The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-06-16


Supreme Court itself with regard to such !
exparte opinions. As an illustration
simply | Will state that | advised as the
law adviser OF tire Minister OF Finance
not to appoint C. l.. Carter to sit on
Board OF Tax appeals, As unconstltu-
tional Nevertheless. ne made the APP
pointment, but II | had claimed that his
conduct was revolutionary and unconsti-
tutional, he would have thought l was
very radical indeed Ii the full facts
were in the possession of the member
from the First District he would not
have moved this amendment. Ii the
principle is adopted that the Ministers
are bound by the opinion OF the Supreme
Court, constitutional government is at
an end in this country, and We shall
have despotism controlled by the SUI
preme Court | admit that | opposed
the signature OF His Majesty, but claim
that the Supreme Court cannot put
gag in my mouth. | will advise as l
think right. 1t was necessary for me
to take the course | did TO prevent the
Ministry from binding the country hand
and foot and delivering il over TO the
United States, and | shall continue 10
resist placing the sovereign rights OF
Hawaii in the hands OF the United States
or OF any other country. As | remarked
there are times when the Government
must rise superior TO the Constitution
| and for this position have the authority
OF the lamented Abraham Lincoln. Mr.
President, l make two points. l. That
did not violate the Constitution in adj
vising as | did. 2. That if did it was
justi6able. l rely principally on the first
point. | would have resisted the opinion
of these gentlemen and kept the Ha-
waiian flag afioat here no matter if there
had been a constitution with hundred
and eighty articles iorbidding it. leave
| it to any fair-minded man in reach of my
| voice to saywhether We have not reached
| pretty pass if a Minister OF the Crown
| is to be impeached because he has en-
deavored to keep the Hawaiian flag from
| trailing in the dust beneath the American
flag. What opinion will foreigners have
| of country which impeaches a man for
| striving to preserve its independence
| MIR. President, there is really only one
| question involved in this amendment
| launched against me, whether | was
| Justified in endeavorlng to save the
| country from this Treaty. | leave it to
| the House, with the assurance that
would act as did again, il the occasion
| should offer.
| Rep. Robt. Wilcox-I was elected to
come here and try the whole Cabinet,
not merely one OF them. The Ministers
and members OF the House have all
taken the oath / say all the Mini. RS
are guilty, not merely one Some think
| the Minister of Finance is not guilty. |
say he is just as bad as the others. If
not, why does he continue the opium
stealers in the Custom House, men who
committed murder ON the 30th of June.
So the Minister of Foreign Affairs has
withheld documents The Supreme
| Court is just as bad. 1t is rotten and
the Chief Justice is one OF the conspir-
ators. To the Attorney General who is
| he? A stranger who holds office by vir
tue OF revolution. The Minister OF the
| Interior and the others deserve to be
| shot. That is what they really deserve.
| should be in favor OF proper treaty,
| not such a one as the Ministers propose.
| The present treaty was procured by King
kalakaua himself, and those benefited
by it have turned around and taken his
| constitution away from him. The Min
listers ought to be court martialed and
shot. That is what ought to be done
| One is as bad as another and | am in
favor of proceeding against them all.
Rep. Nawahi-This is like an lndict-
ment against four persons. The amend
ment directs it against one. One Min
lister has pleaded guilty. The others
not, but they have admitted a great
many things, enough to convince every
body. The people are tired of this
squabbling and the only way TO get rid
| of it is to dismiss them all. After | was
elected | was asked what was going to
do. l said | was going to see what they
had done, and if it was all right / would
keep them in. [ never saw anything
like this squabb.ing before think it is
disgraceful and the only way to stop 1t is
to turn them all out, as they are all
equally bad. l think the Minister of the
Interior wants to stick to his seat.
Enough has happened in this House al
ready to make him resign, but it seems
as though he was glued to his seat.
The House took recess until Z 80
| p. NJ.