The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-09-08
Hon. j. S. WALKER, President of


of janitors of scpulchers and $500
for other expenses of sepulchers,
offer the following minority re-
port:--
The said items were introduced
by the late Minister of Interior,
who in reply to inquiry upon the
subject replied that he did not
know where the tombs in Question
were located. The minority of your
committee is in ignorance of the
present status of the said sepulchers
or what they contain or what they
are intended TO contain, or whether
they are in the shape of buildings
or burial grounds, or whether they
require any care or not. Neither
has the chairman or any other men,
ber of the said committee furnished
the minority of the said committee
any information on the subject or
offered to do so, or notified the
said minority of any meeting of the
said committee on the subject.
The minority of your committee
therefore report that the committee
is in the same state of Ignorance
upon the subject before them as
densely enshrouded the intellect of
the late Minister of Interior at the
time he offered the said items.
Wherefore, as there are no sepul-
chers or burial grounds in the Ha-
waiian Islands of national char
acter, except the Lunalilo Mauso-
leum and Royal Mausoleum in
Honolulu, and as there is absolutely
no known, demand, necessity or re-
quirement for such expenditure out
side of the two mausoleums above
referred to, and as the Legislature
have better objects for the expendi-
ture of the national revenue, than
cXhuming, disturbing, reburying
and watching over unknown bones,
and thereby incurring the appalling
danger of relaying to their last
slumbers the remains of unfortunate
Individuals, with sundry important
and necessary bones belonging to
them, replaced and substituted by
homes belonging to other individuals
who may thereby he caused great
Inconvenience and uncertainty, the
minority of your committee feel
that in the words of Holy writ this
Assembly had better "let the dead
bury their dead' and proceed to
matters that will benefit the living.
In closing their report upon this
somewhat sombre subject, the mino-
rity of your committee feel assured
that the majority have, in recon-
mending the appropriation referred
to, been led astray by the delusive
and mistaken idea, that the Govern
ment is about TO establish scien-
tific and harmonious network of
tombs over the group, selecting con-
spicuous headlands and command
ing knolls within speaking distances
of each other, where, surrounded
by the silent guardianship of crumb-
ling Hawaiian idols and weather
worn and tattered kahilis, the
peaceful skeletons of members of
the Legislature may commingle and
disport themselves in happy relaXa-
ton with the miscellaneous and
reassorted bones of the ancestors of
the Hawaiian race. But we assure
them that this is not the policy of
the administration; and if they
look forward to any such consum-
nation they will be disappointed
when it is too late to remedy the
matter.
The report was tabled to be con-
sidered with the majority report and
the Appropriation Bill.
Rep. Nahale moved that the
majority and minority reports on
Mr.. Geo. Lucas's claims for work
on the palace be taken from the table
and considered with the Appropria-
tion Bill to-day.
After some discussion, the rules
were suspended, and the bill "To
provide for the payment of certain
bills incurred by His Majesty's
Chamberlain during the Coronation
of His Majesty, and in finishing and
furnishing the Palace" was read Il
second time by title.
On motion cf Rep. Kalua, the
bill, with the resolution and report
of committee, were referred to a
select commi ttee.
Rep. Brown moved suspension
of the rules, to place the following
bills on the order of the day: Act
to amend section l9l Civil Code,
and to regulate the Government
water supply; Act to License Pawn
brokers'; Act to amend section l.,
chapter 81 Penal Code. relating to
vagrants and idle and disorderly
persons. Passed.
Rep. Castle moved the act to
regulate the currency of the Ha-
walian Kingdom, be placed on the
order of the day. Passed.
Rep. Kaulukou made similar
motion relative to an act supple
mentary to chapter 80 of the Penal
Code relating to gaming. Passed.
Minister Dare moved the bill to
indemnify the Minister of Finance
in the sum of SCI ,S43.l4, paid out
during the biennial period ending
March 81, 1886, in excess of the
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