, 1892-10-27
CABINET OUSTED.
The Honolulu Legislature E1-
presses Lack Of Confidence.
Subject of the ResOIutIOns-An Ed
itor Arrested for Libel other
Matters of Much Interest on the
Islands.


Honolulu, October 27.-The intimation
that the cabinet will be ousted has become
a fact, the event occurring on the 18th inst.
The novel program Of the introduction of
a resolution of a want of confidence" was
indulged in and on the date mentioned the
following resolution without the slightest
warning of introduction was presented to
the assembly by an Hawaiian member of
the cabinet. The resolution is as follows:
Whereas, The presentcabinet has not an
nounced or given any intimatlOn or evidence
of any financial policy which will extricate
the country from its present dangerous
financial situation; and
Whereas, 1t is essential to the CONNER
ciaI progress of the country that more fav-
Orable treaty relations with the United
States be obtained whereby our products
can obtain free market in that country
and
Whereas, The present cabinet has shown
no disposition to favor any such policy,
and the present head of the cabinet has
displayed conspicuous hostility toward
the representative Of that country in this
kingdom, and the general tone of the adj
ministration has been and is one of oppo-
sition and hostility to the United States of
America and American interests, thereby
] tfDeoA1AN
in our treaty relations favorable 10 Hawaii
can be negotiated by this cabinet, and
Whereas, The cabinet has given no evi
dence of any intention to attempt to rem
edy existing scandals in the police depart
ment and have otherwise failed to eyince
any liability to successfully guide the ma
ton through the difficulties and dangers
surrounding it, therefore be it
Resolved. That the legislature hereby
expresses its want Of confidence in the
present cabinet.
It will be noticed that the third clause
treats of the supposed inimical relations Of
the ministry with the United States,
whereas the truth is that this was only
pretext of a newspaper here, which is
supposed to reflect the sentiments of the
party which supports the cabinet, publish
ing communications signed upon the APP
parent delay of the American minister in
sending the United States steamer Boston
Immediately in search of the missing boat
OF the wrecked ship w. A-Campbell, an
American vessel, and which included in its
occupants an American woman, the wife
of the captain, and her child.
The debate occupied all ofthe 18th inst,
and at 20 PM, the resolution was carried
by a vote of 81 to Is No trouble has re-
suited from the decision of the legislature,
but the charges were openly made that
bribery had been used to influence the vote
of some of the HaWaiians members who
were regarded as ministerial supporters.
The only removal so far from office, is that
of @. A. Brown, the tax collector. Up to
date there have been no cabinet nOmina-
tions and they will not be offered before
Monday Oct. oath. 1t is regarded as al
most certain that the queen is preparing to
prOmulgate a new constitution. This is
opposed at present by the reyolutionists of
1872, butnot sucn dire results are expected
from their opposition. The United States
minister, today ,lcauscdithe arrest Of the ed
itor of the Bulletin on a cnarge Of the
criminal libel, based on the correspondence
printed in that paper as to his alleged tar
diness in sending the cruiser Boston in
search of the Campbells shipwrecked
sailors. Bail was fixed at $500 and exami-
nation takes place on the 2lst. Minister
Stevenson's course is not altogether COM
mended and an indignation meeting is to
be held this evening, among It's promoters
being several Americans.
On October the Bulletin published the
following: "Amende Honorable. We de-
sire to express our deep regret for the ad-
mission to our columns OF communica-
ton rejecting on the official American rep
resentatives relative to the wrecked ship
William A. Campbell. We are satisfied
that the insinuatiOns and reflections con-
tanned in these communications are en-
tirely unWarranted and unjust. The
United States officials now at Honolulu are
Washington, and not to presidents of foreign
countries, nor are they at liberty to explain
their official actions in public prints. Both
the present. minister and the consul general,
so far as we know, during their residence
here, have always conducted themselves
with discretion and propriety These
anonymous assaults upon him are wholly
unjusti6able, and if this paper has III any
way implied reflection upon their official
conduct, we think it Just to withdraw all
such implications and make this amende
honorable"
Minister Stevens, however, was not sats
isfied with this apology and laid the mat
ter before Samuel Parker, the minister of
foreign affairs, who addressed note to
Editor Logan, of the Bulletin, in which,
referring to Minister Stevens complaint,
he quotes the latter as saying that the
"amende honorable of the Bulletin was
entirely unlike what he had expected of
the editor. The minister further stated
that its (Bulletin's) elaborate editorial of
the 9Th inst only added to the original in
suits offered the American representatives
and their government
Editor Logan, replying to Minister Par
ker's note, expressee regret that Minister
Stevens was not satisfied with the apology
made by the Bulletin but added that he
was prepared to accept the responsibility
for everything contained in Minister Ste
yens' complaint, which has not been in
cluded in the Bulletins apology. The ed
itor was accordingly arrested today.
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