The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-07-11

how it worked. The committee
bill puts sole authority into the
hands of one man. The honorable
Noble Smith says that there are no
officials who need more watching
than the doctors. agree with him,
but the manner in which he wishes
the control OF this important branch
of the government placed, is wholly
wrong. They should be governed
by the head of the department and
not by local authority. If a Cover
nor goes around among the natives
and he sees the grief, and listens to
the stories of people who have been,
or are going TO be sent away rs lepers,
it is not in human nature to resist
the appeals of these poor afflicted
people, and no local officer should
be placed in such position as to
control the actions of such q physi-
clan. Let the honorable Noble
look at the weakness of his own bill
before he accuses the Cabinet of in
sincerity. He in his bill does not
recognise the division of labor as
obtains in the different departments.
This Governor is supposed to
watch and guard every branch
of public work in his district. 1t is
impossible for such a man to check
all abuses in these diversified offices.
Mr.. Kinney would rather have the
opinion of the Superintendent of
Public Works on repairs to be made
on the wharf at Lahaina, under
cursory examination of the work,
than the opinion of Governor Ever
EFT, after an inspection of whole
day. If we are aiming at local self
| government we are on the right
road for it, but the Governor is a
stumbling block in the way of its
contamination. He believed with
Noble Smith, that all offices that
Hawaiians can fill should be given
them. He had been doomed in his
district because he had nagged the
Minister of Finance until native
had been appointed tax assessor.
He had great respect for the opin-
ions of such men as the Hon. S. O..
Wilder, but this old order of things
was passed, and new era had
dawned on the land. The natives
don't want Il foreigner rs governor
over their islands. They are being
educated to know that such an Of
fee was created for chiefs, and it is
ii oh nd ,iC
ing Hawaiian to-day is the artizan.
Noble Widemann said that Rep.
Kinney was astray when he spoke OF
local government He does not like
a governor appointed by the minis
try, but he wants Il sheriff to per-
form the duties. He says that there
is a difference between u governor
reporting to the Ministry and she
riff 10 do the same. A great dea
has been said about the Ministry
standing or failing on this issue, blu
he should vote for the COMMITTEES
bill, and if it passed he should b'
sorry to see the Ministry fall by it
Minister Thurston remarked tina
a good deal had been said regardin!
the sincerity of the Ministry, but hi
assured the House that the Cabine
was sincere in the matter, and hon
estly believed that the Office wa
not only q detriment, but a positive
!. injury to the country. This wa
the first question that had beer
brought up wherein the rights of tn,
members under the constitution t
vote untrammelled could be eXer
cised. They were not otlice-hold
ers, nor do they look for or can they re
) ceve any office under the Govern
ment after this session is over. |
, the majority of the House though
that the office of Governor shoul'
: he continued, then it was their dut,
to vote for the bill as presented b,
= majority of the Committee, but
5 on the other hand they thought tina
= the money paid in salaries to Gov
: errors should be used for other pur
e poses, then it was their duty Il
r vote for the abolition of the office
He referred to the duties heretofor
, performed by Governors, and sal
t that several of their functions hav
l been taken from them and placed i
v other hauds. Other bills are be
: fore the House which, if passed
: will still further diminish the dutie
e of said office, and nothing remain
s for them to do. The other side ha
e brought up the argument that tn
It Governor should supervise the as
! sessment and collection of taxes
d This was the only valid argumcr
they had put forward, but it coul
h be done much better in other hanC
+ than in the hands of Governor
It The Ministry proposed to obyia
= this matter by introducing a bill
o regulate the assessment and cole
l. ton of taxes, and had given motto
e of such bill. They proposed
/ appoint permanent assessor fl
II each district, who shall be linanc
e ally, morally, and in every 9TH
1t way responsible for his actions
y the Government. The opposite
n to the Ministry Bill argued that the
y must have an overseer over the a
if tions Of the Government officers {