The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-10-18


this resolution was the fact that the
Attorney General was the introducer
of bill-the Registration Act which
was very obnoxious to the Hawaiian
people. Another thing which shook
his confidence in the AttOrney-Gen-
eral was the bill authorizing the .. X.
& l.. Co. to mortgage their franchise
TO foreigners. The Attorney
might say that was not Cabinet
measure. 1t had however the support
of the Cabinet, which made 1t TO all
intents and purposes a Government
measure Owing to the Mckinney
bill, the great industry OF the country
had come to a standstilI. Yet the
present Cabinet had nothing to offer.
The country could not afford to have
a Cabinet in office which was in open
hostility to the United States or its
representative, or which showed that
disposition. We ought to conciliate
in every way the United States, and
show Il friendly disposition toward that
nation. Representing as he did the
district of Kohala, one of the largest
sugar districts of the kingdom, he felt
it his duty to support this resolution.
Rep. Kanealii said he agreed with
the first and last grounds set forth in
the resolution, but favored the strik-
ing out that part which related to the
personal relations of the Cabinet with
the Ministry, because to drag in per
sonal matters would only intensity
feeling. All knew that the present
head of the Cabinet brought in a reso-
luton against the American Minister.
The House had cleansed itself of that
matter by striking the resolution from
a of hn l. or
thought that bringing that up again
| resolution with that amendment, and
he favored considering the resolution
| to-day. The claim that the Cabinet
was unprepared had nothing in it.
This resolution had been the talk for
a long time, and the Cabinet were
doubtless as ready to meet it now as
| they ever would be. We all wanted
| the flesh of this Cabinet.
Noble Hoapili called on the Cabinet
to say whether they wanted the delay
or not.
Acknowledgement Neumann said he
had not been aware that the resOlu-
| ton was to be brought this morning.
He was ready to take some of the
matters up to-day. There were allie
| cations based upon street rumOrs, to
which he was ready to make answer
| Immediately on other matters he
would like delay until tomorrow.
| He would like to have a few words tO
say on the Registration Act, etc. He
had no desire to sit as u Minister, and
was ready to resign at any moment.
| He proposed to defend his action on
the Registration bill and O. r. and l.
| Co. bill as long as he had voice and
vote in the House. There were none
so blind as those who would not see,
nor so deaf as those who would not
hear. If the House chose to grant
time until tomorrow. the Cabinet
would he thankful. If not, it was
ready to proceed to-day.
Noble Hoapili continuing, said the
remarks of the Attorney-Genera
raised doubts in his mind. Attorney
General: Well, I'll remove them if
cam This was the fourth resolution
of want-Of-cOnfidence brought in thi:
session. One was withdrawn, The
second was carried; on the last III
had voted with the minority in favO
of the Ministry. Since that time the
Ministry had stayed here, and thu
House had certainly waited Ions
long time for them to announce :
policy. For Il long time there hat
been general feeling throughout tn,
country that there was a great dea
of corruption in the Police Depart
ment, and that the'Marshal should b.
removed. The Cabinet had known
that that was the almost unanimou
feeling of the House. Yet they dit
nothing. He had no hesitation il
saying that he supported the resolu
ton on that account. a few days ag
there had been big disturbance o.
the street corner, and the police ha
been called on to stop it, but the.
: would do nothing.
Minister Macfarlane soto voce). !
was luau.
| Noble Hoopili-He asked the pc
lies officer why he made no arres
, and the officer said the Marshal CAV
, the orders not to arrest anybody eS
? cept when caught in some act of vic
, lights, and vile and obscene languag
2 was being used. The police would d
} nothing and finally Peter High too
2 the matter up and with speakers a.
S sistance a man was arrested and pun
t ished. These things were scanda
l and if the Acknowledgement could NJ
8 stop it someone else must be got. 0
l the other hand, people came to hir
p and told him that the idea was to RI
i move the Cabinet, so as to get an al
d neXation Cabinet in, and annex TIL
: country to the United States. If /
believed that he would support tt
n Cabinet. He would rather have co
= ruption and scandal than annexation
u He was distinctly opposed to annex;
!, ton, and was so instructed by his col
s stituents, but he favored close rel:
= tions with the great "makuan ovt
/, there.
y Rep. r. w. Wilcox had but a fe
n words to say. The Attorney-Gener:
: had suggested waiting until to mo
row, but the Attorney General w:
e noted for his readiness, and could d
st fend himself to-day as well as to-mo
n row. So far as the announcemel
J. of policy was concerned, every ma
l. boy and child in the country kne
the Cabinet had done nothing,
a what could be said in their defens
Is The same could be said in regard
the police department.; nothing hf
g been done. The matter of relation
/. with the United States had not bee
r much discussed in the Hawaiian p
s. pers and as to that something mig
d be said, but without it there W
n enough and the question should
settled this afternoon.
k Acknowledgement eumann-HO
n Ioac tho M ON har know that not hin