Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1880-11-27
The China Mail" on the Subsidy Question.

The Overland Trade Report and the China Mail
two newspapers published in Hongkong have
found matter to comment upon, in the passage of
the Bill known Ms the China Merchants Subsidy
Bill The Adce,fisers report of the debate on that
subject is reproduced by the Mail, but not in full,
it having evidently been supplied by an Interested
party, who saw ft to erase facts that might prove
detrimental 10 his interests.
It is headed SUCCESS OF Mn. MonENo." The
following is his own statement Of the steps he took
On the 25th of December 1879 | presented a
the 9Th January, received an answer officially
granting to the China line oil the privileges of
water, wharfage, land lots for coal, machinery and
for any steamers ships connected with the
China line, DO, &C. On the 30th of May, the King
sent Royal message TO- Parliament for the pur
pose of bringing before the House my memorial.
This was accordingly done, but its prayer was re-
fused did not intend to be defeated, however
and on the 9th of July, caused a motion to DO
when the vote was recorded. thus: In favor II:
against it II. Then the president gave his cast
ing vote with the noes, and was defeated again.
was not going to give way now, 3d. on the 28th OF
July, motion was made for the reconsideration
of the previous days decision, with the result that
there were IL ayes and IL noes, a tie again. An ad-
meanwhile worked with the Minister Of Finance,
H. L. Simon Kaai and other members. At 3 O'Clock
long debate, vote was taken and resulted in "a
ayes and 16 noes. Then the nominal vote was
taken by the Secretary Of the House, which was
snt s. and noes The CHINA no
$2i,CC) Subsidy Bill (biennial) passed the third
readng was ordered to be engrqssed and presented
for the Kings signature and His Majesty signed
it ut Ave O'Clock the afternoon. This has been
close contested victory, and cannot fail to be pro-
l~iion Islands by the opening Of commercial inter
course between them whilst II will also enhance
the prestige Of the China line VI eaners
are ours. We challenge MI Moreno or the sup
porters Of the Bill To prove that has been over
will be p's%"etiue q great Denem to ,be Hawaiian
tanned, and which the China Mai mildly stig
matizes as somewhat unusual proceeding" was
a wa. n &. %
untrammelled proprietary thus =" II half what
report says be true, the proceedings outside the
the vote Of the preceding day DISGRACE to those
concerned, aud deep ~ proportion to their siernfion."
In short, Lobbying" had been put into practice
In referring TO the matter m II Affects the Brit
| ish Colony Of HOngkong the China Nail says:-A
perusal Of the arguments for and against this
measure forcibly recalls 10 mind the action Of tho
| Hongkong Government against the Honolulu trade,
aud suggests some interesting reflections. We
policy polio which drove the trade bstassn HonolaIu and
this port 70 Canton and u now apparent that the
Chinese have been benefited by the action referred
branch Of commerce, there Ia every reason 10 sup
pose that the Chinese line would never have recev
ed the support 1t has now obtained from the Ha-
waian Legislature. 6ir John Hennessy has thus
had the satisfaction Of playing into this hands Of
the Chinese Company at the expense Of Hongkong
merchants, both foreign and native. With a reg.
Honolulu, the whole Of the trade which was for
merly in the hands Of the merchants Of this Col
ony, and which carried In foreign vessels, will
now find its way by the route opened by the Chi
nese Company" II may be well TO explain here
that owing to the intercession Of the Chinese Au-
J thorities with the Government Of Hongkonss I'M
limited emigration from the Colony virtually
stopped 10 years ago, arising from the reports OF
the Commission appointed 70 look into and make
} where Chinese have been carried by thousands
and where they were, according 10 the Commits
sioners' report, treated more like slaves than labor
, ers The Chinese now hnding that Hawaii y q
subjects here ~ fast an they can 1us them IN,
the Overland 7vads rapport says -" Both W order u
promote the Of their protegs the q. n. s.
IA, and also to try and wssst some Of the carrying
trade from soreign hands The law for
! bidding emigration from China has nsrsr been re-
= pealed but IL has long been regarded ~ = doat
letter. and Y v about time IL vas struck ~ thu
1t is rather strange coincidence that at the mo
ment that China has thus sanctiOiled esuigyatio
and " taking steps ~ pron,ote Il, the Unitet
70 Pekin 70 negotiate revision Of tbs treaty, 10
the e1press puFpse q restricting We innx N Chi
!. nese into America. Tue young and growing lie
. public II becoming alarmed At what u consider
The sudden aud saisnt aggrs~ivsslsss ot ths old Al
In this connection Il hshovss az 70 point gu
o what keems " many paradox. 4 yeAasl fron
HonRkoug never brings ua0ve than y Chipss~, th
J. recent arrival Joh" cIsyt fos inst1nes where
port Z allowed 70 carry ~ many - posnihas. II
thnA that TIE Chinese succeed v uFculnsentin
= ablsr diplonAatists than 6is John Pops Hsnnsss
can sisi" = e. We ss.s tsv s ss%..hs e o..
| ard Ha usiisns and ouHhos forniQnGrs II China