The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-06-07

il upon the sidewalk. ct tho doors. o. re- :
treat within the building, secure the :
doors and defend the premises from the !
windows, as the force and direction Of
the attacking party might suggest 70 the
enc In command, and telephone ct oucc
to the Marshal or his deputies. Seven |
reso!ute men, well armed, should b. able ]
to hold that building for hours. auaipet
any fosce 9lnk ccal6 = A0us1 sAiess1
it llom tho front
uader1kAnd that tl,s holrs = spedalI
gunsd arc now from SP. I. tea. n.
While - not now thinkit uecessary
to extend these houfs, vet cspeatns Oh
watches coming on duty ut r. ". and
A. u. respectively, should be especially
instructed 10 give particular attention 10 |
advent, and after tho departure Of the |
special guard, evening and morning.
This, 1 think, daring ono hour Of sach - |
those watches, should take the form Of .
small detail OF their foreign patrols for
this service.
| Now, rs to the indiscriminate admis-
sion Of all comerS 70 tha diferant dco9
Of the building. This should be guarded
against during the day by come prAc-
ticable, yet reasonable rule, that viii ct
once permit the despatch Of business,
and secure tho privacy Of portions 81 the
premises. After Office hours in the
evening. no one except members Of the
force, regular or special, or other officers
Of the Government and attorneys and
others upon legitimate business to be
stated 10 the officer in charge, should be
admitted to the building Let this prin-
} ciple be enforced.
T In particular would call your atten-
> ton to the oft recurring absence Of "all
' hands" from your own office, during
. business hours, which Of course leaves
J, open opportunities such ~ should not
i exist, for any venture such AZ herein
Q discussed. have frequently land sew
. eral times during the present month)
i tried in vain to ring up some occupant ol
It convinced me th6t no one was present
II need not assure you that this should
d not be, particularly at the present juno
+ ture, and shall expect to zee 10 res,e
D died.
20 Not wishing to handicap you by IN,
n enumeration Of details to be observed in
the carrying into effect Of the foregoing
D. instructions, leave them chiefly 10
Y your own device and application. Tn
IN main purpose, and in fact the only put
re pose Of my writing thus ut length ia +
e. secure the ample protection TO tina
We building which its present importanc
liz demands.
Il Irepeat, that nothing herein is penne
al in spirit Of complaint, but of cautio
i'll and admonition only. shall expet
rs, the main object Of these instructions
nd be scrupulously observed and lived u
ID. to. purpoeo to myself test the etiic
les ency and vigilance Of the guard in que
ire ton from time to time, and recommeu
the same course to you. While l desil
re- that they should have a general motto
he to this effect, for the purpose 81 keepir
sm special notice Of the hours of my visit
nd Yours faithfully,
mt (Signed) G. w. ASHFORD,
ere Attorney General.
'to That was the opinion of the Attorne
10 General in August last, when he thong
that we ought to guard against possibl
, "a not merely probable danger, when
M thought that il was Necessary to ha
III men armed to the teeth with clubs, p
III tolls, rifles and cartridge belts. Now win
7 We have volunteer guard at night on
. ~ with no weapons on them, he complai
-. and sees threat and q menace to
,ha community.
sno The statement that there was unnec
~. sary ostentation and display, 10 witht
, aa: foundation. AS q matter Of fact, {
gNsxd was there. two. weeks before
tier At this time gsTSled sccounts Of vi
non was being done by the Cabinet appea,
me- in both English and native, which CO,
lice only have come from the Attorney tie
n0L raj. Arguments which the Attorn
loor General made in the Cabinet, down ~
een to the underscOring. came out next d
the in the newspapers with those very poi
the in italics. If anyone wants to KIN
loor what it is to be in hell without waiting
her eternity let him be IN divided Cabin
,rv knowing that every word and act 10 bel
Cos. reported and misconstrued by traitor
with the knowledge that man is amo
Z of you whom you cannot trust. and the p
low sibility of another 3Oth Of July hangi
ned over your head.
AN That was the situation. What was
' or be done? The Attorney-G General 4
YER, giving demoralizing and revolutions
ect- advice to the King. Never before I
ture the King refused to follow the advice
UGH the Supreme Court. That was the b
n ID wark Of the country, and the King ne,
inst dreamed Of refusing to follow their
ks. vice, until the Attorney General advis
are him to do so. l say the action Of I
! of Attorney-G General was revolutionary, Q
y of it has brought the King into a revo
ails tionary position, which he has ma
i: tanned ever since The chairman of I
her Foreign Affairs committee has referred
.ept my brutal statements to the XII
!, be Mr.. President, am no courtier, ne,
cial was and never shall be one; believe
the speaking the truth, and have done
lier have made no brutal statements to (
ard King. have treated him with peri,
,wn respect, but with perfect candor. VIII
will he was taking . course contrary to I
re- law and the constitution, did not {
the him that he was doing right, but that
and was taking course that would bri
the disaster upon himself and upon {
hall country.
and In this situation, with the history
out. Robert Wilcox before us, with the fl
lur. in regard to v. v. Ashford before
ring with the Acknowledgement in open h
,up- tility to the Cabinet, refusing to resi-
tory and saying that he would stay to paral
for all action, in this situation, say Il
even if there had been no truth in I
ubs report which came to us, there wo,
IAN, still have been ample gro,nd for taxi
rem the precautions urged by the Attorn
the General in August last. The Marsl
the came to me to consult. He had recei,
is,fOru, frnvvn q different cos,rco r.