The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-06-18

that the people of both towns are
anxious for supply of pure water,
and willing to pay for it; that Wal
luku is the second town in the King.
dom in the amount paid in taxes
on personal and real estate; that
the business of Kahului and the
revenue it returns from foreign
trade, have been increasing during
the last six years, as shown by the
Collector-General's report; and, for
these and sanitary reasons, they re-
commend that the petition be laid
on the table for favorable conside-
ration with the Appropriation Bill.
Rep. Paehaole moved the adop-
tion of the report.
Minister Gibson moved it be laid
on the table for consideration with
the Loan Act, which contemplated
similar public improvements. Gle
afterward withdrew this amendment,
as the adoption Of the report would
lay the petition on the table.)
The report was adopted.
Rep. Kalua presented a report
from the same committee on petit
tions to increase the pay of the mail
carrier from Lihue to Hanalei to 81
a week /; to establish q post office at
Waiapoa, and that the mail be
opened at Kaunakakai; recommend
ing that they be referred to the
select committee previously APP
pointed on the pay of mail carriers
and postmasters. Adopted.
The same committee reported on
all the other petitions and resolu-
tions referred to them, asking for
appropriations for public buildings
and Improvements throughout the
islands, recommending that they be
laid on the table for consideration
with the Appropriation Bill.
Rep. Thurston moved, in amend
ment to a motion to adopt, that the
report be returned to the committee,
because it neither gave the house
any information on the matters in
question nor made any specific re-
Communications based on informa-
ton.
Rep. Kekoa supported the posi-
ton taken by the member for
Molokai.
Rep. Kauhi thought an investiga-
tion by the committee would not
make much difference, as the mat
ters would be deferred anyway until
the Appropriation Bill came up.
Rep. Kalua thought the COM
mittee was right in leaving these
matters for discussion by the whole
house, when they could be venti-
lated more thoroughly than was pos
sible before the committee, and the
introducers of petitions would pro-
badly be better satisfied by the
action of the house than by any
thing the committee could do in the
particular cases.
Rep. Castle said the question hav-
ing arisen, it might as well be dis
cussed now as at any other time.
Committees in a deliberative body
such as this were intended to be the
working members-the hands, feet
and eyes. 1t was due to this prac-
tice of delegating details to COM
mittees that the legislative bodies
of Great Britain and the United
States held their sessions at late
hours Of the day. Every petition
represented grievance or re-
quirement that should be investi-
gated, and committees were calcu-
lated to more conveniently and
expeditiously perform this service
than the whole body. He gave ex-
amples of the immense amount OF
work done by committees of the
American Congress, contending that
the houses themselves could never
accomplish all that was done by that
means. If the select committee to
investigate the charges recently
made against the Attorney-General
of the United States, with relation to
the Pan-Electric Telephone, had
brought in a similar report to that
submitted by the Committee OF
Public Lands this morning, the
Senate would have spued it out Of
its month. This committee could
probably be safely challenged fol
not having examined single wit
ness in any of these important mat.
ters submitted to them. The house
must depend upon that committee
for specific information when asked
to vote money for public improve
ments. He held in his land Cushing.
manual of parliamentary practice
and supposed one-fourth or there
abouts of that work was taken uI
with instructions to committees
According to rule 81 of this Assemly
this book was their book. 1t was
none of the committees business
whether there was money in the
treasury sufficient for the improve
ments asked or not, but it was fol
them to ascertain if the public works
in question were required. There
fore he supported the proposal tt
return the report to the committee
Rep. Kaulukou was in favor O.
adopting the report. While the re
marks of hon. members were al
right, yet the committee could no
make the investigations demanded
Of them, in most cases, withou
personally visiting the localities, o
having civil engineers sent to repor
upon the matters for the commit
tees information.
The report was adopted.
Rep. Kaulukou moved the hous,