The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-06-11
THE PACIFIC
Gonlnrertial Abbtrtiser .
ASSEMBLY.
SESSION OF 1870.

,I The Committee on IrOFez1ment Lands ana In
ssernAi Improvements reported back several Of the
Editions asking for appropriations, and recon-
oendei the same for the consideration of the As
snbiy Il connection with the Appropriation
Iii The amount asked for was $50 600. The
amount recommended was so, 700.
Ear. Huschison (aIinister o. the Interior), pre-
Bented TrpOrt fro.a Dir. Stefling on the survey
"a the Pail of Nuusuu, with the design of u new
|Pali road Mr.. Sterling reported that road
'Huitable Tor the pr'FpOse required, could not be
tnsde for less thaH $50, 900, and perhaps great
Deal more Report ordered to be printed.
& Mr.. Philips (AttOrney GeneraI) introduced the
5HoiIOwiug resolution
y Reseirsd. That all petitions Gnd orders, and
RESOLUTIONS relative to the pay of ne police, shall
b. transferred from the Committee having the
Vame in charge or taken from the table, if now
"A pon the table, and referred to z Special Com
.-nittee Of which the President OF the Legislative
assembly shall be the Chairman The Vice
President appointed p NahaOlelua, d. D. Domi-
@tis, W. T. Martin, j. KOmOikeehuehu and W.
E4I Rice such Committee.
Mr. Kaiue read for the first time, an Act to
mend Article 20 of the Constitution, prohibiting
a,ny Judges from sitting in the Assembly.
1Ir. Hutchinson minister Of the Interior) OBJ
ected to the way the amendment was brought
orSard, t was contrary to the provisions of
he Constitution
yIr. Kaukaha did not agree with the Minister.
motion to reject was put and lost, and the
bill passed TO It's second reading
Mr.. Lyons thought it out of order to put the
notion to reject, as the amendment proposed was
rot brought forward in the right shape. He was
IA favor Of returning the BILL that the introducer
may bring the amendment forward in the shape
+ of a resolution
On motion Of Mr.. Lyons, the bill was returned
to the intrOdueer, TO be produced in the form of
resolution.
AIr. Hitchcock gave notice Of several bills
Mr. Naukana introduced q resolution that the
members Of the Assembly visit the U. s. steamer
SagiaGC tomorrow at 3 p. NJ. in q manner be-
coming their position.
Mr. Ruapuu moved to amend to to-day.
Mr.. Kafue moved to amend by having the
members FROM Waialua and WaiInea visit the
vessel themselves. Resolution rejected
Mr.. Kepoikai read for the inst time bill
amending Section 81 Of the Civil Code, in relation
NJ .se sale OF ava Bill passed TO its second
ing.
Ine House proceeded to the order of the day,
which was the Appropriation Bill, on its second
reading
1 Court House and Lock up waimea- $500
After considerable debate the item passed at
$l5OO.
neio-ing and eularging o 5000 passed
Fencing Court House los at Ho ---.---. lSoo passed
New Government Odces es............... $1,000
Mr.. KQmOikeehuehu was opposed to the item
las it very large, and wanted to know from
the Minister Of the Interior how this amount was
Ito be expended. 1t was as much as was appro-
priated for palace.
Mr. Hutchison Minister of the Interior) said
liz was for Government Offices, where all Gov
'ernment work would be concentrated, and where
d Hall Of Legislature, and various other things
connected with the Government would be es-
mblished.
. Mr.. Hitchcock moved to amend to $4,000,
provided uO transfers be made therelrom.
Mr.. Lyons was in favor of the item at S60, 600,
az it was a kind of n guarantee from the Minis
ters that the amount set forth In the Appropria-
ton Bill, would be sufficient for the erection of
the proposed Government Office
Item passed at S6O,OOO-
Support Of prisoners ..-..-...--..-. 5000 passed
Government printing l-OOo
Mr.. Lyons moved to amend to $4,000 and
stated that be did not speak from personal motives
as he was not in any way interested in any print
ing Offices or newspapers He did not believe IN
the Government Gazette, or in an expenditure of
la large amount for Director for the paper, as
all the Gazette was published for for sake of
the Ministry, that they might use it as an organ
against the opposition party, which exists IN
every country. He was opposed TO the Govern
ment running opposition to private enterprise, as
j did the Gazette office, and whose deficiency was
made up by the treasury. III other papers were
out the amount was made upby private individuals,
and vet this government Office runs in opposition
20 private individuals by reducing the prices Of
Mr. Hutehison minister OF the Interior) would
acknowledge that Mr. Lyons ad no pecuniary inter-
esi in any F-inting Office newspaper IN Honolulu !;
bot hs questioned whether Mr.. Lyons mind had not
been biased by being connected in tue editorial
agement Of a newspaper tie thought he WAS biased.
he said IL was q very important matter, and that
$1,000 was absolutely necessary for the carrying
ON Of the Government papers, aud il anything
less appropriated the public Office would have to be
shut up. and IL these two papers Withdrawn the
Independence Of these Islands will be gone and II
this King sed rule the native portion Of this
Assembly would not be here TO legsiate- The Gov
ernment did not want to publish any newspaper but
were forced to publish the Gazette, they could
make satisfactory arrangement with other publish
ers in town. which tried by Judge Robertson A
member Of the Assembly wanted q native newspaper
published and now q circulation Of 500 copies Of
the fu Ok0G Is distributed among the people, and to
many the paper Is distributed gratuitously, and there
Is s., 1000 the books nOminally due to the Au
OkoG, which cannot be collected as the natives say
they are hard up, and Of course won't proceed TO
recover this money according 70 law, as the money
was appropriated by the legislature All govern
directly Subsidized, but through giving such papers
&najority Of their printing. A Government paper
vas needed more here than in any other part Of the
globe
was carried farther than that in this city By certain
Newspaper. They have tried for years to bring the
King into disrepute and ridicule, which items were
copied far and wide, and this paper compared His
~Ir1J 10 A1ns OAnomey Al one IlLne lout II was
during the absence Of the editor) There were many
letters published in this paper with slurs the King
g1t nus name Was not published. In the case where
MS MS MAJESTY gave party at Waikiki for the Duke Of
Edinburgh, the article in this paper was very similar
10 that contained in the OrsrLand NontkIv which
dealt IN Innuendoes that the ladies were only waiting
or the darkness TO come TO enable them TO prosti
tute themselves, and that was published also. (Mr
Lyons said be had read the article, and did not draw
any such conclusion. bat il the Minister Thought
Otherwise t was q case Of (" evil be to him. who evil
tnnkAD Mr. Hutehison said he did not speak Of
tne idea the editor intended to give but the impress
slon received from the article He cited these in
s1nees to show that the paper as loyal as it
pretsnded TO be.
:, de did not see az this Assembly cared whether
Nr- whitney or the Goyernme1t got the money for