The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1876-05-31

On THURSDAY the Hon. +. Preston, Chair
u,Sa Of the Judiciary Committee, presented a
repovs On the Contested election at Wasalua,
The rspo-t gives evidence Ofcarsiel consider
alton and exhaustive examination. which We
oould wish other Committees wOSli bestow
upoa all matters committed 10 them, The
election II Mr. Nankaua Vas clearly Illegal,
tsi the Assembly VS. pleased 70 retain him
While Al the same time endorsing the reRegt,
Il has OF VII o,a,e 10 this, that sN = candidate
has 10 30 to secure scat Is to obtain nsa-
So-s;y Of ballots, (vithoUi = Thought as to the
manner Of ot;siains th0-a,l present his oeV;i-
scsto. take his seat, defy the law, and he up
held by his colleagues. In this particular
osse the resalSs may n0s prove directly harm
iul IN, iniiroc;ly the example attended by the
Assembly Esuss be peruio5ors-
On Friday the Hon. 4. Rhodes, President Il
the Assembly, Vas pleased 70 in,1oiuce reS-
olutioa q want Of ocns6eaoe in the Ministry.
heoAase the Minister q Fo7o;sn Relations had
sid that !; was not his intention to put the
tTeaty of rec;p7Oo;Sy With the United Ssaies
before tic Assembly for its approval IN accor-
dzsce with the provssioss * Arsicle - 81 the
CSastisui5Oa. The resolution (whicl Is pab-
lishei with SatRuiay p7ooe.siinss,l Vas lost by
= decisive majority. The delate on the resa-
lutioa was 10; interesting, oas or two hits
voege made by the iat0ciacSz Of The resolution,
bui No; q Sufficient fogre 10 make more than 4
transient efeci. Ii weGli perhaps be well foE
the Assembly Ifths President and the Minister
& FoTeisa Affairs ooaia forget the late memo
nal.
On saturday the vose On Tie resolution Osthe
day hefoge was reoo1si3erei, and the whole
r4;scr ls1tie tie order Of the DAY for No;.iay,
uPoa which day tie Assembly in COuanaitsee
Of the whole listened to lengthy debate pro
and ooa without COMING TO = conclusion. The
raoss Of the time Was consumed by the Minister
q FO7e;ga RelasiO,ss and the Hon. 5. y. Castle,
with lew remarks by the Hon G. Rhodes.
In the above debate His Ex the Min
isser q FOceisa Affairs replied TO the changes
brought against the Kings Government, for
the manner In which tie treaty hA3 been nesO-
ti@sed, BY giving full history Of the nego,iA-
t0a. and tie advantages which this measure
pral.iseS 70 give to these isl4ris. We reSret
thzt our space viii not permit. It's publication
IN full this week, bat II viii appear IN our next
Issue.
Another Bill for tie inc1ease Of the people
Is before tie Assembly, by the terms Of which
tie Minister q tie Interior Is to prepare =
co5e Of laws for the better regulation Of fam
HES. In . few remarks upon the Bill the Hon.
5. X K=ai said; That to his mind the Bible
contained tie best ode for tie government an3
ooat7ol q families; that this book could Be
foCnd II every family, but families did nos
ssen to be governed by its provisions, and
that lie Vas convinced that if the people would
not obey the oo3e Of the Almighty, they would
not be likely 70 respect one promulgated by
the MASTER Of the Interior In his opinion
this race could nOs increase until they put
away their hypocrisy. Nearly every native
hai. upon coming TO mans estate, taken upon
him tie VOWS q tie church, snd then fallen
hack 10 LIS filth: tlEas this was perjury, and
the Almighty would punish the race for this
offence. The hoaorable nobleman's remarks
were very truthful, but we fear that they viii
a0t resIlt IN the desired reformation.
Yesterday. Hon. S. KaAi moved a resolution
that the spesches Of the Hon J. N. Smith and
HIS Ex the Minister Of Foreign Afsirs in ia
vOr Of tie Treaty be printed for distribution
among tie people Opposition being made the
was withdrawn.
Hon NJ. PIlipo moved that Tm. Ragsdale
An5 Hon Peter I. Kaeo be brought before this
Assembly, tie one 10 present the complaints
q tie lepers, The o;her to answer for his sd