The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-10-12
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The house resumed at 40.
The President announced the re-
ceipt of a communication from III.
r. II. the Princess Likelike and
Hon. A. $. Cleghorn inviting the
members of the Legislative Assem-
bly, and ladies to luau at p. NJ.
on Saturday, October 10th, in honor
of the birth of their daughter Prin-
cess kaiulani.
Rep. Kaulukou moved that the
Secretary be instructed to acknow-
ledge the receipt of the invitation
and thank the Princess Likelike and
Hon. Mr.. Cleghorn. Also that the
reply be engrossed. Carried.
Rep. Thurston said-To look at
this question from a business point
of view, it would be suicidal to
adopt measure that would affect
the Chinese. If we allow Chinese
to use opium, it will end in the des-
truction of plantations. These peo-
pie when they have the chance to get
hold of opium are useless. On some
plantations. monthly visit is made
among the Chinese, and all opium
is taken away and the pipes used
for smoking smashed up. If this
bill was passed that could not be
done. Therefore we are striking
directly at the sugar interests. He
had talked with gentleman from
Japan, who told him that the use of
opium in that country was consider
ed an infamous crime. If opium
was allowed here it might get to be
used by the japanese, and that
would be Il subject for grave con-
sideration on the part of the Japan
ese Government. He did not know
but what it would seriously affect
Japanese immigration here. Read
ing the provisions of this Act, it
looks as if there was Il big job
behind it. The license was fixed at
$50, 900 for four years, and he
could not see that this would in
crease the revenue any. He could
not see how any member who was in
favor of opium could vote for such
n bill as this. Every tin is to be
stamped with a 81 stamp, but it
does not say wat size the tin shall
be. 1t might be as large as barrel.
If the use of opium got among the
Hawaiians and japanese, they would
run the risk of losing thousands of
dollars spent for bringing in Japan
ese. If the bill is passed, opium
will be free to come in at every port
of the Kingdom except Hoholulu,
and here the person who gets the
license will only have to pay 81 800
year. The native Hawaiians have
dwindled down until there is mere
handful left. If this law is passed,
there will be Hawaiians using opium
who have never touched it before.
| and il will be adding to the doom of
| Hawaii by killing them off. If a
Hawaiian should stand out there
before you and say that by passing
this bill, you would take his head
off, wouldn't you stop! And yet it
is not one but many whose lives will
be the price of this bill, if it passes.
Noble Bishop thought that after
what had been said by the Attorney
General and the member for Molo-
kai, it did not seem necessary to add
anything to secure the non-passage
of the bill. The first bill was bad
enough, but this one was so stupidity
defective and so manifestly dis
honest that it should not be neces-
sary TO say anything against it to
condemn it. The original bill had
the excuse to offer of being some
thing worth while for the revenue it
promised, but this one is destitute
of even that excuse. AS it reads,
it only gives $50, 900 for four years
license. 1t is hypocritical to pretend
that it confines the use of opium to
persons suffering from disease. No
one is going to pay 100000 to pro-
vide opium to be used as medicine.
The proyiso that certificate of a
physician must be obtained is put in
as mere blind. 1t is well known
that the result will be that certificates
of physicians will be for sale right
and left by both native and foreign
doctors. There will be no difficulty
in getting certificates. License was
tried in years past both for the sale
of opium and the sale of ava. The
bill says somebody is to have license.
who is to have it? There are chances
for job in this business at the very
beginning. Let the Minister give
the license to whom he will, it will
be believed that he got more for it
than the price of the license. 1t
will subject him to suspicion and
temptation both at the same time.
No doubt those who give out the
license would make money out of it.
1t is useless to pretend that the
opium habit would not spread among
the Hawaians. Such was the case
years ago. Natives were getting
more into the habit of using the