Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-05-21
HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE.
SEVENTEENTH DAY.

SEVENTEENTH DAY.
House met pursuant to adjourn
ment, at 10 o'clock AM, the President,
Hon. ]. S. Walker, in the Chair. AZ
ter prayer by the Chaplain, the min
utes of the previous session were read
and after amendment, approved.
PETITIONS.
Hon. member Thurston presented
a petition from North Kona praying
that the election of ]. K. Nahale from
that District be set aside. The reasons
given were: First The Board of In
spection in that District had refused to
allow eight persons, duly qualified
electors, to vote because they were 60
ing to vote for Pilipo, the other candi-
date. They allowed fourteen strangers
who had only been in. the District a
few weeks, to vote, which they did for
Nahale. They allowed certain boys,
under IS years of age, to vote, three
of whom did so for Nahale. The total
vote for Nahale was 200, thirty Of
which are claimed as illegal, leaving
him ITO legal votes. The votes for
Pilipo were 18I, leaving him the petit
ton claims, majority of eleven. Peti-
ton referred to Judiciary Com
mittee.
Hon. member Kauai presented n
petition that $6,65o be appropriated to
pay for repairs just completed by Mr..
Rowell, to the bridge over the Waimea
river, Kauai. To be considered with
the Appropriation bill.
Hon. member Nahale presented a
petition that $4,000 be appropriated
for improvement of roads in North Ko-
ma. Referred to Committee on Public
LduuS anu improvements.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
His Excellency the Minister of For
eign Affairs presented report in
writing as follows:
In response to a resolution passed
by the House ON a motion of Hon.
member S. B. Dole, requesting me "to
inform the Assembly of the objects of
Mr.. Daggetfs mission to Washington,
and the results of such mission" l
have the honor to say that Mr.. Daggett
was appointed in June last as His
Majesty's Special Commissioner at
Washington, to cooperate with and as
sist His Excellency Hon. H. A. P.
Carter in the presentation to the Gov
ernment of the United States of the
facts connected with the visit to these
Islands of Captain afterwards Com
modore) Jones in the U. S. S. "Pea-
cock" in the year 1896. 1t was be-
lieved that the statement of this case,
founded on evidence as was available 10
His Majesty's Government here which
Hon. members will find in the Ap-
pendix to my Report to the Legislature
(Appendix B, page xiii) could be ma
terially extended and strengthened if
the original documents in the archives
Of the Governmental Departments at
Washington we're examined, and it was
especially with the view OF his assist
ing Mr. Carter in this task that Mr..
Daggett was appointed. The result Of
his conferences with Mr.. Carter was,
that, as stated in my Report, Report,
page I4) it was deemed desirable in
the mean time to take no action be-
yond putting statement of the case
on flefn the Department of State at
Washington.
MI. Daggett was also requested to
ascertain the view taken by the Govern
ment of the United States of pro-
posal that had been made to His Maj
esty's Government to admit the rice
required by Japanese laborers, import
ed from their own country, free Of
duty. The Japanese are prejudiced in
favor Of their own rice, and the Gov
eminent was disposed to accede to the
request provided that such conces-
sion involved no infringement Of treaty
obligations. Before Mr.. Daggett
reached Washington this matter was
virtually settled, and the proposal with
drawn; and Mr.. Daggett was, there
fore, not called upon to take any steps
in regard to it.
On motion Of Hon. member Castle