The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-06-10

him. cruelty him. cruelty him! 1t Is
certain that they would have
raised just such cry and they would
have had no justification. The clamor
for my scalp and official head would
have drowned all excuses.
To their defence l will now address
myself. The defence is divided into two
parts. l. That was conniving. 2. That
danger was impending which came from
r. w. Wilcox and V. V. Ashford. Let
us examine the evidence on which he
rests and see if it be satisfactory to an
impartial House The evidence is
chiefly in the form of hearsay. He hs,
heard things from the street or certain
persons have come to him and told GER
tain stories, and on this basis he wants
you to condemn the men. Now ever
since the birth of the law the men have
had the chance to appear and defend
themselves. shall defend MIR. V. V.
Ashford as far as l have the facts in my
own knowledge leaving the defence OF
Mr.. Wilcox to himself.
With regard to V. V. Ashford the Min
lister OF the Interior has acted detective,
judge, jury, prosecuting officer, and now
he wishes to be executioner. He has
gone into the secret history must go
into the secret history too. He that
draws the sword shall perish by the
sword, and 1 shall follow him and des-
troy him with his own weapons. Mr.
President, the spirit breathed through
the report was that he had no personal
grievance and hostility against V. Y.
Ashford. Now l propose to prove that
that is utterly otherwise They have
been hostile for three years and that
| arose in the desire to found a republic
here.
Rep. Rickard--What is the extent OF
| the question of privilege?
y-General-Every point must
be proved. demand Just as much space
| to prove my statements as the Minister
| of the Interior had for his.
Rep. Bro~n-I rise to point OF order
| The Attorney-General must confine him.
| self to persons on the floor.
eyGeneral-Did the Minister OF
| the Interior so confine himself
Rep. Brown-No, and he. was out OF
| order. The President did not call him
| to order, nor did any member make the
point.
Minister Ashford continuing He
| said the hostility between MIR. Thurston
and V. V. Ashford originated in the
| League that produced the revolution OF
| 1887. They were both on a committee
| of five to prepare ticket Of officers OF
| the Hawaiian Republic. Mr.. Thurston
| ignored the rest of the committee and
| proposed ticket mainly made up OF
servants OF G. Brewer & Co. The people
| never knew how near they were to hav-
| ing Mr.. Daniel Foster as President OF
the Hawaiian Republic. The insurrec-
ton OF 1887 planned by r. w. Wilcox
was only continuation OF a scheme OF
the Ministers to replace the King on the
throne by his sister, Princess Liliuoka-
lani. One of those implicated with Will
cox was kept in most lucrative Office
| by Minister ThurstOn, and Wilcox was
only allowed to escape prosecution be-
cause Mr.. Thurston did not want to
prosecute this officer of his department
A. S. Hartwell, the particular friend OF
the majority of the Cabinet, had ex-
pressed his contempt of the treatment OF
| V. V. Ashford, abusing him after going
on their bellies to him for protection when
in danger. The Minister OF Interior, con-
trary to his statement, had interfered in
the Colonelcy election. He had made
billets for Captains Langley and Fer
reira to get their votes for Major Heb
bard, another official in the Interior De-
partment, but he didn't get their votes
after all. As to July 30th the Cabinet
were in the boneyard when the sun rose,
| and they were resurrected because V. V.
Ashford's heart was in his work. The
Ministry was to blame for that insurrec-
ton, and the police department shared
| in the blame because of that "rotten
reed" in the Station, John H. Soper,
! Marshal. If v V. Ashford was with
the conspirators why did the Govern
ment organ in its Steamer edition" OF
instruction news, give him first credit
for putting it down? The speaker quoted
the passage from the ADVERTISER to
that effect, also the advertisement OF
thanks from the Cabinet to V. " Ash
ford and others, published "by author
ity" in the Bulletin.
At II :0S the House took a recess to
l 80 o'clock.