The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-08-28

what he had said.
Mr.. Richardson moved the indef-
mite postponemcnt of the bill.
Mr. kalua opposed the bill, and
moved the previous question, which
carried.
Mr.. Dole, the author of the bill,
availed himself Of the privilege of
defending it. Members of the House
holding official positions were apt to
sacrifice the public interests to their
private ones, and where they did not
do SO they were liable to suspicion.
While once it was necessary in these
Islands to have representatives cho-
sen from the oflice-holding classes rs
possessing q monopoly of qualillca-
tions, now with the spread of educa-
ton that necessity was removed. 1t
seemed TO him unreasonable that the
bill should be opposed.
The motion to indefinitely post
pone the bill passed upon the fol-
lowing division:
Ayes-Gibson, Gulick, Neumann,
Bishop, Bush, Kaae, Kanoa, Walker,
Kaulukou, Keau, Lilkalani, Frank
Brown, Amara, Kaulia, Aholo, Ka-
lua, Richardson, Kancalii, Kama
keIe, Gardner, Nahinu, G.. Brown,
Kupihea and Nakaleka.-24.
Noes--J. Mott Smith, Baker, c.
Brown, w. O. Smith, Nawahi, Kau-
villa, Pilipo, Kaunamano, Dole,
Rowell and Palohau. Ill.
An Act to amend Section 4, Chap
ter Sc, Penal Code, relating to nui-
sances, was read second time and
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
1t prohibits distractions to traffic
on the streets and in the harbor of
all conceivable kinds, including
verandahs. balconies and telegraph
wires less than twenty feet above
the sidewalk, unmanagable horses,
&c.
The Act to promote the construc-
ton of a steam railway on the ISL
and of Oahu (Wilson's) was read q
third time and passed.
At 2.45 the House adjourned till
10 O'Clock tomorrow.
THURSDAY. AUGUST 2S.
The House met ut 10 A. NJ.
After the reading of the minutes,
it was discovered that there was no
quorum present. This state of affairs
lasted until five minutes to IL, when
the deadlock was broken by the
arrival of Messrs. Bishop and j.
Mott Smith.
The order of the day was taken
up, the first being the third reading
of the Indemnity Bill.
Mr.. j. Mott Smith moved an
amendment to the first section, that
the following words be added
"that the Minister of Finance shall
render an account of this sum S54,- :
GS2.63 for Government Buildings
and Hospitals to this Assembly at
its next session." He understood
that item to have been explained at
the last session as for public build
ings in course of erection. The
House had no knowledge as to how
that money had been expended up to
the close of the last period. The
setting aside of public moneys for a
specified purpose and then taking
them out of the accounts before they
are expended opens the door to a
great deal of suspicion to say the
least. 1t puts any Government that
practices it in an unfortunate posi-
ton us regards their own characters.
This was not the first time in the
history of the Government that the
practice had been followed. In a
former case it was n matter that was
deprecated very strongly by this
Assembly.
Minister Gibson interjected Il COM
ment upon this statement, when
Mr.. Smith, continuing, said he
was not referring to this Govern
mcnt, 1t was due to this Assembly
and to future ones that moneys
should not be expended in accord
ance with the terms of their appro-
priation and that when appropria-
tions are diverted accounts of their