The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-10-19

MoNpAY. Oetol,er II.


after prayer by The Chaplain. the minutes OF Tue
ereyiocS meeting wore mad and confirmed,
Petitions were now pTcssase5, praying that ihsTe
6e no Increased tsxation, Ay kspgeSe entatlveS hsiSa
FROM lshSins ~ signatures, PSlehsS from hafS-
lei ana MaraeS with total Of sot signatures hep
IkUrS.oa grona Waihea and Waikiki, Sll sigma
sureS, kaukSu and picSsy from Lahaina. haana
psh anS MskawSo> All tabled
The order Of the Gay being moved, the eill %
amend Section ( Chapter Is Sessions Laws Of lSSs,
relating the Hawaiian Postal Savings Act came
I'D on third reaGinS and after slight amendment
the bill passed as follows:
An Acr 10 amend Section { Of Chapter 10 Of the
Laws Of the Year 1854, entitled the " Hawaiian
Postal Savings Bank Act.
Section l. That Section s Of Chapter u Of the
laws Of the ySsr 1854, beinS an Act entitled : lne
Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank Act" be and the
same is hereby amended 50 as 10 reSd as follows
"Sec. =. The rate 0f interest payable on de
posts made under this Act shall not eSceSd nve
per ceutCm per annuun. nor Stasi interest oe pSid
upoa deposits exceeding AZ any one time one
thousand dollars. Interest shall NOT be calculated
on any amount les than i've dollars, or some
multiple thereof. and not commence until the hrs
iSy OF the calendar month next foilowinS the oSy
Of deposit, Snd shall cease on the hrSt day OF the
calendar month II which SGch deposit Is with
drawn.
Sec s All deposits. not exceeding one thousand
dollars In Sny one account, that shall have been
on 6spusit one month prior 70 July LIST OF each
vsar shall not be aSSsSSsdifor taxes 2nd shall be
free from all Government taxation.
Sec (. This Act shall take eject and become
law from the date Of It's approval.
Third reading of the bill TO authorize 8 National
LoAn, etc. Consideration OF the bill was deferred
until Sfternoo1.
Second reading of bill relating TO the impor-
ts:iou and sale Of opium IN the Kingdom.
Considerable SttsntiOn was drawn TO this bill,
frun the nSturs of the subject strong efforts hav-
ing been made by many innuentlal eitlEsns to
consicu II 10 the Legislative yaste-basket before
discussion. There were now present quite 8
number of ladies and gentlemen who were inter
eStsd listeners in the debSte that ensued.
President Walker IN announcing the bill, said
that he would If possible keep tie members TO the
= i've minute rule, during debSte-
Representative LilikilSni moved that the matter
be Diseased in COMMITTEES of the Whole. Lost.
The bill. and report of the Sanitary Committee
thereon. were now read, and on motion of Rep.
kaunauano the bill was ordered to be considered
section by section.
Sac;ionl authorizes the Minister of Interior by
consent of the King IN Cabinet Council, to allow
one person license 10 import and sell opium IN
Honolulu. receiving for said license the sum of
$4,000.
The Attorney General was in favor Of indefinite
uostpousnsnt- In the hrSt place the advocates
0f license say, license opium and stop SNUG
sling Wilt do 50: No, the license must pay
hich price for the privilege, and must therefore
charge q high price for his poison. The moment
the price reaches point that offers profit 10 the
smuggler. smuggling viii go on. The law creates
Iagitiusts demand where none now exists :;
hence the consumption will increase.
ai. Ii will destroy all discipline on the planta
tfol,s OF this Kingdom and result II much loss of
time 10 the employer and employee The law as
II row stands prohibiting lis use, Is the only
means Of preventing chaos among the thousands
Of Chinese and japanese.
Si Il will If pissed, be in violation of Z pledge
TO His Imperial Majesty the Emperor OF Japan,
which COUNTRY was IEreYOcably opposed 70 the
drug II would be wrong TO bring the subjects of
His l. n. the MIkado of Japan to Hawaii and ruin
r---- Ill Il r- -,
them as TO the rising generation of Hawaiians. 1t
would be wrong 10 humanity and lasting in
iury to all HawaiTs subjects
4th Its provisions are peEnicious and bad. 1t
would lead to fraud, dishonesty and all manner of
corruution Even the medical men would be cor
ruptsi and II would end IN the utter damnation
of the H8EaiIsns-
The effects Of opium are worse than any other
stimuIant known. Go into the Criminal Courts of
San Francisco and look upon the young men and
women there-ssnven-tsnths Of whom have been
brought 10 crime through smoking opium. You
see them with daZSd eyes, pallld hands and look
Of shame on their countsn6nee. So strong is the
hold of opum upon its yUtaries that they live only
To ortify their love of it. II never losses its grasp
when once taken. They will steal for the where
yithal 10 buy IT, They viii COMMIT any crime
Indifferent TO Consequences long as the poison
6-s drug can be procured. that II It's deadly
embrace they may see the bsTIteGingi but false,
visions th2t sUrs them on They 90 down surely,
steu by s-sp. 10 degradation, the same as plum
II
ar rescued The drunkard will al times. when
the fumes Of sIcohOI are blOsn away, wash and
DIV himself and walk erect before his fellow
men and Try 10 regain their respect, but the opium
smoker. never HIS course Is ever downward,
down. doEr until the lOEsst level OF human
DEGRADATION Is reached. Ihe opium smoker viii
faca his feIIOv-men. clad II rags, covered with
Yerulin and never blush He cares not what the
world thinks OF him; he craTls back TO MS den,
and IN the fumes OF Opium smoke dreams pleas
ant dreams. l appeal 10 you members, o0tn native
and foreign to kill this bill, for the sake OF your
feIIoE-nsn Do not vote TO fssten so great curse
mon yolr brothers. curse that viii hang heavy
upon them. and bring them down TO shame, dis
grace uenury and want, and make existence
rnisary from which they will never be relieved
until covered By their mother earth.
Representative Thurston was anxious to obtain
the views OF the introducer OF the bill.
Representative Kaunznano STATED, IN answer
that. he vas the introducer. He had not one but
NAM reasons IN favor of the bill. Opium had
been used freely IN Hawaii lei as far back as 1876.
He had used opium himself and he could state the
effects positively, the Attorney General only spoke
from theory.
Representative ThurstOn said he was opposed to
the proposed measure, and spoke nearly as 1oi-
lows: Last week We had under discussion the
question OF raising the taxes and the increase was
carried through the House with swing. that was
4 question which affected property. To-day Ee
have before us = question which involves not only
property. but life both here and hereafter. CpIum
Is medicine has been used for centuries; Tor
smoking purposes II has only been used TO any e1-
tent since the beginning OF this century Inc For-
Continued ia Supplement-