Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XI, Number 43, 7 June 1890 — THE LEGISLATURE. [ARTICLE]

THE LEGISLATURE.

E:tch and every morijiug dnrlngtbe week the LegislatuFO iij flooded with petitious froin differont par(s of tUc Kiiigtlom, askinga!l sorts of j>rivileges aad demanding':(ppropriatioDs for this, that and the other purpose. It is needleas to say that the bulk of these petitions are worthless. Legislatora iutroducing bucli potit:ons cannot be held respousible therefor aad henoe generally vote to consign them to the various atandiag committees, whieh is, in oiost instanees, equi\;alent to a commitUl to the waate basket. Minister Thuraton read au act making all fertilizers duty froe. It is to be boped that when this bill eomes np for discussion it will W consssttentlv explained why it is Ihe men j who import fertilkers most largely, and who make large tiuai!tiiies o^ ; money out of sugar, as the olirect re \ sultofsuch importutioiis, should be grant«d the privilege rh: to iucrease the ineome of plautei*s ;m-,! corporatious by throwing oll" the cus toius dutv iu f«voi ofthose whoahouhl' t

«nd ftre amply able to ffupport a large i 3hare in the Government'3 expense. īf the hiatns in the Appropvint iori Bill i is to be lessened, it is just sucli pro', positions as the above wliieh shoukl bo indefimtely posfc[)oned. The Minister of Foreign Affinvs re;ul liis reply to eevtain pertinent qviestions »sked by ttretrrbeTS ~ in - regaril to Ihe

proposed Oiibinet t'reuties, Tbo Minister' s reply w;is evHlently a <1 isa [)} >olnt■ J joent, beciuise it was too plHĪuly au i eVi>sion bv soppres«ion of fncts, easily i within the re;ifh of His Excellency'sl official arm. Ministor Anstin shonld be more oarefnl in his statements of iofli'cial f(tcts, as ihe public hiis not as yet forgōtten the slip of iiieo3ory exliibited by His Ēxcdllency in denving to cortam foreigu di|>lomat3 a few months ago, tho :ictnal eTi.«tenee of n certain treafcy, wiiieh waS a few lionrs afterwnrds }inblishcd aiTd within irtew days thereafter adrnitted to exist ovor aignatnre of Jim. Austin. Mni!ster of Foi-eigu Atf;iiis. The Ministor oi Foreign AfTairs fnrther 6inphasizec! his skill nt evasioti in replvnig, t<Representative Wilcox J s question that he had aliowcd a' yiolation of tli" I spirit aud iiitent of the Military law | because "Cumpany B" wanLe<l hwu t > do s<>. If the Mil!tnry Committēe, t<> whoin tho :)iiaistei'ial evcsiou w;ts rēferred. <lues it duty, as it certainly will, aome 0|... the tvae reasons and real faets coiinecte?T \vitfr- Wu+irristf;r ial, reform-partv sche:ne will'sooulj?" bronglit to l ight.

Piiriug M >utl;ty morīistig Attovn'*y Asl)forcl to qoi?stions propouiii,k'4 by Nobles Grabb« aml Mul!er in ii3lntion to tlie koeping of extm ;tjiiie<l forces at tbe Station Housfi. Xho Attornt:y-Gei)er;<l gave n fltttaile(l hi«tory uf tb,e uifiir, whioh, snccincfly st«ted, went to show tli:it wl;;it is pop ukrl>- kuuwn ;is tbe "attempted sc«iro," was prouioted by the Marsh.il in \ olatiou of th« exprjss order of his perior officer ;i«il \vitli the knowledgof Ministers Thurston, D!hdod, ni)d Austia. The At J u>rncy-General ft]sn stated that at all timcs the Murshul und Ca.binet had refused to give any facts or reason based thereon to sustain their claiais of fear; and further that tho j\|;irslial had speciftcally deuied tlīaj Col. V. Asliford was in anyway the cause of such warlike preparatious. Those members of the Legialatui"e not fuliy up in Heform Cabiuet metliods were, but uaturally 6?ur|)rised when the Attorney GeQeral read a letfcer rop,eiyed from tbe Murshal utthelnst moment openly accuaiiig V. Y. Ashford and Robert W. Wi!cox of being the joint cuuse of the Cabinet's saaro pol'ioy and the Marshal's armcd preparations. The snppressed titter \yhich greeted the bold accusation sliowed quite plainly that tho House put little confidence in the look of injured ignoconce whieh had bean assumed by those members kuown as the majority of the Cabinet.

Minister Thurston on behalf of the uiajority claiuied that as tbe AttorneyGeneral referred to facts and dates (whieli was certainly beyo»4 denial) fchat the document be laid the table uutil a reply for tha tnajorify eoakl be prepared. This was agreed to; but had it known that Mtnister Thurston proposod to oouveit his privilege into a delay from day to aay the Houso \y<mkl probably bave insisted upou an ijuuie4iato reply sucli as a c;ip:tbte official is ahyays readj- to give and espeeially so when the "facts and dates'"' objected tu rekte to hiī own oiaeinl aeiioiiM.

On Tuesday morniug the President appointe<l the followiug committ»!es: t On R*ilw«ys—Nobles Widouinna, $īiiute &ud Cufpu)i«H, Jlfepregeattttive Brow n iip.l Minister » Asitfurtl. Ou Liquor Eilln—NobLcs W.ilbritl>;e, J. 11. Hor- . ner 8ti(l Pkillipa, and i;epresentn(ives Knudbeu aud BatUi. The committee on railways is an especia!lv important oue and the men appointed ther«ou could not liave been better selected to protect the Govern:iient's interests agaiust tho propositions, already drawu or in hand, whieh virtually oiler to allow tho Ooveiument to coustruct railways for the bene-fit of private oorporatious. īf tlie Governmeut builds a raihvay it shonld own it; if it holpn to build one bv grantīng a reas-mable subsiily that I ts a di<fereut iuatter, aud t!iere is no doubt tlie Lt)gislatui-e will bo wiso ; !o viow the tuatterin this %iti| ! hen the bill again eomes up. Whiicj it is just and .lesirablo to aid railv .ns. as pub«io iniprovements it is ver\ iui ' desirable over aid theaj, as projH)s j ed iu Mi. Horner*s i-ailway bill, aud; as lms beeu already done aud regreiU d'

i in the TJnited .States, even to the ex« I tent of pfilfftring fj-om the piil)]ic tro;vs' nry anel sqnandoring millions of acres J of the public douiain. j Bv resolntion the followiug ,salaries | were fixed for the oflscers of the ■|House, Secretary, §10 per day; Intoi'I I ,pr<Her, $10 per day; Sergeant-at-Arms,

$5 per day; Messenger, $3 per day, Janitor, S2..ōt> per dav. "While the Ualauee ot saluries seein :to ,be satisfactory, there is some donbt gxpressed as to oonfiriing the Iniei'iu'e' ter s pay and duties to oral tvansla> tions upon. the tloor. of the lfouse. It is quite likely that it- wonltl bo jiiu!cious eeononi}' īn the end to use a1! of thfi interpreter's ttme, even at nn īu• creased salary, in piaee of g.ving ont importaut docuiuents io difsorent parties to secure writton truaHlations thereof at pneew whn-h will donbUf.ss aggicg.ite mueh uioio Lhau the luterpreter would do the woik fov.

On tlii! eall for tho order «i' f!ie day the • bill to . Pmvent Count.ii-l'oiting Forcigfi Post«go St.Lnips r.iacbed secoj!tl rt-;idiiig :::id wei:it t" th" Con.mrttee on Cym»H*rce. Au ann;uu:rnoit to Scction .'5 C>tpUir. 26, Laws of ISBB relatmg 'to rights <'«f way lo pi'ivato' hold:ngs was st!iit to t,];o <Jii<!:ei:irv Conunittce. An Aot to anieml tiie la w for the sale of 8 ihnon was roforre(l to the Eui-ollnieni C( 'inm for corTi:ctioUH.- - . During the dis<Mi-y;oris s:uae t!ie .opening of_ th_e L('gisliit'.iro •#ftf fa , ct !ias devoloped t3i.it vet n ]) in ))arita!>H ntarv t;tcl cs atul if t!ie statein«nt is m:t(le. thut h" lo:»st one-lialf of the tune wasted th:is fav if« due to t!) is defeot, it would certa'nly be very near the truth, Tkc intfijt aud good iiature of meiiibcrs iun» quite cvid.;n( , bnt n. ver< ho!ess i)j:iiiy r f their doingS itre extreiiii'!y "Irish" and henee cōiitr idiet >rj\

On 'Wfcdnesd«.\' t»)i>ruing reprerseiitit l tive K'ihookīino infrodrtml a r< kolh' tion p.sking th:it the Attoriiev Gener:i'l iuform the Honse as to th«; fo!!owing points, viz.: 1. >3ames of «J1 pa ī<l constables. 2. Tiie a(ronnt of silary of eaeh. 3. Tho natidnality of eaeh sheriff, doputy aherilT aud polioemnn. The resolutiop 1 dth )>igh some of the uiembers thought it'shohld be exteud»d so as to inelnde sinii]ar replies from the heads of «11 irnnisteriaYde'partmonts. Mi nister Aslifnrd stated that he had roqaested"the Marshall to furnish informatiou in regard to the qūestious conee.rhing the seizur< and re!iliz;itions upon opiuin by tlie Governmeut, and hoped to havti an answer ready by Tliursd;iy. If, however, the Marshal is as fruitful in de' lay as he was in his answers to tlie Attorney- General regarding the seare fiasco of the Cabinet, thp reply will hardly be ready this week. From the policy of delay thns far exhibited bv th.a Cabinet {)itrty, iu referenee to oflScial and party acts r the public is drawing very seusible alternate eoncīusious, viz.: either the majority members of the Cabinet have detei - miued to become obstructionisis or are attemptxiig to patch up aud make prescnt;ible by partial suppressiou an official a:id politic-il record whieh would be t'hēir party's death-warraiit,if viewed in the light oi' ihe whole trnth. ;uid uothiug but the train.

Al! who havc i itlu; 11 ovoi- t!ie uhoniinable mouiit.'titi tr;:il lca:ling {ī-oiu Lahalna' to Waih.kn vyiil «]>j;r»»ciale an<l e?iclorse TSopi \Vliit.c's isso«utiou asking t!iat 1)6 &p— propriated for u m-u roaa, Ou the callitig of the ojxUt of t!ie dtiy an Act for the Proteelion < f Fiah was ri.M<l a secoud time, aml .tfk-r consi(!ernl)lc discussion was i-.*ferr to the Cotumittee on Coramerce. T'tse of . the originai biil, .wliieli the prese»t bill virtaa!ly amem'u; oj.it uf v'xisteiicc, was to proteet unr small ii.sli i"ro;a the fine nets of nnscrupu!ous Ohiuosoi $sherroen. It is to bo noted thatl ! while the origuml uc( has :»>* beo»! stringently euforcoil. it has servca, a J a inenaee, togivc tho \vquisitu protec~! tion ag:«inst tho fuvt!icr doprcdatioiis ! of Ohinese fishetuicn, ko euuipluial^,| except in tho presont iust uu'c, havc' been heretoforc mado ( aud it is , ; it,. 1 like!y this is ;i movc :uud;> lu fri<-ad>" of Ohine»se fisl»cru •. n o:> $>ts»tōd bv ii iK-;?ivv: mcn;bcr Ho«so. It i* huvd\- ll e auicndcd bil! wi!! > .•>>, Tho fcature of Th::ix,la\ > , ' l » iuajority i i -i e: i,:. Mittcc on Porcigu , 1 1 1 l d w :tn i.,0 l u, Sub s s i'i Auu līea, to

two rosolntTon« asking t,lrat tlie raatter be vefevred to sucli Committee anel "tliat the CommitL}e be to inqnire immediately nnel report to the House whethor the treat\' pr.>posedby th<3 Cabinet, or aiw officer of the Hawalian Governnifint was, or is, intendeel or calculated to in anywise preju-

jfinpardize the poliiieal or . comoiercial indepeudfincc of Hawaii." Tho Com!|iittee's report shows the fnllowing facts and coiHilusions, snccin.etly st:ited: That the documents sul)initted by the Mmister of Foreign An.nrs wereabsolutely insnfncient to proceed upon; Tliat the Committee was iurced to separately examine the Cabinet Ministers to get at the īeal history of the affair; Tliat the ]Nlinister of Foreign AfFa;vs had refnsed to coiuply with the resolutions of the House and fnnushed 110 documeuts dated pnor to Septoint>or J24, 1889-. Tiiat said Minister. fō«t, or at least, had failed to fin<l for the Commvtfcoe "Letter No. 38" and his roply tUereto, up to the tnne of the reading of this reoovt; That said Ministev h;ul refused to furn!sli tho Cabinet minutcs benring 011 tlve treatv question bet\veen tlie mont!is ot April and the end of Saptenib«r, 18H9; r«at said Mrnistor iickno\vledged thatmost of tiie correspondenco velatiiig to tho treaty matter was contained 111 contulential lett.ers, retased to tiie. Committee; That i ad-n rosnli of such concf:alnients. on i the part ol the Mmister of thē For ieign Ailair.s the report eannol be as i' couclusLv'e as it might otherwiso havc kt>e3H;' That the fonr Cabii-tyt Ministers, wlvo have hael tiie propbsad ty iieg.>tiations iiL,der their eonhH/l^,

eliiiei' wi<le!y aiidvitiilly in tlieir lectioiis niul statoineuts concerningj inany iai|)urt.ant )x>inks; That while i tlie evuleQce o£ thy Attoruōy-Geuerai ] turows tlie olame of tho paternity ol' j tue pixjtectorate treaty itlea nptui H. A.. P. .Oaifcci' uinl pai ti;il|y upon J;unes G. Ēhiine, Mrui'stor Ausfcin hi<usetl claims to be tho origivtal movor īn the matter; Tiiat Mr. II.A.ROurttT clrew. the proposed tr«aty draft "together with the obnoiious GUuse.of the landiug of tyoops, oalled 'Addi-] tions to Ai'ticle I V;'" Thi»t Minist©rs. Daaion aad Ashford declare these ad--ditions were a payt of tho original draft, while Ministers Thurston and Austin elaim they were added after wards; That inasmuch as the majority ef the Cabinet have carefully eoncealed the author or anthors of the "additional" troop clause it is impos-| sible fco prove whether the actnal inof the C:il)inet ? s schetne was marely a proteo l _ate treaty or ultimate aunexatiou; That outside of Miuister Thuistou's "brutni i'eiiiHrki" in Cabinet Couucil, tlie Comrqittee cannot say " whether or not an attempt was made for dekuling or intiioidatiiig His Majesty the K'mg;" "That outside of the iinpossible claase of tioop landing, the proposed treaty —this | et scheme of the preseut Oahinei—did contain two objectionable clauses, whieh every true Hawaiian could not do otherwise thau roject, viz: the one in Article IV, by whioh we are to be. deprived of the Sover6igu right of eoncluding treaties \vitli other nations; and the one m Article TI, by wliieh we were denied the eqiiiilly Sovereign rightof termiuating t!ie treaty otlierwise thau by un;inīinous conse!,t;" Thnt the Ouluaei' had ovi - dencod unduē anxiety to press iheir treaty negotiations ?»g tit!ie v,-;shes of the people a:id His Majesty t'uu King. That Mr, IJl'»ji>e oaiheooutraiy lufortned Mr. H.;A. P. Carter. who informed the Cabinet and added his advice therdto, that there was uo: hurrv -whieh warrauted tho )ansliuig of matters before the ; tarifftion was settled. The eominitteo elosed tbeiv reputf wiili dio roltowiug par»graph:— Bi fow closiug wo wi4h to eall the atteutiou of tho Hou.se Lm a poiut of I veracity. Miuister Thurstou, iu Uis | inteirviow, deniod that Outor c\or )iaid that tho troop oliuso had beeu jinsCTted in (lie twaty b ploaae Mv. | Blaine, and further Mr. Tirirstn\ i<leniotl havlng ovor msdo {U iy suoh 1 to auyone herk Now vour; ieoinmitteo are able to th-)t 0110 I <»f the most of ttiis ilown is pwpaml «» «f n<H<ssary t > roftysh I <net»(MA. \\ o even um!ers{a!id t!i;a <li»s ha* alwadv |vquosled "\! f Tbu!nst*>n to lijis s #at<inuont in (hi< iuatU»rj 1., _ ! « 1 tiv HuUr^i l?t uh\ moiii ug andi desii\Hi : - ' |v.<k to rvfh i » A.tov ; <ivnvi. k ,U Ashf;>nl > *■ «iWio»* uskod by Nobtj\sCwbboaud

Mnller. Minister Thnraton" claimed! that tho Attorney-Oenoi'al'a ans\vev amoniit»(l to general c!\arges agaii(st the jnjijority of the Cabinet. In reply thereto Mr. Thnrston entere<l generai co»nter'ch';iTg< : !S ag;Viist tho Attorney•Goneriil.'as w«M as :»cens;ttionßagainst--21. W.' Wilcox »iidCi»l. T. V. Ashford. It \vou 1(1 ha nnf)iir to criticize ~or t<>. iitternpt an analysis of Mr. Thurston's rcply or of Mr. Ashfor(Vs ans\ver nnlil I both docuinents aro in print, but in the inoantiine both answor and replv may l>e taken •as showing the vcry gravc results this nnfortnnato Cabinet disputō hns had and is having against the interests of good governroent. Minister Thnrston't? reply is certainly a genoi'a'l adtnissiou in the main of th« charges roade against the Cabinct majority ; and thc rcasons given as a basis for the armed dcmonstration , at tho Station House wure not substantl-

ated by a single fact showing anyl groands for f«ar since the v.ictōry of tiie National party at th« last clection. Mr. Tlmrston's elaini that he was told thero was danger by several. citwcns, who.se ,na.tnes he did uot give, wil! be ad;mtted by raost persons, as the same H!tf .)U(ided r!nnors were otit l cout npon the strect-s abont tluit time. Bnt tho chargo retnains nnanswcred that the men wlio gnt up and.. pr.oinote.d t!i« scare rackot did so npon nnfounded rnio.ovs pnt fort'i •either..l>y th.etnselves <>r t'ieir friends for.pol'tic.tl pni;no.ses. ,The. n*:ajority of the Ca,binet inust sho w gro.UQtls . for tiioir aofcion s:nce i the if they wiylj tp justify I theiiv c«m' tiio !Station thoy luiva uof thvis.fur L?ior.e. It is (p.iity probabl& that a 1 kno\vledge of tiieir iuability to do so l lias beou the oi igiu of the oft re;.)eated al!egatiou that their āotioa was liaiaed vi[)on 'co»fi;loiiUa! iiif.)Vinatioi)," whieīi triithfllHy ii)torpreted . wlll be ioiUid to r»aolve. itsoif infco streot rainors, uiifoiiadēd iu fact and believ ed by noiio oio -oi tha Oabin'jt !o.ijdr< ity it'iJ t.jfcii trieud.d.