The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-07-09
THE LEGISLATURE.
FIFTY-SIXTH DAY.
THURSDAY, july 9Th,


The Assembly met at 10 A. NJ. &,
being opened with prayer by the
Chaplain. Present: Noble j. S.
Walker, Presidents; Ministers Glib
son, Creighton, Kanoa and Dare /;
Mobiles Kapena, Kuihelani and Mar
tin; Reps. Lilikalani, Baker, Ka-
uhi, Amara, Kaulia, Kaulukou, Pa
hia, Kaunamauo, Wight, Nahale,
Nahinu, Kauhane, Kekoa, Kalua,
Kaukau, Richardson, Castle, Kaai,
Paehaole, Kauai and Palohau. The
minutes of previous meeting were
read and approved.
PETITIONS.
Rep. Keau, on suspension of the
rules, presented petition from
Honolulu, that Maunakea street be
extended to Kukui street, and &c.,
600 be appropriated for the ex-
penses of the work. Referred to
Public Lands Committee.
Rep. Castle presented three petit
tions: from Waikiki, that an Eng
fish school be established at Waiehu,
which was referred to Committee on
Education; from Hama, that GER
tain lease made to p. Kauai be an
nulled and the land he leased to the
people living on it, which was refer
red to Committee on Public Lands ;
from Honuaula, that Government
lands be sold to the people living
inside Of them, that no Government
officer be eligible to election to the
Legislature, that the sale of opium
be not licensed, and that parents
who send number of children to
school be exempt from tuition fees,
which was referred to Committee on
Miscellaneous Petitions.
COMMITTEES.
Rep. Lilikalani presented report
from the Committee on Commerce,
signed by himself and Rep. Baker,
on petition from Puma presented
by Rep. Kekoa, asking an appro.
priation for steamer to call al
ports in Puma once a month. They
think the petition good one pro.
vided the people of the Puma coas,
supply enough freight for the
steamer, and recommend that the
petition be laid on the table for con
sideration with the Appropriation
Bill.
Rep. Kaunamano moved the re-
port be accepted and laid on the
table till the majority of the com
mittee presented their report.
Rep. Kalua moved the report b,
returned to it's introducer, as tina
was the practice established the
other day, which has not become
cold yet.
Rep. Keau gave reasons for only
minority signing the report. One
member was interested in inter-
island steamers, another was absent,
and a third did not attend commit
tee meetings.
The report was tabled.
Rep. Castle presented the follow.
ing report from the select committee
on the Chinese taxation bill =
Hon. j. S. WALKER, President
Legislative Assembly-S1R: The
select committee to which was re.
ferred the bill entitled can Act tt
tax Chinese residents and Chinese
arriving in thisiKingdom for the sup
port and maintenance of INDECENT
and infirm Chinese, and the return
to their homes of such Chinese who
may be permanently disabled from
working, and Chinese vagrants,' -
together with two petitions against
the same from several hundred Chi
nese, introduced respectively by
Messrs. Castle and Dole, respect
fully report as follows
A public meeting was held, to
which all Chinese residents were in
vited. Many of them attended, and
freely expressed their opinions.
The unanimous sentiment among
them was in favor of the passage of
the bill. Mr.. You Cha Hee, Chi
nese Commissioner to inspect the
condition of the Chinese in this
Kingdom, came before the commit
tee, and in answer to question put
to him, stated that, although not
specially authorized to speak on that
point, he felt no hesitation in saying
that the passage of this bill would
not be regarded by the Chinese
Government as an unfriendly act.
Although we have no treaties with
China, yet it is worth while always
to maintain friendly relations with
that great Empire, and it is fact
Of Importance that gentleman OF
Mr.. You Cha Hee's standing should
make such statement. The COM
mittee regarded the entire absence
of any Of the petitioners signing the
two petitions from this meeting as
remarkable, and such absence is not
explained, except on the theory that
they are all secret society men, and
did not wish to appear and be ques.
toned thereon. Those who did pre-.
sent themselves We're, with two OF
three exceptions, members of the
Chinese Benevolent Society, which
association will have the expenditure
of the funds realized from this pro
posed law. In some respects the
bill may be said to be in their favor