The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-08-25

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then moved the bill be made the specia
order OF the day for Thursday. Agreed Il
! THE LANAI COMMITTEE REPORT.
! The President announced that the busi
ness before the House was the cousidera
ton of the motion to Indefinitely postpon
the majority report Of the Lanai Commit
tee.
Mr.. Castle moved that the further con
sideration Of the majority report be de
ferred until the minority report was pre-
scented, and that the minority committee
be requested to report on Saturday.
On suspension OF the rules, Mr.. Haysel
den presented the following minority re
port
ALIIOLANI HALE,
Honolulu, August p, 1866
To the Hon. John S. Walker, President
Legislative Assembly - Mr.. President
We, the undersigned members of your Sc
lect Committee on Lanai Election, having
had the subject matter referred to said
committee under consideration, beg leave
to submit the following conclusions ar
rived at:
First. That there is no evidence what
ever to support the charge that the Hon.
Walter NJ. Gibson in any manner inter
fered with the right of franchise of any of
the electors on the Island of Lanai.
Second. That the disagreements arising
between landlord and tenant on the Island
OF Lanai cannot be adjudicated by any
action of Legislative committee.
Third. That the Jealous advocacy of the
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within the law, is not a crime.
Fourth. If the law has been violated the
statutes provide the penalty, and it is the
province of the courts and not the Legis-
lature to administer the laws.
Now, therefore, believing that the Leg
islature has no jurisdiction in the premises,
We recommend the further consideration of
the subject matter embraced in the resolu-
ton of the Hon L. A ThurstOn be indef-
nitely postponed, and the committee dis
charged L. AHoLo,
FRED. H. HAYsELDEN.
Mr.. Castle said he did not propose to say
anything. He wanted to read the two re-
ports over. He moved they be made
special order of the day for II a. m. Sat
urday.
The motion was put and lost.
Mr.. Kaulukou moved the minority report
be adopted.
Mr.. Dickey said he believed in giving an
enemy Justice He did not think that the
evidence upon which the committee based
their report fully bore them out in their
decision that the charges were proven
against His EXcellency Mr.. Gibson. APP
plause.l The evidence shows without
doubt that Mr.. Gibson's agents on Lanai
were guilty of bribery and intimidation,
but it fails to show that Mr. Gibson was
personally cognizant of it. He may be
greatly at faultin selecting such agents, and
if he retains them in Office after their acts
have been proven he may lay himself liable
for any future similar acts of theirs. He
could not help believing that when the
resolution was introduced His Excellency
Mr.. Gibson was entirely ignorant of the
acts charged. While he could see plainly
that his agents had laid themselves liable
to a criminal prosecution, he failed to see
how their acts being criminal could impli-
cate the Minister. Applause.l
Mr.. KaulukOu said this matter had been
VI GOuSluSl tiDlC CNNl
one ought to have hand in it, therefore he
would speak for a short time. He confessed
he admired Mr.. Thurston because he had
kept his word with those people on Lanai.
He also admired Mr.. Kalua, the Chair
man of the majority committee, for the
earnest way he hadswOrked on the investi-
CATION. Looking at this matter it appeared
as if Mr.. ThurSton had started out to try
and make a case against the Minister. The
gist of the whole thing was the words,
land unfit the said Minister to hold his
high office" But Mr.. ThGCston had not
taken the right step to effect his object. If
the Minister was guilty of any wrong
doing, article 80 of the Constitution pro-
vides the remedy. That was how Mr..
ThurstOn could have got his redress, but
he knew he could not do this, so he brought
in the resolution. He (the speaker) had
come to the same conclusion as Mr..
Dickey, that the evidence did not bring the
charge home to the Minister. He knew of
several cases Of undue influence on the
part of the Opposition. Brewer & Co.
wrote and told their agent at Onomea, be-
fore the election, not to let Government
candidate address any of the people on the
plantation. The Hon. Mr.. Bishop had
also asked some people, who hold leases on
his land at North Kona, to vote for Pilipo
and not for the Government candidate.
Was the House to impeach Mr. Bishop?
Mr.. Paehaole rose to point OF order.
Mr. Kaulukou was wandering away from
the subject under consideration.
Mr. Kaululou said he had noticed all
through the session when the Hon. Mr..
Bishop was mentioned that Mr.. Paehaole
pulls out his umbrella TO shield him.
At II o'clock the House took recess to
80 o'clock.
Afternoon Session.