The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-20
THAT VICIOUS REPORT.

The only issue raised by this paper
regarding. the proceedings of the com
mittee of the House relative TO the
conduct of the Superintendent Of Pub
lie Works is that it has not given him
any trial, and has stated positively in
it's report, and not conditionally, that
he is guilty of serious crimes.
Now in order TO show that these
proceedings, conducted under the sus-
picious leadership of Loebenstein, are
not made in good faith, we ask the
public to recall Article 50, Section
of the Constitution which provides
that the Minister of the interior shall,
with the consent of the President,
appoint or remove the superintendent
of Public Works. The Constitution
also provides that each Minister shall
be. responsible for the conduct of the
departments under him, and that he
may be, himself, removed from office
by the President and the rest OF the
Cabinet.
Now if Mr.. Rowell is guilty OF any
him, all that any citizen, or member
of the House needed to do was to step
into the office of the Minister of the
Interior and say, Mr.. Minister, that
Superintendent of Public Works has
broken the law in regard to building
contract mentioning it,, and he
should be removed I demand it.. The
Minister is bound under the Constr
tuition to act, and if he does not, is
liable to removal himself.
Why has not this perfectly simple
course been taken during the last three
wears by the men who deem Mr.. RoWeil
guilty of offenses? Why has it been
left for Iloebenstein to develop all OF
the quickening virtues, and go into
this elaborate attack on the Superin-
tendent, by Legislative machinery
Is the Minister of the Interior 1ncom-
Detent or corrupt so that he cannon
he trusted? Do not these children III
the Legislative kindergarten see that
nv refusing to adopt the simple method
of reaching the superintendent as
nointed out by the Constitution, they
virtually charge the Minister of the
Interior with incompetency or scorrup
ton?
When that eminent patriot, e. b
Thomas. complained of the Superin-
+andent because he did not get the
contract for building the Engine house
and when Mr.. Paris, of Kona. com
DIained because he could not have Il
his own way about roads, why did they
not simply follow out the constltu
tional method and call on the Minister
to do his duty and remove Mr.. Rowell'
When men resort to a roundabout
way of doing things, there is sus-
picion that there is something that Is
NOT square" in the proceedings, ano
that they are afraid of taking the
simple method.
If the Minister cannot be trusted t
pass upon the case of dishonest ON
ciaI. of his own appointment, he shouit
he removed. Possibly these member
who have not shown much loyalty u
the Government Of their own creatlon
NAV suspect the Minister'S honesty
and are restoring to the more elabo
rate costly method of removal o
impeachment.
If this is their plan, the Senate mus
sit in Judgment, and we shall have a
all summer session of the Legislature
They may impeach the Superlnten
dent for crimes, and then impeach tn
Minister of the Interior for not remoV
ing man guilty of crimes. LoeoeI
stein hopes to rake the chestnuts
Rowell's removal out of LeglslatlV
fire. and like a cunning ape, is usln
the cats'-paws of the members IN pul
ing it out. He also adroitly uses u
cats'-paws OF the Star, of the IndepeI
dent. and of ''Tomtit's Blizzard tWlt
fresh blood from America) IN dom
il Loebenstein has not yet been al
to remove the President for Treason
But he. succeeds in playing some or II
. members of the House, and his new
Daner allies for fools.