The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-10-19
THE LEGIsLATURE.
Conclusion of the Debate on Want
of Confidence.


ing was willing to place all his hopes
on the second count in the resolu-
ton, this charge of unfriendliness
with the United States. Now, when
the correspondence is offered, and
the Cabinet is prepared to prove
their position, the opposition do not
want to listen to the truth, they
wish to back out, they tacitly ac-
knowledge that they have been
forced to the wall by the production
of this correspondence, which they
now refuse to hear. When it was
produced by the Minister of Finance
he looked at Noble Thurston and
saw him lean back in his chair, shut
his eyes and scratch his head-he
was completely knocked out. He
would favor reference of the cores
pondence to committee to investi-
gate. The action of the opposition
reminded him of man who dug a
hole, planted some banana plants
and dug them up in twenty-four
hours because they did not bear fruit.
Only the other day the Appropri-
alton Bill was referred to the Minis
ter for revision, and to-day when he
was about to present it to the House
in came this vote of want of CON
fidence. The resolution referred to
the control of the police department,
but this House had no power to or
der the Acknowledgement to remove
the Marshal. For it to interfere in
that way with executive functions
would be establishing a dangerous
precedent. Gambling and opium
smuggling were prevalent under the
administration of the Noble for
Maui (Thurston). 1t was not right
to hold the Ministers responsible for
all the crimes committed in the
country.
Minister Neumann-The hour is
late and l did not intend to speak
upon this resolution, but as | claim
that the Cabinet before this House
is not upon the defensive, | will ask
now of the members of this House
if any desire to speak, for | want to
close. 1t is our right to answer what
ever may be advanced here in the
shape of argument upon the resolu-
ton that has been introduced be-
fore this House, and therefore | will
give way if any of the members de-
sire to speak, so that | may sum up
for the Cabinet
| shall not finish the few remarks
that l shall make by moving the
previous question, because since my
long stay-I mean this time in this
House as an officer of the Cabinet
have suffered great deal more than
[ have to-day. Iaughter.) But l
must say this on behalf of the Cabi-
net that l believe they all feel as
do; that they will be very glad to go
out and joy to those who are to fol-
low them. 1t may be because that
those who expect to follow them will
not, but whoever it may be we wish
them JOY to the task that they have
loaded themselves with.
The world at large, as well as this
House in small way is like thea
tire in which the language and the
acting calls out various emotions,
but | have never had an emotion OF
pity called out in my breast such as
| feel for that once strong, that once
courageous, that once truthful, that
once patriotic citizen and member OF
this House; Mr.. Thurston, mean.
1t has been pitiable that he had tC
dismiss these great causes of discon-
tent with the Cabinet which Mr.
Waipuilani found and which were
seconded by the member from Ko-
hala, and that he had to take up the
section-I forget which one it was,
number two | believe-which is that
of the inimical feeling on the part
of this Cabinet towards our great
and good neighbor, the United
States, and he has detailed from his
tory to you how much the United
States has done for us, and there is
not man who can say that that is
not the fact clear down to allowing
sugar to come in free of duty to the
United States, but his love for the
United States | fear is like the poll
tical gratitude of Horace Walpole
who said, sin politics gratitude is a
lively appreciation of future favors."
Now the honorable Noble does
speak of that phantasmal bounty on
sugar which will never come here
whether we are annexed, whether we
have protectorate or if we allow
Uncle Sam to establish dry dock
for the benefit of those people who
own land down here at Koloa, but ii
excites pity in me to see to what ex,
tremes the Noble from Maui, in
whose strength l gloried; / con,
sidered him one of the best, bravest
and most truthful men of Hawaii
was driven when he had to pick out
the particular section which he ha,
relied on, and and if you will allow
me moment, | will ask leave of tn,
House to go over it again and SEE
the strength of its language.
This part of the resolution is il
the preamble and reads:
Sand, whereas present Cabi
net has shown no disposition to favo
any such policy, and the present heac
of theCabinet has displayed conspicu
GUS hostility toward the representa-
tive of that country in this Kingdom
and the general tone of the admins
tration has been and is one of oppo
sition and hostility to the United
States of America, and American in
terests, thereby rendering it impro
bable that any changes in our treat,
relations favorable to Hawaii can bI