Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 242, 14 June 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Weenmplimenl Minister Oamon | on his weekly finauchl statement i presented to the Counci!s. It a ; verypromising s.gn, mefnb“r ofthe Executive Council finally [ has admitt»*d ihe right of the taxpavtrs "to -:now.' By publishing the ūnaneial staleme:.t in so full tnd detailed phape the puhlie will be able to judge f r theuiselves from where the money e >rnes and to v.here it goes. The disniissal of . the guarda ai the govcrnment buildine and the Kapuaiwa b iilding is a sign that the govenunert finally realizes the uselessne88 of the heaw military expenses whieh really have been a criminal waste of the taxuayers money. With a well-<quipped volunteer force, and with no intention of any hoslile movement among the oppoaition, the eonlinuanee of the large miiitary expenditures \vas an outrage against the people. The attempt at econoroy in other branches is also very praiseworthy, and we beheve that the government ean be conducted as well as heretofore eveu if the diffVrent departmeutal 8taffs are somewhat reduced. W e ■houldthough advise that a saving be made in th« Attorney General’s department. The large number of •peeial», besides night patrols, is unnecessary. Mr. W. 0. Smilh—the present attorney-gentral, explained that verv sen»ibly and very exhaustively duringthe last legislature.The heavy expenses of Marshal Wilaon for a secret 8ervice were criticised in the strongest terms then, and there are less reason for a secret •ervice now than then when at least, two conspiraoie8 were nipped in the bud. We will have to quote •ome of W. O. Smith’s speeches on the sabject, made in the Legislative liall, if he cannot remember his own arguiueuts agam.st waste of money in the attorney-generaI’s department. The financia! statement itself. does not show a very satisfactory slate of affairs ia the treasurv nor are the transactions sufficiently lucid f>r us. The legitimate revenuea for the week have auiounted to $21.240.37 whieh together with tbe cash on Hand from last week gives a total of $3i.<502.47. The total expenses amouul to 139.93413. and tbis sum has beeu paid by using the revenues and by borrowing $6,800 from the Crown Lands domain. Besides that amount an aruount of $25,500 is ;x>sted as reveuue, a!though it is stated to be āerived from sale of bonds. The Minister of Pinauee seems to b« williug Pi give us information, and we would ask him in his next ■tatement to indicate what kind of bondfl th« government is selling &nd then sj*ending the money deri ved so as gen«ral revenue. The loan act passed bythe lastLegislature anJ confirmed by the Counciis authorīt«s a loan of 1750.000 for *pecijir purposr*. If the bonds sold are itsued under that act, then the governn eat hasjundcubted!y eommitted an illegal act and tbe bondbolden are being defrauded. If $25,500 worth of bonds eaa be sold and not used for tbe specific purpoaefl provided for iu th« loan aei, tben there wiil be nothiog to prevent the gov«rnment from ielling $750,000 worth of bond».,

(except laek of buyers) and dumpiug the aouunl into the generai revenue« and spe»idiiig it. li on the other s;de ihe $25,500 worth of bonds are not bonds at all, but siuipiy Exchequer notes then the ir*. !actiou is perfectlv iegitimate, ; but tne amouul sbou;d *.heu appear under the heading ol Outstaudit;g i lndebifldneas and be aepi steadily befjre the taipayers us u remiudcr 1 of what »ili UuVe to be paid m hve : months. Thc amouul ol tae over- | due iudebtedness ls, uucfaanged wiiiou Cjuhrm our stuteuieiits lhat the puyaieut of ?preciieis elaim was uol a goveruuieut lransactiou, but siuiply a pnvate deai iu whieh liruker Oauiou heipcd ,*liu:ster Dauion out of a nui*c. Tue P. 8 t». liain: s aeuouul, \ve admit, is beyoud our power of coujprehension. The huaueiai stale!ueut iufurius us tu.it have bcen paid to tho P. S. B., aud that there are nuticta maluruig this date (June 10th) auiouutiug to $2,0*0, aud that the Bauk has cash on hand in a sum of $7.45U.UU. Wuat puzzles us is, if the bauk ever pays the amouuts whieh are being \vithdrawu, or if the notices of withdrawls matured are simply hled, and the depositurs claimiug their iuoney paid with a miuistenal smile. We see at least nothiug about any payments ever being made. Last week the uotices of witbdrawal amounted to ab ut $5,U0U, and the bank’s cash ballanee was about $3,000. This week the treasury pays to the Bank $50U, and we hear nothmg more about the $5.000, whieh we believed were to be paid at the end of Iast week, but the cashhalanee has been increased to $7,450.09. We lrust that the mysteries connect->d \vith the Bank and th« bmds will be solved next week, and a ray of light thrown into the miuds of the tax-payers. It will be a grave error to treat the nse of the Cnwn Land’s receipts in any otber form than a loan. The Cruwn Lands will never heeome government property in law and equity. and while the temporary use of the revenue from them uudoubtediy is * relief for the governinent, it shouid be kept in mind, that a chauge in the form of govcrnment orajudicial decision at any time ean make the whole amountso f.ir used by the treasury payable ou demand, and where would the government be able to raise the tweaty and odd thou?and dollars whieh it has received frora that source and sqmndered. lt is all well and good to uay that the individual meuibers of the goverameat will be held rcspmsible for any money illegallv anpr \priated. but a!though the gentleraen in queston are referred t o in the U. S. by their provisional Commiss ioners as heingworth ab >ut $30,000,0) *, late indications seem toshow, that if they re.dly own that handsome sum they don’t carry it round with them. nor keep it visible to us—c<r to the tax-assessor. We are glad to see in the Star that Mr. Hartwell deniee to be the party re8poneible for the puhlieation of the Queen’s power of attorney, but we think that the Starman’a attempt at throwing auapieiou on one of the Qaeen’« frieuds, for tbe use made of that documen t ia rather clnmsy, as the Adverti ser has already etated that Mr S. B. Dole had th« instrument printed. heeauae he considered himself released from hia promise of secrecy. 'How he e&n con»ider himself reieased, Mr. Paai Keumann willperi hap« be able to eiplain.

Tfae Refarai Party - organs were very abu<.ve aml very »neering wben the Hawaiiau Women’; Patrīotic League w.\s ~tarte*i an<i evidently objected very mueh to ‘"Women in PnIitiC8." \\ e notice that the eiample hae been laken up thoug:i bv a mi?8īonary lady, and that one of the faithful now appears as the poiilieal e»>rrespv>ndent ou Hawaii tothe Minneapilia Times. To judje from the ?tate- | meala m.»de in that c-'rr< spon»lence, jit aeem? evident, that George \\'ashi:.gton was not a teacher :n the S.iiiday Schooi wh< re tiie fair corrvS{>ouder,t us .1 to enj >y her ruasted peunuh». b c.»use ver city at.d truth are uot conspicuous features in tne Hah contribution to the Miuneapoha Tinies. The atteiupt lo “roast' ! everyb >dy who j tbiuka difiVrent y is s> natural f>r a member of the Centr.»l l'nion Cluirch, ihat such an exhibition of Chnstian charitv needs no e'tn • raent. But we should think that the Minneapoiis Titnes’ q’iasi lady correspondent could have fiirnish- ; ed a lot of pnnts. whieh besides being of both interest aiul instiuc- j tion, would h ive h:»d theadvantage ; of being strictly lrue. She could i have written about the peremptory ! di3mis9al of faithfnl employees, ; alter many year’s services. who had , tlie audacity to refuse to join { hands with tlie men who betrayed : their countiv. She might have 9tated what nonsense and what huneomhe all the pretended love of the Centnl L T nion flock for the Ha waiians is, and also stated j how willing and how aniioua she and others at all limes were to aeeepl the hospitality of the Queen whom she now darea to deride. She could then have furnished the Minneapoiia Times with sorae very interesting mformation in regard to commercl - l and mercantile matters. How busiuess houses are *tarted with an infl»ted eapilal stock and paraded f>r a while as being wor t h sa y $ 200,000, and then ad->f>t a necessary shrinkage of the stocks to bring the eapilal down tu a true level; and she might have reprinted the rej>orts of the pinanee Coraraittee fn«m lts90, relating to the importation by some missionary tirm of largest »res "f Alkohol. with whieh the said missionary finn in violation of the law used to p>ison the whalers g'*ing to the North. If the **firm’' did not have a copy handy oi that rep>rt, she should have remembered that the whole business was published iater on in the United States (perhaps not in the Minneapo!is Times) and that there was a great deal of indignation against Ihe Christian B>ue-Ribbon-Sporting head of the eaid missionary firm. A«»d she might have delivered quite an eesay on “How to import Te!ephone Material free i , of duty” siv for the Maui Te!e- | phone Co. and then sell it for ; other p'irp>>s 5 s and eoneema, or i she might have thrown some e!ectric enlightenment on telegra- , phie cab!e material or arms and ammunilion “in bond’ and many otber points, whieh would have , been of far more importance and iuterest than the little gossip aud little ebullition9 of spite with whieh the Minneapolis Times haa beeu filled this time. How htppy Mmister Blount muet feel by baviug two such j friends u the Advertiser tod ■ the Star. How it must plea»e him to see tll the virtous indignation whieh those two interesting journtl§ are un!otding tgtintt the Mtui loymlĪRta for having attempted to ditturb the mini9ter’s mueh needed mt by teadering him t

recef>tion. How the ?tar knowa that Mr. Blount went to Mani to gtl a rest. we don’t know. Acc"rding to its own sn»tements its reporter d<«esn't seem to be on very coufidential tenus w;th ihe miniBter and in sp te »>f his very frequent ealla he g-ts extremely liule 8ttisfi*ctioii. Is it m t p seible toiuiag'ne lhat Mr. Blount desired to visit oi»e < f the other Is:and to see f. r himself if the 9 <cial and financial . :r»un;st nce< of the Hawa’iane are th«r same ther>* i9 in H*n >!ul »t 1** it n<*t verv reasonable to be'irvc'Nthat he in t,.e c**urse of h:s investig ti<*n | wished t * ascerl;»in for hiuis-.‘.f if the atatemenu made t * him in re- > g *rd to the overwhelming ra.»j *rity of loyaIista on th« other Islands were trne. an 1 tii;»t he by his vis'.t to Maui connected bnsincss w,tfa ! pleasure? The indignatiou of the j Sur aml Advertiser is «imply , cansed bv the f»ct that the an:i<*x- i * &tionistsare outef9ight on Maui. | : andthatallthetalkabouttheprog- j i res8oftheannexatiou club chere w;»9 j aimply so mueh r<*t.The few foreig i< ■ ! in Wailuku have a great idea, that i they control the nutives, but history tells us a very diflerent lale. Even witn the aisistap.ee of that ; great j>olitioian. H. F. Baidwin. 1 or even ia the most giorious days ' of poliliea when Walbrulge hadllie a»y.thefew members of the Hefonu Party found at eaeh eleelion that they were not in it with thenative« on Maui; and it is the 8ame thing uow. What Mr. BIount saw waa an enthusiastic gathering of aboul 1200 people who unanimously told him what their desire ig. and praved the Umted States through him to restore their Queen. Mr. Blount answered the addresse* made to him in a few words, telling the natives that he had iubmitted to his government the wKole question at i»8ue and that tho neople ot Hawaii must await the d<cision fr >m WashĪDgton in patience. The gathering, whieh wasoueof the largest acd inost successful ever held in the Islands, wae eminently prnper and was 9 * considered by the mini9ter. Mr. Oomwell, who left Honolulu wiih Mr. Blount, is being abused by the anneialion orgui8 for havmg schemed and c<*ncocted the fx>htical game whieh the two 8orrowing uapers elaim was jumped on the American Minister. All we oan say is, chat if that ie so, Mr. CornwelI must be a w:zard. How he could get representatives from eaeh distriot of Maui together in one diy and manipulale and manage the whole affiir and at the eame time a88ist in enterlaining Mr. Blount in Spreckelsvtlle, and drive him to Haleakala and to iao. and ehow him his race horses, and luneh him m Waikapu is beyond our comprehension. but i»r the hailucinaled mind reader of the ; St;»r nothing «eems impos:-ib!e—-except «inning a libelsuit. i