The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-15
TIE ELECTION oR 1856.

try districts were Hooded with cheap
gin, chiefly furnished by the king,
who paid for IL by franking ether
LIQUOR through the Custom House free
of duty, and thereby defrauding the
of revenue amounting to
S4749.35. (See report of attorney-gen-
eral for 1888, and the case OF the King
VS.. q. w. Macfarlane, 1SSS). Out OF
twenty-eight Government candidates
twenty-siX were officeholders, one q
last years tax assessor and one the
queens secretary. There was only
ticket, viz, the premier's son-in-law.
In order to prevent Pilipo's election
the king proceeded To his district Of
North Kona, taking with him num-
Der of soldiers and attendants (who
voted at the election), besides numer-
Gus cases of liquor. He took an active
part in the canvass, and succeeded IN
defeating Pilipo by small majority.
The kings interference with the eiec-
ton nearly provoked riot, which
was averted by Pilipo's strenuous ex-
ertions. The matter was investigated
by IA legislative committee, whose re-
port is on file. Mr.. T.. Kekoa, the
member elected from Puma, was after
wards tried and convicted of gross
violations of the election laws, but
the House refused 60 declare his seat
vacant.
Only ten Reform candidates were
elected, viz: Messrs Cecil Brown, w.
r. Castle, G. III. Dickey, S. j. Dole,
J. Kauhane, A. Kauahi, j. Kalua, A.
Paehaole, l.. A. Thurston and j.
Wight.
THE SESSION OF 1886.
The session of 1886 was long one,
and vacation of two weeks was
taken, from July 26 until August 8, TO
allow the tax assessors In the lIeglSla-
ture to go home and nominally per-
form the duties of their office. About
this time certain creditors to the Gov
ernment in San Francisco brought
pressure to bear upon the Ministry to
cede or hypothecate the Honolulu
waterworks and part of the wharves
to California company. The pres
sure became so great that the Minis
| ters opposed to the project were re-
quested by the king to resign, and a
| new Cabinet was formed June 80,
| 1886, consisting OF w. M. Gibson,
Minister of the interior; r. J. Creigh-
| ton, a journalist, lately arrived from
| California, Minister of Foreign AZ
| fairs; J. T. Dare, another recent ar
| rival, Attorney General; and p. Il.
| Kanoa, Minister of Finance, in place
of J. Kapena, who had succumbed to
the same failing that had destroyed
| Simon Kaai.
The two new members of the Cab
met were respectable gentlemen, but
soon found themselves in false posi-
ton.
THE OPIUM BILL.
An opium-license bill was intro
| duced towards the end of the session
! by Kaunamano, one of the kings
tools, and after a long debate carried
over the votes of the Ministry by a
bare majority. 1t provided that q
license for four years should be grant
ed to "some one applying therefor
by the Minister of the Interior, with
!, the consent of the king, for S3O,OOO
4 per annum. The object of this provi.
$ sion was plainly seen at the time, and
j, it's after consequences were destined
to be disastrous TO its author. MIR
Dole proposed an amendment that the
2 | license be sold at public auction at an
y upset price of $4,000, which, however
= was defeated by majority OF one
u only one white man, r. III. Haysel
: den, voting with the majority.
|. Another act was passed to create
Il so-called {" Hawaiian Board o.
e HEALTH" consisting OF five kahnnas
a appointed by the king, with power tC
IL issue certificate to native kahunas tt
practice "nativo medicine"
y THE LONDON LOAN.
: The King hail been convinced that
.r for the present, he must forego his pc
,r scheme of ten-million loan. A two
n | million loan bill, however, wa
n brought in early in the session, will
the view of obtaining the money II
C San Francisco. The subject was drop
hoy
J. and the bill finally passed Septem
t Der /.
: Meanwhile, the idea of obtaining
,t loan in London was suggested to tn
j. King by Mr. A. Hoffnung, Of tina
e city, whose firm had carried on tn
= Portuguese immigration. The pro
n posal pleased the King, who consider
ir ed that creditors at so great distance
). would not be likely to trouble them
l. selves much about the internal poll
Is tics of this little Kingdom. MI
n I'll. r. Armstrong, of the firm o
|. Skinner & Co., London, visited Homo
u lululu to further the project, which
was engineered by Mr.. O.. w. Macfar
il lane in the Legislature.
8, Two parties were now developed IL
d that body, viz, the Spreckels party
~ led by the Ministry, and the KING
II party, which favored the Londol
a loan. The small knot of Independent
J. members held the balance of power
Of The two contending parties brough
J. in two sets of conflicting amendment
ye to the lean act, of which it is not ne
e. cessary to give the details. AS ka
D. ulukou put it, ''the amendment of tn
re Attorney-General provides that l
G. they want to borrow any money the.
ID must pay up Mr.. Spreckels first. ID
as understood that the GoVernmeIi
r owed Mr.. Spreckels 100000 or $500,
w 600. He has lent them money In TN
lg past, and were they prepared TO saI
20 to him, I'VE have found new friend
in England'-togive him slap III