The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-06-10

fore God or man having any information
or reason to believe in that ann attack
was contemplated on those nights Mr.
President If l am falslfying in this m At.
ter may l never see the smile of that
God whose word is truth.
Isubmit that have disproved both of
their statements that they had reason 10
suspect myself or V. V. Ashford R.W
Wilcox. charge them with conspiracy.
and leave it to the dispassionate iudv.
ment OF this House to Judge between ne.
Noble Widemann-I move this speech
be translated and printed and referred
to special committee.
Rep. Bush-The Attorney General has
mentioned certain persons high in Gov
eminent position who were engaged in
conspiracy, think.
The President-There is a motion be-
fore the House.
Noble Baldwin amends by making
committee OF seven.
Rep. Brown-Are the other documents
to go to this committee too. We have
got entirely beyond the original question.
We have got into q disgraceful Cabinet
fight that is the truth of the matter. The
reply ought to take its course and when
it is printed, it can be disposed of with
the other matters. / so amend
Minister Thurston-I propose to make
no speech now in reply to the Attorney
General, but TO make q few specific de-
mails. 1t is difficult for me to find lang.
uage in which to express my opinion of
the statements of the Attorney. General.
Ii it We're parliamentary should say he
is the most cold FLOODED falsifer it was
ever my misfortune to meet. As it ia
not parliamentary l will not say SO. l
desire now to make the following specific
denials:
/. deny that 1 urged Daniel Foster
as President of Hawaiian Republic, or
quarreled with Wv. Ashford concerning
it.
,. deny that at a meeting at my
house | suggested, or it was agreed, that
only members of the league should be
appointed to office.
3. l deny that / was ever q party to
any plot, plan or arrangement to compel
or secure the abdication of the King and
the enforcement of his sister.
4. | deny that the Attorney General
ever offered to tell the Cabinet what he
did in Canada.
5. deny that the majority OF the Cab
met ever advised the King to sign a
treaty with the United States.
6. deny that there was ever any con-
cealment, or attempt to conceal any
thing from the King concerning the treaty
matter.
Z. deny that any proposition to allow
foreign troops to land on Hawaiian soil,
was ever considered by the Cabinet ex-
cept to unanimously and absolutely de-
eide such question in the negative
Minister Diamonds an honest man., l
mu t deny the statement of the Attorney.
General with regard to my interview
with His Majesty. read the whole.
The Attorney General stated that took
the treaty to the King intending not to
let him see that last clause took that
treaty to him of which i retained the
original copy, and read it word for word,
and when l came 10 The last two clauses,
l said your Majesty, the Cabinet imme-
diately when this was put in type on the
writer SO that We could see it, we decided
it should not be part of the treaty, and
| have read it word for word so that your
Majesty may see not merely what we
have approved but what We have disap-
proved as we'll, and there was not one
word uttered in the Cabinet meeting but
what your Majesty should know. His
Majestylsaid to me why do you leave the
last part off; and l said because it is
no part of the treaty, and say it hon
estly in the face of every Hawaiian here
before me. iApplause.)
Acknowledgement thought his Excel
lency had misunderstood. He had not
stated it positively, but merely as what
he had been informed and was very glad
to learn that it is not SO
Rep: kalua moves previous question;
carried.
Motion to translate and print; carried.
The House adjourned at p. NJ. to 10
A NJ, Tuesday.