The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-05-18

been prosecuted and fined in remote districts. for
administering ordinary medicines in their families
The names and circumstances were called Tor out
were not forthcoming. The bill, however, was sent
10 4 special committee, 10 cudeaFor 10 compound
some good out of IL.
On wednesday, the Chairman Of the Sanitary Com
mitjee (Air. Car,er) asked that certain correspond
eBce which had been placed in his hands, between
the Minister Of the Interior and DR. 4 Mchiooln,
jr., be referred 10 the Judiciary Committee This the
House refused 10 DO. The correspondence IN question
relates to the rnelical dispensaTy maintained under
the law known as he " Act TO Mitigate the opcr-
alton Of which law tie Minister has undertaken to
suspend by ordering the disPensary 10 be summarl!y
clOs-d. The Minister'S reason for this assumption
Of authority Is stated to be, that the appropriation
FOR the dispensary IS exhausted. Il might be inquired
Whether other Institutions, provided Tor by law, are
thus summarily discontinued when the sPecihc ap-
prCpriatiUHs for their support are e hausted7 We
opine not. The fact that the repeal Of the " Law 10
Mitigate - IS now under consideration has nothing TO
do with the arbitrary action OF the MInIsie The
refusal by the Assembly TO consider the subject was,
10 say the least, hasty and ill-adyised.
On the question that came up Of the representa-
tives voting as a body. separate from the Mobiles, the
former, with singular unanipity showed their want
of appreciation Of the important principle involved,
by indefinitely pOstponing the consideration oi the
subject.
The subject OF misunderstanding was again
brought up yesterday, in the shape OF a resolution
OF inquiry VI the Minister of the Interior as to why
the owners Of the Webb line of steamers have not
been prosecuted for cOaling and discharging freight
GA Sundays. II will probably be under dlsc'ission
again to-day.
The whole forenoon of Thursday was occupied
in dispOsing of three petitions. Members appeared
10 pursue the very unparliamentary practice Of
going into thorough discussions Of the policy OF
granting the prayer of n petition before deciding
even that il shall be- received, and without lis
being referred to a committee. As Il consequence.
the speeches OF Honorable members take an eN-
ceedingly wide range, from the subject OF the
clothing. food and pay o. soldiers and Policemen,
- IL 4, - . IAaF aml 1ff n rho
emDlOyment Of children after they have left school.
Thus valuable time is FILTERED away Ia %fruitless
speech making. and nothing is accomplished. After
two hours had been used mp in this way on Thurs
day. the Chair informed tie members that 1t WAS
not in order to discuss the subject matter OF =
petition until IL was properly before the House FOR
that purpose. The remainder of the day, after
the budget of petitions was disposed OF. was occu-
MED In discussing the question OF the validity of
the election at Waialua. from which district the
now sitting member was returned AS having one
majority. The one vote that would make Il ne was
rejected by the inspectors. because, iorsOoth- the
candidates name was written on it two or three
times. On this point a vast deal of rloquence was
wasted. and some very ingenious and amusing ar
gumenJs prOpounded. The report OF the minority
IMr. judd was soundly argued and ~unanswerable,
that the election should be declared void and Il
new one ordered. Mr.. Judd is Il lawyer. and his
opinion has weight for that reason. Mr.. Hitchcock
too. should know something Of law. as he is a Judge.
but he was the author of the majority report. and
thus disagreed entirely in his Interpretation OF law
with the law yer. This often occurs In the courts,
but should not necessarily occur in the Assembly.
Tie question, however, was undoubtedly a very
important one in ali its bearings, not only as TO
whether the rulings of the inspectors of an election
shall be final and binding. but also as TO whether
one-half of the voters of Waialua shall have no
representative in the Assembly. One vote was all
there was in dispute. but it cost nearly a whole
session of the Assembly TO talk about. The minor
ity report was at length adopted by one majority
a fact that doubtless impressed on Honorable mem
beers the Importance of a single vote, AT times.
Yesterday, after recess and lunch. the Assembly
recOnsidercd the vote of the day before. adopting
the report of the minority Of The Committee on the
Judiciary on The election at Waialua. After an
hour spent in a repetition of the previous debate on
the subject, in which nothing new was elected. the
report Of the minority of the COmnittc was adopted
by IA vote of % to I6.-HOnorable members thus
showing their aloha TO one of heir number whose
seat was in peril. if they failed TO show their ap-
probation of the actual rights of the case.
Up to yesterday. the Assembly has been in SEES
sion sixteen working days. and the following is the
amount OF work accomplished
An Act to Amend Sections l00G and 1907 of the
sClvil Code. (Reducing costs OF appeal in criminal
cases)
An Act 10 Amend Section 44S OF the Civil Code.
f(Reducing the Communication labor days on roads 10
four. instead Of siX.)
An Act TO Amend Section SO of the Civil Code.
providing Tor the holding of the Circuit Court for
Maui and Wailuku on the lst Tuesday of june, and
ut Lahaina on the LIST Tuesday of December, OF each
year)