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The "Advertiser" thinks well Of
the two Honolulu enterprises, but is
averse to the Ilamakua project.
There is no better way of arriving
at a rational conclusion than by
turning our contemporary upside
down and placing its arguments ic
lative to these mailers topsy-turvy.
Thus: The Ilamakua scheme is,
prima fttcic, the nearest approach
to a legitimate Government under
taking of tho three, because, as we
understand it, it aims at opening
and populating a large tract of waste
land. In this way a ditch may be
analogous to a highway.
Of tho "Advoi liber's three argu
ments against tho project, tho first
two may bo admitted as woithy of
weight; the third tho lowncss of
the water rent offered is, per se,
invalid ; for the Government is not
a speculator, and should not enter
upon any enterprise for profit. All
undertakings of the Government
should be for the convenience and
the good of the people governed,
and any idea of tho Government
making a profit out of the people re
ligiously eschewed. If profit is
the aim of public works, we may ex
pect a resort to turnpike gates on
the highways.
That the Government would be
justified in taking up this enter
prise, we do not pretend to say, not
having a knowledge of the district,
or the various attendant circum
stances essential to the formation of
a judgment ; but assert that, prima
facie, it looks more like a proper
object for public expenditure than
the other two projects. We have
no doubt about them, nor hesitation
in saying that they arc distinctly
outside the ran
c of legitimate Gov-
eminent operations.
ANTISHAMUS MAKES HIS BOW.
Antishamus. Anti against, op
posed to; shamus sham, humbug,
rot; antishamus against sham,
humbug, and all their relatives, big
and small.
Antishamus, a scrawling Arab of
the worst kind and the most ob
noxious propensities, projects a
foraj upon the howling wilderness
of Honolulu, and herewith presents
his compliments to the ladies aud
gentlemen of this enlightened city.
Being of no particular country or
birthplace, a cosmopolitan fortui
tously cast upon every part of this
planet by accidental agency, a mere
casual looker on, regarding the
world as an amusing piece of dam
aged machinery, of which each evo
lution produces some new folly
more glaring and more monstrous
than the last, and being the avowed
enemy of bosh, bunkum, and chi
canery, Antishamus is not troubled
bj' the prospect of being regarded
with disfavor by quacks, humbugs,
charlatans, and all dishonest per
sons. Antishamus cares very little for
the doings of unimportant people,
their character or misfortunes. The
private career aud personal pecca
dilloes of humanity are no themes
for a genuine Arab, whose lofty
prejudices only sanction attack and
plunder in the camp of great chiefs,
men of renown and station, occupy
ing some public position.
The intrinsic value of the mighty
men who carry bureaucratic port
folios instead of blown paper par
cels, and stand proudly before tho
country instead of properly behind
the counter, is of no importance to
a wild Arab, who has a fellow
feeling for everything connected
with impudence and plunder.
Antishamus is not overwhelmed
with veneration for the great minds
of this great nation. He thinks the
wisdom they have reared on their
own behalf of the Timbuctoo breed
weedy and wooden.
There is a narrowness, an illiber
ally, tin antediluvian look about the
laws, the customs, and tho preju
dices of tho place, repulsive to the
feelings and obnoxious to tho tastes
of an Arab. The days of Egyptian
darkness should pass away, and the
term of bondage in justico termi
nate. Tho Arab realises that to address
seriously the pretentious solecisms
of a mountebank existence, or to
urge in sober earnestness the claims
of truth and justice upon persons
who regard both with stolid indiffer
ence, would bo a reckless waste of
words. To convoy tho accepted
axioms of polished intellect in the
recognised formula adapted to a
cultivated audience is not the object
or intention of Antishamus, who
desires only to bo a Uoman on tho
Tibor, and a Greek among tho
LerantineB, and therefore proposes
to hoist the black Hag ns an avowed
pirate, and insatiable depredator
upon tho traders in humbug and
chicanery, who float thoir false
wares or contraband notions upon
the shallow and dreary ocean of this
community.
To read Homer to a Hottentot,
Balzac to a Bullock, or logic to a
Legislator, would impress lilllo
upon cither ; whereas the Irochaies
oT a whip might work miracles on
the dull apprehension of each.
People too gross for reason's gentle
influence may be convinced of their
uclicicncics by a nonicopathctic ap
plication of ridicule. The essays of
a moralist may And no response in
slony sympathies or wooden heads ;
but epigram, lampoon, and sarcasm
go clean through the hide of a hypo
crite, the skull of a sycophant, or
the egotism of a minister.
"With these few remarks" I re
tire till a future occasion.
AxTisn.vMus.
CORRESPONDENCE.
PROHIBITION.
Editou Bi'u.i:tix : Some lime
ago I roccived a Bumj'.tin and in it
I found an intemperate communica
tion from Mr. Jno. F. Smith, upon
tho blessings of intemperance in
temperance taught by the Bible,
etc. And in it I and others were
personally alluded to as "cracked
brained fanatics" upon the temper
ance question. 1 partially answered
the communication soon after re
ceiving it and sent 'it for publica
tion several weeks ago, but the edi
tor either has not received it, or has
no room for it, or perhaps deems it
unworthy and untimely. It may
yet appear.
The Bfi.r.irnx you have just sent
me, contains other communications
upon the same subject and mostly
by the same author.
Please publish the following as a
partial answer to them :
Tim little there is in these com
munications wortli noticing arc esti
mates and statements that may mis
lead the thoughtless if left uncor
rected. Wc find this statement, "I
deny you the right to interfere with
the welfare of this kingdom by tak
ing from the revenue ot this small
country every two years $500,000
and thus saddle avcry soul in il with
ten dollars more taxation." The
meaning of this is, I suppose, that now
the Government lcucives as reve
nue from the ruin traflic 8500,000
but if piohibition prevails there
would be no rum revenue, which
would be true, but statistics inform
us thai when a temperance wave
rolls over a country the revenue
does not fall off as the ruin friends
always predict, for as the temper
ance wave moves on prosperity
rapidly follows, wealth increases, .
industry takes the place of idleness,
more money is earned, and expend
ed not-for rum but for values,
necessities, comforts and luxuries,
which were not bought when the
money was spent for rum. property
is taxable, and many of the necessi
ties and luxuries bear taxation as
well as pay revenue. Hence with
such statistics (aud they are numer
ous) I feel justified in claiming
there would be no falling off of the
revenues under a wise and a well
executed prohibition law. But Mr.
Smith asserts there would be, so let
him prove it ; and undeniable proof
would be, to put it to a full test by
.adopting prohibition. Wc trust Mr.
Smith will see the point and get all
the friends of rum and the temper
ance people to put it to the proof
here, so that our eyes may be fully
open to the revenue item of this
great question, without having to
rely upon doubtful foreign statistics.
We will help you, Mr. Smith, to get
up this positive proof.
It should be allowed to run live
years before making up the definite
statistics, to have further actions
upon, for, or against, rum revenue.
Not wishing to pass this vital
question with so few words lest it
may not be put to the proof in the
way I suggest, I will ask who pays
this $500,000 revenue now? In my ig
norance I had supposed that it was
paid by the citizens of these islands.
lint the way Mr. Smith puts it, if
the rum revenue was stopped it
would "saddle every soul in it (this
small country( with ten dollars more
taxes than they now paj'." .lust as
though they did not pay this revenuo
now, but it was paid by some outside
philanthropist. This statement wo
think wrong.
Mr. Smith has not placed the loss
or gain on tho people's rum hill of
these islands large enough if prohi
bition ever goes into effcel. We
place il thus:
Bovenuo 500,000
First cost 250,000
Importer's profits 82,000
Betailcr's profits 200,000
We presume some of these items
are under-estimated not having
statistics at baud, but they nre
large enough for our purpose.
Wc see by this that over ono mil
lion of dollars in cash are expended
every two ycais by the pcoplo of
these islands for rum, and no good
results to point to for justification.
Without supporting tho Government
by the degradation of its people is a
good result which Mr. Smith thinks
it is or ho would not urge it kept up.
Moreover the loss of energy and by
idleness as well as tho loss on tho
poorest quality of sorvices rendered
by laborers debauched by rum, aro
all losses to be sot down against tho
rum traffic, also the moral losses.
The misery engendered, tho pov
erty lufforcd, the disgrace endured,
the violence committed, the costs of
courts in their piosecutions of rum
criminals, and the maintenance of
asylums and prisons for thoir pun
ishment, arc all to bo credited to
rum, as so much loss to the com
munity. Mr. Smith's claim that I of our
people are in favor of the rum tralllc
is too far fiolii the truth to bo
noticed. Ilo objects to our claim
ing temperance as a part of Christi
anity. Then sneoringly gives us a
sample of Christianity as displayed
by Trinity Church of New lork,
that allows upon their immense
estate 7GI gin mills, nnd DC sin
mills of prostitution. These startl
ing figures show how absolutely
necessary prohibition is, as that
would shut all the gin mills aud
most of the sin mills on the premises
of both saint and sinner. Prohibi
tionists arc not responsible for the
unwise actions of men of professed
Christian churches, nor for the acts of
the rum element that still maintains
itself in Portland while the whole
State of Maine outside of two or
three towns have adhered to prohi
bition these many, many years, nor
are they responsible that the rum
clement hired enough ignorant
voters to restore the 2,000 grog
shops to Atlanta. They wash their
hands of all such disgraceful things,
and if possible prevent them.
Mr. Smith obiccts to the prohibi
tion weapon being used (that's the
weapon that made the slave power
tremble), also their modo of opera
tion, roecointncnds that all weapons
be laid aside except moral suasion.
He says, "educate tho general mind
to a clear comprehension of the
necessity of temperance, and your
battle is won." We can see this
clearly, Mr. Smith, and wc can also
see that if we turned the water all
out of the ocean wc could go down
into its depths and gather up the
trcsurcs supposed to lay upon its
bottom. One is about as boneless
as the other when, according to Mr.
Smith's showing, there is an aver
age of SG0 gin mills and sin mills
teaching immoral suasion day and
night, to one church teaching moral
suasion a short time on Sundays
only. Moral suasion and other
weapons have not been abandoned,
as they serve to agitate and school
the people, to scouer and show the
beauties and brightness of truth,
but having been tried for genera
tions with no promise of success,
Prohibitionists have now stepped
upon the highest round of the tem
perance ladder, and taken up the
prohibition weapon that Mr. Smith
objects to. And the rum interest
fears. Wc don't wonder the rum cle
ment is agitated, and their stomachs
weakened by our choice of weapons.
All combatants naturally object to
superior weapons in the hands of
active enemies.
Wc want "Local Option," "Par
ental and religious teaching," state
constitutional prohibition, etc., as
preliminaries for agitating the tem
perance question, but we aim at
national prohibition, nothing' short
of that will satisfy, and we expect
to agitate until it is adopted ; and
when it is obtained it like slavery
must be put forever at lest by a
national constitutional amendment.
And for this high aim wo arc called
"cracked brained".
Let mo illustrate by two or three
true stories how other people have
acted when they wished to abate a
nuisance, or a abolish an evil.
Jno. M. IIokxki:.
Legislative Assembly.
31-rn Day July 9.
The House opened at 10 a. m.,
President W 11. Castle in the chair.
Boll called and absentees noted.
i'i:titioxs.
There were nineteen petitions pre
sented by various members from all
parts of the islands, on miscella
neous subjects, which were referred
to appropriate Committees.
ltiu'Oirrs or comjiitti:i:s.
Minister Thurston reported on tho
petition that was referred to him, to
build a wall along the Nutianu
stream to Smith's bridge, that the
Government has already built a wall
about 200 feet long. The place
where the petitioner w.mt a wall, is
private property, and will benefit no
ono but the property owners, and
the Minister therefore recommends
that tho petition be laid on the table.
Adopted.
Noble Waterhouso reported from
tho Committee to whom was jefcrr
ed the bill regulating the keeping
of books by wliolcsalo and retail
licences, rccoihmcnding the passage
of tho bill with a few minor amend
ments. Tho report was received
and laid on the table to bo consid
ered with the bill.
ltl'.SOUJ'UOXS AND 11IM.S.
Noble Baldwin read a first timo a
bill to regulato the Bureau of Pub
lic Instruction, deferred to Print
ing Committee,
Hep. Kamauoha read a first timo
r hill to amend and consolidate the
laws relating to internal taxes and
to reorganizo tho Board of Tax Ap
peals, deferred to Printing Com
mittee. Hup. Paehaolo gave notice of five
bills.
Noblo Widoniann offered a reso
lution to the effect that His Excel
lency the Minister of Finance be re
quested to inform this House
whether ho has given any instruc
tions to bankers, brokers, money
lenders, altorneys-at-law, trustees,
treasurers, executors, administrators
or guardians, relative to the assess
ment of taxes, either directly or
through the tax assessors, aud if so
to lay them bcfoic this House In
writing or in print. Adopted,
oitunt or Tin: day.
Third reading of Bankruptcy Bill.
Hop. C. Brown offered an amend
ment to Section 7, that the right to
appeal from tho decision of the Su
preme Judges shall extend to ten
days.
The Attorney-General said, he
was of the opinion that the amend
ment would not obviate the di Ill-
cully. He therefore moved to refer
the bill back to the Judiciary Com
mittcce. Carried.
On motion tho preliminary Ap
propriation Bill was taken up and
made the special order of tho day.
The hill, with the repot I of the Ju
diciary Committee, came up for 3rd
reading, but further action was de
ferred until after the bill has been
engrossed.
The House went into Committee
of the Whole, Hep. Kalaukoa in the
Chair, to consider the Appropriation
Bill.
The following items passed:
Bcpaiis and furniture of Alii-
oliini Hale .f 5,000
Bepairs of Gov't buildings. . " 15,000
" " wharves, landings
and buoys of Maui defer'il
Bepairs of wharvo., landings
and buoys ot Honolulu....!!! i),000
Itcpairs of wharves, landings
and buoys contingent fund.. 15,000
Lighthouses 1:1,580
Expenses of tug boat 17,100
Drudging the haiborof Hono
lulu LS.OOO
On motion the commit tee rose
and asked leave to sit again at 1
o'clock p. m.
avti:hxoox sr.ssiox.
The House re-assembled at 1:10
p. m., and was called to order by
the viec-Presidcnt J. Kauhane. It
then went into committee of the
whole, Hep. F. Brown in tho chair,
to resume consideration of the Ap
propriation Bill.
The following items were passed:
Salarv of Superintendent
Water Winks and Cloik
of Mniket $ -1,800 00
Keeper of Maiket and inci
dental., 1,500 00
Salarv of 1st Clerk Water
Works 11,000 00
Salarv of 2d Cleik Water
Works 2,100 00
Kuuning expenses of Wa
ter Works 11,000 00
Itcpairs and additions to
Water Works 27,000 00
Bond damages contingent
fund 5,000 00
Heads and bridges, Ha
waii 25,000 00
Koads and bridges, Maui.. 5,000 00
" Molokai 1,000 00
" " " Lanai . 500 00
Salary of Hoad Supervisor,
Honolulu deferred.
Bonds fcbriilges(lIonolulii. .'51,85:! 00
" " " other dis
trict of O.ihu !),000 00
Ho.uls it bridges, Kauai. .. 8,500 00
" " " contingent
fund 25,000 00
For maintenance o( nur.
erics 10,250 00
For maintenance of public
grounds 8,050 00
For electric light r-y.-tem
of Honolulu deferred.
For lighting streets tluo'
out the Kingdom -1,055 25
For printing 10,000 00
For pav of me?engers of
the department 2,-100 00
For pav uf keeper of Aliio-
lani Hale 2 month 100 00
For pav of keeper of Aliio
lini Hale vanl 1,200 00
For incidental expenses of
tho depaitment .'1,000 00
Election expenses deferred.
SuIjmiIv to Queen's Hospi
tal 12,000 00
Expenses of filing certifi
cates of boundaries 200 00
Incidental expenses under
tho homestead law 1,000 00
Support of prisoncra 80,000 00
Support ol tlio Insane
Asylum 27,8(il -13
Salary of Jailor of Oahu
Prison 3,000 00
Hopairs and furniture for
Insane Asylum 8,157 00
Honolulu Fiie Department 2(1,200,00
Quarantine of diseased nui-
malb -1,000 00
Government Founds 1,250 00
Diamond Head signal sta
tion , 1,800 00
Fay of physicians and
agents under tho Act to
"mitigate" 3,200 00
For rent of Custom Houso
promises at Kahultii . 000 00
For rent of Post Ollice pre
mises, II ilo 1,200 00
Salary of President ol
lfoaid of Health 7,000 00
Salarv of Cleik of Board of
Health -1,000 00
Expenses of tho Board of
Health 22,731 00
Electing, ropairiug, and
furnishing hospitals. .. . -11,855 00
Care of quarantine 3,522 00
Kapiolani Home -1,-M-l 00
Medicines for distribution. 10,000 00
Suppoitof lopeis 185,371 00
On motion the committee rose, re
ported progress, and asked leave to
sit again,
Hep. Kinney moved to insert
81,100 for Mnkiki claims in the
Appropriation Bill. The matter
was referred to tho Judiciary Com
mittee. The item of $32,200 for pay of
Government physicians in the bill
was referred to a select committee,
composed of tho Minister of Interior
lions. Kinney, Dole, Ivuwiilmii and
Jaeger.
Hep. Dowsett presented a peti
tion from 11. More praying that
SI33.0G bo paid him for work done
on the Palace galea.
The House then adjourned until
10 a. in. Tuesday.
35iii Day July 10th.
MoitNtxo sr.ssiox.
The Douse opened al 10 a. in.,
President W. H. Castle in the chair.
Holl called and absentees noted,
nr.i'oirrs or co.mmitti:i:s.
Hep. F. Brown reported from the
Printing Committee that one bill
was printed and ready for distribu
tion. Noblo Baldwin reported from the
Finance Committee on the petition
from Hawaii, praying for an appro
priation of $250,000 for a supply of
water from the divide between Wai
pio and Kohala, recommending that
a commission be appointed to lay
out the ditch, estimate the cost of
such an undertaking, the number
that will lie benefited by such a
ditch, and lands available for home
steads through which the ditch will
run and can be supplied with water
f i om the same, said commission to
report the progress of their investi
gations from lime to time, and make
a general report to the next session
of the Legislature. They also re
commend an appropriation of $3,000
to defray the expenses of such a
survey. Adopted.
Hep. Paris presented a minority
report from the Finance Committee
on the bill to regulate internal taxes,
recommending the passage of the
bill. The report was received and
laid on the table to be considered
with tho majority report on the
same subject.
nr.50i.t.'Tiox3 and iui.i.s.
Minister Green gave notice of a
bill to regulate the ollice of Tax As
sessors and Collectors, and for the
assessing and collecting of taxes.
Minister Thurston read a first
time a bill to amend the law relating
to tho Hawaiian Postal Savings
Bank. Referred to Printing Com
mittee. Minister Green answered the ques
tion ol the Hon. Noblo Widemann,
contained in his resolution of the
previous day. He slated that he
had given no special instructions to
the parties named in the resolution,
either directly or through the tax
assessor, relative to the assessment
of taxes, except in two cases of
bankers in Honolulu, (the only two)
when the question came up as to
whether the law called upon them
to return tho list of their depositors
and to pay the taxes on the amount
deposited, charging the same to the
depositors. Both these bankers,
Messrs. Bishop & Co. and Clans
Spreckels & Co. disputed the pro
position that the law obliged them
to do so. The question was brought
before the Cabinet, and it was de
cided that the law did not so com
pel them to pay taxes on the amount
of deposits. One of the main
grounds urged, and which the Cab
inet recognised as valid, being that
they had no such amount on hand,
but that the 11101103 was lent out to
other parties. Ho personally saw
Mr. Damon of Bishop & Co., and
Mr. "Win. G. Irwin of Clans Spreck
els & Co., and agreed with them, in
accordance with the decision of the
Cabinet, that they should return
their actual cash on hand and pay
taxes upon that, and not the much
larger amount standing to the credit
of the depositors.
The usual printed instructions ac
companied the assessment list, but
tlieie is nothing in this instructing
the "parties named 111 the resolu
tion, except the general statement
that "parties" having property be
longing to others in their possession,
are assessed for the value thereof,
and may recover the amount of tax
paid, from the owners. By the same
assessment list each party is supwn
to be expected to return for himself
cash in bankers' or agents' hands.
Noble Widcinann moved to accept
this report, have it translated and
made the special order of the day
this day week. He considers that
it essentially alters the law as it now
exists on the statute books.
Minister Ashford stated that he
should ask to have the matter refer
red to the Judiciary Committee, as
it is a matter that involves the inter
pretation of 11 section of the law.
The Ministry have put such 11 con
struction as is contained in the
answer from the Minister of Finance.
They may bo wrong, and the live
lawyers constituting the Judiciary
Committee aroableto decide whether
or not the Ministry havo interpreted
the law aright.
Hep. C. Brown said ho did not
think that the Judiciary Committee
should be obliged to interpret the-law
forthc Cabinet. If tlieMinistcrs think
that their construction of the law is
not correct, they should refer the
matter to tho .Supreme Court for
their decision, anil not drag down
the Court into the House by refer
ring such a matter to the Judiciary
Committee.
Noblo Wideinann's motion was
carried.
Noble Hitchcock gave notice of a
bill to abolish the passport system,
and also the tax of $2.00 for people
entering tho kingdom.
OHDI'll or thi: DAY.
Socoird reading of tho Governor
bill with petitions and reports of tho
committee on the subject.
Minister Ashford said that tho
substitute bill was not of such a
nature as would admit of a compro
mise by tho Government, and
the Cabinet consider tho ollice
superfluous. Tho control of tho
police has already been taken from
the Governors, and a bill now before
tho house relative to pounds and
estrays takes that duty from the
Governors, and they have practically
nothing at all to do. He said the
government were willing to reach a
compromise, but as they hold ollice,
and accepted, such on the plat
form of the reform patty, one plank
of which is to abolish all useless
olllccs, they cannot sttppoit tho bill
brought in by a majority of the
committee, lie therefore moved to
pass the original bill to engross
ment. Noble Smith said titat the main
features are these: he gave the
Ministers credit for sincerity at the
last session but did not give them
credit for wisdom, but now he did
not give thcni credit for sincerity.
They said that they could not re
move the corrupt Governors then in
ollice, and consequently wished to
have the ollice abolished. Now
tho bill removes that difficulty.
The bill goes farther than some of
the majority of the commit tec cared
to have il go. It authorizes the
Ministry to remove the Governors
at any lime, which was considered
very arbitrary by the committee,
but it was adopted by them and the
majority were willing to stand by it.
He said ho wished to disclaim any
desire to push the Ministry to a de
feat in this matter. He did not
consider the success of the commit
tee bill as a defeat of the Ministry.
The committee feel that this bill if
passed will not defeat the Ministry
and unseat them, unless they like
to have it do so. He moved that
the committee bill be read a second
tune by its title.
The motion was carried and the
bill read. He then moved to con
sider said bill section by section.
He said lie was as anxious as any
Minister to abolish any useless
office, and if there was no other
recourse for ridding the country of
the present incumbents, he should
support the bill to abolish the ollice.
lie enumerated mam oliieers oi the
government on the various islands,
who are not under anv supervision.
The reason that the nuu-tions of the
ollice are not delegated to Gov
ernors on Oahu, is because the
seat of Government is in Honolulu,
and the heads of departments can
supervise all subordinate olllecrs.
Not so in the country. The ten
dency has been to neglect the coun
try, and concentrate all the power
in Honolulu. This is not wanted.
A better supervision of the woi kings
of the Government in the country is
demanded, and has been agitated
for some years, but to abolish the
ollice of Governor will only increase
this dilhculty and tend more and
more to concentrate all the power in
Honolulu. He asked Mr. J O.
Carter and Mr. Pratt what would bo
the result in the assessment and
collection of taxes if this ollice was
abolished, and they both said, it
would be impossible to keep the run
of it and it would not be known
whether taxes were properly assess
ed or not. Now in the assessment
and collection of taxes alone it is
necessary to have this ollice. It is
impossible for the Minister of Fi
nance to keep the run of those mat
ters. Angel Gal-iiel could not him
self do it, if he was placed in the
same position as the Minister. He
said he had referud to tln'se gentle
men as they had had .1 large experi
ence. He did not, as a rule, be
lieve that because a thing was good
at one time it should always be
good. He referred to a remaik by
Hon. S. G. Wilder, who in conver
sation said that a good Governor on
the islands was an invaluable aid to
the Ministry, and his opinion should
have some weight, as he has had a
long experience in the Government.
Another branch of Government work
requires supervision, and that is the
Hoad Boards. Corruptions are
creeping in that need to be looked
into. Their power is greater than
road supervisors were under the old
law. If good reliable men could be
found to take the ofllce, per
haps such corruptions would not
exist, but it is a fact that can
lie proven that corruption does exist
in this department. Another rca
fjon why the ollice should bo con
tinued is, for the supervision of the
minor olllccs in the country now
held by Ilawaiians, who if they
have no one to guide and check
them will soon lapse into lazy in
dolent servants, while if they arc"
properly governed mnke good ser
vants, and it is policy to employ
Ilawaiians where they can perforin
the duties. It would be just as
sensible for a plantation owner to
discharge his Manager lie
cause he has a good Bookkeeper
and other minor positions filled
with good men, as it is for the
Government to abolish the ollice ot
Governor, because there arc uood
men in the olllccs subordinate to
him. Ilo said that the Chief Clerk
of the .Supreme Court, when making
up the report of the Chief Justice
said, it was impossible to tell
whether the inferior judges reported
ono-half tho number of cases they
had tried, as there was no super
vision over that branch of the Gov
ernment, and it was useless to
make up a report from their re
ports. Ho said the minority of the
committee in their report seemed to
think that the majority of tho com
mittee only wanted an inspector of
school houses. .Ho said the ma
jority of the committee framed a
bill for the supervision of all do.
partments of the Government. One
in particular needs supervision and
that is tho Government physicians.
They need looking after. They do
not carry out the provisons of tho
law under which thoy were appoint-
cd. No private individual is going
to make a complaint against the
district physicians, and get his en- y
mity, because that same party may '
need tho services of the physician lite
next day, and it would lie vciy un
pleasant to bo subject to his ill-will.
At tliis point the House look re
cess until l p. ni.
Ai"rt:iiNoox snssiox.
The House rc-assemblcd at 1:10
p. m. and rcstunul the considera
tion of the Governor bills.
Noble Smith, continuing, said:
Ho did not wish to occupy much
more time. There wore only two or
three points more upon which he
wished to speak. One point raised
in objection was the expense. lie
would like to call the attention of
the House to the report of tho
Auditor-General. There wore $30,-
000 assessed which were not col
lected. The assessors may havo
done their duty, but the Minister of
Finance cannot tell whether they
have or not. lie believed that the
supervision of a capable man would
save his salary many times over.
So much for expenses. Some
of tho duties are provided
to be performed by the sher
iffs. They may do very well in
performing some of them, but the x
principal item, that of assessing and f
collecting of taxes is left with the
Minister of Finance in Honolulu. ,
The question will bo asked, Why
don't you put all these duties on tho
sheriffs? The speaker thought it
would be very unwise to do so, as '
the sheriffs have by virtue of their
office very large and arbitrary pow
ers and if they do their duty as
such olllecrs, they havo all they can .
do. A sheriff should bo a young
man, not necessarily in years, but
in activity and thought, while the
Governor should be a man of largo
ability, staid, and steady in habits,
and conversant with the needs of
the Government. If any one at
tempts to construe these remarks as
an attack on the Ministry he does a
wrong. This is the same as the
Minister's repoit on the audit Act,
and cannot be construed as an at- (
lack 011 Ihein, any .more than thuV-'
report is an attack on the Auditor
General, lie then quoted the words
of the Minister of Finance regard
ing that ollice. He also quoted the
words of the committee to whom the
report of the report of the Minister
was referred, where they say that
they do not deem it advisable to do
away with the ollice of Auditor at
present. Does this report condemn
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the Ministry want the ollice of Gov-
ernor abolished, the committee re
commend the continuance of the
ollice, but the abolishing of its
abuses, and it is done in the same
spirit as the report from the select
committee on the lunance Minis
ter's report. He therefore moved'
to take up the substitute bill.
Hep. Kinney saidthat Noble Smith
wished to have a supervisor over
each of the islands. He said that
the contention was for a local gov
ernment for each island, and to
take the control, or self govern
ment from Honolulu. When we
come down to the pith of this argu
ment it resolves itself into a local
self government as opposed to the
General Government. He did not
think this a display of insincerity
on the part of the Ministry, when
liiey step into the breach and say
this must not be so. They say if
that is the issue why don't 3011 cgr.
tablish local self government, at
once? He said that was a dangerous
expedient, but self government had
already been established in the out
districts, so far as it is consistent
with the class of people making up
the population. All the world over
there is always a wide distinction
between matters to be left to local
self government and what shall not.
Our contention is, there are cer
tain rights that should go to local
self government and there arc cer
tain things that should not go there.
This lull gives all rights to local
government and in this respect is V
in. error. Ho spoke of local self '
government in other countries and
how it worked. The committee
bill puts sole authority into the
hands of one man. The honorable
Noble Smith says that thcro are nou
olllcials who need more watching
than the doctors. I agree with him,
but tho manner in which he wishes
the control of this important branch
of the government placed, is wholly'
wrong. They should be governed
by the head of tho department and
not by local authority. If a Gover
nor goes around among the natives
and lie sees the grief, and listens to
the stories of pcoplo who have been,
or are going to ho sent away as lepers,
it is not in human nature to resist
tho appeals of theso poor afflicted
people, and no local officer should
be placed in such a position as to
control the actions of such a physi
cian. Let tho honorable N0J1I0
look at the weakness of his own bill
before he accuses the Cabinet of in
sincerity, lie in his bill does not
recognise the division of labor as
obtains in ttie different departments.
This Governor is supposed to
watch and guard every branch
of public work in his district. It is
impossible for such a, man to check
all abuses in these diversified ofllces.
Mr. Kinney would rather havo tho
opinion oi tho Superintendent of
Public Works on repairs to bo made
on the wharf at Lahaina, under a
cursory examination of the work,
than tho opinion of Governor Ever
ett, after an inspection of a wholo
day. If wo aro aimiii" at local self
government wo are on the right $
road for it, but. tho Governor is ft
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