The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-07-10

feat in this matter. He did not
consider the success Of the commit
tee bill as defeat Of the Ministry.
The committee feel that this bill if
passed will not defeat the Ministry
and unseat them, unless they like
to have it do so. He moved that
the committee bill be read second
time by its title.
The motion was carried and the
bill read. He then moved to con-
slider said bill section by section.
He said he was as anxious as any
Minister to abolish any useless
office, and if there was no other
recourse for Kidding the country of
the present incumbents, he should
support the bill to abolish the office.
He enumerated many officers of the
government on the various islands,
who are not under any supervision.
The reason that the functions of the
office are not delegated to Gov
errors on Oahu, is because the
seat of Government is in Honolulu,
and the heads of departments can
supervise all subordinate officers.
Not so in the country. The ten
dency has been to neglect the coun-
try, and concentrate all the power
in Honolulu. This is not wanted.
A better supervision of the workings
of the Government in the country is
demanded, and has been agitated
for some years, but to abolish the
office of Governor will only increase
this difficulty and tend more and
more to concentrate all the power in
Honolulu. He asked Mr.. j. o.
| Carter and Mr.. Pratt what would be
the result in the assessment and
| collection Of taxes if this office was
abolished, and they both said, it
would be impossible to keep the run
of it and it would not be known
whether taxes were properly assess
ed or not. Now in the assessment
and collection of taxes alone it is
necessary to have this office. 1t is
impossible for the Minister of FL
nance to keep the run of those mat
tiers. Angel Gabriel could not him
self do it, if he was placed in the
same position as the Minister. He
said he had referred to those gentle
men as they had had large expert
ence. He did not, as rule, be-
lieve that because a thing was good
at one time it should always be
good. He referred to a remark by
Hon. S. g. Wilder, who in CONVEX
sation said that q good Governor on
the islands was an invaluable aid tC
the Ministry, and his opinion should
have some weight, as he has had ;
long experience in the Government
Another branch of Government worl
requires supervision, and that is TIL,
Road Boards. Corruptions ar,
creeping in that need to be looked
into. Their power is greater thai
road supervisors were under the ole
law. If good reliable men could b.
found to take the office, per
haps such corruptions would moi
exist, but 1T is fact that cal
be proven that corruption does eXs
in this department. Another rea
son why the office should be con
tinued is, for the supervision of the
minor Offices in the country nov
held by Hawaiians, who if the,
have no one to guide and checl
them will soon lapse into lazy in
dolent servants, while if they are
properly governed make COON ser
wants, and it is policy to emplo,
Hawaiians where they can perform
the duties. 1t would be just a
sensible for plantation owner T.
, discharge his Manager be
cauae he had good Bookkeepe
and other minor position lillet
, with good men, as it. is for tn
Government to abolish the Office G
Governor, because there are goo
men in the offices subordinate I
him. He said that the Chief Cler
of the Supreme Court, when maxim
, up the report of the Chief Justic
said, it was impossible to tie
whether the inferior judges reporte
one-half the number of cases the
had tried, as there was no super
c vision over that branch of the Gov
eminent, and it was useless t
g make up a report from their II
ports. He said the minority of I'll
, committee in their report seemed
u think that the majority of the con
mittee only wanted an inspector
school houses. He said the m;
u jority of the committee framed
Z bill for the supervision Of all de
parLments of the Government. On
in particular needs supervision an
y that is the Government physicians
c They need looking after. They d
u not carry out the provisions of tn
}, law under which they were appoint
: ed. No private individual is goini
to make a complaint against til
S district physicians, and get his ell
l nifty, because that same party ma
c need the services of the physician I'll
o next day, and it would be very III
: pleasant to be subject to his ill-wil
AT this point the House took r.
n cess until | p. m.