The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-09-17
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attempt | then suggested to the
caucus that we would give them
three members of the Cabinet, leav-
ing Mr.. Neumann in the Attorney
Generalship. They would not con
sent to it. That being impossible /
next suggested to them that / would
induce Mr.. Peterson to take the of
fee of the Minister of Finance and
in that way act in the spirit of that
resolution. | will state here that
Mr.. Peterson would not tell me def
nitely whether he would accept that
modification. / then came before
the caucus and urged Mr.. Peterson
for the position of Minister of Fin
ance. | said, you want Mr.. Peter
son to be responsible for that Cabi-
net, insist that he should go in that
Cabinet, will you support Mr.. Peter
son in the position of Finance with
Mr.. Smith in the position of Attor-
ney-General9 They refused that
after l had been dickering with them
for two hours. Then, | said, | shall
go back and say that | cannot come
to any settlement with you, shall
inform Mr.. Peterson that | cannot
come to any conclusion. | had no
sooner turned my back when one of
the members said, "Oh, he is sneak,
he will not go to Mr.. Peterson at
ALL" | maintain that those gentle
men with whom / conversed that
morning represented the whole eau
Gus, they were the leading spirits of
the caucus. They said that Mr..
Smith would not go in with Mr.
Peterson anyhow, and Mr.. Peterson
retorted in exchange that he would
not go in with Mr.. Smith. Now, /
say, Mr.. President, that under those
circumstances it was impossible to
come to any settlement with them.
Mr.. President, those who are best
acquainted with those committee
and caucus meetings know that |
have not desired a Cabinet position
and was not prevailed upon to &C
cept it until Mr.. Peterson said that
he could not form a Cabinet, of
which fact he informed Her Majesty
and on Saturday afternoon she sent
for me feeling much vexed that such
a delay had occurred and spoke OF
the stress on the business commu-
nifty and the feeling that was being
manufactured that she was response.
BILE for the delay and asked me tc
form a Cabinet She said, Mr.. Mac,
farlane, | expect that you will form,
Cabinet by Monday. / told hel
that / would have to take the mat
ter under consideration and ex
planned to her the difficulties thai
had been encountered by Mr.. Peter
son. 1t was then arranged that
should see her again Sunday morn
ing, but as matter of fact / wa
unable to see her until II noon
The night before, thinking that
might be able to form Cabinet
and such Cabinet as would sui
this Legislature and the majority o
the Legislature, | asked His Excel
lency the Minister of Foreign AT
fairs if he would see Noble Wilcox
| said to him-with all due defer
ence to my colleague the Minister O
the Interior-that preferred MI
Wilcox, if | were to form Cabinet
| said if Mr.. Parker would interview
Mr.. Wilcox on that matter and sue
gest to him that if he would accep
the position of Minister of tn
Interior / would likely form Cab
net. | told Mr.. Parker to tell hir
that my choice was Mr.. Parker, Nj
Neumann and himself. His Exec
lency informed me that after tall
ing some minutes with Noble Wi
1 cox he had said that he could ne
see his way clear to go in, that i
t had no objection to Mr.. Macfarlan
that he would go into Cabin,
with him, that he had no objectio
to Mr.. Parker or to Mr.. Gulick, nj
: Gulick's name having been mel
, toned, but he said | cannot go int
= Cabinet, with Mr.. Neumann.
q did everything in my power to for
:, Cabinet with Mr.. Wilcox, becau'
: | think that he would be not on
q satisfactory to this Legislature b,
to the whole country, as in all re
poets fair-minded man, having l
: prejudice, being unswayed by pol
r tics. | claimed that if Mr.. Vile,
d would go into the Cabinet with IL
o he would add strength to the Cal
e net. had previously mentioned
9 Her Majesty the name of Mr.. G..
:, Wilcox, and she had said he was pc
II fectly accaDtable and | then tri,