Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XI, Number 22, 14 December 1889 — A "DAISY" APPOINTMENT. [ARTICLE]

A "DAISY" APPOINTMENT.

That great poliiieal "blunderer",of the missionary reform party, knowu as the iuinister of finauce, has been trippiug his pious toes aud exposing his raseal!y heols again. He h:.s appoiuttd Mr. C. L. Carter a member of the ;;oard of āppealsfor !he districts of Hilo aud K .u, island of Hawaii! īt seems that most of the lraius of tfae govemment politicians lie iu the iudej>eudeut part of the missiouary reformparti. repix>scuting the auti-missiouary factiou tluein, si UC ei uumerous individualB of this factiōii :,ave frecly uttered their opiuion ou the st)-eets that this appointment of the miuister of fiuauce at best a *terrible political mietake' made at a time wheu the» is great necessity for uot bluu.iering! As aome of the fact« of this missionaiy :.ppoiutD\eut of a lately arrived uiewber of the fauuly eompael have already leaked out, through th protests of different indepeudeut aml uiore hou :■»i meiube;rs of the missiouary reform party, we l x >ld euough to hope that a few geutle au<i brotherly ommente from "tbe Elelk rr.nx V will uot oause potitical in the seu-itive bowe;ls of the pioua!

W« have • othiug to say asrainst M ; . e L Cart«r iHKomll?, aud vrill not ewu -, -..< MgHiuv . hiui th« legitiiuate o) P rob;il . evolutiouheredity aiid poUtical "desoettt vith modit»ealiou.' \\ e have the aiisfortnne of >jiug foreod to noliee him now ouly as au c.fficU eomiect«i with the al«ady publiclr odiou B R . (iou of the iuiuist« o tiuauce. As to Mr. C, L raii t >vV of J ficial caj>abiliti(-!s uuo. ti:iu» v.v atx m u ; agr«?, Rf te , eaivf.;! « v ,,,. v ,. vith t.« \' u ! bv « v«rv :,\( KaU.l oonv.i ,i v >.; llf ttu- yovo«micui p.»..\ , i'..:.v,U v d in u- «,' Vi -ru- ' ."I i T l„\\(ipnjH.v , s tU t. i» l*.st: vi. 1 •!•!,,, * M f l'. V srt«M , , f M1( <Hvp\a'r - u. 11... HUu K, . . «ne»*.' Thnt\h t„, ~i , sli0 t n iv»,,, u, l{ ! lLt lklaua Hawaii. 3. Th,n Mj, C.i!ur i s tho 1

aon of a mau directly vacl lai'g9ly intere6ted in the sugaj' [)lantatious ol the two dibtj'icts). There ia īio <lonbt thac tbe«v ob,iections ftjt eueli awi everv ono valiiV aud unanawemUe, bol.li as to oflieuil cflp-U)ilityaii(lofl'oial htee.ss. Tlie j)oints ivore well nii'l stvoii2ly ,! y tlio kovemn)ēi>t p."ip(-r's Hilo correspou(lent, bnt we vvi,sb Uv inforiii tko pubiic that tlitise saiiKī objectionb 3iavA Leen previonsly and offictally aiado nuel disregardtjd ln' the minif)terof līmiuee in defianr.r of the kiu'

I Faots are wonderfnlly kuotty thin(.'s, when they grow npon politicul clul>s, and are eapahlo of "knocking ont" any aiuouul of sniiling hypoorisy, pious pi'ofessious.,or political roguery, as ths onc!i«ion inav dcmand. We are imformtid from a reliable souroe of the following fncts concernitig the appointiQent of Mr. C. L. ; Carter to a membership upon tiieboard of- appe il-i for eaid districts: Thar. before the at torney-gener-al left for the United States . and before Mr. C. L. Carter's appointmeut, aiī3 acoording to provmon made b)j law, Mr. Car!cr'a nomination for stiid !ippoiiitiU'.int was subinitrod by the minister of fmance to the attoruey-gm-eral wlio decided subßtautiully ita īollowu: 1. That-'Mr. Cart«r waa disquftl)Tied as a m«inber of said board because he was the non of th« oLkf stockholder and ownei' of Mcōsrs. C. Bre\ver & Cq. who represent large pl.:ntnti.on interests in bptli sāid districta. 2: That sai 1 plantutionB represented by (i. Brewer & Co. will hkfly haye tax appeals eoiningi>efoTe oniW-appeal b©artl~of wliioh Mr. C. L. Carter would be a membūr, 3: That there/ore the appōintment of Mr. C. L, Cart«r upou sai'J board of appeal>i would be both illcgal and unee.nBtiUitional.

Wh&t did tlie miuister of finance Oio in ths face of this adyice and in viol:itiou of the spirit, tion and pnrpoft of the law? With tlia o.hoiee nf competent ,aud legal l>efoi'e lihn he deliberately and pnrposely igiiored the law aad the rights of the govomment by'ft.ppoiutiug ta e inexperienced and j)icoiapeteiit boxi ofalaryjly ; interested member of ttte faoii!y eoinpaee vnd chie£ owner of differoat plautatious of Hilo and Kau distric'.s, as a i»ember of the board of aj)peft!s fo* tlieue difitric(« to eit iu jndgmeut upoa hia father's and friends' and relations' plantatioii tax appeak, shoijld such aome before the appeal board of whieh he was thua appoiuted a membur; Alas! the poor pla»ter! Dowu with the opposition! Bre&«s»-ef tfie missioiJāry reforiu party let us ;oin in pmyer! A detiial or adui.fisiou of the fnots of this ftppointmeut ae charp;ed ie now iu order, Si)enoe at this lime meaus aimin'; aiou and couseut on the part of the gover-)niunt and their newispaper. We unite with tiie geuer-1 al publie in deeming fchis a "daisy" appoiutxneut 1 bj- a "daisy" uiissiou.iry offici;d t