Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 31, 23 October 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Aeeonlinp to tbe Advertwer of | thi» tDorniog, tbe preaent goTernrnent boltls office acconling to the will of » ceritin m)is»-meeting and C4U only he ch«ngetl throngh the mamlale of ancther nn>et)ng. Wonldn’t the brilliat>t etlitor of the Morning sb* v, t i»form ns how mauv |>ersvns it tak *s to constitute a qnornm an<l of what caliber tbeao ‘‘the peopW mnst be’ At the samu tiine he might inforra the cous.trv when it was that he becarae author.Z'Ml to speak on behalf of America and the Ameriean people. We have referred iu a former issne t-» the defeat of the Oaho Uailroad (*uarantee Bill. By requcst wu pnhliah to-day the namea ef the Councillors who yoted for ind against that outrageous i,easurcs. Ia favor of the bill «hieh means in favor of «windlmg the treasury ont of $36,0X1 u year were Ministers King. Damon, and Smith and Councilu»rs (’eeil Brown, H. Wat<’iho .s-*. M . F. Alleu aud C. Bolte. The men who defeated tho bill by one vote were Messrs. Young. Ivia, Mendonca Nott, Tenney. »Iorgan, Suhr and Emmelut . Messrs. Dole and Hatch pi c<l otf and didn’t vote. In eimt. . tion with this it is worth\ rcmeml»ering that in 1890, Mr ‘ fl'!il at that time a nohle 1 * T-*\v «ii in the legis latnre d u ced the Oahu Ilailroad C ; >• and tho proposition t-> -ul (i'/.e it in the strongest ter-'is. Vml to avoid all accisations of lK»ing interested or disint«T»*sted in tlie eoneem lie statc<l. thxt he sjH»ke as a matter of pnneiple, m»t looking out f‘»r his own jsvket as ho was the onfortunato owner of $‘26,00(1 worth of stocks —not l»onds. It wonhl be f< tun»to if the conntry and m »re » -»p©cially the Coun- j cils bad a few ruore men l«ke Hind. and a few less liko Waterhouse and Bn»wn. Mr. Wilder 1 *s been taiking. Bv Mr. WiKi r wo niean the hoj»efal yuuth who ba» been niado Consul-C»'‘Dem! in San JFrancisco aud who when selfgovermueut is agaiu established in H awaii will shed his Consular uniform an«l onoe more heeome *u onliuan*, every day lumber j*nl clerk. We sboold certainlv have takeo no notice of ihe brag-1 gadocio and insuendos of tbe 1 yoang mau. heeanae we koow lhat Uek of educatu>n and •bilitv h,vs U»ng ago put him where he ean do no hann as far ' as Hawaii ia coucerned. bot he ' bas eojoyed bimself by throv-1 ing a )ot of slurs on tboae Jlavaiiins who bave served lheir conntry aa legislatom by ! calling them bribe-takers and *ccuaiug them of «11 sort of oornipkioo. Now, if bnbes vere given«tKltakeu,areiK>t the givers, as mean aod eoutemptible «s the Ukersi We coald 611 eolamne, if we dflsūwi, to write op th- hi*tory I ol our legUIaiots from the day» i

of G- P. Jodd and Samoel Wilder cnd down to tbe days of M. R. Castle, Kinney and M aipaiUni and Akina. We shall be satis€ed thoagh by mentioning one instaoce whieh m;ght saffiee to sbow tbe world that all the corruption i» not on the part of Hawaiian». ! In the session of 189*2 a cabinet i throngh some nnderbi.nded manipnlation was createil. eonsisting of fonr meml»ers of the reform party. lt was a miuonty cabinet an»l its fate was decide«i as soon as its niembers t*»ok their ministeri.-il cbairs Mell the vote that onsled them was coming on and the ‘pnll on both sides was as strong as possible. A vonng entcrj)nsing mnn with mueh more vacuura than l*rains, closely connected to one of the ministers to be ousted approached a Hawaiian member, say from the Oeean Island with a noto whieh the racraber at one tinie had signed and casbed from the father-in-law of the incorrnptible young man of tbe reforra party. Says be, “Friend A. pay tbis note or vote with the Cabinet —or vote with ray unele and you needn't pay tbe note.” fhe honorabIe took the first ehanee—voted “uuele' out and was promptly sued. Now. who is tho m»st corropt in that instance ? The kanaka who was tempted and persecute«l or the “haole the friend of Consal-General M ilder, who tempted, persecnted, bribed and corrupted Mr. A. Me leave toMr. Wilder and colleagues to answer? The Cost of the present Militarv svstem nnder the P. G. Regimr to the t.»x payers of this coudtry, has boen nearly $1-2,-000 f 9T .Vi«« Mnu(h*. Utuler ihe Mon rehy, the ap propriation for the Military exj»enditnre passed by the last Legislatore f.»r the pre«ent Hiennial Period, was as follows : Queen’s Guard $50,000 Band, Fl«gs and Salutes'. 40,«5v»l) Corament is unnecessary. The fignres sjH»ak for theraselves. It has cost the Ux payers of this country near!y $700 for llaek Ulre during the past uiue months, for driving tho P. G. Military Otficials and Privates aroand town. No mention is made of Heame, Hire or Funeral hxy*n«es. Perh«ps the item for “cartage covors ihē hearse bnsioos8. Detailed items of this expenditnre are desire<l. Tbe sum of $2,000 for an ** inex|>enditnre of the Militaiy in nine roontbs, is not bad for an eeonomie g »vernment. i Coroe. Mr. Finance Mīnister, trot oni the iteius whieh are terraed *' inc5dentals.” the tax p«yers demand it. lu f*ct detaile<I statements of the whole of tbe expenditnres. ; are demanded. - -