The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-05-25
4)auaiian 6azette.
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TUESDAY, NAY IS, 1855.
HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURES.
SESSION OF 1856.

q w. - AAAAA -ENk k'1e AlS--A ~ t-A|
l money. because he saw now that il must
I be paid, out be desired TO understand well
I the Governments position. The erplAna-
[ tion OF the Minister Of Finance cleared
l the matter I'D very much The Minister
! q Foreign Affairs said II was paid out,
I ths Attorney General said il could not be
I pGld ont because il was not IN the Appro-
l prIgtion Bill Now the Minister OF Fl
nance says Ii has been paid out, Il Ap-
{ peers tins money hrs been paid out with
Z cut any account Of It. Il does no, appear
| IN the report Of the Minister Of Finance.
That Is wr0ns. When It Is realization il
l should not have been taken out without
authority Ire Minister Of Interior said
Oa Friday he was acting on the Postal
Ssvlngs Bank Act, but the statement to
Gay seemed 70 show he was not acting on
that for he has been receiving and paying
II ogr as l. through I savings bank. HIS
Ii. The Artor1ey-Gensral gets from the
treaty provision for relieving the Japanese
tr04 taxes for three years. That official
was without any authority for acting IN
der thar clause until thEt treaty han been
acted upon by the Assembly. Article %
u the Constitution SAYS the King has
power h. make treatise and that such trss-
ties and any law based on them shall be
confirmed by this Assembly. II they 1.-THE
Minister'S were setting on this they could
hardly have failed 10 bring IN request,
as soon u this session Was opened. that
tins treaty should be confirmed The
c1reSpondence which proceeded this trea-
II covered tune between August 1885 to
March. lSS6 Money has been received.
under the provisions OF this treaty from
the 18th Of December, whereas the treaty
which made It good was not signed until
March. 1856 Suppose there had been
difference between the contracting powers
and the traaty has not been signed at all,
where would they have been : And he
asked where are they now that this treaty
has not the effect or power of the law IN
IL II Is passed Suppose the treaty had
been IN existence al that time, SO far as
he could see, there having been no session
% the Hawaiian Legislature, they received
ther authority from the Japanese Govern
ueut And to-day they were asking the
japanese Government as II they were Its
agents 10 make tins change. II Is said II
tins clause goes into effect We would give
hack this money How would we give il
hack II there no appropriation for 1t ! The
Attorney General says that il they had
not been bound to do It, It would not have
been done Whc bound them 10 do il IN
less the Japanese Government Ii seemed
70 him III undlEnIhed position for any
Government 70 take In the face Of another
Government. he felt that the Ministry
had acted II tins case for the public good
japanese immigrants had been s benefit to
tina country. He commended them for
their public spirit But no benefit Of that
kind could make up for the loss which the
country receives when the dignity and
supremacy Of our own laws are set aside
II must have been 4 necessity for the
Government TO have this money, other
wise they would have been behind about
$4,000 on the SIst Of March The Govern
meut had been reckless. Al the same time
be should vote for this 5000 as matter
Of national honor.
Representative Castle said he asked
number Of questions the other day and
had rendered his assistance TO the Govern
Inent, but he could not set the informs-
he desired Ths Attorney General had
presented no arguments regarding the
legality OF otherwise Of the course DUR
sued. yet treaty had been made mater
ally altering the laws Of this Kingdom
and II had not yet been submitted He
din not consider for an instant that the
Attorney General did not know all about
laws, vet what did he mean by saying that
treaty had the force Of the law, 6nd that
tins Assembly was bound to carry il out q
Il was the duty Of this Assembly to guard
the rights q the country and not to sur
render any OF them. While agreeing in
the commentator Of the Governments
immigration policy, they had not done
their duty by keeping information from
the Assembly. The Attorney General said
It vas foolish for the Opposition to say
the Government was acting as bank. but
the Minister Of Interior said that was lust
what the Government had been doing.
They the Opposibonl would not call it a
hank. but something IN the shape of
a hank 50 lar Is he could see the treaty
was good, but why it should be kept from
the Assembly he did not understand. The
TACT Of the matter was the consideration
Of tie Appropriation Bill al this stage of
the session was rather premature. Every
srte-npt made 10 postpone it seemed to
haye been regarded Is an sttsmpt to de
feat the Government. He moved this item
be- postponed until the ministry gave
further explanations There was nothing
q explain II On the face Of the bill
Attorney General stated that he said when
the treaty WIS made II had full force: Ii
vas only where q treaty changed the tariff
CT q law Of the Kingdom that il REQUIRED
g be- ratified. While he did not say thst
It was not necessary to ratify all treaties,
Yet he said that this treaty does not
change tarlf or any law Of the Kingdom.
On vote beng taken the item was passed
As presented N the Bill.
The following items were then passed.
a presented II the bill.
500 $40. 9 e ;,l Ss,sssal sss
SALARY e hare1r7-usssr, oaka ganl 20
>aAa-g % c-t--sii a. Gls-k.---=-- $50 %
The next item IN the biII was:
szia-y q PCry szrvgys-, O1hz- Iso %
Representative Pashz1le moved to
amend 70 S3,O00
The Minister Of Finance this first dsy
present. hoped the item would pass as
presented In the Hawaiian version the |
Collector General said the work had in
creased and that the officers had prevent |
I'd & great deal OF smuggling. There had |
been thirteen arrests and the seizures had |
amounted to $500.
Representative Thurston said this WIS |
SIMPLY renewal of propositions 10 IN
crease salaries and which we're CON
stantly coming Up. and they should |
stop II The officers got half Of the |
va-ne Of the opium they seized. Every |
nov and then the newspapers told of an |
orneer sel1nG d quantity Of opium. |
which meant that he got half the value Of |
IL Better for them to increase the sala-
rles OF some poorly paid officers in the /
country districts
Representative Dickey said the report
showed q decrease IN customs revenue of |
about $1,000 II the two years. and in |
view Of that falling off be did not see how
the work could be increasing.
be item passed as amended, 5000.
The item OF
salary q s-or-zseper---. ----.-- sao 20
was passed at S5.eo1, and the next two
items
si1fy :. a ssa5i:. s:sii eisSg ssss
were ordered to be referred to a special |
eurnnlttee Of two, TO be appointed.
stllrg e -ad statisur4i Clerk 4snm
passed a printed
Then followed a field dzy for the !
OF the Independent party who. fa
vorlng retrenehneut moved the following |
reductions
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