The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-02-21

WNId ~ NlCN - Il NNdNil'0o III
stead Of u source of strength.
Siace that day the doctrine that the
general welfare is the highest goal
Of the state has grown in Hawai- rs
well as in other countries. II cannot
he for the good Of The whole people
chat every public servant holding a
commission from the Sovereign
should at his or her death he bercit
of all the rights inherent in expert
euce and faithful service. The doe
trine as quoted from a print Of the
time implies that all important pub.
lie officials are merely body servants
of the King who commissions them.
1t is needless to say that this idea
has been exploded long ago in all
constitutionaIly governed circles.
High officials serve the sovereign as
the supreme representative OF the
states authority. Their service Is
not a whit more sacred or personal
than that comprised in the duties of
any private SUBJECTIVE duty Of OBJ
serving the laws, of contributing to
the revenues, OF doing what may be
required IN maintenance of state in
stitutions. The respective services
differ in kind chiehy-one draws
salary, The other earns protection.
There are certain specific circum-
stances of two of these precedents
which must be held to modify their
force for present utilization. There
was break in the succession at the
death of Kamehamcha Y. Lunalilo's
claim being disputed he boldly re-
!errcd the issue to the people, who
so overwhelmingly espoused his
cause that the Legislature elected
nim unanimously The Ministry of
his predecessor seems to have grown
rather weak on its pins anyway, and
the Legislature that elected himself
came fresh from the people, and its
session for the despatch Of general
/ business wOulu be due in Il few
months. Even uuder Our present
advanced Constitution, such a com
bnatlOu Of conditions would almost
dictate he voluntary l9nation Of the
Ministry. Still we find LUn2Iil0 taxi
lug one member Of his Cabinet from
the retiring one Then on LunaliIO's
death we have another election Of a
Sovereign by the voice of the ma
tiOnaI representatives, and with q
new Legislature still closer Iii its
session to the accession. Possibly
{ leave it for the eiucidation of the
Older inhabitants) there were incl
dents in both the election, Of Legis-
lalure and King, which would make
the entire change of Cabinet which
occurred a natural result. But these
things are only corOllalies to the
events in question.
The main element Of dctraction
from tie precedents in these two
cases lies in the fact Of later COnsti-
tutional development. 1t WAS not
the prerogatlve merely Of a Sovereign
on ascending lhe throne in those
days to appoint new Ministry, but
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