The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-05-31

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Those men up there had no object
to make them if they were not true.
That man there was poor, yet lie
had come down at his own expense.
The speaker knew that majority
in this Assembly were supporters of
the Minister, and that they had
power to indefinitely postpone this
resolution. He had no power to
pass it. But before members of
this house attempted to smother this
resolution he asked them to remem-
Der that it was not for himself he
was asking this investigation, it was
for their fellow Hawaiians. If that
came before an investigating COM
mittee and the charges proved un-
true, no one would be more pleased
than himself. If he was to follow
the usage in this house he would
move the previous question and try
to prevent the Minister from speak
ing for himself, but he hoped he
would never be disgraced by making
such motion.
Minister Gibson said he hoped
there would be no endeavor to set
this resolution aside. He for one
seconded it. And he hoped the
President, if the resolution passed,
would appoint capable committee,
who would make searching inves-
tigation. He begged to state, that,
although he had an interest in
Lanai, it was little more than
seven years since he set foot on it.
The management of the island had
been left in charge of relatives. He
did not think he had written letter
to there in five years--he had for
gotten it if he had. He had been
engaged in public duties here, leav-
ing the management of that island
in the hands of competent persons.
So far as any threats being made
were concerned, he had no know
ledge of them and did not believe
that they had been made. AS for
the statement that anybody on that
island had been refused fuel, any
body who had visited the island
knew that it was absurd. With a
strip of forest several miles long, it
would be impossible to carry out
such a refusal. That island was,
moreover, noted for the amount of
drifLwood along its shores, free to
everybody. And as for the forbid
ding of water, that was still more
absurd. 1t is true there is only one
stream, but there are little drippings
of water all over the island. 1t
would be impossible to prevent per-
sons getting water if they wanted it..
Those were idle, mischievous, foolish
accusations, that we're absurd to
anybody who knew the island. AS
to that man who had come here at
his own expense, he had repeatedly
seen him down by the wharf, and
knew him to be occasionally employ
ed as sailor on that schooner. He
would not be so confident Of hearsay
statements being facts as the hon.
member, but he had heard that the
hon. member threatened that he
would make the Minister of Foreign
Affairs convict on the reef-per-
haps this resolution was part of his
carrying out Of that threat. He was
quite willing that an able and a
searching committee should be ap-
pointed, and was willing that four
members Of the Opposition should
be on that committee, but he wanted
that at least one member should be
nominated who understood the
whole situation on that island, and
that one was the hon. member fol
Honolulu, Mr.. Hayselden.
Rep. Castle moved the previous
question, not to shut off discussion
by those who knew anything of the
case, but he ventured to say that
the hon. member for Molokai anC
the Minister of Foreign Affairs haC
said all that could be said outside
of hearsay. He had heard some
thing, but did not propose to say
anything about it.
The previous question carried
and the resolution was passed almos
unanimously. The President after
ward appointed, as the COMMITTEES
called for, the following members
Reps. Kalua, Aholo, Kauhane, Kauh
and Hayselden (the second las
being named in place Of Rep
Dickey, excused by request on th'
ground of duties on other commit
tees). Rep. Thurston having ex
pressed the opinion that one of tn
members for the constituency in
volved should be on the committee
the President stated that he re
: garded the charges as coming fron
, those members, so that it would b
improper to appoint them.
Rep. Dickey presented resolu
| ton that whenever the house Nigh
+ adjourn without naming time,
in the morning it should meet a
| 1880 p. NJ, and if in the afternoo
at 10 O'Clock the next morning. Th
, resolution was, on motion of Minis
; ter Kapena, indefinitely postponed
: the President again reminding tn
: house that an adjournment withou