The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-05-17
A NIGHTMARE.


4 distressing nightmare. While in
this condition the "Record" gets off |
the following: "At the present
crisis, when concord is most needed,
We find our Cabinet divided, and
that, too, when the near approach
Of the session Of the Legislature
calls for unanimity in the measures
to be proposed. If it is not 80 what
can we expect from Legislature,
composed rs ours is, Of two oppos-
ing parties about equally matched?
The one trying to keep the present
form of good government, and the
other working to break it down and
10 have it restored to the old style.
If our Ministers disagree. what can
We expect but that at least 4 partial
overthrow of the era Of progress
and reform, and that. as far rs it is
possible, the one man power be re-
stored, with all the evils attending
such state of government.
Had the "Record" not been, for
the time being, subject TO an ira
tional influence, instead Of regard
ing the near approach of the Legis.
lative session rs a circumstance
rendering y disagreement in the
Cabinet as specially unfortunate,
the conclusion would have been that
disagreement could not have oc-
Cured at q much more opportune
time. We concede that irreconcil-
able differences between members
of Cabinet, at any time, are usu-
ally undesirable but if they do hap
pen, they cannot happen more for
tunately than when the Legislature
il in session, and the next best time
to that is when the session is near al
hand; because, under our Constitu.
ton, the Legislature has the powe!
TO secure an acceptable Cabinet. \
close OF the session might keep the
disagreement occurring after the
Government in a turmoil for the
next two years for there is no legal
uOwcr 10 compel either the minority
or the majority To resign or ii
there be al equal division, TO com.
pei either half, or the whole, to re-
hnquish their portfolios and if the
Cabinet resign the people have nt
legal power to prevent the appoint
ment O. another composed of uni
men, who might commit endless
mischief before the next session
Whereas, the Legislature, while il
sessions. can vote out any set o
men. and keep on voting out, unit
an acceptable Cabinet is obtained
As to ''unanimity in measures t
he proposed" that is q tritiing mat
Ter, considering that any Ministe
has right to Introduce any measur
he may wish, and, if the past is t
he u precedent Tor the future, til
Legislature will not estimate it
merit hy Ministerial uuauimity G
The lack thereof.
Where the Record )" nightmar
gets the strongest grip is when tn
comparison is drawn between til
Two parties composing the Legisl:
lurc, "the one trying to keep up til
present form OF good government
and the other working 10 break
down, and to have it restored to tt
old style" Some people are :
constituted that they can utter 6
untruth, knowing It to be an u
truth, and by repeated utteranc
of the same convince themselv
that they are speaking the ,rut
BY great stretch of charity we i
cline TO the belief that such is q
ease with many people who talk
the strains of the "Record," and I'll
the "Record" itself is in that conc
ton. In fact, the sentences ju
now quoted, although they ha
been spoken and printed thousal
times, are singularly untrutiful,
they are, indeed. Think OF the n
surdity of believing that men wi
large interests in the country, tho
interests being as much depende
ON good government as the inteies
Of the people on the other side
politics, working to break down
good government! The fact is, Ii
majority of each party desires GOO
government, and probably COZ
parisoa Of views regarding Il
meaning OF the term would sho
that in the main there is but ltt
difference between them. For ou
selves, we have confidence til