The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-12-08

low the advice Of the Advisory COun-
ell, or 10 get that advice and then DO
as they please in the matter?u
President Dole: "We expect TO fol-
low that ADVICE
Mr.. Hatch then offered the follow
ing resolution:
RESOLVED; That it is the opinion
OF TINS Advisory Council that the Ex-
ecutive should proceed upon an iuves
tigation "a to the loyalty Of all en-
ployees Of this Government and the
support given by them TO it,"
Ihis Is matter that has been un-
der the consideration of myself and
others for long time,D said Mr.
Hatch, and it now assumes peculiar
Importance. We cannot ignore the fact
that the credit of this Government has
been seriously shaken by the adverse
report Of Secretary Gresham, and, to
certain extent, we have all our work
to do over again. Now, it strikes me
that we might as we'll begin to do
that work without waiting for any
more opinions from that most respect
able gentleman.
We claim to be the Government.
And yet, across the street, is person
who claims that she, and she alone,
is the rightful sovereign of this coun-
try. She has applied to foreign
Powers for assistance, and she claims
that she intends going back to the
throne she was removed from last
January, and she says that force will
be used if necessary. / am not an
alarmist; but we must lock at this
wish it to be. / say that we are
in the midst of a struggle for the
establishment of a new government in
this country, and that struggle is not
yet over. No one knows when we will
have To call our supporters to our
side.
"This question of removals is not
one of mere civil service reform. That
kind of argument is advanced by
many with the idea of putting forth
principles that are not in the slightest
way applicable to this case. The
question of the loyalty of a govern
ment's employees is never out of
place. / contend that, until the ques-
ton of restoration is forever settled,
both in our minds and in the minds of
the outside world, we must demand
the highest degree of loyal support,
especially from the employees of the
Government.
"This is not situation for the Ju-
dietary to decide. 1t is one in which
common sense only is needed. If, in
our private business, we suspected
that one of our clerks, whom we had
trusted, was hostile to our interests,
and wanted to see our business over
thrown and ruined, do you think we
would wait for any Judiciary to decide
as to what should be done? No, com
mon sense would apply there, and
should be applied here.
80 Nor, again, is it race question in
the slightest degree. That it is, will
be advanced by our enemies and en-
larged upon, but it is not so. 1t is
simply a question of support and
loyalty to this Government.
This brings US to the cases of indi-
viduals in the employ of the Govern
ment, when the heads of their fami-
lies are, beyond doubt, open supporters
of the ex-Queen. 1t does not suit the
requirements of the present situation
to wait for hostile act from Junior
member of such a family when we
know the feelings of the head of the
family. The obligation of such an
employee is much greater with that
employee to prove himself loyal to
this Government. All have had good
chances during the last ten months to
prove whether or not their supposed
loyalty was a show.
'These are the views | have arrived
at after a careful and calm consider
alton of the situation for many
months. AS L have said, we are in
the midst of a conflict and are not in
a condition to be trifled with. We are
entitled to fealty and support from
all Government employees.
"The matter of Cancellation is an
other thing that has been urged in de-
Tense of keeping royalists in office.
Cancellation is very proper quality
when the question of the existence of
the Government is in q tentative state.
When tie matter of royalty in Hawaii
is absolutely and irrevocably dead,
then Cancellation might be looked on
with different eyes. But we cannot
supporter of royalty by keeping him
on the pay rolls of the Government.
81 signed, yesterday, petition for
the appointment of a native Hawaiian
as Judge at Eva. / believe him to be
loyal, sand L was glad to use any
influence / might possess to get a
loyal native Hawaiian appointed to
office. Does that look like L was
swayed by race prejudice?
"Our supporters should not have the
feeling that there are in this building
men who are not loyal TO the Govern
ment. We may be called on at any
time TO take up arms in the defense of
our Government, and we do not like
to feel, when we take our lives in our
hands, that there are traitors in our
We all know what de-
moralizing influence one or two men
can create at time of trouble, especi-
ally when they are in their enemy's
camp.
al therefore urge that this enquiry
be entered upon and in a manner that
shall lead to results. 1t is simply
matter for common sense discussion.
Every employee, when brought be-
fore the Council should have some
thing to show that he is loyal to the
Government from which he draws his
money, and should be made to show
it."
Mr.. Tenney: 81 heartily endorse
Mr.. Hatch's remarks and cordially
second his resolution"
Mr.. Emmeluth: ave cannot en-
phasiZe too much the fact that we
have been in power for over ten
months, and that all the Government
employees have had a chance to de-
clare themselves, and the opinion of
conservative men is, that if the loyal
ty of all the men in the Government
offices in this building could be prov
en-, that four fifths of them would be
found to be royalists.
az would like TO offer the following
to Mr.. Hatch's resolution,
and hope it will meet the approval of
the Council"