The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-08-20

by the Legislatures had arrogated
powers not belonging to them
essaying even to run the Legislature,
the Judiciary, etc. and it was to
avoid such eventualities that this
clause was designed. When railway
charters were first granted these
abuses were not foreseen, and that
was why, in some cases, railway
corporations had outgrown their
rights and tyrannized over the pub
lie. There was always sense Of
right in Legislatures which would
stamp out any attempt to abuse the
safeguard contained in that section,
but the same could not he said of
corporations, that Lord Coke had
represented as being impossible of
accommodation because they had
no souls. They took all they could
get, and looked for more, and in the
United States it had been a question
whether the Government should buy
out the railways, or the railways buy
out the Government.
The amendment was lost, and the
motion to adopt the report carried.
Mr.. Rowell moved the bill be read
second time by its title, which
carried.
Mr. Dole moved the bill pass to
engrossment, with the name of
Charles b. Wilson inserted in the
blanks. In supporting his motion
he said Mr.. Austin was not the
attorney of Mr.. Flowerdew, but Mr..
A. j. Cartwright was, and he be-
lieved that the Attorney General
was running the Austin bill for his
own account, with Messrs. Austin
and Flowerdew as decoy ducks.
When it became n question of giving
ihe right to gentleman living in
Florence and resident, he thought
the House would see the propriety
of deciding in favor of the latter.
Mr.. Widemann said Mr.. Flower
dew was a man who could carry out
the enterprise, and why this Gov
ernment had prevented him doing so
when he was ready to begin was
more than he ever could discover.
If Flowerdew was Il decoy duck,
what was Wilson. If he was a res
ponsible man, why did he not name
his partners. He (the speaker) had
ventured to contradict on the street
statement that Mr.. Wilson had
eighty or ninety thousand dollars
subscribed. With the question be-
fore him of which decoy duck should
be swallowed, he should choose the
one with substantial name to the
back of it. He concluded by moving
that the name of Mr.. William r.
Austin be inserted in the blanks.
Minister Neumann repudiated the
aspersions cast upon him by Mr.,
Dole, stating that he had mentioned
the names of four substantial cti-
zens who were interested in the
Austin bill, and asking Mr.. Dole TO
do as much with respect to the bill
he championed. He (Atty. Genl. }
had heard of the enterprise before
coming to the Islands, and, after
coming here, before knowing he
would have seat there, he deter
mined to draw bill and have it
passed if possible. 1t was at con-
ference with several citizens that it
was decided to appoint Mr.. Austin
attorney in fact until Mr.. Flowerdew
could be communicated with. While.
therefore, the members statement
was in accordance with fact, it wus
entirely erroneous in the inference
drawn. He concluded by moving
the previous question, which carried.
The Ayes and Noes were called,
resulting in the passage of the
amendment, to insert Austin's name,
"a to 10, as follows:
Aycs-Their EXs. Gibson, Gulicl1
and Neumann, Hons. Bishop, Gleg-
horn, Dowsett, Bush, j Mott Smith,
Judd, Widcmann, Walker, Macfar-
lane, Kaulukou, Keau, Baker, Kau-
liza, Amara, Kamakele, Gardner,
Kauhane, Nahinu, Palohau, Kupi-
hea and Nakaleka-24.
Noes-Hons. Kaae, Kanoa, Mar
tin, Lilikalani, f. Brown, c. Brown,
Aholo, Kalua, Kanealii, w. o.
Smith, Pilipo, G. Brown, Kauna-