The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-04-02
THE SECRET C0NGLAvE.
NINTH MEETING.


There was full attendance and
General Duality presided.
On the meeting being called TO
order the President stated that he
had a presentment to make which
he would state briefly. ut had
been limited at our last meeting that
the Calathumpian Party is waning
in numbers and prospects, and he
would endeavor to explain the causes
and show that the extent of the de-
cline is not so great as some people
suppose. 1t is true that the minis
try have not carried out the expect
ed programme but it must be re-
remembered that the government
was severely handicapped in the
appropriations by both royal and
representative opposition. The min
listers endcavored to carry out GER
tain reforms which the Opposition
stigmatized as "pet schemes" such
as coffee plantation ON a large
scale and requiring large subsidy
then there was the projected drive
to the rim of the Devils Sugar-bowl
costing only $4,000 which, altho'
the vote passed, was so much
grudged that the Minister of Inter-
nal Delights became disguised and
lost heart in the work. In regard
to immigration, the government does
not take the popular view, as the
planters and the ministers are in
accord on the labor question. The
government is opposed to settlement
on the lands, while the people favor
that policy; and Asiatic immigra-
ton is government scheme coupled
with restrictions on white immigra-
ton. Another branch of the gov
ernmeut policy is to keep up the
statu quo, and conserve the islands
for the entire interests of sugar
planters. They wish also to restrict
the franchise to men or women
whose incomes are over $4,000 per
annum, or who have properties
valued at not less than 100000.
They hold that poor men have no
right to vote land should be coerced by
the stlngs of poverty. Of course, a
policy of this kind cannot be popu-
lar /; but it conserves the interests of
the class to which the ministry be-
longs. In this way have account
ed for the waning numbers of the
Calathumpian Party, and now shall
explain its prospects. We will sup
pose, at the worst, that majority
of the next Legislature is opposed
to the government policy, and that
the government suffers defeat upon
government measures. 1t by no
means follows that they will resign
their portfolios. Not much! They
have no responsibility TO anybody.
They are above the people and
above the king. They are fixtures
in the government offices, and who
is there that can put them out
They have the army at their back
and the least sign of revolution
would be eXtinguished in moment
You will therefore see that the pros
poets of the Calathumpian Part,
never can wane, and that the minis
try has been put into perpetual
power"
James Stickleback, said that he i.
"a labor contractor, and though
that as the government and thu
planters want to have the islands al
to themselves, 8 scheme of emigra
ton from the country should be in
augurated. The government policy
had ruined thousands of people, wht
were now too poor to pay their pas
sage from these shores, and man,
were living on charity-badly
housed and badly fed. For himself
he would accept passage from
Calathumpia at the earliest oppor
tunity."
Bill Outwithit could not see hoy
another revolution could be Ion,
avoided, and when it came the PEG
pie would doubtless hold the minis
try liable. The position seemed t.
him anomalous, The government i
in open rebellion against the king
and they also defy the people. Tw'
cabbage heads and two students O
Blackstone deiying whole nation
is rather an uncommon piece o
cheek"
Rev. MANCHESTER laughed ant
asked Bill what he was going to d.
about it?
Bill replied that he ''would de
pend upon the dispensations of Pro
violence, and he had no doubt tn
guilty would be brought to &C
count"
Hezekiah Stringbeans Esq. state
that he had "attended a monste
meeting of the Opposition Party
and the whole sederunt was occu
pied in discussing the question
What shall we do with the ministry
One Portuguese gentleman said h,
would have them strung up, ant
that hanging was too good TO
them Another excitable gentle
man of uncertain nationalit,
thought it would be difficult to re
strain the people until the next cleo
ton, there was so much discenten
and Indignation The charge
against the ministry seemed to b
more of general than of a specii
nature. Among the latter wer
tnan .nrouras a;uanasa 1Io,. ;,,toos