The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-08-21

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a few foreign merchants, s few HawaiianS,
the farming in the hands of the Portu-
gueSe and all the mixed industries OF the
country viii be absolutely in the hands OF
the Chinese.
We must do something; the simplest,
first instincts of Self-preServStiOn demand
il. We have turned this way and that
seeking some remedy. The difficulty is TO
frame anv provisions which will not con-
tiict with the class legislation provisions of
the Consultation.
This bill is not satisfactory; not all we
wish. but il is 4 beginning. The wording
may be changed, but the principle must be
maintained, unless something better can
Noble Young said, this bill one of those
things most of US do not like to touch. l
am aware of the difficulties the Committee
had TO contend with, and it would be no
disgrace to them if they had failed to give
us bill that would solve the problem that
eonfrontS us. | am against this bill be-
cause it makes a pOntoon bridge out OF
our poor men for US to get across and get =
slap at the Cinnamon. The term common
laborer is somewhat in the same category
as the bill brought in here some time ago
10 define drunkenness. Ii proposes 10 take
those men who are as good as any men IN
this House, but who are under the mlSfor-
tune of having less of this worlds goods,
and make stepping stones OF them TO get at
the Cinnamon. The men to be used Tor
this purpose areof our own race and OF the
Hawaiian race | doubt not the sincerity
of the gentlemen who introduced this bill.
A more hard working man and more zeal
Gus man for-the good of the country thar
the hon member for Hanakua Is not III
this House The hon. Noble told the story
of the little boy who wanted TO get the NY
off his fathers nose He did not hit the
Nv but he hit his fathers nose. In the
same way he was afraid the gentlemen who
are urging this bill are going to hurt more
than benefit those for whom they are trying
10 work (W. .. Smith-1ou are an awful
story teIerO He thought while listening
to Noble Smith of the millions Of orbS and
globes around us and how we would get
crushed if they came toward Us. We have
vagrant act here, / believe, CIV. A. Kinney
A dead letter.)
Noble Young-Will the member tell US
how
Rep. Kinney-Because when a vagrant
is hauled up, he shows money in his pocket
and claims that he is at work on sugar
plantation, but this bill Will compel MN TO
produce his license.
Noble Young submit that il the yag-
rant act we have with amendments to it is
a dead letter, this bill will also become
dead letter. | would not object to the bill
If it applied TO all alike, but it includes only
the poor man l know as an employer OF
labor what / am talking about. Many
time, it is with sorrow | have to say TO
man seeking for work that | have none for
him. This bill provides that man in
those circumstances may he arrested and
put IN iail. | would rather see the Consti-
tuition hacked into chips than see this bill
pass. simply because it Is going to take ad-
vantage of poor men, the very men We
are here to screen. know what II is TO be
a working man, all my lie. | drew work
iugman's wages from the time | was u
wears of age until Il, before l went 10 learn
my trade. | suppose the lawyers IN the
House will walk over me for these remarks,
but can only express my opinions IN plain
terms. | say, gentlemen, do not get on
the neck OF the poor man.
W. A. hinney-SuppOSe the Chlnaman
is on the neck of the poor man,
Minister Ihurston read paper lett on
his desk by someone. Ii contains two
sentences, ~ 1T makes me SICK Chinese
legislation will have TO come IRON crowd
who will raise he'll" ~ The old man
that Young is telling of Is his own crowd
who are fast asleep and won't wake up until
too late
There are two good texts in this piece OF
paper. DEllGNE III uAille. SOlllNtAlllis. ~
far from putting our feet on the neck OF the
poor man, the fact is, il We don't do some
thing, the Cinnamon will have their feet on
the neCks OF the poor men. The China
men have large proportion OF the mer-
chants down town IN their power. Every
time the Chinaman tiddles, the merchants
will come out and dance. Does the hon.
Noble say that the house OF Hackteld &
Co and Col. Spalding, the latter OF whom
Il s~E, a.0bsN inf hall hon
speaking before the committee. are in
favor OF depressing the poor man. This
bill is almost word for word with draft
made by Col Spalding. We can not get
everything we want, butYe mean to do what
we can Now is the time to act upon this
question. The statistics taken by the
Board of Immigration show 5,T2T China
men working on plantations. There are
20 coo to % 600 in the country, so that
from Is 900 to 1900 Cinnamon are not at
work on any plantation
tract labor?
Minister Thurston-No, sir. There's not
Chinese contract laborer in the country
that l know of. We have come to a point
where We must help ourselves.
Rep. c. Brown said he thought the Min
lister of Interior had overeStimated the
number of unemployed Chinese in the
country. The Chinese merchants and the
Chinese domestic servants must be taken
into account Probably nine-tenths of the
domestic servants in the country are
Chinese.
Minister Ashford was in favor of Chinese
restriction. But he was afraid this bill, as
it is. would not stand the test of the Su-
preme Court The question should not be
abandoned until we End something prac-
ticabIe or until We are satisfied that any
thing practicable cannot be found. He
moved that the first section be referred
back to the committee
Rep Kinney said that, as q member or
the committee, he had nothing further TO
say on the subject. As to the Attorney
Generals remarks on constitutional points,
he would saw a. Go and tell that to the
marines" The opposition say they have
been thinking over it for weeks, and yet
they have nothing to submit Ii 1t goes to
a committee, let it be a new committee.
He moved il be referred to new commit
tee, of which the Attorney-General, Noble
Castle and Noble Young will be members.
Minister Ashford said the wisdom OF the
committee that prepared this bill was not
colossal.
Minister Thurston-The1 let Us see you
do something better.
Noble Smith-It appears that when the
Acknowledgement daWned upon this earth
there must have been something cOnstItu-
tionally wrong.
Rep. Kauhi3The House has now been
four hours tShing and it has caught crab.
The people down town will commend Us
for our industry.