The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-07

American Minister if necessary.
There will be abundant opportunity,
but the House should set itself right
first. To-day, for the first time, we
have an oral suggestion from Noble
Macfarlane as To what he meant.
This is the first hint of anything in
the nature of a specification. 1t is not
the duty of the American Minister to
disclaim any reference to Hawaiian
affairs to come to the Cabinet and
! Legislature and say: 81 made speech
the other day in which / commented
freely on villains, but did not mean
you" The Minister cannot disclaim
anything, for he has not been
charged with anything yet. The
speaker yielded TO no one in
regard to Hawaiian independ-
ence, but it would be indiscreet, inn
proper and III .ght involve very grave
! consequences If the House should
/ adopt any such language as that of
! Noble Macfarlane: This was not an
occasion for cringing or cowardly SER
Witty, and he intended to do nothing
of the kind, but the Minister of the
! United States should be treated with
respect, and he for one would accord
! him that respect, the same as he
would accord to the representative of
! the weakest power. The remarks of
! Noble Neumann were largely beside
! the question. There was not one word
| in the original question to show that
| there had been any interference with
the course of justice. He had strongly
disapproved this course from the start,
and if he had been present in the
House this debate would have been
precipitated then and there. The
matter was now fairly before the
House, and on this resolution the
language of Noble Macfarlane must
either be concurred in or condemned.
For himself, he proposed to vote to
condemn it. He had drafted a reso
luton which would let Noble Macfar-
lane down a little easier, but con-
cluded that the resolution before the
House was sufficiently mild.
Rep. Bush supported the resolution
on the grounds set forth by his col
league on the right (Rep. Ashford),
and he would withdraw his question
if the resolution passed. There was
now an opportunity to repudiate ques-
tions couched in language which
Noble Macfarlane had used, and pre-
sented without any specification.
Rep. Wilder had not intended to
|
| glad the resolution was intro
duced, because it. gave every
member an opportunity to eX-
press approval or dissent from the
language used hy the honorable Noble
about the American Minister. He was
not there to defend the Minister, who
was abundantly capable of defending
himself. He had heard the speech
and noticed nothing Objectionable
What he objected to was the manner
in which the matter had been brought
before the House. He did not dispute
| the right of any member to ask any
| question, but he did most strongly OBJ
| ject to the manner of the question
asked. 1t had been suggested that
the resolution was too strong. lie
thought it very mild and could not
vote for anything less.
Rep. Nawahi said the House had
not been at sea seven days yet, but
the weather was getting pretty rough.
They were like the ship with Jonah
on board. 1t got rough, and the sail
ors looked around and finally found
Jonah asleep down below. Jonah
told them to throw him overheard
and they did. / guess we'll have to
throw the Hon. Noble Macfarlane
overheard. If the Noble would with
draw his question himself it would
not be necessary to vote on the resolu-
ton.
Noble Neumann thought the sug-
gestion of the last speaker was
sound one. 1t appeared that many
members took the questions as an
insult to the American Minister. The
Hon. Noble had right to ask per-
mission of the House to withdraw his
questions, although he had a right to
ask them.
Rep. Smith said withdrawal of
the questions did not remedy the
matter but left it just where it was
before. The House had permitted a
very severe "rebuken of the Minister
to go out, without any allegation as
| to what he had done to deserve it. If
the discussion had followed then, and
the member had chosen to withdraw
his question it would have been very
different. The language of the resolu-
ton was very mild. 1t simply used
the words unwise and unjustifiable in
view of the fact that no charges had
been made. 1t was the least that the
House could do to set itself right.
Rep. Kamauoha had not intended
to speak again on the resolution, but
the Hon. Noble Neumann had limited
the resolution came from outside,
which was not so. At first he had
thought that after Noble Macfarlane's
attitude he ought not to be chairman
of the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tons, and he had intended to bring in
resolution TO that effect.
Rep. Kamauoha moved the ayes
and noes be called. Carried.
The amendment to refer to the
Committee on Foreign Relations was
lost on the following division.
Their Elk. Samuel Parker, III. A.
Widemann, G. N. Spencer and w. A.
Whiting; Mobiles G. o. Berger, John
Ena, A. p. Peterson,J. MS. Williams
Paul Neumann, r. r. Hind, w. H.
Cornwell; Reps. S. K. Aki and VIM.
White ayes Is.
Mobiles d. w. Pua, J. Kauhane, J.
M. Horner, J. G. Hoapili, J. Marsden,
Alex. Young, III. p. Baldwin, w. Y.
Horner, r. ID. Walbridge, Jas. Ander-
son, L. A. ThurstOn, G. n. Wilcox, P.
P. Kanoa, A. Drier; Reps. w. C.
Wilder, G. w. Ashford, A. Kauhi, J.
E. Bush, j. Nawahi, X. NJ. Koahou,
G. P. Kamauoha, J. III. Waipuilani,
J. n. Kapahu, T. s. Nahinu, L. w,
P. Kanealii, w. Ldmonds, J. Kaluna,
j. K. Iosepa, j. A. Akina, w. o.
| Smith, A. S. Wilcox, and Noble J. A.
! Cummins-noes 33.
The resolution was adopted on a
standing vote.
The House took q recess at 1910