The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-10-18
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House met at 1875 P. N.

Noble IhurstOn proposed to say out
a very few words. He had stated his
opinion a month ago, and had seen
nothing TO change his mind since.
The present resolution was introduced
by one who voted against the former
resolution. 1t had been tacitly agreed
that the opposition should not fill
buster but should quietly go about its
business. That policy had been pur-
sued up to the present time. There
were "a mum Der of members who voted
against the resolution then because
they wished to see what the Cabinet
proposed to DO. In the meantime they
had been deciding what they them
selves would do-this resolution was
the result. Two members had stated
that they favored the resolution on
two of the grounds set forth, but not
on the other. Here were five of the
original supporters of the Cabinet who
had now declared against them, eX-
cept that two of them were not agreed
with one of the reasons set forth.
The question now to be settled was
whether the House had confidence in
the Cabinet or not. Those who had
confidence in the Cabinet would vote
against the resolution, and those hav-
ing no confidence in them should vote
for the resolution, no matter what
their reasons might be. All would
not necessarily have the same reasons.
! For himself he did not care whether
| there was any preamble or not. He
was prepared to vote for Il resolution
of single line. Others might have a
| preamble if they liked. He was ready
| to state his reasons for his vote, and
| others might state or conceal their
reasons as they saw fit. The member
| from Waikiki and the member from
| HilO had both stated that the third
| grOund-the scandals in the Police
| Department-waS their main reason
for supporting the resolution. That
was their reason. The speaker on the
other hand considered the attitude of
the Cabinet toward America the lead
ing reason, and upon this second
point he proposed to speak. In regard
to the Marshal, it might be that
everything which the members from
Hilo and Waikiki alleged was true,
but that was a matter which would
eventually be remedied. Whether it
was remedied to-day or tomorrow,
would not vitality affect the future of
the country. There had been bad adj
ministration there before. The present
Cabinet had the right and duty to
remedy that, and it was entirely with
in their power. The responsibility was
upon them TO do it or not. They have
ample power. That is the point. The
other charge Is that they have de-
veloped no financial policy. That also
was not so absolutely vital a point as
the one upon which the speaker would
lay stress. The second reason there
fore contained something which
might or might not be within theil
power, viz: to cope with the financial
situation; but the third reason was
something which struck right down
into the vitals and pockets of the
country, and it was something with
which this Cabinet could not cope
Pineapples were being planted OF
Hawaii, in Manoa and at Eva. Pine
apple raising could be carried on with
large returns. In Kona all you haC
to do was to stick the top into the
ground. Why were rot pineappleS
raised? Because the American duty
of 80 per cent. destroyed the margin
of profit. Why were these people
| starting in? Because they hoped We
could negotiate treaty and get tina
duty taken off. If it were taken off
, 100000 pineapples would be exported
/ inside of three years. 1t was not only
| on pineapples that there was a duty
of 80 per cent, but on every species o
preserved fruit. The member from
guava jelly. Thurston and his on
guava bush in Manoa was made tn,
, text of q number of speeches at tn
: last campaign, but the guava jelly
will march triumphantly over tn
= head of the speechmaker. If this dut,
t can be got rid of, when guavi
, Jelly gets to paying handsome pro
} fit, not only the capitalist will benefit
( but the poor man in Hamakua, TO
: instance, where the bushes cove
the land from the sea to TIL
bush as thick as they cal
t grow in unbrOken masses 70
4 miles, and all you have to do is to g
1 out and pick them. These were bu
= two items which had been brough
before the House by petitions and bills
: He might go on the whole Afternoon
e enumerating others. TWAS therefor
e obvious that whether the Cabinet wa
: on friendly terms with the Unite
/. States was important, not merely t
= the capitalist, but to all the poo
: throughout the land. Two years ag
: the Cabinet were charged with tryin
+ to sell out this country. They sc
them out and Us soon as they di
V they adopted the programme {
i their predecessors and tried to get tn
: same treaty negotiations. 1t wa
s pigeonholed. They tried in every wa
! to stir up feeling here against Amer
: ca and the Americans and then sOugh
It favors from the United States. Ha
/, they succeeded ? The governmer
v which went in then was not person
o ally hostile to the United States. Th
:. Ministry went with their party. BIT
o now we have Cabinet whose leade
d went out of his way to insult tn
s United States on the floor of TIN
n House, and their organ carried on tn
l. same thing to-day. 1t was useless
1t deny government ownership i'll thi
Is organ. Government ownership di
re not alone make an organ. The Ne
York Tribune was the organ of til
W Republican administration but 1t we
g not owned by the government. 1t We
t immaterial whether the paper Wa
controlled by the Cabinet, or as h
lie was informed, partially owned b
= them. He had reason to believe tina
the Cabinet did have something to d
lie with the Bulletin and that its LAT
d apology, which apologized and the
r rubbed it in alternately, was write
N with their cognizance, and that I'll
Dt anti-American tone of the paper W.