The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-05-27
LEGISLATIVE JOTTINGs.

As 1t may be interesting to some of our read
ers. especially in the country districts, to know
how the MEMBERS of the Assembly vote on some
important questions we append a list of the ayes
and noes as taken On the proposed repeal of the
liquor law, as lowing to the lateness of the hour
at which the vote was taken on the evening pre-
ceding the morning of our last issue) we were
unable to give them a place. The vote stands as
follows, on a motion to indefinitely postpone the
bill;
Ayes-Their Exeellencies Messrs. Green, Moe
henua, Walker, Castle. Hon. Messrs. s. N. Cas-
tie, Kuihelani. Wider, Moanauli, Martin, Cleg-
horn, I~senberg, Aholo, Kahuila, Kaiue, Wana,
fKanealii, Kamauoh,, Pllipo, Kauai, Naili, Hele-
kunihi, Barenaba, Ralaukoa, Aiwohi, Nawahi,
Halemanu, Mahoe, sWaterhouse, Naukana, Ma
skaleka, Mahelona aad kama.
Noes-H. H. Klnaina, Gov. Kanoa, Hon.
Messrs. Rhodes, Kasi, Kahanu, Halstead, Birch,
Nahaku, Gay and Iilikalani.
The Hons. Kandna and Kanoa mistook the
vote to be on a Law to allow Hawaiians the use
of liquor, and voted in the negative, which in
reality enlarges the majority vote by two.
On Saturday the oily subjects of any impor-
lance brought forward were an act to amend
Article 43 of the Constitution relating to the right
of Ministers to vote, by the Hon. Mr.. Pilipo
and an act to repeal Chapter IA of the laws of
1874, which was passed to engrossment. The
bill of Hon. Mr.. Paipo is directed to the ~disquali-
fcation of Ministers IS ca o6fco Nobles,-in the
sense of such a term, as previously accepted by
the House,-it was passed to it's second reading.
On Monday a resolution was offered by Hon.
Helekunihi, impeachng the Minister of the Int
rior for expanding public moneys without author
ization by law. After a slight discussion, the
resolution was ruled out of order. &
On Tuesday the ASSEMBLY adjourned over to
Thursday, in honorpf the birthday of Queen Vic
5toria. The Lahui Raioaii very pertinently asks,
1" Would the British Parliament think of adjourn
ing for the birthday of King Kalakaua?P How
ever, we hope the nation has sustained no very
severe loss by the omission of a day of the session.
Reviewing what has been accomplished during
the past four weeks since the Assembly was con-
>vened, and in view Of the fact that nothing really
valuable has yet been brought forward by the
Ministry, we beg to suggest that it might be adj
vantageous for the Assembly to take a recess of
a fortnight. Something might turn up" in
the neutrality-suspicious. the Ministry or a portion
of them may need a slight extension of time, in
order to complete some particular branch of study
necessary to the proper fulfllment of functions
they have been too prematurely called upon to
fill.
On Thursday, the Hon. MIR. Lilikalani gave no.
tice of "a resolution in the shape of an act :" to
be brought forward to-day, to the effect that a
convention of delegates be held for the purpose
of framing a new Constitution. The Hon. mem
Der from Waikiki remarked that a resolution
was not an act, and the terms in a parliamentary
sense, were in no wise synonymous. But the
Hon. member who presented the Act-Resolution,
informed the House that he did not need ~instruc-
ton from any other members, as he had already
received full instructions in regard to p~arliamen-
tary usage from one of the highest rank, outside
of the Assembly. This young member, as we
have limited before, shows a disposition to self
suffciency that unless timely checked, may yet
lead him into difficulties in the present career he
has marked out for himself. An act to regulate
the practice of medicine was given notice of by
the Hon. Gov. Kapena, which We have noticed
fully in another column.
On the petition from WaiaIua, Oahu. that the
seat of the member returned from that district be
declared vacant, the Judiciary Committee recon-
mended that the prayer be accepted and the election
declared void. The report of the Committee,
however, was not accepted and the question of
seat or no seat was voted to be heard in Commit
tee of the Whole, which probably means that he
be allowed to hold his seat. 4 portion of the
Assembly seem cognizant of the fact that it is
poor policy for those who live in glass houses to
throw stones or else, have come to the conclu-