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Referring to 1 he ulnno wo hoc loin, form the business put lie thai wc ere prepared tc make loans di-count upprov. cd note-', and pmeUtiM exchange ut tliu best cur.eut ui'ci. Oar i.riuugeiiieni for celling exchange on tho pilncipul poinm in the United (States, Europe, China, .lnpan and Australia are being made, and when perfected, Mue notice will be given. Wc shall albo be prepared to receive dcpoMts on open account, make collections, nud conduct a general banking and exchange business. 010 8mb (signed) Sl'KECKEi; S & Uo. BISHOP & Co., BACKERS, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. Draw Exchange on the Btinlc oi Culi L'ornia, S. IT. And their agents in NEW YORK, BOSTON, HONG KONG. Messrs. N. I.llothschild &Son, London. Tho Commcrcinl Bank Co., of Sydney, Loudon, 'Hie Commcrcinl Bank Co., of Sydney, Sydney. The Bank of New Zealand: Auckland, Christchmch, and "Wellington. The Bank of British Columbia, Vic torin, B. C. and Portland, Or. AND Transact n GcneralBankiug Rusiness. CO!) ly b THE 1AIL.Y BUI'LETIX can be had fiom ,f. 31. Oat, .Jr, & Co Meichant st. T. G. Thrum Meichant st. EVERY AFTERNOON. Pledged to neithor Sect nor Party. Bat established for tho benefit of nil . TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1884. THIS EVENING'S DOINCS. Ex:celsior Lodge, I.O.O.F., 7:30. Hawaiian class Y. M. C. A. 7:00. Bible Class at Lyceum at 7 :30. TO-MORROW'S DOINGS. MORNING. Legislature, 10. Meeting Stock Exchange, at 11. GEORGE MAGFARLANE. This gentleman occupies a promi nent position" in our community, and having been recently elevated to the position of a Noble, the public have a right to know how he stands witl relation to the administration. His conduct so far has not been an inde pendent one, and has given the gen eral impression that he is trimming his sails to run as close to the wind as possible, and that negatively lie will assist the Ministry, if not posi tively. At the present crisis, in the face of the undenied report of the Finance Committee, this is not the course of a straightforward honest man. There can be no half way in this matter. Either Mr. Macfarlane is with the Ministry or he is against them. If the former, let him speak out, that the public may know whether or not to catalogue him among those who favor pocket at the expense of honor. If he is against Ministry, let him say so, that the public may know that at least one of the recent appointments has a back bone and is not besmirched with the slime of Gibsonism. The columns of this paper arc open to Mr. Macfarlane to make explanation of his position. THE MINISTERIAL SUPPORT IN THE LEGISLATURE. The strength of the Ministers in the Legislature is stated to be 03' "some hidden influence." The in fluence is not hidden skin deep. They count four, of themselves. There are a number of the Nobles who arc mere ciphers, who never have any opinion on any subject, and vote with any administration on principle, and there are several whose reputations are so mixed up with tho Cabinet that they do not dare do otherwise than support them ; and to these may be added two or three more whoso bread and butter de pends upon voting straight. Among the Representatives they have the unqualified thick and thin support of every office holder. The Govern ment supporters among the Repre sentatives are Pnlohau, Deputy Sher iff of Ilnnalei ; Amaru, Deputy Sheriff of Waialua ; Kaulia, Deputy Sheriff of ICoolaupoko; Kaulukou, District Judge of Koolaupoko ; Ba ker, officer in the standing army ; Kupihca, District Judge of Molokai ; Aholo, Police Judge of Wniluku; Gntlm:f, Dopittv Shoiiff of "Ilnnn; KntiiminitPu, Deputy Sheriff of Iln imikua: Nnliinn, Deputy Sheriff of South Kona. To this solid plmlmix of otllfe holders nro added Lilikn litni, n hung or- on tiround the l'alnuc who does not hold mi olllce for tin bunoU' lvnson that there is no olllce the duties of whieh are bitnple cnuugh for liim to comprehend ; Keau, who lins tin supplying of the leper hospital with poi at a much higher rate than ol'ier dealers olfer to btii)ily it for, and who has the promise of an ollicc if ho votes straight; and Kamakcle, who was elected by reason of his professed hostility to the administration, and who took a voluntary oath on the Bible, in the presence of his consti tuents, that he would oppose the present Cabinet, but who now votes the whitewashing ticket as religiously and regularly as he takes his dinner at Mr. Gibson's table. Is this "hidden influence?" It is nothing more or less than bribery with olllec, if not with money. These men know whieh side their bread is buttered on, and they know that their ollleial commissions would not bo worth the paper they are written on if they voted against Gibson's wishes. Wc are reduced to that lowest of depths, nn un scrupulous Ministiy, controlling and backed by a subservient ami irre sponsible crowd of oflice holders. Is it not about time, citizens of Hawaii nci, that the people made up their minds that the Caihnkt Must Go? SOMETHING WHICH THE REPORT (OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH DOES CON TAIN. Last week we gave a brief account of something which the above report does not contain, to wit, the reign of an individual call ed Van Giesen at the Branch Hospi tal. Our only reason for occupying our columns with so unsavory a subject was the light it shed on the character of our present Board of Health and of Dr. Fitch, their high est paid official and chief medical adviser. Our story ended at the point where the subject of our sketch retired (apparently) in dis grace from the position he had abused for over two years. By his own acts he had "gi:en himself away." His admissions to news paper reporters and others, his con spicuous revolver and his general ruffianly demeanor all conspired against him. In deference to out raged public opinion, even Gibson's oily tongue seemed to falter and the brazen face of Fitch took on the semblance of a blush, while it was announced that a change had been decided upon and that Van Giesen must go. And now comes a most extraordi nary chapter in the history of the relations of tin? man to the Board of Health ; a chapter which we take from their own printed report. It seems that after the events at Ka kar.ko, to which allusion has already been made, and after the so-called investigation which necessitated his forced retirement, he still enjoyed in so eminent a degree the confi dence of Mr. Gibson that he was chosen to proceed to Molokai, to in vestigate and report upon the condi tion of things there existing. His report, which occupies twelve pages in the printed pamphlet, is dated March 29lh, 1884, and is signed John II. Van Gii:si:n, Steward Branch Hospital. So it appears that several weeks after his misgovcrnment at Kakaako had culminated in a disturbance under such circumstances that the Government never dared to bring a single actor therein before a court of justice, this person was still signing ollleial documents as "Steward Branch Hospital," and Mr. Gibson endorsed the correctness of such signature by printing it as part of his official report. Judging from these facts and from the high favor with which he has always been re garded by Messrs Gibson and Fitch, it seems quite likely that this person is still in the employ of the Board and drawing a salary for some kind of service, real or imaginary. "Was his apparent dismissal anything more than a farce played off in order to blind an indignant community? Certain it is that he is still, or was very recently, going about the streets wearing his policeman's badge. A further explanation is in order. Since writing the above, we have learned that Van Giesen is still in the employ of the Board of Health, at tho Leper Settlement on Molokai. The Mass Meeting At the Lyceum last eveniiiir, 1 hough only announced at short notice, was tttended by a larc and enthusiast if rowd, which not only filled the hall, ut the windows and doorways as well. Tho proceedings commenced at a quarter before eight o'clock by Mr. Henry WiiU'rhouse being called to the chair, who l hauled the gentle men present for the honor conferred. The Rev. A. O. Forbes interpreted in an acceptable manner. Messrs. W. A. Kinney and Jos. Pocpoc were appointed secretaries. Mr. J. O. Carter was called upon to address the meeting and spoke as follows : Fellow Citizen" : You arc all aware that theLegislativc Assembly is in session, but as yet very little has been done in the pnssagc of laws. Some excuse is made that the Finance Committee had to consume a great deal of time in the various depart ments. The report of the committee has been printed in English and Hawaiian, and there are very few present here who have not read that report. It presents a startling con dition of affairs to every tax-paying citizen of this Kingdom. The report was signed by the full committee, but for some reason or other the Hon. Mr. Keau, one of the signers, could not explain, he has decided to speak as much against that report as for it. That the honorable member should so stultify himself is dilficult for honest men to understand. It is said, lookers on see more of thc'play than those who play. 1, perhaps, was not fully aware of the present condition of affairs until I received two letters from California that the Bank Charter Bill has got to pass in its entirety, and that a gentleman at present in Honolulu carries enough votes in his pocket to pass it. The writers of these letters hope, that the Bank Bill will not pass. It remains for us to say whether it shall or not. Another writer, a legal gentleman from the same place, who has read and considered the bill, says that in California it would be discarded on constitutional grounds. He pays the true style of the bill should be to confiscate the Hawaiian Islands, and goes on to say that he recognizes many of the clauses familiar to him in the Royal Charters of Great Britain; charters which cost that country millions in money and much blood shed. L do not intend to consider the Bank Bill at length, but will con fine myself to the constitution of the Kingdom, the Bill of Rights, the Coinage Bill, Loan Act, Auditor's Act and the Appropriation Bill. In order that we may come to a correct appreciation of our rights I will read to you the 15th Article of the Con stitution. Unless the Attorney Gen eral has been misrepresented, he said: "That the Cabinet Council has no right to appropriate public funds," but advised them to pass a resolution for certain funds which appeared in his report. He did not think it well to set forth the neces sity of calling the Privy Council together, it resolved itself into a Cabi net Government. The Attorney-General used very little discretion to do that which we all know to have been a wrong act. Gentlemen, the Con stitution of 18G4 is the fundamental law of the land ; and it is our duty to express ourselves to-night whether the Government shall go on, because for sooth for some hidden reason they control a majority in the House. This violation means more than wc think for. Taxies arc levied, appro priations are made under this Article ; and if we do not express ourselves to-night these Ministers will go on and public credit will be ruined, taxes raised and wc will be like a South American Republic. Let us now consider that section of tho ap propriation bill relating to transfers, which the Finance Committees report shows has been violated. Tho Minister of Finance is enjoined from spending any money other than pro vided by this act. The report shows they have been going on spending in defiance, because a gentleman from Sacramento told them the loan act was an Appropriation act. Tho ingenuity he has shown is deserving some commendation (reads from tho act). It appears that $800,000 was drawn in excess of the amount pro vided in tho Loan Act, and before the money was realized under the Loan Act. The $800,000 must bo ivpnid. It may be ivpulintb.l'ln" cause some letter of the law was not fulfilled, though hi spirit it may htnc been. I will say, that remove from this community Mr. Godfrey Brown. Mr. Frank Pratt and my self, am' there aie no 11 h.ilf (Wen men win can tin 1 out how the lands stand in rcfcienci! to the Loan Act. 1 was invited by Mr. Brown to so to the Tiensury, and with Mr. Pratt, it took our three heads to unravel the muddle which "existed. Bad Govern ment is expensive, and we have been too lenient the past two years. No report yet handed in by a Minister or the Finance report, shows how expensive bad government has been to the Kingdom. Minister of Finance in his report makes a plausible show of whit ho considers a financial con science. The credit of the Govern ment at the time this cabinet went it 'was good, any amount could have been borrowed at 7 per. cent. But this cabinet have paid 12 per. cent, in some cases, and !) per. cent, in others. Those of you who have in tercet to pay know the difference between 12 ami G per. cent., and 7 and D, it does not need explanation. The loan at !) per cent, was con sidered so favorable that only the friends of the administration were allowed to take it up. The min isters had prepared themselves, ex pecting pretty well a thorough ex amination, as we found in the Treas ury in an evelope, a note for 63,000 for interest duo to a well-known firm in this city, which they thought would fall to their successors to ac count for. I will next refer to the Auditor's Act. Nearly every sec tion has been violated. Section 2 is mandatory. It is no discretionary, it is not "may" but "shrdl". I may have to speak of my friend, the Auditor-General, and I shall do so more in sorrow than in anger. I was requested to examine the books of the Board of Immigration. When I went in I supposed my duties would be light, and not much to find out. I had placed before me a number of books and vouchers. The accounts seemed to be well kept, except when I got to the last line which was written in pencil. To make a long story short, I found the pencil marks awaiting the pleasure of the Min ister of Foreign Affairs, who had taken out a sum without placing vouchers there. I asked the Secre tary why he had not paid certain sums into the Treasury, and he in formed me that ho didn't do it be cause no one told him to. I also asked him how much he had col lected from planters, and he told me I had better look through for my self, and I would know as much as he did. I don't want to be hard on the Secretary ; no one knows how much he has to contend with ; he cannot use his own judgment. Therefore, I put the responsibility of the Secretary's actions on the Minister of the Interior, ex-officic, President of the Board. Moneys were taken from the Immigra tion Department into the For eign Affairs department and not a scratch of pen to show for it. Mr. Carter went on and related other loose transactions connected with this department, and concluded his address as follows: We want an honest, economical administration for this Government. The present aspect of affairs is a serious one. Are wc to go on paung taxes to a. set of men who seen determined to use Government money at their own sweet will? I hope this meeting will so express itself, without any hesi tation, that His Majesty will under stand we are doing that which is our last resort. There is nothing beyond this but force, and none of nu wish to see force brought into play 1 hope I have laid before you clearly the present existing stale of political affairs I beg to thank you all for your kind attention. During tho delivery of Mr. Carter's address which occupied a liitlo over an hour, he was frequently inter rupted by loud and enthusiastic applause. One of his loumrUs against the Ministers was received with hisses, showing precisely tho feeling that exists against the present cabi net. Tho Chairman said remarks or resolutions were jn order. Mr. L. A. -Tluirston presented the following resolutions: lieioloed; That a commiteeof live persons be appointed by this meet ing to prepare a petition for signa- '- J ' - a.Mwwn. Jfc.? tureo addressed to His "Majesty " tho, King and that the pot'ition shall 671-' press the sense of this meeting to be as follows: That the Ministry have violated the loth Article ot the Constitution by expending Government money unauthorized by the Legislative As-.-e.nblv. ; That tho Appropriation Act of 1882 has been violated by transfer of appiopriatious and payment of Gove nmeiit money not provided for in the said Act ; That Section 2 of the 2.1rd Chap ter of the Laws of 1882, known as the Audit Act, has been violated in asmuch as a part of the revenues of the Kingdom have not been covered into the National Treasury as pro vided in the said Act ; That the Coinage Act of 1880 has been violated and,, as a result the Kingdom has a silver coinage in excess of its needs, upon which by the neglect of the Ministry, tlic Treasury has lost and an individual has made large profits ; That a number of the members of the Legislative Assembly now con vened seem to have been so wrought upon by hidden influences that the will and voice of the people cannot find expression ; That, therefore, wc have no other resource left to us as citizens than to assemble and express a want of con fidence in His Majesty's present Cabinet officers and humbly to petition His Majestv to asked them to tender their resignations, and this wc ever pray. The Chairman appointed the fol lowing Committee to wait on His Majc&ty with the above resolutions after they had received public signa ture: Hon. D. Kahanu, Messrs W. L. Holokahiki, J. U. Kawainui, C. M. Cooke and Tbos. Lucas. Before the meeting dispersed Mr. Carter said, there ought to be no shiiking in this business; every man should stand right up to the music and march to it. The meeting closed about half-past nine. THE LEGISLATURE Monday, Junc 23 Contiued. Minister Neumann gave notice of a bill to prevent unlawfull secret associations. The order of the day was pro ceeded with. Second reading of a bill to amend Section 32, Penal Code, relating to libel. Passed to engrossment and will be read a third time on Thurs day. Second reading of a bill to reg ulate the sale of spirituous liquors. Referred to Select Committee on Liquor Bills. Second reading of a bill to incor porate, a gas company in Honolulu. The House resolved itself into Com mittee of the Whole, Mr. Walker in the chair. The first section having been passed previously, the second section was proceeded with and after being amended was carried. At 4 v, sr. the House rose and reported progress?; and adjourning until Tuesday. Tuesday, Junk 24. The House assembled at 10 a. ji. After prayer by the Chaplain, the minutes of the Monday were read and approved. Mr. Kaulukou asked for further time to prepare his minority report on police, prisons and mounted police. Granted. Mr. F. Brown offered a resolution that the cost of printing and trans lating the reports at this Session, be laid before the House. Carried. Minister Neumann read first time a bill to prevent unlawful secret associations. Read a second time bv its title and referred to Judiciary Committee. Mr. AVidemann asked for leave of absence for an uncertain time. Mr. Dole objected to it. Mr. Widcmann mentioned that Mr. Isenberg had obtained leave. Mr. Smith said without there wore strong reasons, no member should leave the House for an inde finite time. On a show hands the Hon. Noble was granted leave. Mr. Dole offered a resolution that the President of the Board of Immi gration lay before tho House all contracts, etc., relating to Portu guese immigrants during tho past biennial period, and since then. Carried. Mr. Pilipo asked if the Minister of Foreign Affairs was 'prepared to present a report in answer to his resolution, relating to the expenses of foreign missions. , .-jK-y - ii u- 4 Mitiistor Gibson said tho report was already in his office, and ho would present it after recess. Mr. Mott Smith gave notice of a joint resolution relating to Japanese immigration. Minister Kapona presented a statement of the amount received by tax-collectors in each district for 18813, in answer to a resolution passed by the House. Mr. Bishop rend first time a joint resolution authorizing the Minister of Finance to pay over to the Irons-1 urer of the Queen's Hospital, the sum of $7,011.83. The resolu tion was read a second time by its title, passed to engrossment and will be read a third time on Thurs day. Minister Gulick in answer to a resolution, presented a statement of privileges granted to the Oceanic Steamspip Co. The report was ordered to be printed. Tho Minister also stated in regard to a resolution relating to tho Board of Genealogy, that owing to the ill ness of the Secretary and the ab sence of the Governess of Hawaii, his report would be somewhat de layed. The order of the day was next taken up. Second reading of a bill to incor porate a gas company in Honolulu. The House resolved itself into Com mittee of the Whole, Mr. Walker in the chair. At 12 o'clock the House took a recess. FINDING OF THE NAVAL COURT CON CERNING THE CITY OF PARIS. Finding and order of a Naval Court hold on board the British Steamship City of Paris at Honolulu on tho 10th and 20th days of June 1884, to investigate the circum stances attending the death of a female emigrant on board the British Steamship City of Paris of the port of Liverpool, ollicial number 5-1,920 ; and also to inquire as to the caiihO of the excessive mortality of emigrant passengers on board the said ship City of Paris, on her recent voyage from Madeira and the Azores to the port of Honolulu. The Court having carefully inves tigated the circiTmstances of the case of death of a female emigrant on board the said ship are of opinion that the explosion at Coronel when one female was fatally, and seveial others severely injured, was acci dental, and not attributable to any fault of either the master or officers of the ship, as the rockets appear to have been fired at the proper places and in the appointed manner. There were two rockets fired, both of which appear to have been erratic jn their courses, the one Jrom the starboard side falling in a boat on the port side, and the other fiied from the port side having fallen amongst the passengers on the starboard side of the deck and occasioning the acci dent now under investigation. The Court arc inclined to attri bute the accident to the rockets having been defective possibly from damp. From the evidence of the doctor, the Court arc satisfied that the .death of the female passenger wns clearly attributable to the numerous wounds received from this explosion. The Court, however, are of opinion, that rockets of this nature should not be used for purposes of display but only in cases of ncces-ity. As regards the excessive mortality of emigrant passengers; the Court are of opinion that on the discovery of the prevalence of measles at Madeira and especially on finding nc ual disease amongst the embark ing passengers, all embarkation of emigrants should have ceased, and further embarkation should have been prohibited until a period of thrco weeks had elapsed during which intending emigrants should have been segregated and should have shown no appearance of disease. The Couit are further of opinion that the rapid spread of measles among the passengers whilst in the harbor of St. Michael-should have been regarded as an absolute pro hibition of the embarkation of fresh emigrants from an uninfected port, and further that the ship bhould not have been allowed to leave port with a disease evidently becoming epi demic on board. Tho Court are further of opinion that the deaths amongst tho St, Michael passengers, are clearly at- ; tf. Bjffi-u-nf1 . il!4.t rn&Z fl .Afcfci-Jfrist,, s