The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-16

majority. A constitution contrary to
CneIr IDEAS should not be tolerated
ana II they demand a convention 7
say let them have it. A bill for that
purpose was entered in the last T enisO
iature, but finally defeated, MAN.
having opposed it on c0nscientinns
grounds. CThe speaker referred to
the position of Judge Widemann
which he thought erroneous. and
argued at length that the Constitn-
ttioh' being a contract between
Ine sovereign and the people
cpulu be modified in any way
Cney chose, like any other contract,
"nether the instrument provided for
gaining convention or not.) I be-
IieVe, myseI1, IN constitutional con-
e senIion OF delegates springing freshly
rom the people, and in Preference
~ tne people to adopt or reject the
tm ns I Let the people have
MnaC they viii, for they are the
government.
CIhe speaker then read the clause
doml. '-'0 mig
sympathize with that. 7 believe
IN the independence of the Kingdom,
unless existing conditions become so
corrupt that new system and other
conditions become necessary. The
| present system should not be trampled
upon and set at nought by the
favored few. [ do not saw
that it is so here. You have
heard the discussions as to the
present situation and you know
whether 1t is the oppression of the
many by the few or not. If it is, a
malt should be called and changes, no
matter how far reaching, should and
must be made. | was born under a
monarchy, have lived a long while
under republic, and now nearly ten
years under a monarchy again, and
have got along under them all.
There is very little difference between
a democratic monarchy and a repub-
lie. England is almost as democratic
a government as the United States.
The principal difference is the House
of Lords and the Sovereign. Voice:
and cost of royal family.] Oh, if you
come down to figures, it is very much
in favor of a republic. In England,
the Sovereign does as she is told.
If it is so here, she must sometimes
have bad advice. There is a couplet
which aptly expresses the truth:
For forms of government let fools con-
test,
That which is best administered is best"
Personally have prejudice in favor
of republic. But democratic mon
archy is alright. If it is so here, al
right. If not there must be change
and the people shall make it. APP
plause.
Since the late unpleasantness be-
tween the Reform Party and myself,
[ have spoken and written a good
deal on the subject of relations with
the United States. The benefit of the
treaty has been knocked out by the
Mckinley bill, but we are bound I'M
til '94, whether longer depends on the
Legislature. Some contend for a fur
Their treaty for the sake of closer in
timacy. [ don't know what that
means. Intimacy is not always a
good thing, with pickpocket for in
stance. The intimacy with the
United States is too great already
Our warning should be hands Off [
deny that their is any advantage in a
further treaty. We might have free
wool. There is small quantity
grown here in q few hands. They
are my very esteemed friends, but the
foreign policy of the country should
not be regulated for the benefit of one
ranch or farm. There is call for
diversified industries, and my friend
ThurstOn wants to export sweet
pickles and guava jelly. No one with
any sense will suppose that a protec-
tive country like the United States is
going to help any foreign country to
come into competition with its
fruit industries, and if lit does, what
fruit can we export to California?
| al fri
Thurston send there? How many
picked pineapples? to take the place
of the sugar industry which supports
thousands of men, Cor rather it used
to support men now it supports
slaves]. If sugar falls fiat, commerce
falls fiat. It is prepOsterOus to pre-
tend that the vast area of the sugar
fields is to be compensated for by q
couple of guava bushes up Manoa.
believe in diversified industries, and
that part of the money spent by
planters in California in fruit or in
mines, or in travelling in Europe,
: ought to go into coffee, etc. But that
is not q matter of days, but of years,
and cannot compensate for the sugar
industry if that should unfortunately
90 down. 1t has come to my knOWl
edge that Henry Carter, by whose
open grave I lately stood, had eX
pressed the same opinion, and [ am
, gratified to find my opinion con
, firmed in that quarter. l am assured
that DIR. Mott-Smith has also thrown
cold water on the project, and has
{ advised the Government that it is in
, advisable and inopportune. | am also
told that a certain little clique
, here went to the Minister
, and urged them to push the matter.
Let us have the treaty anyway, no
matter what's in it, For heavens
sake send in guava jelly and let
Pearl River go to the devil! Laugh
ter and applause We have every
thing to lose and nothing to gain by
treaty. Let the United States alone
until '94, when the treaty should be
terminated in favor of something
more euuitable-Heaven knows what
that may be. A voice: The American
flag (The speaker read Section 8,
which advocates reform of the Judi
ciary.) / am in favor of that. Some
peopIe 90 into Mysteries at the idea
and think our Judiciary system a
piece of perfection, like the English
beer who thought the House OF Peers
nerfection. Some wearers of the er-
mine here are of the same opinion
with regard to the judiciary. l am
not, however, aware of any OF that
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