The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-06-03

70 to the country with whine eve ar
going to the dogs" The people dow
town will not put their hands in thei
pockets TO furnish any money. The,
/ will wait until we have decide,
"not TO go to the dogs" Mr.
Chairman, | am not surprised to sc,
this in report coming from committe,
OF which the honorable member iron
Koolaupoko was in. He has been sing
ing the same tune in his paper TO
months. Nothing hurts the country s,
much Ii it hadn't been for reports
coming from this country, we shoulC
have had to-day not a railroad bill fo
Hawaii, but railroad. The people wht
did that are doing just what the honor
able member from Koolaupoko is trying
to do now. Without committing mysel
10 details OF either railroad scheme,
am in favor OF the idea of both, and be
lieve they will benefit the country Al
once, whether they do the owners good
or not. l think instead Of putting 9
dsmper on things in our reply, weloughi
to adopt the hopeful tone OF the Kings
speech.
Rep. Nswahi said that Minister Thurs
ton thinks it is not always good to tell
the truth. There are people down town
who have lent money who wish they
had not, because they were deceived. II
we want TO borrow money we had better
tell the exact truth. Mr.. Wilder told me
himself that it was the revolution of 'S7
1 which prevented his getting the money
for the Hamakua railroad. / think the
Minister of the Interiors amendments
ought to be printed.
Noble Kauhane- What is before the
House now is the reply to the Kings
speech-nobody else. So far as we are
concerned, this speech comes from the
King. | cannot approve this reply.
never should have signed it, The speech
says one thing and tie reply another.
Rep. Kalua moved that when the COM
mittee rise they recommend adoption of
the reply by the House. He saw nothing
objectionable in the reply. The COM
mittee ought to tell the King the truth.
We are not going over to the Palace to
| stroke his beard or scratch his back.
| There was no occasion to be afraid of
telling the truth. 1t was better than
| making false statements and getting
found out
Rep. Rickard favored the amendment
proposed by the Minister of the Interior.
As honorable Noble Kauhane had said,
this is simply a reply to His Majesty's
address, and it is quite uncalled for to
state anything. beyond mere reply. An
utterance OF the kind proposed will GER
tainly not do us any good.
Rep. White was yesterday in favor of
printing and carefully considering it,
but he was not in favor of amendment.
The Ministers wanted to convey false
impressions. They wanted us to say
9 Peace, peace,n when there was no
peace. They wanted US to pretend We
had no Wilcox in our country when we
have.
Rep. Baker is in favor of report as
presented by committee. See no harm
in stating that the prosperity of the
country may be checked. 1t would save
time to address the reply directly to the
Cabinet. l suppose they prepared the
address.
Rep. Kapaehaole had a few remarks
TO make, not quite SO loud as some who
had proceeded him. Thought the re-
marks OF the reply were irrelevant and
out OF place. l cannot conscientiously
adopt the second clause in the reply of
the committee, Am in favor of the
amendment prepared by His Excellency
the Minister OF the Interior.
Rep. Brown cannot support the |
present form OF the reply. The clause |
objected to holds out to the world our |
belief that the prosperity OF the country |
is likely to receive check and go back |
wards. So the clause stating that it is |
of doubtful policy to pledge the credit of |
the country for d cable is objectionable |
1t is defining policy which has not been
customary in the reply to the Kings |
speech. The committee ought to have
stated what it is that is going to check
our prosperity, SO that it might be under
stood abroad. 1t was the duty of the
committee to state to the House the OBJ
stacles to our prosperity if they think
there are any, so that We may take
measures to prevent it | don't know of
my own knowledge whether an armed
iorce has been kept in the Station house
Or not, but if there was it was all nom
sense. The committee never knew what
hey were writing when they wrote this
clause. Ii they will turn to the Custom
House report they will see that our
has been not "fair," as they
all it, but unexampled. They are con-
sealing the truth for partizan purposes.
think in matter like this, the COM
hittee should have examined every re-
,ort OF the departments before they ven-
ured to deny the statements in regard
o the prosperity OF the Kingdom. In
egard to pledging public credit for the
able, l say that if we get cable Homo {
ulu will be the Queenstown OF the
pacific. The harbor will be filled with
hipping and the native Hawaiians
he owners OF the country will reap the ,
'eneft. Suppose this message goes to I
lis Majesty declining to pledge national
redit, and then We should change our c
minds. We would be as the natives say i
hooulu." Theref re, we ought not in t
be reply to state our policy in this mat l
sr. Ii the majority do not agree with /
hat portion OF His Majesty's speech let | 4
hem show it when the question comes G
p. move that clause be stricken out a
shall vote for the amendments propos- b
d by His Ex the Minister OF the Inte- s
or.
Rep. Apiki said he wishes to be fair n
nd think that: the: House ought to be a
loderate in its reply, and not raise un- 8
ecessary fears. The Hawaiian King u
ON is like little child on the edge of q | r