The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-08-31
THE LEGISLATURE.
SEVENTY EIGHTH DAY.
TUESDAY, Aug. 80, 1899.
Afternoon Session.

Rep. Wilder took the floor, and I'M /
der the existing suspension of the |
rules offered the following rcsolu- /.
ton of want of confidence;
Whereas, the Cabinet has shown a
lack of ability to cope with the pre-
sent and prospective financial status
of the country, and of executive
ability to carry out the laws for the
development and advancement of
the country; and whereas, their
course has shown lack of sense of
responsibility for the course of legis-
lation, and an absence of that leader
ship which is BETTING and due from
the Cabinet, and an absence of a
policy of any kind; and in place
thereof they have followed weak,
shifting and vacillating course, dero-
gatory to the dignity of the office
and injurious to the public interest;
and whereas, the administration of
the Police Department of the King
dom under the present Cabinet has
caused public scandal; now there
fore, be it resolved, that the House
hereby expresses its want of conf
dence in the present Cabinet
In support of the resolution Rep.
Wilder said that he had no ill-feel-
ing against any member of the Cabi-
net, but he did feel that they did not
have the confidence of either the
House or the public.
Noble Cornwell moved that con
sideration of the resolution be post
poned until next Monday. He favor
ed the consideration of Bill l76
which had been interrupted.
Rep. Ashford spoke at consider
able length in favor of the adoption
of the resolution. They had had a
three months experience of the
ability of the present Cabinet, was Il
further experience needed? Did not
consider that a postponement until
Monday was necessary unless it was to
give the opportunity for the Cabinet
to make bargains with their friends.
The Cabinet has failed in its ability
to lead. The Ministry have sat like
four corpses with no opinion and nc
policy, unable to perform any ac-
ton except to draw their salaries
The resolution said that the Police
Department had been cause fol
scandal. Everybody knew that that
was true. He was afraid the Attor
ney-General was too good-natureC
to attempt to clean that Augeal
stable. He was sorry that his frienC
and neighbor the Attorney Genera
whose backyard joins his and who's,
hen house was in close proximity
should have gone into the Cabinet
The accession would not save thu
lettering structure. He feared tina
some would think his friends en-
trance was the immediate cause o
the fall.
Attorney General Neumann de
sired to offer an amendment to tn
resolution, but being objected to ros
then simply to a question of priv
lege and said, that the member iron
the Bird District was a small bore bu
had been politically accepted o.
account of his wind as large Dor
and for that reason the member
mouth often ran away with his head
He denied the imputation that an,
bargaining would be done by hi
colleagues. His association witt
them in the Cabinet had been but o
short duration, but he knew that
like himself, they wanted no vote
but those freely and honestly given
1t was blessed thing for the coun
try that the Legislature had the OPP
portunity to express its confidenc
or want of confidence in the Cabinet
and his colleagues and himself wouI,
bow gracefully to its will. He re
cognized the good style in which tn
member had supported the resolu
ton, but he had advanced nothing
which required any answer. Tn
dismissal of the Cabinet would no
be party measure, and that fac
would be a consolation to them. II
held in his hand Bill 176 60 reor
game the judiciary ON which h
had done good deal of work. II
did not wish to say with the Lati
poet Oieum ct iaJOrem perdidj, tina
he had lost both his labor and h
oil; he did not wish to leave h
hedgling behind.
Rep. r. w. Wilcox was in favor {
the resolution being acted ON {
once, the Bill 176 could wait, II
had introduced a resolution simila
to this previously, but it had bee
tabled. He, however, found no faul
and had no feeling about that mat
ter. The speaker then began
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