The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-10-11

UINtCl lIlhl liilSSlNiihliCS NIIC HUt bt'
fore the House.
The President ruled the language,
on it being interprcted,as entirely out
of order. Neither missionaries nor
ANGELS we're before the House.
Rep. Wilcox, proceeding, said it
was very strange To see an effort
madc in this House to cover up mis-
conduct in Office Ii they could not
do better than this, let them hoist
the American flag aud annex the ISL
ands To the United States.
Rep. Nawah had signed the ma
jority report although he had not at
tended any of the meetings. lie had
done So because he had read the
sworn statements. lie thought the
printing of the documents all right,
and, if the report was not adopted,
he would not consider himself any
longer member of the committee.
Noble Baldwin could not under
stand why the chairman had not, rs
suggested, asked the House to have all
the evidence printed. The fact was
that the evidence on which the chair
man based his report did not appear
in the pamphlet ut all. These afli-
davits, only extracts of which were
printed. were never authorized Ivy
the committee. 1T was after the
minority had presented their report,
that the majority induced The clerks
togo before G. w. Ashford, who took
their evidence. He had been will
ing, and was now, to have all the
evidence printed. He had part of
the evidence taken by the minority
! in his desk now, and it differed very
materially from some Of that print
cd. His objection to the pamphlet
was that il contained extracts from
atlidavits without signatures. He
| could not remember all that was in
the anidavts or letters, but he did
recOllecl that some of the post
masters gave commentators of the
postal system which were left out in
the printed document. Besides this
being an insult to the committee and
to the House. it was one-sided re-
port of the evidence.
Rep. Brown supported the motion
TO refer the report back. In the
first place, the committee had no
jurisdiction to take the statements
of clerks. They were appointed to
consider the items of pay of postmast-
ers, of clerks, and of mail carriers.
The committee examined the clerks
entirely OH the strength of com
plants made to them by clerks who
were in open rebellion against theil
superior. If he had charge of any
office under the Government and
clerks acted in that way they would
go out inside of five minutes if he
lost his office the next. Without
discipline being enforced on thu
staffs of public offices there could b'
no efficiency in the service rendered
the public. The action of the com
mittee was discourteous to the print
ing committee. The evidence ant
letters could only have been legal,
printed by order of the House
Would the House have had to pa
, for printing pages of the opium
committees testimony, collected b.
the chairman on his own responsi
bility? He said no. The action G
, the chairman may have been only
mistake, but he submitted that tn
, report should be returned to him.
Rep. White was in favor of tn
report of the majority. The atfida
Wits were valuable, as showing tn
basis of the conclusions. Member
were trying to shield the Postmaster
9 General. The hon. member for tn
first district thought if the Pos,
, master swore at the clerks the clerk
9 should get out. lie thought it shout
be the other way. Daughter Th
| finance committee had heard CON
y plants about the Postmaster-Ger
erals conduct, but considered it We
Q out of their province to rcpo
thereon.
The House adjourned at II o
. clock.