Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-04-14

lily Oh puDllC ACTION Hdu tDeu Deen IdlS-
| ed, but the people did not hesitate;
they knew they were tight and set
aside all legal bubbles. There had
| been those who had refIscd to stand
! shoulder to shoulder with the hackers
| OF the revolution. One of these mill
tary gentleman had cone to his house
and tried to convince me, said
Mr.. Jones, that we would find II
an impossibility TO overthrow
the Government from a purely military
standpoint. He used all the arguments
| at his command to convince me that
| the steps we were then taking were IL
legal The same gentleman when the
Spanish-American was broke out filled
columns in the newspapers with arti-
cles on treaties, neutral governments
and our duties as citizens, in an at
tempt to show that we of Hawaii had
no right to stand by the United States
after the United States had stood by Us.
| | wish now to thank those true men
who had the nerve to then stand by the
| Provisional Government and annexa-
| ton. Applause from Councilors.)
Then, concluded Mr.. Jones, let MS
stand by our principles now and pay
these claims and this Council will then
back the Executive.
MIR. Kaulukou asked IL the Execu-
tive Council has any Intention of
changing the order.
Minister Cooper said the Executive
had no power to change the laws of
this country; they had no option. They
felt, however, sure of their position un-
der the order from President McKin-
II Iaxx "a h.a
case, and said that the specia, provi-
sion of President Mckinley was 10 pro
vide a court open to the adjudication
of these certain claims. The Executive
would be glad to go further but did
not find the authority under McKin.
ley's orders. In answer to a question
by Mr.. Bolte, the Minister said he did
not think any power had been dele
gated outside of Hawaiian law and the
adjudications must be tnereunder.
Minister Mott-Smith held that the
Government was expressly RESPONSE
BILE to President Mckinley; this was
not 30 during the cholera time. upon
which the present arguments were
based The Governments policy from
the day of the fire had been In sympa-
thy with the sufferers. This policy
had been endorsed by President Nc
Kinley.
Questions were here asked hy Coun-
cilors Achi and Kane over which con-
siderable discussion took place during
which Mr.. Achi spoke OF liability of
the Government and said that II tho
words legally liable" were added to
the order of the Executive the position
of the Government would be correct.
He blamed the Executive for narrow
views. Mckinley, said NJ. Achi, gave
you broad views; the frst thing you
did was to bar out poor people: you
have barred out the improvers Of prop
erty; the people have been deprived Of
some of their rights under the Court;
one thousand poor people are barred
out by your order and not one out OF
ten will get justice under this order
(voices: nor get anything.) Our duty
as Councillors Is to demand that this
order be changed to conform with the
intent and purpose OF Mckinleys In
structions. The action OF the Board
of Health has been inconsistent for
months. Hg.
Mr.. Bolte at this point moved the
piihlcu ouoNS, WOO
accepted by Mr.. Achi.
Minister Damon then said that be-
fore the matter came to vote he
wished to give his reasons for his po-
sition. He held that the Court was
just and right and that an appeal lay
to the Legislature, IL any were dis
satisfied with the decision. have felt
at times that l would be glad IL the
Executive Council had forced me to re-
sign by refusing to justify my views.
When the fire broke out the Executive
at once took the matter up and re-
ferred II to President Mckinley. The
fact Is that we are suffering In Hawaii
from too much revolution and the
Executive has been forced Ivy the peo-
pie to ask President Mckinley to grant
relief upon revolutionary lines.
From the first, continued Minister
Damon, thought there should be no
laymen on the Court of Claims and my
reason was because l wanted the coun-
try to get back to legal procedure.
What we want dealt out by this Court
is justice and lawyers should consti-
tute 1t. He who Is dissatisfied has an
appeal to the Legislature which hope
will meet soon. / wish 1t to replace the
revolutionary with the legal. | hope
the last of revolutionary measures are
carried out. ! hold the people are to
blame for the burning Of Chinatown;
they demanded 1t and cheorcd while 1t
burned. The burning of Chinatown
was illegal and the money to pay has
gone from the treasury and 1t will be u
long time before we get 1t back.
Mr.. Jones asked If the Minister held
the Council of State was responsible
for the Illegal spending alleged, and
further asked II it was not true that
the Council had only passed the large
amounts named upon the recommen-
dation of the Executive Council.
At this point the resolution went
over on motion and was made the order
Of the day at this afternoons meeting.
Thursday, Apri! IL.
There were at roll call of the Council
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