVasour Smith gazing pensively at a book II
vas Only the ~ pages which the Minister of For
elgu Affairs had Just dealt out W. s had ran
IDLY SKINNED the pages, and shutting the thing M
with smash he said: The old man is smart He
don I play any bridge burning business Markmv
words the Old man Will be IN Europe inside of ix
months and It won't cost him a red And then I
pensIyely took the book and read that at Is de-
sirabie that his Majesty should be represented in
Europe by Resident Envoy. 1t will become nv
Mr. Gibsousl duty therefore. to invite Won n
make such provision as may seem to you to Be iust
and reasonable for the expenses of such envoy. :;
gaess W. V. ). was not far out ZIP
Isn't Satisfied Ii
EDITOR GAzEIrEs- Minister Gibson's promise to
me haurnakapili audience that the Government n