The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-08-27
Uhe 9ailN 8nlletin,
Pledged to neither Scot nor Party.
But established for the benefit Of all.
FRIDAY. AUGUST 27, 1886.
WhAI HAS BEEN DONE.

opened on the 3Oth April is now
close on three months in session,
to-day being the S7th on which the
House has been actually engaged in
the despatch of business. We have
often had occasion to characterize in
strong terms the wordy harangues
by which valuable time was wasted,
but while we have no reason TO
withdraw what has heretofore been
written on this point, We do NOT
hesitate to accord many OF the men,
bers high praise for the industry ex-
hibited by them in the performance
OF their legislative duties. In this
easy going climate. ordinary mortals
are generally satisfied with very
little work, and it would not he in
compatible with the usual order for
legislators to exercise themselves,
like other people, in not doing too
much. The principal acts which
have been perfected and become
part of the statute laws of the king
dom, are those relating to the re-
building of the city of Honolulu,
the practice in escheat of lands, the
encouragement of steam navigation,
and the inquests of fires. The act
to regulate the erection and repair
ing of buildings in Honolulu is al
most a transcript of the law of the
city of San Francisco, on the same
subject, and received the royal sane
ton on the 29th of May. Its salu-
tary effects are already visible. 1t
ought to be noted that contempo-
raneous with this act, provisions
were made through the Interior
Department for the extension and
widening of streets. The rebuilt
parts of the burnt district have not
that solidarity about them which
was described about year ago in
this paper as inviting confagra-
ton, and forming accommodations
of pestilential centers. Buildings
on opposite sides of the streets now
stand about fifty feet apart; veran-
dahs are raised to more airy heights
and are less unsightly, eight feet
alley ways run between buildings ;
and altogether the Chinatown of the
future will be great Improvement
on the densely peopled, close-packed
fabrics that formerly suggested piles
of lumber tumbled down from the
moon. The fire limit has been con-
siderably extended, and the red
wood and pine of last year has given
place to substantial, though not gen,
orally over beautiful large brick
buildings.
The act for the encouragement o1
steam navigation, passed the 3Otl
day OF June, gives steamship com
panies plying between ports in th'
Hawaiian Islands and foreign ports
as we'll as those carrying the Ha
waiian mails exemption from por
charges, import duties on coal
machinery and supplies, and othe
privileges.
A $2,000,00 loan bill was intro
, duced early in the session, to pro
vide for certain internal improve
ments, but subsequent events seer
, to have caused change of Minis
terial policy in that direction, tn
Minister of Interior having mn
|. nounced few days ago that sale
Of Government lands might
effected to u sufficient extent
realize the required amounts.
' Prominent among the events {
the session are the Thurston apt
logy, the change of Ministry, til
Kona and Kaanapali election case
and the Molokai and Lanai invest
cations.
The Thurston apology was 9
= hours Grafton, probably the able
=. delivered during the session,
- response to demand for an ap
logy for remark made reflectiI
upon the conduct of Cabinet Mi
II lister. While the House accept,
the apology" 1t was plain til
at many honorable members were lie
a under the impression that the plucl
member for Molokai had admin
10 10 tered some of his colleagues We
thorough castigation.