The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-26

Z a JOINT resolution LOT TelieI TOT the DO1Ft
Of Genealogy. 8. To amend section 10 o
the Civil Code relating 70 the Board of In
spectors of Election.
HAWAIIAN BOARD OF HEALTH.
Mr.. Kaunamano read a first time al
Act. 20 regulate a Hawaiian Board o
Health. Passed to second reading The
bill provides that the King appoint five
Hawaiians to constitute Board of Health
one OF whom shall be Chairman. Each
member shall be properly skilled in medi
cine.
ORDER OF THE DAY,
Mr.. Brown moved the order of the day.
Carried
Consideration Of the Appropriation bill
in Committee of the Whole, Hon. Mr..
CIeghorn in the chair.
Current expenses of the Board of Immi-
grafton, $500.
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson moved to re-
duce it to $4,000, as given in the revised
I estimates.
Mr.. Brown moved it be passed at SO 900.
By the report of the Minister of the In
terror 50 80 had been paid to w. G Irwin
Il Co for bringing two lots of Japanese.
If such sums were to be spent by the Gov
eminent in future, they had better cut
/ down all round. That money might just
| as well have been thrown into the bay
! That firm had nothing to do with the in
/ PRODUCTION of japanese, if they were to
believe the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In
| the current expenses there is an item
showing a considerable sum paid TO a Ja,l-
anese inspector who is not a Hawaiian
subject. According to the law no one can
draw a salary from this Government un-
less he is a naturalized subject. He was in
favor of japanese immigration, but not in
favor of the Government throwing money
away.
Mr.. Richardson moved that the appro-
priation for immigration be itemized.
Mr. Thurston thought there was a big
"nigger in the fence" just here This
Japanese business all through had some
remarkable entries. The sum of $GO,3 66
had been paid to Mr.. r. w. Irwin ''as per
account rendered and on file" He could
not say whether that was correct. There
was no reason for any middle man who
should reap harvest between the planter
and the Government. Mr.. r. w. Irwin
was a capable man, and highly thought of
by the Japanese Government. He had
been told that his commission was SO to
SO per head for each immigrant. Messrs. |
w. G. Irwin & Co. had nothing to do with |
the matter but this firm, consisting of
VIM. G. Irwin and Claus Spreckels have |
made $1O,869 II out of it, They had re- |
ceived two bonuses of $4,87O and $3.50, |
and he would like to know what they had |
done for those amounts. In addition to |
those sums, they have been paid 1864 80 |
commission for negotiating exchange. Be |
fore the House goes any further, it ought |
to have these matters fully explained On |
its face it looks as if there had been de- |
iberate put-up job between Irwin & Co. |
and the Government.
His EXcellency Mr.. Gibson said he re-
GREETED the President of the Board of I'm
migration (Mr. Gulick) was not present.
He himself had some slight knowledge of
the subject and would say few words. In
the first place, there was no item before
to bring in Japanese or any other people. I
Should it be thought proper by and by to
consider a revenue to bring i'll more Jap
anese, then would be the time to discuss
the matter Here is a large transaction, a
very important one, and the Government
were obliged to have a financial agent.
The item before the Assembly is the cur
rent expenses of the Board, and for that
purpose it had been necessary to insert
$40 200 in the bill, but that amount had
been reduced upon consideration to
$15, 900 One item was for an In
spector General of all nationalities; also,
for an inspector of Portuguese, specially
appointed If all the people gave as little
trouble as the Portuguese there would be
no need of inspectors. But it was different
in regard to the japanese. Their Govern
ment made it point to have certain con-
ditions as to japanese inspectors. There
had been reference made to an undue pres
sure on the Government i'll consequence OF
the appointment of these Japanese lnspec-
tors. Now, he had to say that there was
no more pressure than there was in the |
case of the insertion of the fourth article of |
the Reciprocity Treaty. They did not |
propose that article. This Government |
would have preferred not to have had it in |
the treaty, but the Hawaiian Commission |
at Washington made a concession to OBJ |
tain an advantage, and this Government |
had done the same in regard to the Japa-
nese treaty. There had been no concession |
made that involved any sacrifice OF the
honor or independence of the State.
Mr. Keau asked how many Japanese In
spectors there were.
His Excellency Mr. Gibson replied that
as far as he knew there was only one in
spector, Mr. Nakayama. There might be
one on Maui, but he could not say. He re-
GREETED that provision had to be made for
japanese and not for other people. 1t
made them costly. In the Interior report
$4,000 is required for salary of Inspector
General, $4,000 for japanese Inspector,
and Sc. 900 for incidentals of Board OF I'm
migration. The House could vote down
these sums and not employ inspectors, but
it would be contrary to the convention
with Japan.
Mr.. Kalua favored the itemizing of the
amount, to begin with salary OF Inspector
General, So, 600.
Mr.. Kaunamano moved to insert as FOL
lows: Salary OF Inspector General, $1,000;
japanese Inspector, $1,000; incidentals,
$1,000.
Mr. Keau moved the items be inserted
as follows: Salary of Inspector General,
- 900. T,,o,asa TDSpactDr 81 600. Incl