The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-06-14


ness before the li0usr.
Rep. Marques moved that the
statement OF The Minister OF Foreign
Affairs be printed, more especially
because the declarations OF the Min
lister regarding letter No. 80 did not
agree with the statements IF ether
Ministers. Carried.
Minister Damon presented the re-
port OF Tie Bunfd Of Education in
English and Hawaiian.
VAST OF CONFIDENCE.
Noble W,dcmann moved the fol.
lowing resolution:
Whereas, 1t Is painfully apparent
that His Majcsty's constitutional
advisers We irreconu labiy divided
against themselves, and
Whereas, it is manilcstly impos.
sihie 10 otherwise heat the dissen.
sion in n manner conducive 10 the
best interests Of the Kingdom, eX.
cept by dissolution OF the Cabinet.
and such o course marking the tru-
est PATRIOTISM
Therefore, hc it resolved, thar
this Assembly do mark its dissalis.
faction with the existing siste of
affairs hy declaring 4 want cf con.
tldcnce in the Ministry.
Noble Widemann said lie didn't
know much about the dOngs of the
League, but one member of it ask
ed him what he thought of Daniel
Foster for President OF The Hawai-
ian Republic. He replied tina,
he didn't take MUCH stock IN Dan.
iel Foster, He VAS then asked
what lie thought of iona. Austin for
the same position, and replied that
he took still less stock in him. The
speaker reviewed the discussion be.
tween the Ministers OF the late pre-
parations against alleged contem-
plated Disturbances. lie would like
to know ii The Marshal ever asked
the policeman who were those ARM
ed men seen on n certain night. He
was Informed that il was party Of
the Honolulu Rifles coming home
from jolliiieation pretty well "sct
up" The Minister Of Interior said
that only four men were telephoned
for that night, and one lame pris-
oDer was sent TO the Rifles Armory
10 see what was going on there. He
thought enquiry should surely have
been made by the Minister as to
who those armed men were, when
he would have found out that they
were his friends and not his enc.
! mics. Ii there were armed men
swarming about Honolulu surely
three or four men could not have
done much to put down any revolu-
ton. If he was afraid Of any reyo.
luton he should have sent for more
men, and he (Noble W. although
not very fit would have come him.
self. The only Inference was that
the Minister did not believe that
there Was any danger of trouble.
The speaker quoted the remark of
the Minister Of Interior about the
"helP' Of being in Cabinet whence
everything spoken was given away
to be twisted ny traitor" He
thought there was an easy way for
tue Minister to get out Of that
"hell,' but he seemed TO be very
comfortable in tit seemed TO be II
heaven to the Minister Of Interior.
Rep. Brown said he was not prepar-
ed to support this resolution OF want
of confidence, because he believed
there was greater principle at stake,
which was that the minority should
not rule. He would therefore move
an amendment to the resolution. Ii
the minority was going to rule they
might as well do away with all con-
stilu,ional representative govern
ment. This was n question that
affected the country's prosperity
and its independence. He moved
as an amendment tie following 1880
luton:
Whereas, His Excellency &. w.
Ashford, Acknowledgement, did ad-
wise His Majesty the King to refuse
10 follow the advice of the majority
Of the Cabinet;
And Whereas, In conformity
with the terms of the Constitution,
the Cabinet did thereupon submit TO
the Supreme Court for decision the
question Of whether such advice was
legal and constitutional
And Whereas, The said Supreme
| Court did thereupon in accordance
with the terms of the Constitution
render an opinion in writing To the
effect that such advice Of the Attor-
ney-General was illegal and uncon-
sttutional, that the majority OF the
Cabinet should govern the action of
the Cabinet, and that under the
Constitution and the laws it is the
duty of His Majesty the King to
act upon the advice Of majority of
the Cabinet;
And Whereas, After receiving
full knowledge of the purport of
such written opinion OF the Supreme
Court, the said Attorney General
did tbercupon again advise His
Majesty the King to disregard the
advice of a majority Of the Cabinet,
and did further advise His Majesty