The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-08-10
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1886.
THE LEGISLATURE.
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MONDAY August 9th.
AFTERNOON SESSION.

Minister kanoa, on suspension of
the rules, replying to Rep. Dole's
question of this morning, stated that
no loan has been negotiated since
the Government indebtedness had
been returned.
The house went into committee of
the whole, Noble Clcghorn in the
chair, for the consideration of the
Appropriation Bill.
Department of Foreign 1f,dirs-
Continued.
Relief and Return of INDECENT
Hawaiians. ................. $1,000
The item is dropped in the revised
estimates.
Minister Gibson stated there was
not much call for this appropriation
on behalf of Hawaiian sailors, for
whom it was originally designed.
Yet there were Hawaiian woman
deserted by her Chinese husband at
Hongkong, Hawaiian child in
Illinois, and a sailor at Port Towns
end, for whom assistance to return
was asked, and the Minister should
have a fund for cases where help
was proper. He moved $1,000,
which carried
National Museum. ............. $1,000
Minister Gibson moved $4,000,
Rep. Dole $4,000, and it passed at
$4,000.
National Library. .............. $4,000
Minister Gibson moved $4,000.
Rep. Dole moved $1,000. He
considered it was extravaganza to
vote any more for books that only
half-a- dozen white people in Homo
lulu would read.
Minister Gibson would not con-
tend very earnestly against the hon.
member. There were books on
sanitary engineering, road-making,
and voyaging in the Pacific, which
the Government library should have,
and it did have fair stock of such
works. 1t was also important that
the library should be furnished with
works upon the inhabitants of the
Pacific Islands. There should be
works on the natural history of these
islands, and the speaker referred to
the labors of the late DR.. Hille-
brand, which were likely to result
in q valuable book. He admitted
that it would be inadvisable to pro-
vide books simply for the benefit of
any bookworm that might haunt the
library. His colleague the Minister
of Foreign Affairs was a literary
gentleman, who, he was satisfied,
would make a judicious selection.
-Four or five hundred dollars was
owing for books already ordered, so
that a vote of 81, 900 would leave
very small balance for new books.
Noble Bishop referred to the votes
for this purpose in the past, and
said there seemed to have been no
systematic plan adopted. 1t was
folly to buy such works as ''Para-
disc Lost" full of pictures, to be
tumbled over by idle hands in that
library. But voyages and travels
in the Pacific, and local natural
history, were proper to be obtained.
He was happy to say that DR.. Hille-
brands Flora of these islands was
in course of publication, but it
would only take few dollars to buy
half-a-dozen copies. A thousand
dollars would be enough, and GER
tain amount should be voted every
session.
Passed at $4,000.
Kings Guard. ........ ....... $4,000
Rep. Dickey moved to reduce to
$4,000. The question was whether
they should spend nearly $150,000
for mere show, when it might be
spent to better purpose. What did
they need an army for? Did they
want to make wars of conquest on
Polynesia or England? Perhaps
they could lick France, for she was
beaten not long ago! Or should
they fight Tahiti? He thought they
were narrowed down to a contest
with Micronesia, as there was small
prospect of success in any other
quarter. In reply to Rep. Kaulu-
kou, who asked whether the United
States kept standing army for
conquest or for preserving internal
order, he said the United States was
a bigger country than Hawaii. They
did not want an army for foreign
conquest. AS to internal security,
if the Attorney-General's hands
were not tied, he could so manage
the police force of this kingdom as
to make it effectual protection
against disorder. Did they want a
standing army for protection from
foreign aggression? A man-of-war
such as visited Honolulu n few
weeks ago would reduce the city
and palace to kindling wood in a
few minutes, and to acquire such
vessel would bankrupt this Govern
ment. 1t was for show they had
n standing army; but they might
carry it too far, and become the
laughing stock of the nations. The
best protection to the throne was
love for His Majesty in the hearts
of his subjects. The speaker re-
viewed the military expenditure of
the kingdom for many periods,
showing that back in the tifties