The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-04

leaving the Islands, passed the ID day of
July, a. D. 1850, approved December 81,
1884
Mr. Castle moved it pass TO engrossment.
His Excellency the Attorney General
moved that the bill be indefinitely post
poned. There was not a Hawaiian who
considered the present law as restraining
him from his personal liberty. He thought
at first it conflicted with the Constitution,
but had found that it did not Two years
ago a circumstance proved that the pres
ent Act in force was very Statutory one.
During the absence of Governor Dominis
on Maui, Hon. Mr.. Cleghorn acted as
Governor. A certain person, supposed to
be the manager of a disreputable place of
amusement in San Francisco, came here
for the purpose of hiring a hula troupe to
exhibit in his disreputable establishment.
He failed in his object In this case the
law as it stands had a very salutary effect.
He hoped no respectable Hawaiian would
let any woman under his control go from
the Islands and exhibit herself. There
was a law that no one could leave the
Islands without passport after residence
of a certain duration. The law sought to
be repealed does nothing more than re-
quire person to get a permit from the
authorities before leaving. Such permit
was given without any charge to applicant.
He might say of this law that if it had only
prevented the prostitution of Hawaiian
women in foreign dives, it was good
law to maintain. He hoped the bill would
be indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Dole said an attempt had been made
at nearly every sescion to repeal this law
1t made the Hawaiian people look like
| children that restriction should be placed
on them and not on the rest of the COM
munity. He did not suppose it included
! him; only aboriginal Hawaiians. If it
did, he would never be satisfied until it was
repealed. He was pleased to hear the
highly moral remarks of the Attorney
| General against hulas, as they had been
favored by the Administration.
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson, interrupting
the speaker, thought such remarks were
really unnecessary.
| Mr.. Dole did not wonder at any member
of the Cabinet Directing However, he
would not say any more, as it had no bear
| ing on the matter under discussion. It
was a bad thing if an occasional Hawaiian
| got led astray in San Francisco, but he
| considered it no worse than staying at
home. He felt that if there are such per-
sons in Honolulu, they should get rid of
| them. 1t was impossible to legislate inn
morality out of existence; it cannot be
| done. When an honorable man rents a
house, he cannot prevent immortality At
! this age of commercial freedom, they
should all come and go as they pleased.
| The present law included every Hawaiian
| member of the House.
| On the motion of indefinite postpone
ment being put, it was lost, and the motion
for engrossment was carried.
At II :O5 the House adjourned until l 30
! o'clock.
At the last named hour only seven
members were present. After waiting fiji
teen minutes, and only five more coming
in, Mr.. Castle moved that the House adj
| journ until 10 o'clock Friday morning.
Mr.. Aholo moved the House adjourn
until l O'Clock Friday afternoon. Carried.
The House adjourned at 80 O'Clock