Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-05-17
HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE.
FOURTEENTH 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
u:es of the previous session were read
and approved.
PETITIONS.
Hon. member Brown from Koolau-
oa presented resolutions as follows:
That all coins heretofore current in
this Kingdom be taken at par value.
Referred to Finance Committee, That
the harbor at Laea be deepened. Re
feired to Committee on Internal I'm
provements. That parents of three or
more children be pensioned. Laid on
table to be considered with a bill
That no bill licensing the sale of
opium be passed. Laid on the table
to be considered with any bill to that
effect that may be presented. That a
District physician be appointed for
Koolauloa. Referred to Sanitary
Committee. That he office of Road
Supervisor be abolished Ordered
laid on the table to be considered with
bill to that effect. That no loan bill
for $Io, o,ooo,o 900 be passed Referred
to Committee on Finance.
Hon. member Amara from Waialua
presented a petition asking that the
District of Wainuo now attached 10
KoOlauloa be attached to the Distr t
of Waialua. Referred to Judiciary
Committee
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Hon. member Aholo from the
Finance Committee reported on peti-
ton from Molokai praying that no loan
bill for Sic, 900 be passed, recon-,
mending that the petition be laid on
the table to be considered with any
such bill that may come up. Also ON
a resolution referred to same Commit
tee asking that certain taxes twice paid
be refunded, and recommended thai
the two amounts S. and So be in
serted in the Appropriation bill. Re
ports adopted.
Hon. member Brown from the Judic-
Iiary Committee reported back petit
ton from Waikuku asking that parents
of two or more children be exempt
from personal taxes, and recommended
the same be laid on the table for con-
sideraiion with any bill that may be in
troducsd to that effect. Report
adopted. An act to consolidate and
amend the law relating to internal
taxes.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
His Excellency the Minister of the
Interior reported the following bills as
printed: An at relating to the c; -ry-
ing of fowling pieces and other fire
arms. AS act TO repeal law prohibit
ing natives from leaving the Kingdom.
An act to consolidate the laws relating
to internal taxes. An act to provide
the descents of property to next of kin.
An act to regulate the practice in the
escheat of lands. An act making the
port of Kailua, Hawaii, a port OF
entry.
His Excellency the Ministerof Foreign
Affairs rose to make statement to the
House 1t was not exactly report,
but was in accordance with resolu-
ton presented to the House the other
day in reference to an alleged dispatch
from Washington relative to a cession
of Pearl harbor to the United States.
There was an alleged treaty published
in one of the daily papers this morning
amongst the news received by the Ala
media. He could assure the members
that this treaty was pure invention.
1t was falsehood. The names of Mr..
Frelyngheusen and Mr. Carter APP
pended to the alleged treaty were forg-
cries. His Excellency stated that he
had received letters from Mr. Carter in
Washington which he thought would
convince the Hon. members that there
was not word of truth in the report
of the alleged cession of Pearl ha-bor.
His Excellency then read the following
letters and extracts:
His Excellency stated that the al
legged treaty published in one of the
morning papers under the head of for
eign news, as having been negotiated
between the Hawaiian and United
States Governments through Messrs.
Freylinghausen and Carter was pure
fabrication. The whole thing was a
falsehood, and the signatures of the
two Honorable gentlemen was forg-
cry. His Excellency read certain dis
patches received by the mail of that
day, from our Minister Resident at
Washington, most cmphatically deny
ing that there had been such negoti-
atoms respecting any cession of terri
tory on the part Of the Hawaiian Gov
ernment. Secretary Bayard had no
knowledge of any such clause in the
Convention between the two Govern