The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-07-07
Hawaiian Parliament.
Legislative Assembly - Finy-fOurth
Day.

/ The House met at 10 a IN. Pray er
/ by the Chaplain. The following members
answered 10 the roll call: Their Excellen-
/ cies Creighton, Kanoa and Dare; Hons.
/ Kuihelani, kaae, Bush, Kapena, Walker,
/ Martin, Keau. Baker Kauhi ,Amara Brown
! kaulia, Pahia, Kaunamano, Wight, Ma
hale, Nahinu. Kauhane, Kekoa, AhOlC,
kaukau, Richardson, Dickey, kaai, Pae-
haoIe, Kauai and Palohau. The minutes
were read in Hawaiian and English and
adopted.
PETITIONS
Mr.. Nahinu presented the following pc
| titions from the district of South Kona: l.
! That where either wife or husband con-
tracts leprosy and one is sent to Kalawao.
the remaining party be free to marry
again without further proceedings Referred
to Judiciary Committee. 2 That 81 SOC be
appropriated for repairing and renovating
the English school at Hookena Referred
TO Committee on Education.
Mr.. Paehaole presented a petition from
Lanai, containing the following prayers:
1. That a Postmaster be appointed for the
island of Lanai. 2. That a Hawaiian be
appointed Road Supervisor for the island.
3. That the Tax Appeal Board for Molokai
ana Lanai hold one sitting on Lanai. 4.
That Hawaiians living on Government
lands have the privilege of buying their
places. Referred to Committee on Public
Lands.
Dr. Wight presented a petition from
North Kohala, containing the following
prayers: l. That $4,000 be appropriated
for roads and bridges of that district. ?.
That the place OF holding the Circuit Court
be changed from Waimea to Kohala. 3.
That 5000 he appropriated for repairs to
KOhala Court House. f. That no debt can
be collected after thirteen months by the
Government. 5. That no loan of SIC ,000-
600 or $4,000 900 be made. 6. That no law
authorizing the sale or importation of
opium be made. 6. That no subsidy be
granted to any line of steamers. 8. That
the diStillation of okolehau be licensed to
natives only on payment of $25 8. That
no appropriation be made for Hawaiian
man-of-war. TO- That no appropriation be
made for browning His Majesty the King
Emperor of the Pacific. IL. That the APP
preparation for the military be reduced. II
That So 900 be appropriated for the Female
Seminary at Kohala Laid on the table.
containing the following prayers: 1. That
the office of Road Chief be
abolished ,. That Board of Road Com
missionerS be appointed in each district. 3.
That the road tax collected in each district
be paid into the Governors office. Laid
on the table, to be considered with bills on
the subject.
Mr.. KekOa presented two petitions from
the district of Puma, praying that four new
Constables be appointed FOR the district, |
and that the Government supply the
Deputy Sheriff with postage stamps, so
that he keep them on sale. Referred to
Committee on Public Lands.
Mr.. Thurston presented the following |
petitions from the district of Kaanapili: |
I. That no settlement be made on Govern |
ment officers, because they have been well |
paid while in office Laid on the table, to |
be considered with the pension bills. ?.
That a school policeman be appointed in !
the district Referred to Committee on |
Public Lands. 3. That the Indemnity bill |
be indefinitely postponed, and the Minis |
tiers ordered to refund the money into the |
Treasury. Referred to Finance Commit |
tee.
Mr.. AholO presented petition from La |
haina, that people engaged in the cultiva- |
ton of sugar be required to fence their
plantations in. Referred to Committee on
Public Lands.
DR.. WIGHT AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
DIR. Wight asked leave to resign his po-
sition on the Committee on Finance. The |
reason for this was the action of the House |
on Saturday, which was discOurteOus and
unjust, and reprimand to the minority
of the committee, who were doing their
duty. The other members of the commit |
tee acknowledged the correctness of the !
report handed in, but did not sign it be-
cause they objected to bringing in a report
in piecemeal, and perhaps because they re-
garded it as a silent animadversion on one
of the members of the Cabinet He did
not consider minority should be guided
by a majority in what they considered
their line of conduct. They did not ask for
immediate action on the report. They
considered their action thoroughly consti-
tutional, and brought the report forward
as early as possible. The action of the FL
nance Committee had been much delayed.
owing TO some of the members being en-
gagged on committee to consider petit
ton from Lanai. The two members who
signed the minority report had been en-
gagged on other committee work, but it was
the duty of the members to attend TO the
Finance Committee in preference TO any
other committee. II was of far more i'm
portance than to inquire into private diff
culties or petitions from private parties.
The report of the committee ought to have
been in long ago had the members of the
majority been as regular as the minority.
The Finance Committee Is a very import
ant one, and has to make a thorough and
exhaustive examination into the finances
of the country for the past two years. He
was extremely sorry when he heard his
name mentioned as one of the members of
the committee, when he considered the
rapidity with which that committee had to
send its work in. He did not pretend to
be possessed of any false mOdesty i'll say
ing this. He would like to compare the
action of the House on Saturday with that
OF ten days previous. A majority report
was brought in on a taxation bill. That
report was never presented to the minority
of the committee. Did the House instruct
the report to be returned? No; it was
ordered to be laid on the table, and the