The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-08-20

$1,000 to $4,000 who are not at
work on any plantation. Noble
Castle has been well named William
All Castle.
Noble Castle rose and demanded
that the Minister be called to order
and that he apologize for using per-
sonalities.
The Minister kept on talking and
was again interrupted by Noble Cas-
tie, who insisted upon the Minister
being called to order.
The Chairman then said that the
Minister must conlinc himself to
Parliamentary rules.
The Minister resuming said it
filed him with indignation to see
the stand Noble Castle takes when
this question of Chinese restriction
is being dealt with. If we are to
do as he advises we shall be at the
mercy of Chinese hordes.
Minister Ashford said he thought
that when the time came, he could
knock the heated argument of the
Minister of the Interior into a cock
ed hat. He should not refer to
Cooley on Constitutional law to do
it either, but to other, and numer-
Gus authorities, who differ entirely
from that gentleman in regard to
the constitutionality of such laws.
He moved that when the committee
rise that they refer this bill back TO the
select committee to try and patch it
up SO that it will not be so objection
able or degrading in its provisions.
He did not agree with Noble Castle
that we should lay this bill on the
table, because that would practically
end the matter for this session. If
we can do something TO control the
Chinese labor without contravening
the Constitution we should do so.
We don't care about the indignites
we may heap on the Chinese by this
bill, but all suffer. He cited a case.
During several months past he had
at different times employed some of
the students from the Theological
Institute to do odd jobs, but under
this law it would be a penal offence
to do so, if they had no licence.
On the other hand to compel these
Hawaiians to procure licence and
have their photographs attached to
the same is most degrading, and
should not be tolerated. These
students work odd times to procure
money in order to prosecute their
studies and they should not be sub
jected to such degradation.
Noble Smith spoke in favor of the
motion made by the Attorney-Gen-
eral.
Rep. Kinney said he was not fool
enough to believe that the dissension
was on account of the licensing and
photographing laborers. He said he
would not walk across the hall to
save the bill. AS member of that
committee he washed his hands of
the whole matter. He advocated
the vote being called on the motion
to lay the bill on the table. What
the Acknowledgement says about not
wanting to have this bill tabled can
be told the marines. Let us vote to
table it and then take up the consti-
tutional amendment proposed, where
by we can control the Chinese, and
pass it.
Minister Ashford said he did not
wish to oppose Chinese restriction,
but he was decidedly against grab
bling Chinaman by the neck and
telling him that he must do so and
so. If the committee to whom was
referred this matter have exhausted
all their ability on this bill then that
ability could not have been very
monumental (voice, then try and do
something in that'li yourselD. If
l was on the committee | should try
and do better than this. AT all
events | should try and not butt
| bang up against the Constitution,