The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-07

Was CudO Tie TeldIlOnS between our
oreign Office and the American Min
lister were strained, and the best way
10 stop that was to expunge the mat
ter from the minutes.
Noble Macfarlane had made the in
quiry supposing that he was in pos
session of facts proving that the
American Minister had really referred
to Hawaiian Affairs. 1t was not fair
to vote on this matter before the cor
respondence had been subjected to the
supervision of the House. He believed
there was justice enough in the House
to require an investigation. The state
ment of the ADVERTISER that the
matter had been cut and dried by q
majority of three, and the remarks of
| Noble Young were false. At the time
he took the matter up, he did not
think of the fact that he was on the
Foreign Affairs Committee. He had
had no conversation with the Foreign
| Affairs Committee on the subject.
Noble Young said he had made no
such statement as that ascribed to him
by the hon. member.
| Noble Macfarlane-- Then the hon.
member had no business to refer to the
| Foreign Affairs Committee. The AID
vERTISER was determined to connect
him with everything which had been
done or said in the matter. There was
disposition on the part of certain
members, with the aid of their organ,
to put him in a false position. Before
the House disposed of this matter it
| should know whether the American
Minister disavOwed any reference to
Hawaiian Affairs. The House should
in Justice to one of its members have
knowledge on that subject. He favored
reference to the Committee on Foreign
Relations. He would not influence
the report, but would leave the other
members to make any report they
saw fit. He claimed the American
Minister did refer to these arrests. II
might be prudent for members of the
House when interests were being
| jeopardized by strained relations with
the United States to have some regard
to the independence of the country
which was also being jeopardized by
o faction in this country, and perhaps
| by it's representative abroad. He had
enough regard for the independence of
this country not to wish it annexed to
the United States, except by the will
of the people themselves, and not by
the cut and dried plans of q faction in
this community.
Rep. Iosepa said the gist of it was to
expunge the questions. The House had
not been shown what the cause of
those questions were. The hon. MEM
Der thought he could prove that he
had cause for his questions. They
didn't want to know what he thought
he could do, but what he could really
do. If there was anything offensive
in the speech, the hon. member should
have called together his colleagues of
the Foreign Affairs Committee. AS
Hawaiian, the speaker was jealous of
the rights of Hawaii, and he did not
want the country needlessly embroil-
ed with others. A small dog could do "a
great deal of barking. If the hon. men,
Der was sore about anything the AID
vERTIsER had said there was plenty
of room outside to interview the re-
preventative of that paper. The course
for the House was to adopt the reso-
luton and expunge the question from
the records of the House.
Rep. Smith fully endorsed the reso-
luton. The House had been put in
very unpleasant and embarrassing
position without opportunity to ex-
press its opinion on the subject. The
question put by the hon. Noble Mac
farlane, which he claimed was very
Extensively put, was as follows: (The
question was read. Going without
protest, it received the tacit endorse
ment of this House. Now nothing
but o very serious affair would in
duce this House to take such action
in regard ito any foreign Minister.
The matter was too serious. The hon.
Noble appeals to the sense of fairness
of the House. He seems to forget the
unfair position in which all the rest
of the House have been placed. The
position of the Noble as chairman of
| the Foreign Affairs Committee inten-
sites, and lends color to the idea that
he represents the sentiment of the
House. If he was possessed of any
facts supporting such a view, it was
his duty to lay them before the COM
mittee of which he is chairman. In a
matter of such moment, the House
would have considered it as seriously
as its Importance demanded; but /
am sure this House will never rebuke
in any such manner foreign Minis
ter without due elaboration. The
whole matter is one of reference to an
occasion not stated, and to language
not defined. i think it O rank mi US
tice to the House to be put in such q
position, and support the resolution.
Noble Neumann had read the reso-
luton with some care to find out its
meaning. 1t looked to him like a
resolution introduced by influences
from the outside to muzzle the House.
He was as tender of the feelings of
the Republic of which he was citizen
as any member of the House, but he
claimed the right of any member to
interpellate the Cabinet on any mat
ter affecting the public veal. The
| question was to ascertain whether
any utterance had been made which
did interfere with the affairs of the
kingdom, and it makes no difference
what foreign representative is touched
by it. He did not know whether the
language of the original question was
proper, because he knew nothing
about the matter. But if the intro
| Queer thought there were facts enough
he bad the right to ask the Minister
to inquire and report. If the language
was unwarranted, the Minister should
be set right. If not, he did not pro-
pose, like Callahan peasant, to be
| thrashed, and then to kiss the hand
which gave the thrashing. He should
support no resolution which was more
severe than the original question. The
resolution was not fit to be voted for,
and the only proper way was to refer
to committee for investigation. He
would not support a resolution to GEN.
sure any member without hearing.
He moved reference to Committee of
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