The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-06-17

the bottom of that. So in regard TO the
treaty the Acknowledgement says it was
treaty to sell out the independence of
the country | think if these things are
true, all the Cabinet ought to go. If the
Ministers have acted so before they will
do it again. / think we had better let
them go tonight. / don't care what
side of the House the new Ministry
comes from, as long as we have new
Ministry. | say let US settle this to-
night.
Noble Baldwin This is an exceed
ingly important question. The amend
ment involves principles which trans
cend and overtop everything else. The
question is not primarily whether G. W.
Ashford shall go and the other Ministers
stay, but whether one man shall rule or
not. The country expects US on our
oaths to decide this question according
to the right, to strip it of all personal
feeling and decide according to what is
right. Neither resolution brings any
charge against the Ministers. Both are
based on their dissension only. The
amendment Il do not remember its pre-
else terms) took hold of that principle.
These are the facts in the case. The
Attorney General advised His Majesty
not to sign the authorization to negotiate
the treaty and not to sign FL. F. Heb
bard's commission. His Majesty took
the ground that when the Cabinet is
unit he is not called upon to act. not
withstanding the opinion of the Supreme
Court. This is not partizan question,
and we should not make it so. II we
decide that one member can destroy the
action of the Cabinet, we will be on very
dangerous ground. Suppose a few
months hence a member of the Cabinet
chooses to block its action. There will
be nothing to hinder it. Some of the
members have had a good deal to say
about Article Al of the Constitution. To
me it seems very plain. | will read it.
1t begins with the phrase-the Cabinet,
that confuses some, as though that
phrase governs the whole article, but it
does not. The next sentence begins, not
with /" the Cabinet" but with "they"
victed Or felony. According to the in
depreciation OF the Attorney-General this
would mean that the whole Cabinet
would have to be convicted of felony. 1t
seems perfectly clear that vote OF want
OF confidence can be brought against one,
two or three. By so doing we would be
establishing no new precedent. Time
and again, in the United States, Eng
land and other countries, an offending
Minister has been pushed out of the
Cabinet. The matter stands in this way
then. The Attorney General has defied
the rest of the Cabinet. 1t rests with us
to decide for one or the other. 1t is
tremendously important question. will
not discuss the merits of the Cabinets
actions. / do not think they are Def IRE
US. They are in the hands of the COM
mittee and we ought not to PREJUDICE
them.
Noble McCarthy-The last speaker has
informed us that we are sent here to do
what is right. Mr.. President, / propose
to do what think is right. believe in
the right of the House to pass vote of
want OF confidence on single member.
But resolution of want of confidence
has been brought against tine whole Cab
met, and l think the whole Cabinet has
shown by its action that it does not de-
serve the confidence of this House. A
majority of the voters of the country have
decided against this Ministry. On Fla
waii the Independent members were
largely elected by voters of our party.
Mr.. President, this Ministry was defeated
at the polls. The last speaker informs
US that we should treat this in nom
partizan way. But, Mr. President, is it
non-partizan to go into a caucus and sign
paper agreeing to vote for a want of
confidence against the Attorney General
on condition that the rest of the Cabinet
should resign next day. Should the
Ministers say they did not put this
troops" clause there, neither did Mr..
Carter nor Mr. Blaine. If nobody was
in favor of it how did it come there?
The principal involved seems to be that
the Ministers of the Cabinet should not
block the Cabinet. | think that is all
right, but gentleman of their own party
who was so disguised that he called it
dirty Cabinet, now brings in vote of
want of confidence against the Attorney
General. swallowing the other three
can't do that. | have been opposed to
this Ministry and would do all could to
put them out, but did not expect it to
come up in this way. A gentleman said,
you have not had to get up any motion
to get this Ministry out, they have all
done it themselves Noble Baldwin has
argued that the question to be settled is
whether one man is to control the Cab
net. This would be well enough, if the
one man were always wrong. think it
is too much to say whether he is right or
wrong. think in this matter he is as
likely to be right as wrong. Now, take
this guarding the Station house. 1t
must have been very serious state Of
affairs. Why didn't they call US together?
But the fact is that it is of pace with
their whole administration. They want
to run the country to suit themselves, to
spend the money to suit themselves. /
think it is about time we looked into
matters
Noble Widemann = The honorable
Noble for Maui has given US desSerta-
ton on Article 4, OF the Constitution.
He has read it his own way and that is
what every member of the House will
do. / do not think he was cut out for
lawyer. do not deny the
weight OF the principle, but if it was so
why does it come up SO late.
Mr.. President, l am ready to vote
against all four of them.
Rep. Waipuilani-I am in doubt as to