Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XI, Number 44, 14 June 1890 — THE LEGISLATURE. [ARTICLE]

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THE LEGISLATURE.

Whon tiie Legislaturo met on last Monday morning. Minister Ashford arose to a qu«stion of privilege and desired to reply to ccrtaiu statement.s aud chargos previously iiiade by the

M:mster oī the īntcrior. TĪiis brought| Hepresentative Brown, evidently thei leader of the Piefortu party on thej floor of the House. to his feet. It| was- soou se«u that Mr. Browii was assumingtho role of an obstrnctionist in order to shut uff. or at least to delay eo)tuin exposures whieh the AttorneyGeuerrtl, iiii a loiiding tnember of the Rclorm party, was expected to inake regardmg pafit Cabiuet policies s and acttons. After several attempts were ti:!ulo by i\fv. Brown and his backei'Sj to gag the volnbility of the Attomoy-; Ga:'ie.ral, dufing whieii tjke great m;i' ]ority of thc meinbers:of tlie National Reform party sat as iuterested spectators, the better senso of the Beform p«rtv was ck*arly expressed in a few remnrks by Noble Horrier, and after anothor at-tempt at dbstiT3etiotj the At?omey Goneyal was !illowed to pro ceed under the origin:il ruliug of the Chair. The Attora.ey-G9iieral had not procee<led far, howover, before Kep. Kickard scented <Imnger aheail, and. aided by Rcp. Brown, m.ide nnothor «ttempt to cut. off f(ie Attoruey-Gen eral's r<:ply, ovidently for the purpōse oi' prot.ecting the C»ibiuet,; anu espee ; ially tli® Miuister of tho lutexior, from strictures und rovelations whieli had already been fureshtidowed by the Attoruey Gendral. This attempt |iroved another failnre and the Attor-ney-Genera! was uninterrūpted there!ifter. '

lt is neither desirable nor ]>ossib!e to here enter inio any extended exam■ iuation of t,he Attorney-Gnnpral's speech. Tlie text of the entire scandrtlous and notorious Cabinet quarrel will soon be printed und K kl befbre the public. SulHce it to say, it is n disgraceful national affair, for wliieli the leaders of the Refonn party ai;o wholK', personally and officially responsible. Has it not already been atnply proven through the admissions. oonfessions and recriminations made during th tfuarrel, i>y diifurent Miu isters of the Crown, that the Beform. partv's Cabinet has beeu from the start wholly disqualified for formulatiug and carryingout peacefully and loyally a public policy iu the„ interests of the Kmgdom? It has. It is, therefore, quite A use]ess to meet chai'ges and coutlt©r-cliarges with categorieul de nials. The public_ will doubtless remeraber that it is as dangerous to bffi. eial veracity to deny too mueh as it is to prove too mueh.

On Tuesday tDoruing Beproaeututive! R. W. Wīlcox arosB to u questiou of privilege in regHrd to aertain charg'',s maile against him bv tlje Minister of I tbe Intcrior. On whatever points he touehed Mr. \V ilcos substuntiated the deelaratiou,s and accusations of tho Attorney-General, besides making. some fnrther exposares fbr the purpose of clearir,g his reeord from the taunts and aapet«ions of Mr. Thurston. In this lxb certainly succe«ded, and furth«r than this he toolggteither side in thc disgraceful affair.Pll isbut justiee to both Mr. Wileox and Mr. Bnsh to say,'-thaf although they lnive been re.' p©atedly aceused by tho fieform party organ of being "dangejrons men" in the Legislature, they have thus far scted most temperately, while ihe "fire-eating" metnbers pf the Cabinot have surfeited tho House and public with exhibitions of personal hatreds and official venom, deadly to tlu> es tablishraent and inainteiiance of good governim>t)t, In reph* to a' quest;ion by Noble McOarthy as to whon the Interiur Keport would be r<\-idv. Minister Thnrston again lnid tbp blame upou the printers. The pr;ntei"s 1 ho\vevei\ teH<|nite a dilferent story and would doubtless be üble to uuanimous voU) of* \vant uf c«>uudenee in Ihe In tcrior Departinent, 5f the tnatter was ; left to then>. Kepresentative Kalun 1 presentea a veport fro n the Jndiciarv ! OouuniUee that tl;e Aoi inti\uluced by Aitorney Ge«eral Ash fo.d. traV)sferring the g>ire ;<nd caskxlv of pn->on«ns from the tnterior to Ūu \ttntney (lenernrs be to engrossmeiit In ;ms\ver U \ a qnestiou by Rej>wsonkt*ve Bro\vn MinisterThui-ston repli4l that tho Aei was a OHbhiet me.;sare. The Miuistv<« ■ of Mie īnterior furth*r at»tēd ihai it' wa* rt!so proposed, »s (Nlmiel mess ' «re<!, to tran*W thdTost\)mee to t»e! Pinanee ltapaYtypnt anll tUo uf luimigtation to the Fort%tt ]K psviineat Notable amoiig the j>etUions prc> iae»ted on Thnrsday nvoijutng wjus t!mi ! l»\ Noble sigiu-tl b\ eight h«n | Mixd eloeiom of pmyingi ihe Uefottii inuty; s Cabiuet l»e ?y N !«o\ed, Noble foJWu^ ii,e v'\,x:npie ot jvnt> m,uu , )*n ati* inpt t«» wwm' Uii m sl \ l \ ' th.a he had ;iUo\v!od the tuajor it> n jn i; ol ;ht- <,Vmimtt<vi » J ltv to lea\e h.s u w .J«. thv oi\U'i o{ the ilk.Hise, V 1

ilie- statemenfc' of Representative Nsv wnhi. ]io\vever, it tnrned out that the report in q;ieslion l«ai.l bee;i returned to the Oi:iri)n : ttee for certain corrēc ; tions desired bv the īfōnse, and the Hoe. from Mani was 4 thus prevo?ite<l frotn mistHking hls '' im;igina fov■]'is mcinniy " Th ) nt vi i nrl rv of TS)«rHcla3's session was ;nainly laken np hi discuSsion of Noble wiii's B:!i enacting tlist the. seat of justieē for the Secoiul Jiu'Heial "Circnit i be niovetl fron* Lahaina to Wnihiku, i Mani. )notion by Representative ! Kalua to reject the Bill w:is Jost on 1 division by a vote of 27 to 23, and the ! Bill will tako its regular conrse. ThTs disposition nndonbted!y the piopelone, as no biil, nnloss abso;lntely worthless upon its face, »should be rejected \vithQut a heuring.

Friday raorning ofter the minutes were disposed of, Koble Baldwin piesente.d anfl rearl the ininority-rf.port of tbe CoLnraittee ou Fore;gn *īlelf!tions. Tbe. report W7is long aud the reading 'and translution oeeupleel the House nntil past noon. wlien an ttdjournment was taken ni.tda qnarter tō twoo'eloek m the afternoon. Mr. Baldwin's mi nority repovt. wherever it \vās iiot a treutise on llio benefits of the proposod One sided coni(r:ercial, or free trade tre.ity of the Cab»net. consist i: sd of aspecitic deni»l of the charges and f;icts set forth in the m:tjority rei»ort. Thu Hon. Noble for Maui further set forth. thut tUo Cabiuet had furnished lnni with cohsiderabiy more than the number of oMein) dGCuments donied ilio majority H>f the Committee; and it wus npon fchese thut lie l>ase(l his specific denials t<i the .iuajor.ity rt-.port. Ho\vever, ueithor the u.)cninents nor (]iiotations thorofrom were presented bv the Hon. Noblo for Manl, aiul he j evīdentiy wished tha Legis:ature to take his nnsnbstantinted word th-.t such docuinents contain ;d sntScieut evidence to overthrow iho report of thc iuajority. The House, howevor. dtd not seo it in thnt light ānd ordi:red ■ thallhe inuiurity report, togt ther wi ih all tlre docniueufcs referring thereto be printed and retarned to the Leg>sla > tnve. lt is needless to say thut al> thongh the Hon. Nuble from M.-uii voucucd fur tiu; contonfcs of t',iese doc umenli he sti;uagly opposed the übove •ngfcoii buf .t*ca tne t-.) a vote. J