The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-10-07

If some natives had not the right to vote
! for mobiles they could earn it by hare
work. It was true the King had not a;
much power as the President of the
United States, but we change him every
four years if he doesn't suit us. He haC
as much power as the Queen of England
who ruled over 200, 0,000, 900 people.
I Rep. Bush had not intended to speak
/ but would answer few remarks which
Noble Horner had made. People like
Noble Horner, who were aliens, came
here and took away from the natives
their Constitution, inspired by their own
| devilish ideas.
Noble Horner-I was 200 miles away
and did not take any part in the revolu.
tion.
Rep. Bush Your sympathies were
! with it, and l say you were party to it.
Noble Horner-All right, say so then.
Rep. Bush-The natives were robbed
of their rights. The King was deprived
of rights.
Noble Horner-Yes, admit he lost
some power.
Rep. Bush Well, he's not an Ameri-
can, is he? He had his own ideas with
regard to his people The Constitutional
Convention was perfectly just, and the
only way to bring about change when
your Constitution is old and wants re-
dressing. This House has a perfect
right TO call convention. 1t represents
the whole people and the people make
the laws. 1t is mere sophistry to say
that this act is illegal. There are plenty
of precedents in other countries. 1t was
stated here that the result OF this agita-
ton was that two ships were here to
police US That is not the case. They
are here to watch each other. Yester-
day it was stated that this agitation was
the work OF a few demagogues. The
Minister of Finance says he is ignorant
that the Hawaiians demand new
Constitution Well, very likely, as an
actor representing some character in low
comedy, he is considered quite a star.
The speaker proceeded to make some
further comments on the Minister.
Minister Brown-Is that in order, Mr..
Chairman?
The Chairman think not.
Minister Brown-I think not.
Rep. Bush, continuing, commented ON
the Ministry, who had no policy except,
as they said, when interpellated, to car
ry out the will of the House. 1t was a
weak declaration. These bills were
drafted, one of them, by member of
the Cabinet, and it is unjust to come in
here and try to throw the burden on a
few demagogues. Who are the dema-
gogues? He had been in consultation
with the Ministry on this matter, and
the bill introduced by J. W. Kalua was
drawn by the Attorney-G 1t was
introduced by Rep. Kalua because the
Ministry were afraid to lose their Offices.
l understand that the Ministers now had
the war-vessels under arms, ready to
land at a moments notice, because an
uprising was imminent. They were just
as likely to rise as a newborn child, for
they are just about as simple, unless led
by some bad man. Everything was
peaceful and quiet here and would be-
1t was admitted that there was rest
lessness among the natives because they
were deprived of their rights. Why can
not we shake hands over our differences
and go before the people and have an
election which shall settle everything?
The speaker proceeded to cite historical
precedents for the framing of constitu-
tions by conventions called for the pur-
pose.
The committee rose and reported pro-
gress and asked leave to sit again.
The report was adopted and the House
at 10 P. NJ.