The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-06-17


: Cabinet, snd Minister OF Foreign Attain
n said ministers settled that :IStated that a
4 the law adviser of the Crown. l oblecteC
/ 70 any settlement in which | had n,
= share. Then we came TO the real ground;
e for refusing 10 confirm the election They
would not state The reasons, stating thai
{ the Minister OF the Interior said knew
r them already. II appeared that '. !
: Ashford had denounced them through
, the election. edited the Elele Snd in
. short WAS not in accord. | said this was
the old Gihsonian view, which the Min
lister OF the Interior denied. They ne
: fused to change, because they would Ne
stultifying themselves. Alas, that peo-
pies creeds should be so-hy their deeds
reminds me OF fable told l think by
-Esop. Two snimals were discussing
and agreed; one of them afterwards said
that he had changed his mind, for which
he was expostulsiei with by his COM
panio1. opposed the rest of the Cab
met rs to nomination of HebhSrd. con-
tending that l had the right and the
duty to advise His Majesty as thought
proper. Snd / declined TO be coensed or
intimidated hy three Cabinet officers or
three Judges or any other three inen.
y
skirmish in comparison with what hap
pened over the treaiy. / believe they
were LAYING their plans to get the mill
tSry completely under their control so
that they could use il TO coerce the King
il necessary. They produced, to nv
greSt surprise, the treaty (which l
thought was buriedl and said they sup
/ posed il was in harmony with my ideas,
] - -.
I promise which had been reached about
( SIX months before. | said did not like
I the compromise then. snd liked IL still
Z less now thst the circumstances had
{ changed IN the United Ststes, and that
( before the ink was dry on the treaty its
advantages would be gone, and would
be no party TO binding the country so
that it could not breathe without consult
ing Uncle Sam.
A conference was called of Honolulu
business men. ostenSlbiy 10 discuss the
Treaty, really TO overswe and coerce ME.
They voted. As | knew they would, TO
put the Treaty through, out that didn't
shake me in the least. | WAS there TO
DO nv duty to the King and country,
snd l believe | did it, and am proud OF |
II, snd | would do 1t again because | be- /
lleved II Was right if every man in the |
country WAS against me
Mr.. President, the Minister of the In |
terror attempted to Hasten upon my stti- /
tude, the stain and faint of insineerity. /
He read extracts from documents 10 /
prove II. We were very much Giisgusted
when the matter got out. Even the
King was not 70 know all the facts. The
troops clause was tackled in as an al
ternate section which could be detached
when the draft was taken to the King.
Mr.. Damon took the draft and read it to
the King, who wished to have the draft
left with him. Mr.. Damon left il, but
forgot to tske off the extra section. and
when the King saw that, he did what
We knew he would, he objected. (Bucked. |
would say, but King never bucks il
1t Is true that the Cabinet submitted
the majority question to the Supreme
Court. but only the Colonelcy question.
another illustration OF their cunning. to
state II mildly. We went to Cabinet
TO discuss. not as the Minister of
the Interior states, the Colonelcy and I !
the Treaty question, but the Treaty ques-
ton, ana then UNEXPECTEDLY to me. the I
Colonelcy- 1t is not true that | advised ]
the King 10 disregard the advice of the !
0ther members or the Cabinet. | con- {
lined myself 70 saying: Don't sign I
hat Treaty" The Minister of the In 4
erlOr read here What purported to be q d
serb2tum report OF nv words on that oc-
,ASlon. l did not recognize them, but / a
10 not propose TO discuss that did state q
hat the King was not bound by the +
opinion OF the Supreme Court. That
vas only an ex-parte opinion delivered b
without hearing arguments, and not o
binding as 3 decision, and because il was a
wrong anyhow.
L started to tell just how our reply was a
made up. We felt that the game was o
ip unless We could patch up something Il
plausible IN the way of excuse. Each
vas 10 make patchwork of excuses and e
he one who could make the best patch d
Tork was TO De accepted. The Minister
I the Interior was so much more adept IL
D that kind Of business than the rest u
nat most Of his draft was adopted. |
OnieSs 10 having been wrong then and C;
lght now Consistency, 1t is said. Is the Il
9glc Of fools. The Minister Of the In IL
=rlor tsunts me with my inconsistency
nd implies that he Is consistent. am 10
Hing W
eOme now 10 the last branch Of nv Ct
infect One Of the Ministers told me CT
hen We left the Cabinet council that
" action would damn me out of this N
9unuy Since then believe they have q
INSPIRED to damn me out Of this country VI
ID 50 they got NJ these rumors and II
laried the Station house. Therefore I tn
He'd the Marshal to nv office and made let
quiries. When had this talk with TT,
lie Marshal the meeting of merchants or
I'd already been held at the Iron works. an
10 the Minister OF the Interior was s
ere. That was before l had expressed dii
y opinion or taken any account. II WI
ere were any rumOrs they ought to it
I've brought them TO me, and if / was | /
y 10 De trusted they ought to have had Mi
e arrested, and if there was not suffi- hs
int evidence to justify my arrest. then pr
say they were not justified in withhold VIC
2 their information from me as the VII
ief peace officer Of this Kingdom Ms
Therefore, contend that there was no las
are AT all here until the Minister of the no
terror created one for the purpose Of est
scrediung my brother and myself. and bel
harge that this whole scare was the
suit OF & conspiracy to diserldif my len