The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-08-26

ises should not establish an equitable titl
on the claimants any more than it does
legal one.
The object for which the land : desired
does not seem TO your committee To justify
the giving up of this piece of land 1t /.
situated ia q business center, l. needed FOL
| business purposes and would bring quite
/ an amount to the Treasury if sold OIL
/ leased for the benefit OF the Government
! and to establish an asylum in such local
/ ity does not seem to your committee to be
/ good policy under any circumstance
! Moreover, the establishment of any asy-
! Ium for aged and infirm Hawaiians is alb
/ soIutely unnecessary The Lunalilo Home
( is a non-sectarian institution of ample ca
! pacity and accommodations for much
! larger number of inmates than are now
there The institution has now cash EN-
dowment of about $4,000, which is yearly
increasing, besides considerable land. The
existence of the institution renders I'M
necessary any appropriation of public
money or lands for the care of infrm Ha-
waiians, as all such can find free accom-
mediation upon application at the Lunalilo
Home.
Your committee are therefore OF opinion
that, as guardians of the public funds and
property, this Assembly should make no
grants of public land except where an I'M
doubted right exists, or where the use to
which such land is to be put will be for the
public benefit. This claim does not come
under either of these heads, and your com
mittee therefore recommend that the same
be laid upon the table.
J. HIS. MARTIN,
l.. A. THURsTON.
Mr.. Castle moved the report be laid upon
the table. to be considered with the ma
jority report and the bill. Carried
THE LOAN BILL.
Mr. Kaulukou presented a resolution,
calling on the Select Committee on the
Loan Bill, introduced by His Excellency
Mr.. Gibson, to return the bill to the As
sembly to-day, and ordering the bill to be
made the special order of the day on
Thursday The honorable member, in
support of the resolution, said the bill was
an important one, and the session was
drawing to a close. He moved it be
adopted.
Mr. Castle favored the resolution, with
the amendment that the committee report
on Thursday, and the bill be made the
order of the day for Friday.
Mr. ThurstOn, as a member OF the com
mittee, explained the delay as having been
caused by the Ministry evincing no desire
to have the bill forwarded. Mr.. Kaulukou
had introduced several loan bills already,
of three or four millions each, and just
given notice of another, so that there We.
no particular need OF the Government
Loan bill.
His ExcelIency Mr.. Gibson said that
the explanation by Mr.. Thurston was
about correct. Early in the session, under
the late Ministry, several measures of i'm
portance we're introduced by the Govern
ment, among others the Loan bill. Since
then a ''cold SPELL had ensued in the
financial affairs, and it had not been
deemed advisable to move in the matter of
"A fresh loan. Still, it might be well for
them to consider scheme for the refunding
of debt by new issue of bonds to the
amount of million doll. 1iAeEe were
.I;fr---rrt internal improvements, such as
an interisland telegraph cable, deepening
of the harbOr, etc, for which it would be
very desirable to borrow money if they
had the precise information thereon
which was necessary. In consideration of
these things, he thought it would be well
for the committee to report on this bill, so
that it could be fully considered by the
House.
The resolution with the amendment was
adopted.
Mr. Kaulukou moved a reconsideration
of the vote, as he did not understand the !
question.
Mr.. Thurston opposed the motion, as the |
original resolution did not give the com
mittee time If Mr.. Kaulukou had been |
paying attention, instead of reading the !
Elele' to find out when he was going to !
be a Minister, he would have known how /
the President put the question.
Mr. Aholo said he misunderstood the |
question.
The motion to reconsider was carried.
Mr.. Thurston, as a member of the com
mittee, thought the amendment should be
supported as it would be impossible for a |
report to be made to-day.
Mr.. Kaulukou said the resolution was !
that the bill be returned to-day.
The amendment was carried and the
resolution passed as amended.
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BILLS.
Mr.. Baker moved the rules be suspended .
and the Berger Electric Light bill taken
from the table and read a second time by
title.
Mr.. Castle moved an amendment that
the other bill for an electric light follow the
same course. Agreed TO.
The two bills were read by title and on
motion Of Mr.. Hayselden were referred to
the Committee on Public Lands.
PROPERTY OF MARRIED WOMEN.
Mr.. Thurston moved a suspension of the
rules so that the bill relating to the prop
erty of married women be taken from the
table and referred to a select committee.
The motion prevailed and the President
appointed the following select committee:
Hons Brown, ThurStOn, Castle. kaulukOu
and the Attorney General.
STREET RAILROAD BILL.
Mr.. Richardson, on suspension of the
rules, moved that the bill relating to street
railroads be placed at the head OF the order
Of the day for Thursday. Agreed to.
MAIL COMMUNICATION BILL.
Hon. Mr.. Kapena, on suspension of the
rules, moved that the bill relating to the
prorpotipr, of y,,aiI tjpr, bntUaaY,