The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-09-15


petition be granted.
Rep. Hayselden moved the re-
port be adopted. Passed.
Rep. Palohau read resolution
for an appropriation of S426, being
the amount of an order he had
drawn, as road supervisor, in favor
of Con Chez, a Chinaman, for work
done on roads in his district, but
which had not been paid.
Rep. kalua moved to refer the
matter to the Finance Committee.
Rep. Aholo moved to refer to the
Committee on Public Lands and
Improvements.
Minister Gibson said he presumed
the account had been presented
when his predecessor was in office.
He did not know why it had not
been paid. There may have been
some matter requiring adjustment.
Rep. Palohau said the reason
given was that there was no money
in the treasury.
Minister Gibson said, if so, the
bill should be presented now, as
there are funds in the department to
pay it.
Referred to Committee on Public
Lands and Improvements.
Rep. Dole read, for the first time,
bill given notice of, entitled An
Act to regulate voting at elections
of representatives to the Legislature.
The hon. member moved the bill
be printed and referred to the
special committee on elections.
Rep. Kaulukou moved the bill be
rejected.
Rep. Dole said the introducer of
the bill was on record as having
signed the report of the committee
recommending committee be APP
pointed to report on revision of
Election Laws to the Assembly of
1888, and it seemed as if this bill
was merely an attempt to tritle with
this Assembly.
Rep. Kaulukou rose to a point of
order Motion to reject the bill is
| not debatable.
Rep. Thurston said there is no
such rule.
Rep. Castle said the rule is that
| the bill is not debatablc except un-
der a motion to reject.
The President ruled that the mo-
ton to reject the bill is not debat-
able on the merits of the bill, but
the propriely of rejecting the bill
may be discussed.
Minister Dare said his discussion
was solely on the question of reject
ing the bill.
Rep. Dole appealed to the house
from the ruling of the chair.
Reps. Kaulukou and Dole read
the Hawaiian and English versions
of rule "A.
Rep. Thurston said the ruling of
the chair was arbitrary and unjust.
No rule of the house warranted the
chair in making such ruling.
Rep. Aholo said the rules do not
90 so far as to prohibit member
from explaining his bill. He thought
the intention of the rule was to pre-
vent members from jumping up all
over the house and speaking to
points of order when they are all
out of order themselves.
Minister Dare said the honorable
member for Lahaina, who is usually
good parliamentarian, ought to b'
sure of his ground before readin!
lectures TO other members.
Noble Bishop said he knew of N
rule of the house to prevent debat
ing bill on first reading, although
: it had been customary not to do SO
, Under these circumstances. the pre-
cedents of the United States Con
gress and the Parliament of Grea
Britain are followed: and in tn
United State Congress, bill ma
be debated on first reading. On
motion to reject, it was but fair tina
a member be allowed the opportu
, nifty of explaining the provisions c
his bill.
The President said he had n
. desire to give arbitrary rulings, nc
for the house to sustain the chair i
any such rulings. Finding that TIL
rules of the United States Congress
G admit of debating a bill ON fir
5 reading, and having made his rulir
n under misapprehension, he wou,
~ now withdraw it.
Rep. Keau moved the bill be /
:, definitely postponed.
10 Rep. Dole objected to the motto
le as out of order.
" Rep. Keau cited rule 2S.
Rep. Dole said this bill is t
~ voice of one of the districts of t
~ kingdom, and was part of the rcgul
'e business of the house. In answer
a the remarks of the Minister, he sa
v he had notified the committee of
,- intention to bring in bill to reg
=. ate voting. Expressions of oppo
:, ton to this bill are to be expect
III from that political element who
I'd not desire fair voting. This l
was drawn up on the lines of t
Canadian voting law. He wished
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