The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-10-04

was on its trial. CA voice-You are
going to stay there all the same.) |
hope we are. There was great
cutlery against this Cabinet, that it
had no policy. Much was heard
about the low condition. of the
treasury. He could tell them that
this low condition of the finances
was due to the administration pre-
sided over by Mr.. l., A. Thurston.
Mr.. Thurston had spent from 5000
600 to Sl,0O0,000 of borrowed money,
and then was not one vcstige of that
nearly one million remaining. Not
one cent of it had gone to improving
the water works, so that the people
could get good and plenty of water.
Nor had one cent of il gone to deep
Ell the harbor, or into any other work
where it could be seen. This fresh
accumulation of debt was the legacy
left this Cabinet by its predecessors,
and it was hard for any sane man to
see why anybody should want to go
into the Cabinet to face this burden.
When he was away to Maui he learn
ed there was meeting, such as the
newspapers would describe as small
but appreciative. Mr.. W. o. Smith
told that meeting that the Govern
ment could not pay the salaries.
Now he could tell them that the
Government had money to pay the
salaries, and not only that but money
to pay the deposits IN the Postal
Savings Bank, which the Thurston
administration had squandered. 1t
was not their own money, but that
of certain gentlemen of Honolulu
whom it might be improperly to
name-gentleman whose action had
made the Opposition open their eyes
and ears. (Applause). With such a
burden on the Cabinet, it might be
asked why he, with some reputation
for common sense, should have en-
tered the Cabinet. Well, it was be
cause he was paakiki (determined).
The Reform administration had been
in power three years, and left moth
ing behind them, from Hawaii to
Niihau, but debt and discomfort.
They had made some public i'm
provements on Hawaii for the devel-
opment of private property, and had
made drive on Punchbowl. Their
. movement for reform was blighted
by the conduct and methods of the
men who assumed to be its leaders.
If their party had not been killed,
| why was it. that it did not appear in
this contest? He denied that he
had been elected by the votes of the
Reform party. 1t was perhaps by
the votes of some who had once
been in that party. But if that party
had swept the country then, why
| does it not come out as the Reform
party to-day? Why had they to re-
sort to the nomination of clique in
the name of the Independent party?
Did he say independent? They were
neutral in everything and independ-
ent in nothing except to get in.
There were two tickets in the field
the Maile-Hopkins ticket, the
ticket of the people, and the ticket
of the Advertiser. If the people
had wanted Warehouse they would
have elected him in February. For
the benefit of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
reporter he hoped was present-he
would tell one of his little stories.
a man out west wanted to advertise
for wife, and in debating the adj
vertisement to the editor he was
very particular in specifying she
must measure so-and-so round the
waist, wear No. shoe, etc. The
editor asked him why he was SO par
ticular, when he replied: 81 have
been married before, and want the
new wife to wear the old clothes OF
the first one" Naughter). Now
the clique wanted man to wear out
it's old clothes, and it selected Mr.
Warehouse. Uaughter). If the
Cabinet we're sustained he knew they
would be the most unpopular men
in town, for the cutting down of ex-
penses thus far done was nothing tc
what had yet to be done. They did
not propose to go out of Office leav.
ing an additional million dollars OF
debt with nothing whatever to show
for it. (Applause). They woulC
have to reduce expenditure and take
up some of the unsecured debt, anC
all would have to be done without
adding one cent to the burden o.
taxation on the people. He coulc
only speak for his colleagues, he haC
confidence in them. He would GO
out this very minute if it were moi
that his staying in gave some dis
comfort to those who disliked him
(Laughter.) Their decision to-mor
row would be like the verdict of +;
jury, to determine whether thi.
Cabinet should be given trial t.
try to pull the country out of thu
mire where it has been left by tn,
Reform Cabinet. He had not COM
there to abuse the opposing candi
dates. The country would be SAT
in the hands of any of them. Their
was not more honorable man thar
Mark Robinson. Henry Victorious,
was decent sort of man, although
very poor politician. And how coul'
he say anything against Cecil Brown
a boy brought up in this country
whose record had been honorable
1t was for them to support thei
own candidates, who were worthy q
their country's confidence. Mail
might not be any the better for hay
ing such a sweet smelling name, bu
he was as good as any of them. MI
, Hopkins had been clerk many year
a for Marshal Parke, he had filled tn
a police bench with credit, and i