The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-10-18

also. If such an objection holds
against me to-day, why didn't it hold
good then7 Now it will be seen that
these charges are specious, they are
groundless, they are untrue, they are
dastardly. The gentlemen who have
spoken to that effect know that there
is no animosity on my part towards
the American Minister nor towards
the United States, of which country
| am proud to be citizen. And
when such statements are made that
this Cabinet is opposed to American
interests, it is needless to refute such
statements except by stating that
three members of this Cabinet are
American citizens to-day
Rep. Smith asked if the Minister
was not Hawaiian subject.
Minister Macfarlane-I have taken
the oath of allegiance as deni-
zen and was one of the last to take
it at the time we all took it and
then / took it under the advice of
Mr.. Merrill Gu. S. Minister) who was
here, who said that it would not
jeopardize my American citizenship
at that time.
Now with regard to the interroga-
tories of the honorable gentleman
from Lihue, as to whether / am an
American citizen, would state that
| am better American to-day than
he is a Hawaiian, or he would never
raise these questions. This question
of annexation has nothing to do
with this Cabinet; if there is such a
| caa1,,,,r IN, th,c ~ &c hnp,,,en
the Representative from Lihue the
Hon. Noble from Maui and others
have talked annexation. They have
talked this until there is not ma
tive but believes that they would
deliver this country over to the
United States or any other country
for their own commercial and pri-
vate ends. If there is any such feel
ing to-day it is because of their
action throughout. 1t is only
short time ago that the Noble from
Maui intended to prepare or was
preparing or was asked as to his
willingness to prepare an article on
annexation for a California maya
zine, and he then told me that he
believed in annexation, and he be-
lieves in it to-day.
Two weeks ago these gentlemen
were fighting for the Constitutional
principle involved, which principle
to-day is lost sight of and they are
trumping up such specious charges
as the Cabinets being inimical to
American interests and having no
policy, all of which are untrue.
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and they do not propose to al
low it to be tried. When the
Cabinet was given time, to-day
being set as the time, at which they
were to give to the House what they
had formulated with regard to fin
ancial policy, this resolution comes
in to defeat what we have been try
ing to do in the interests OF the
country. The gentlemen have
charged that we are opposed to Am
erican interests, that our retention
in the Ministry would mean that
closer relations with the United
States would be impossible, that the
struggling industries that are now
in their infancy and which should
be encouraged with the United
States were throttled in their in
fancy because we had Cabinet
here that the United States Govern
ment would not recognize because
we were unfriendly and against. a
closer relation, that must appear to
the intelligent members OF this
House the veriest bosh and non
sense, and | don't believe that any
gentleman who has charged that be-
lieves it for a moment. And they
will not find their statements zorro
borated by any of the correspond
ence on it between our Foreign Of
fee and the American Minister. /
wish | could refer them to the cor
respondence that has been carried
on between the two Governments
and they would see that this Gov
eminent has been trying to negoti-
ate a new commercial treaty with
the Government OF the United
States which is now in the hands OF
the Hawaiian Minister at Washing
ton. These statements that this
Cabinet cannot bring about those
relations is simply the same old
story and is throwing dust in the
! eyes of the people and making peo-
pie believe that they are the only
, ones that can bring about those
needed benefits to the country.
1t has also been said by the Noble
} from Maui that the utterances of the
5 DAILY BULLETIN in this city are to be
} charged against this Cabinet, they
7 having inspired it and they being
, responsible for it because it is theil
[ official organ. The gentleman ad
, vancing that statement knows that il
| is utterly untrue, and that we have
no interest in it with the exception
that His Excellency the Minister Of
/ Foreign Affairs acquired few
shares of stock some three years
t ago, on which all this claim is based
!, 1t is spread about the streets that
l this Cabinet have brought about
!, complications between the United
States Minister and this Govern
? ment which l brand as false, and
| have here in my hands the CORE
: spondence that passed between the
: American Minister Plenipotentiary
: and the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Q and which | propose to read to THU
y House if | am so requested, and
Q ask that the House request that i
l may be read.
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