The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-08-17
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had presented the bill to give great
er security to depositors in the
Postal Savings Bank, to His Majesty
for signature.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Third reading of the bill relating
to the appointment of tax assessors
and tax collectors. Passed.
Third reading of the bill to define
and limit the authority of Judges
to punish for contempt.
Minister Ashford spoke at some
length on the evil effects this bill
would have on parties 'litigant, and
moved its indefinite postponement.
Minister Thurston said that there
had not been q measure before this
House for which he should vote as
heartily as the one contained in this
bill. He only regretted that he had
not 4S votes to east for it instead of
one. The Acknowledgement and
possibly one other member Of the
bar of this country were the only ones
who opposed this bill, every other
member us well as a minority of the
Supreme Court are in favor of ii,
and he hoped that it would pass
unanimously with perhaps the ex-
ception of the Attorney General.
He said that to-day the press don't
dare to publish the proceedings of
the courts for fear of q prosecution
for contempt.
Rep. Kinney spoke in favor Of the
bill. He referred to the opposition
the Supreme Court had shown to the
Capitalization of power in the Cabi-
net. But there is Capitalization Of
power in the Judiciary as we'll as the
Executive department of the coun-
try. The power of our Court
cannot be duplicated in any part of
the world. 1t is an indisputable fact
that our Judges hold powers that no
other Judges in the world hold. We
did not know until Kalakaua came
to the throne, the power the King
had under the old Constitution, but
found out that he was an absolute
monarch, so with our Supreme
Court its power is absolute. Since
Judge Preston has taken the
bench he has been leading the
Court to unconstitutional actions.
not till he took the bench did the
Court declare that the publication
of evidence was contempt. This
action of the Court has muzzled the
press. See what it has come to
when a publisher of newspaper
has TO go to q Judge of the Su-
preme Court and ask if he can pub
lish such and such an article. This
was done in the case some of Chinese
women who were being landed il
this country for immoral purposes
Let the Judges keep up stairs and
attend to their work there, and moi
be down here lobbying bills through
this House. He said that Judge
Preston had abused his power as a
Judge and he (the Judge)can call for
n Legislative investigation if he cares
to. | say so, and have evidence, to
back it up, He (Mr. Kinney knew
that he would be punished for what
he had said to-day, in his practice
before the Courts during the next
two years, but he cared nothing fol
that. This interference in the Legis,
lative functions of the country
should be stopped. 1t should be {
just cause for impeachment. He
therefore moved that the bill pass
its third reading.
KEEP. Nakaleka spoke in favor O.
the indefinite postponement of thu
bill.
Rep. e. Brown said that when tn,
bill was first introduced he was il
favor of it, but since then he ha
changed somewhat, abuses can aris
under this law, on the side of tn,
papers, quite as bad as those whicl
exist now on the other side.
Recess until 80 p. III.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House re-assembled at 80
p. M, and resumed the considera
ton of the contempt of Court bill.
Noble Smith spoke in favor of tn
bill, stating that the law in Cali
fornia has twelve enumerations defn
ing what shall constitute contempt
The Court here has absolute power
This bill does not take away til
right of the Court to protect itself
in regard to contempt. This hi
provides that newspaper men ma
publish for the benefit of the
readers what everybody has rigE
to hear in the Courts of the King
kom. 1t does not interfere with I'll
power of the Court to punish fc
contempt. This bill is the outcon
of the Judges putting a wrong col
struction on their power. The Cou
can go but one step further than
has gone, and that is to shut u
the papers entirely, as they do
Russia.
Minister Austin believed it nece
sary to protect the people from ;
unlimited exercise of power by Il
Court, and should therefore suppo
, the bill.
Minister Ashford said that |
knew he had earned the enmity
, the press, by the stand he had TAX
: on this bill, but he hoped they won
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