Show qua 14 TO THE HAWAIIAN REVOLT th e recent lecent attack upon the royal iw i w at t 7 honolulu has been fol f we by y another struggle between and his ministers the 1 hk behag under the impression 1 y then e ma debty 17 had prior knowledge s botarf yOt arf arn to seize beize the palace and fe lt it as a means of throwing ot off yon obligations under the r be d that V v ashford s de commander oom mander of the ha n to the king re at ye it 8 the commission and with tes then presented pres presented entea the lau the following paper ea ore got going ng further the cabinet uxa you thorough understanding T asty upon upon the tollow follow its namely I 1 the he government d d apartments e mente must I 1 be e con deiy y by 0 the e cabinet who will be ach ons and absolutely insely responsible for U alg fu duct your majesty shall agn all documents and do which h u under the laws and toto t of on require the signature athe to the sovereign when ad aneta bet d 0 so 80 b by y the cabinet the lag and solely absolutely zoe bent e for r any adv stature signature of any tr tor or act t so done or perform air advice athe 4 the king read this he said awe we may need to get a new and the reply was made f we way may need to t get a new king here was another crisis and as a matter of precaution the honolulu rifles the heroes of revolution which ended in the adoption of the constitution were ordered out the king finally proposed that the status of the cabinet being a constitutional question should be submitted to the supreme court this was agreed to and after full deliberation the court handed down its decision in which it said there can be no dual government ern ment there can be no authority without responsibility the king is without responsibility the constitution confirms the responsibility of government upon the cabinet they therefore have the authority the king was thus placed where he must fight or yield and he yielded if there was any doubt about the hold of the foreigners of the sandwich islands upon the government which would b arg be generally ene ly recognized it would be the ext extension I 1 of the postal delivery system to every town and village in the country another would be such an amendment in our postal laws as would permit of the sending by mail of parcels that now have to go by express such a change would be opposed by the express companies but it does not follow from that that it would not be one of great public pu bli ic advantage springfield republican |