Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 138, 12 Ianuali 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

T!>e L tt-ry bill pas;?e(i it= third ! reading yesterdaj and will pr*>- j bal*!v hoeoine la'v to-d.iv or tomorro'v. It is underī*to<'J that i the Cabinet wili advi»e Her Majesty to veto the biII, but a» the , Adverti»er nd the Keform Party quite rtcenlly have delivered so manv l*ctures to ihe Oueen admoni»hing Her never to u»e the veto jK)wer or oppose the \\iIlof the majority of the representatives of the people, it i» to t*e expected i that Her Maje»ty "iil now refuse to follow ihe advice of Her Cabinet an*l incur the wrath uf the Advert!ser. and that shecon»equently will sign the bill aud let it become law. The Cabinet is standing in a verv pcculiar position to-day. To say that the Ministers have not been defeated on their declared ministerial policj’ is simply b*>sh. If any miuistry in any constitulional monarchy for one minute retained their seats after a so gluring defeat as that of yesterday they would simply be hooted out of olliee and lhey would fully deserve it. We underetand though that the Hawaiian Cabinet has no inclination to follow tho constitutional precedent of other countries; and althougn we have alwaye been ready a.id willing to supp*>rt the present Ministry, we must say that such interpretation of constitutional princ’ples and the establishing of such precedents here. we muet decidedly oppose; and we shall consider the Legislature justified in expressing a want of confidence in a Cabinet who it seems hold office not f»*r the purj>ose of servmg iheir country in a constitutional manner, but for the purpose »f serving their own interests and those of their fnends. It seems now that the Ministers consider it a religious duty t<> stick to their offices. It seems to have become part of their creed—a # I Central L T nion doctrine in fact that they must hang on t<> the ministerial p*>rtf*»lios and take care of the saintly flock. \Ve fear though th«t however praiseworthy eueh a stand raay be froui a I cburchly it won’t hold water fr**m a pohiieal point <»f view. We admire N*»ble Peters >n for the moral courage showu by hun in facing »he music of the Ref *nu gang and v<>t:ng as he had »ledged i himself P> do. Tne mer.t • f the ) meas'ire has not b en «rg ied up >n i by Mr. Peters*>n—in f;*ct <>e d-> not believe that he is m f«v >r p r i sonally of the me.>sure. b t a large nn.joritv *>f h s e >**- etituents dech«red themselvr-s :n J fayor *>f the bill and Mr. l’eterso > oousider<d it hie duty t> f>llow tne wiahee *>f tbe meu who eeui liim t > the Legi slature to carry out tne.r i wiil and not to expioit hie o» n kleae. lf we had a few more men like the httle Nohle in tbe Uouee tbe work of tbe LegieUture would r»n emoothly and the Governmeut aud couotry at Urge be greatly henefited. i

I N'..ble Berger has during the seas*)n su->wa himself as a m«>de: party p*>iit:c in, aud has met with the unanmiou- approval »>i his ' o*--nsiitue .:s. He w s opp* s*d t > * the :>rinc:ple emb *died in tne j Lotterv b;ii and nnao:e t<> vot • in | i fav<>r <>f the me.i = .;re. but knowing i t!ie ēoiit: n;-:iie <>f his constituer.te j ' he roi s. <l t*> opp se ihe measure an<l staye<l away —therebv acling as a Kepreseat itive of p ‘ople sh»>uld d*>. Tiie Nohle will ai»;*ye have a waik-<>ver in Hono ulu whenever he may preeent himi sdf as a eanJidate f >r a seat in House. Nohle Young was sh»>cked, be- , cause a ”white' man c»>u;d f*vor j guch a ineasurel \\ ho is it, tliat is alwavsdrawing the co!*>r line in the House ? \Vhuisit, that is alwaya talking ab*uit white m«*n and kanakas ? Who is it, th it in hissupercilious conceited w iv always c*mdescendingly draws »»dious eomparisons between «« f*»r*og!iers , and you natives —N*»ble Y<»ung. By what rig!it do*-s that gentle- I man speak about waiie men? Do*>6 he know what white nien are? Have any white meu outside a lew plantation coolies ever given him any right to speak f*»r them <>r represent them? Is it n*>t a fact that he would if possible discharga every white man from his business aud ruu it with Uhinamen or Japanese? Is it not a fact that while Nohle etersor. was elected in his plaee of residence and busmess th»t the “white” men refused to elect Mr. Young in his—and that he was obliged t > sneak up to 8>mie p<»cket b >rough to obtain a seat. (iive >js a rest on the white man rack*-t, Nobie Y r oungI You aru a m ghty p«>or represeu tative of theiu! It was understo«>d th.it Nuhle Cornwell wnuld h *ve f»v»>red tho hill as a party me.»s;ire alth<»ugh personally p;M>s* d to it but weighty and to his poiitic*i fr.ends satisfactory reisoiis made hi u ch augo his taciics, iiud he was ahaenl when the fi*r«l v>»te w.*s tiken. Uuusuali »y h-ivy pr*-ss jre w.*s brought t > bj.»r *»n m , t > ind ice i hiiu to m .Ke a e i »*ige *t tront, but | he IS 8 • Well KlloWll S . StiUllCtl I party polilie m tn >t .» siuister m»tives > r t> .m* w ll l>e l.id at his d<»*r oii ee uni n.s »*f acti*»n yesterda y While e rl i i ī. t ve Kej resentative s >> gu ist t i- L >tt-ry BiU yest«:rd y t .. r s a.i .»ud>ble snigg r • g i . d eiice. Tne uai v.*s w re v s y sed t> bear saeli sen »e ir • •> wellknuwn p cr m i <c..i»tt..g g i.ne ».f Coel . T s . . / rep *rt d partoer , > * t < - s A.iolu . r . r s • i l*ve WU>» V >1 U V J L .' g . .Sl tue b.i .,>,> . i . ific • >>1 »ne "l r -o.i . i- tne *>t i*-r * y | . . 4 .i e; ;M | ii.<t »bt u. . e *• t e T i >ii i -< . ttery f»r t.ie o it ui' g. <•• i v. ry d*e<pp ...uU < c s tfie g :.itieUiaU ... , , J . I» W 8l»’t 111 U. We w»..d r 1 lue ieg»lly *d icated editor »t l.ie C. AdvM!rt.ser ” , realiy met is <r.i»t he eays this moruiug, wheu he ass*rts th-«t tbe L >ttery Hilt uiay be unconetituti<»ual, heeauee ihe couetitution gtvee toe LegieUture power only to , l ma&e wholeeome Uwe. ‘

If such be the c »se we could virtually do with >ut the [ i b ciuse ttie K K>rui P->rty cou.d e,i3 lv h»ve auy !Mt-,i-ure i > whieh it wi- opi> - d d clared uuwholestit il mil by our Kef >r n S ■:• !•* C >urt. Il the “ Advertis - 8 t S • ' dist ir:>» e.r*v *S ti.>n, a*i*l a new e >n8t {it .itis «m the r»gbt ro«d t» !* nw, tf the pnneiple indic.»ted l>y its -d t ri;*i th;< iuorning j 5no i,d becirn*d thn>ugh aud the | •ppele:»te C >urt made thē Supreme j power > >t t e l.nul we e>n asiure j the ph - >pii .0 »1 edit >r of the >loruing Screech th »t it would jiist t < *»e 24 h>>urs to g t every 1 inaii, wi>ina:i. aud c:dld ready to i umte iu s tting severely ou the ; pnueipie. the C*nirt, aud the ! str.” N.ih'e Th>irst >n tried to naake a howt oiit of a subpoena whieh he cl iitmd h id heen sent to Kepresentative K.:tpahu t*> get hiiu out of tie Mouae and wuieh was a fraud. Afler the vote oa the bill was t>ke i aud Kapahu had voted in fivor oi th* biil, Mr. Thurst>>n wislie»l tli.it the subpoena hnd be gt*nuine, aod Mr. Kapahu retuained 1 out • f the liouse. Eveu smart Dutchmau occisionally makes a slip—and get it in the neek. • We hardly believed that even in Mr. Thurston*s fertile brain so pre[>osterous an idea eou!d have been originated as his proposition that Mer Majesty the Queen should proceed to \Vbshington and there do the lobbying act among the congressmen (t>>ugh and otherwise) who have the honor of representing the di!Terent states in the Union. The object was to obtain a treaty f>>r the immediate benefit ofthe long-suflering planters. Mr. Thurston’s understanding of the dignitv of a raonarch and a country mnst be very defective, but we 8iipp«>se as loug as they gain their eiids the nv*ans used are of no c>>nseq i**nce J the Planter’s L»b>>r Association. If the commlssion is to go to ; W ishmgton on its ‘•gossiping” expeditio>i it would prob:ibly give m >r>* !’istr-* and importance to it if s>'me inemb u r of the royal family went as the nominal head and we do u >t see whv Prince David Kaw.inaui»o» should not be very siitib'ef>r the purpose. If this v• > 11 »«g g *ntleman was sent as ambass d r extraordinaire together w>th t iree or f >ur raembers of the l,eg s> .t>ire we have no doubt that s• o ti>ng of benefit to the e> i trv n*y be obtained—a great d-* 1 n»r*thm hy shipping such an -t>sc ir ty as Tnurston to th« 1 >bb hs m lue Capitoi. veryb->dy kn >ws the American’s ineliu: ti > i t» snobbery and toaderv aud any kind of royalty will g> < 1 uig way with tbem. To 8uake hauds with a pnnee and appear with him at the Opera even . if iiis name is not to be found in tbe Gotha Caiendar will be a i m»tter of biiss to many an Ameriean statesman, although he pahlicly w il 8P*mt and shout about equality (horridl) and the people (beastly!) and every Ameiieao, Sirl is a sovereign himself, 8ir! * (rotl Sirl)

A reso!ution of want of eonndence in the C.»biaet was introdjcc»1 this aftern.K> i by Reprcsentative J. Kapuha. The resolution was frame.l iu the s im- ' 'nie manner as the t>ne intr.*Juced by Nohle Thnrston againa well Cabinet. As we g> t» press ihe oullook is tfia; the res >lut >n has l>*en adopto>l ' >v 2> v >;■ -. anil that the Cabinet will be oblig.*d to re-::gn ! The report that the Cibinet j intended not to present the I Loltery Bill for Her Majesty’s siguature or wouUl reluse t*> countersign the bill, it s;giu*d, was the immediate cause of the res >lution. The unwihingness of the Cabinet t> res:gu. alth»ugh defeated on their policy, decided the opposition taking the decisive step.