The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-10-12
Hawaiian Parliament.
Legislative AssembIy-One Hundred
and TWenty.fOurth Day.
MoSDAY, October 18th

! answered 70 the roll call Their Excellen-
cies Creighton and Dare; Hons. Bishop,
| Cleghorn, Wilder, Bush, Kaae, Walker,
Keau, Baker, Amara, Brown, Kaulia,
/ Pahia, Kaunamano, Wight, Nahale, Ma
/ hinu, Kalua, Aholo. Kaukau. Richardson,
! DiCkey, Kaai, ThurstOn, Paehaole Kauai
and Palohau. The minutes were read in
! Hawaiian and English and approved
PETITIONS.
Mr.. Kalua presented a petition from La
haina, with 227 signatures, protesting
against any law being enacted to increase
taxation. Laid upon the table.
Mr.. Palohau presented a petition from
Hanalei, with 1O4 signatures, praying
against any increased taxation. Also, one
from Waimea, with 100 signatures, con-
tanning the same prayer. Laid upon the
| table
Mr.. Thurston presented a petition from
Waikiki, with % signatures, and one from
Waihee and Waikiki, with 1873 signatures,
praying against increased taxation. Laid
upon the table.
Mr.. Kaukou presented a petition from
Lahaina and Kaanapai praying against
increased taxation. Laid upon the table
Mr.. Dickey presented three petitions
from MakawaO, with Il, 81 and 81 sigma
lures respectively, praying against the
taxes being raised to one per cent.
The honorable member moved that all
the petitions relating to taxes presented
during the morning be referred to His
Majesty the King, as he had not yet
signed the bill.
The motion was lost, and the three
petitions presented by Mr.. Dickey were
laid upon the table.
BILL ENGRossED.
Mr. Richardson, from the EngrOssng
Committee reported an Act to authorize
national loan as engrossed.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Mr.. Kalua moved the order of the day.
Agreed to.
Third reading of an Act to amend sec
ton chapter 40, Session Laws of 1884, en-
titled the Hawaiian Postal avings Bank |
Act.
Hon Mr.. Cleghorn moved that the !
words five per cent" be stricken out and |
six per cent" inserted in place. They |
ought to encourage their own people all |
they could. They borrow money from
abroad and pay six per cent for it and
ting it. All the interest given abroad is
spent abroad. They should do all they
could to encourage their own people to in
vest in Government securities.
Mr.. Kaulukou moved the bill pass as
read. The other saving banks in the city
only pay five per cent.
Hon. Mr.. CIeghorn said this was clearly
q case where they could benefit the inter
ests of the country.
Mr. Hayselden hoped the bill would pass.
DepositOrs had an advantage over the
bondholder, as by giving ten days notice
they could draw money at any time.
Mr.. Aholo moved to strike out the
words three months" and insert lone
month"
Mr. Thurston did not favor either
amendment and stated his reasons.
The motion by Hon. Mr.. Cleghorn was
lost, while the one offered by Mr.. Aholo
prevailed.
The bill then passed as amended.
THE LOAN BILL.
Third reading of an Act to amend an
Act entitled an Act to authorize national
loan, and to define the uses for which the
money may be borrowed, approved Sep
TENDER 1. 1884.
His Excellency Mr.:Dare, at the request
of the Premier, moved that the considera-
ton of the Act be deferred until ? o'clock.
Mr.. Brown moved the bill pass.
The motion to defer to 2 o'clock pre-
vailed.
THE OPIUM BILL.
Second reading of an Act to regulate the
and sale of opium in the
Kingdom.
The President stated that this bill would
no doubt cause considerable discussion.
Heretofore the tive-minute rule for speak
ing had been disregarded by both the
Chair and the House. 1t was for the
House to say whether the rule should be
strictly enforced or not.
Mr. Lilikalani said that in order to OBJ
viate any difficulty, he moved the bill be
in Committee of the Whole.
That would allow a full discussion on the
bill.
The motion was lost Is to Il.
The bill was then read through, also the
report of the Sanitary Committee.
Mr.. Kaunamano moved the bill be con-
sidered section by section. Agreed to.
Section l. The Minister of the Interior
is hereby authorized, with the consent Of
His Majesty the King in Cabinet Council,
to grant to some one applying therefor a
license to import and sell opium or any
preparation of opium, in the city of Homo
lulu, upon the said Minister of the Int
rior receiving for such license the sum OF
thirty thousand dollars.
His ExCellency Mr.. Dare said the issue
before the House was license or no license.
1t was all embraced in section l. BY grant
ing license would any sum, however
great, compensate a Government for the
moral degradation of its subjects, such as
followed the use of the pernicious drug,
opium? He would say there was no COM
pensation.
Mr.. Brown rose to a point of order
there was no motion before the House.
Hon Mr.. Cleghorn moved the first sec
ton be indefinitely postponed.
His ExceIIency Mr.. Dare-I am in favor
of indefinite postponement. In the first
place the advocates of license say, license
opium and stop smuggling VIII II do
so? No, the Hcensee must pay a high
price for the privilege and must therefore