The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-08-09

country is passing through a most
critical time, and that we should
! study economy all we possibly can, at
+ the same time / do rot believe it
would be economy TO disband all or a
I part of the present guard. The men
+ are all enlisted for term of from
/ three to five years. They have re-
+ ceived certain amOantg as advances,
and il would be an absolute loss to
/ the Government to discharge them at
/ this time. The throne is entitled to
/ proper guard, and it is quite impos-
/ sible to do with q less force than we
have at present The Act passed in
/ 1890 specially provides that the
! Household Guard shall number not
( less than So nor more than 100 men.
4 There is now bill before this House
/ to amend that law, so that the guard
may be reduced to Is or a. The COM
mittee recommend that it be laid upon
| the table TO be considered with the
| bill. Should this bill pass the House,
1 the item for the Queens Guard can be
/ reduced on the third reading OF the
/ Appropriation bill. There are many
/ other reasons why the guard should
/ be maintained at the present force.
/ All we'll regulated governments have
| always more or less we'll drilled men
| to keep the peace and to meet any
| emergency which may arise requiring
military assistance, while the expert
ence OF the last four years has shown
| the necessity of regular and efficient
armed force to prevent a repetition of
what has occurred in the past, in the
interest of peace, security and stable
government. Moreover, Her Majesty
IS entitled to proper guard, and the
| present force, l maintain, is not too
large, and hope the hon. members of
this House will support the item as
recommended by the Cabinet.
Noble J. Homer was in sympathy
with the report of the majority of the
committee recommending S25, 900.
That was the report of the majority,
was it not?
Noble Cornwell explained that each
report was signed by three members.
Noble Horner said he would favor
$4,000, If it were necessary. But it
was not. There had been cutting
down on all hands, and he for one
could not vote away $4,000 uselessly,
just to crafty a fancy. Money was
required for public Improvements.
Honolulu was short of water. Now,
with this $4,000 wells could be dug,
tJoAi SLdJtOu GSbtDltSfiSu anu I0G
city supplied with water. The Gov
eminent had no money to expend for
luxuries at this time. Let the House
vote for water and other necessities,
and let the soldiers go. He would
move the adoption of the report re-
commencing S25, 1000.
Rep. Kaunamano What makes
England and the United States great?
| Why, it is their army. Here is an
American ship in port which cost
S3,0O0,000. Yet the Noble, who is an
American, says the army is useless.
KEEP. White wanted to know whe-
ther the millennium had come, and
whether the cat and the mouse could
now play together without the cat
swallowing the mouse. There had
been great deal of trouble during the
past few years, and it looked to him
as though certain people wanted the
army reduced to a handful in order
that there might be no resistance in
case of any trouble. All that an army
was wanted for here was to maintain
order and freedom from internal dis
turbance, and to support the dignity
of the Crown. He would, therefore
move,it pass at $50, ZOO.
Noble Cornwell said the money was
not wasted bat all came back through
the general avenues of trade.
Rep. Bipikane favored reduction to
900. The country was poor at the
present time Later when it was
richer he had no objection to having
900 soldiers if necessary. Let the ex-
pertinent of reduction he t- -:ees: 10.
two years.
Rep. losepa said there were eighty
men enlisted, or under contract. The
government was liable to these men
under the contracts. The reduction
should have been effected two years
ago. He therefore favored the item
passing at $4,000. The WAYS and
Means Committee behaved very
strangely. They left the appropria-
ton for the Insane Asylum UNI
touched. Yet, which was more inn
portant, that Asylum or the Guard
and the Queen?
Rep. Kanealii favored passage at
$4,000 or even at $65, 900. The vote
on this would show who loved the
Queen. What these people really
wanted was to have no guard at all
and no police at all, because they
were in the way of certain schemes.
Why was the country poor? Because
half of the property in the country
was not taxed. The planters shipped
all the sugar away before July 1st.
Minister Parker hoped the House
would come to vote, as the subject
had been thoroughly discussed al
ready.
Rep. Bipikane said he seemed to be
the only Hawaiian in favor of the
reduction, but he still adhered to his
position. He did not admit that he
did not love his Queen. If there were
any trouble he would be found in the
front rank of her defenders.
Rep. Ashford said $4,000 was
enough. There was no return except
In pomp and circumstance. While
be did not believe in stripping away
all the pomp, the country could not
afford to be so lavish in that way as be-
fore. CThe member was informed that
there were seventy five men including
eighteen officers). Heavens and earth,
1t reminds me of Artemus Wards |
army, sixty-eight officers and one
private. The army had as matter
OF fact never done anything to protect
the throne. The throne would have
to be supported by something else. He
was representative from the Third /
District and the guards were his con-
stituents. They had voted for him,
and he thought we'll of them. They /
were we'll dressed and well drilled. |
But they were not needed. They had /
no duties except tie firing of salutes, /
and a dozen men were sufficient for I
that purpose. They had all day be- /
fore them and if they could not fire |
the salute in five minutes let them /
do 1t In six. The treasury could not |