The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-07-29
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make a personal explanation. He said that the
statement of the Hon. MIR. Pilipo, as reported in
the COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER of that day, to the
effect that he (Mr. Castle) had supported the
expenditure for liquor at the ball given to
Admiral Almy. was incorrect, as he had not
mentioned the ball in his remarks Hon. Mr.:
PilipO responded that the gentleman had sup
ported the resolution of indemnity, which in his
opinion was the same in effect.
On the same day, the Hon. Mr.. Kalaukoa
(Honolulu) offered a satirical resolution of en-
dorsement of the Ministry, and that the Assem-
bly, take a recess during the seven years of plenty
that are to follow the accomplishment of reci-
procity, SO that Ministers may be uninterrupted
by the Legislature in the work of clearing off
the national debt. 1t was promptly ruled out
of order, after creating a broad grin all round.
On Monday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs
introduced a resolution authorizing the redemp-
ton at the treasury within thirty days of the
deprecated coin known as soils, pesos, and Mex
lean halves of a recent coinage. This, the only
reasonable and just way of adjusting the loss to
the country occasioned by the presence of the
coins in question, was not readily comprehended
by many of the native members, and moreover
the idea had been put into their heads that the
merchants of Honolulu had large quantities of
the coin on which they would make ten per
cent. if the resolution passed. So it was allowed
to lie on the table until after a meeting of the
Prvy Council, from which mysterious body it
seemed that some Hon. members expected TO get
a vast amount of light on the subject.
The report of the Select Committee on the bill
to regulate the practice of medicine, was read before
the House. The report of the COMMITTEES was in
favor of the bill, but recommended two amendments
not material to its general tenor. The Hon. S. G.
Wilder and His Ex. w. L. Green were in favor of the
rejection of the Committees report and the indefinite
postponement of the bill, while the Hon. S. K. Kaai
and His Ex. Gov. Kapena we're strongly in favor of
the passage of both. 1t was urged by Mr.. Wilder
that the bill was unconstitutional inasmuch as COM
pulsion of service was one Of its provisions; also that
the bill if passed would remain imperative, as
physicians would not comply with its acquisitions ex-
cept at the point of law, and the necessary expense
and trouble attending the litigation it would cause
would be sufficient to thwart its intention. His Elk.
W. L. Green thought that it might give rise to cor
ruption, as Inscriptions physicians might arrange
with poor patients to aid them in founding unjust
and exOrbitant claims. One brilliant native speaker,
improving upon the Minister'S estimate of the high
moral character of physicians, thought the law would
be detrimental to the safety of society, because it
would be an easy matter for physicians compelled to
prescribe against their wills, to give poison in the
place "balm;'' and thought that this would be the
course the doctors would take to rid themselves of a
law that was obnoxious to them. His Elk. Gov. Ka-
pena spoke at some length in favor of the bill, and
said that the question as to its constitutionality was
more properly a question for the Supreme Court to
decide; but that in his mind the bill was perfectly
constitutional, and very certainly as much so as
many laws now existing on our statute books. He
referred to the liquor law, which had been tested; to
the law TO mitigate, and the law fOrbidding certain
females to travel without passports. He could see
nothing feasible in the idea that the law would be
rendered imperative, unless the authorities intended
to make it so themselves. In regard to the objection
of His Ex. the Minister of Foreign Affairs, it was
only necessary to say that such a supposition was
impossible, as the Board of Health had been oonsti-
tuted a special court to decide upon the validity of
all claims to be made under the law.
On Tuesday, the Assembly politely relin-
quished the forenoon to the Privy Council-a
novelty in our legislative proceedings-and met
at , O'Clock in the afternoon. After the Minister
for Foreign Affairs had informed the Assembly
that the Council declined to put pesos and soils
up to 100 cents, the resolution of the previous
day was taken up and discussed, for a couple of
hours, and on the question being put it was
carried by a vote of 10 to IA. 4 motion to
reconsider was however Immediately carried,
and the resolution was finally tabled by 4 vote
of Is to 6. The question arises what caused
this change of opinion on the part of members?
Ii arose undoubtedly from the action of the
Minister of Finance in declining to vote upon
the resolution, coupled with his statement that
he had reason to believe that a quantity of the
deprecated coin might be expected by the
incoming steamer from San Francisco. 1t was
observed by a member that the Minister had the