The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-06-20
The LcEislnturc.

burryInS bills through with rlIruad speed. Had
the business been conducted in the same manner
from tine commencement. the honorable members
would long since have returned To their c~Unstitu-
cnts and to their more humble occupations. The
Representatives being paid by the job, and not
by the day, all time spent in session after
fifty days, Is considered rs time thrown away.
BY reference to the daily proceedings, it will
be seen that a large number of bills have been
passed, some of which will probably be Of very
little use. The appropriation bill, rs finally
adopted, foOts up a total of 81 ,059,6 25 As for
the two years ending March 81, 1870. This
shows an immense advance from the figures of the
last bill, and We wish it insured a corresponding
advance in the material prosperity of the nation.
On the other hand, however, il Is more probable
that the income of the next two years will not be
equal 10 that of the last two. Still, we have
good credit, and can borrow whatever may bc
required.
Among the items appropriated is the sum of
$4,000 to procure immigrants, for which object
n bill has been passed. This sum was voted with
the distinct understanding that it was to cncour-
ago the immigration of married hborers, accom-
panied with their families, who are willing To
contract to labor for n term of years and after
that make thee Islands their home. Ii this sys-
TEN can be carried out, of obtaining laborers
accompanied ,rih their rrires, and If found to
work well, it may prove to be the turning point
in the decrease of our population.
Ii matters little from what quarter these i'm
migrants cOme-frOm japan, Sweden. the Azores,
Micronesia, or any other Polynesian Islands-thc
idea Is to Introduce Jamihes, that viii insure an
increase of hborcrs and population. We firmly
believe that, with proper efforts. ten Thousand
einigrants can be secured during the next fire
years. All that is needed are means and energy
on the part of this Government. The means
have been literally provided for by the Legisla-
mrc let the Government now act in the same
spirit, and carry out with determination the will
Of the people.
\ message was received from the King on
Monday, declining To sign the resolution voting
an additional sum for the expenses Of the Legis-
lature, - that each Representative might receive
SlOO additional pay. Ills Majesty declined to
sign the resolution on the ground Of informality.
The message was accompanied with tic opinion
of the Chief Justice, on the consiitutiOnality Of
such an appropriation. The next day n reSolu-
tion was introduced, designed to obyiate the OBJ
raised; but the House very wisely re-
- $3.50 ~ y EA.bEI
will return homo with the pay they hargaincd for.
An Act has been passed. making important
in the election law, and also defining the
time for opening and closing the polls. and fixing
penalties for a violation Of the Law.
Another Act increases the number Of Repre-
on Maui from 6 to :. :, tia; the whole
number Of Representatives in the Assembly wRl
be =, instead of25 - now.
IN Act was also passed authorizing the Minis
ter Of Firanre to CONTRACT a loan Of one hundred
dolhr, shouli the wants Of Govern
ncnt require It,
Another bin provides Tor the collection Of light
dnes-S3 on every foreisn vessel. on each
'utry from a foreign port, and ten cents Per ton
annually on every coas;ing vessel.
The appropriation for schools has been very
ihcrsI. amounting - $1,000 against Sil .924
n 1866 With thi- fund the Bard Of Eduea-
ion, IL IL was composed q men who knew what
zas ncsied and how - carry on the schools.
night accomplish something: but n it i, the
money may all be spent AMI little OF Nd good
accomplished
4 very proper bill has bccn Passed securing o.
larrisd women the benefits Of life insurance Of
heir husbands. This law is on the statute books
{ nearly every State in the Union, as also in
IhStLDd ami other European countries, and Is
lrOSing one OF great public benefit. Under its
a man can insure his life for the sole
'cnehf Of hs wife aud children. by the payment
& n small fee, which Insurance at bis death goes
70 support his family, and i secure against all
laims cf creditors The payment of $50 n year
viii secure SI.O0O to the widow Of any nan who
in>ures At y years OF age. and 80 in proportion
or larger sums
y BAL materially reducing the Gusts Of litic-
non IN our courts Of law has been passed The
ayerASS perhaps one-half. But Of the
'cneft e the law We have our doubts. The coets
lrc high, and this TENS now 70 discourage liti-a-
ion By reducing them. OF coursc ooe of the
of going - law viii be in part re
nOvci. and the business Of lawyers incrcasSi.
whether 10 the benost u the country al large. Or
i questionable
In the Assembly ycsteriay. Mr. Kn1d~n call
u Cu the Attorney General - know whether he
al c~,mTiicd with the resolution of the house in-
tuctins him a. examine the Advertiser, and sc
{ there was anything in the paper that was IL
-tIass a. charged, or that would sustain a Grim
nal pru~scgtion.
The Attorney general replied that tho task as
igaSi him in the rc~lgti,n was ~ light one.
fl asked icAvc II The house To allow him 10 p7c-
are biz IMPORT and place IL on dc after AZ Ias eG-
ssFHoS. whch j. auamrunt a. dTorVins the
natter slta-gthCr. To this the house i under
sNi Z, haze aS~ntci. {
The Attorney General has puhlicly charsoi ~ :
libel. and uhcu iustructcd by tn r,yr~cn- {