The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-09-11
Afternoon.
Re-assembled at o'clock.
pEpnPT OF COMMITTEE

! bribery charges, reported that they find il
necessary to have another meeting and ask
the authority of the House, under Rule q
to hold their meeting partially or wholly
| private, at their discretion.
The committee was authorized by vote to
| have their meeting private.
| ACTS SIGNED BY THE KING.
Minister Ashford reported six Acts
signed by the King:
To amend section 81 of the tax law.
To amend the Act to prevent married
persons from deserving each other.
To better prevent illicit traffic i'll sp1ritu-
Gus liquors.
To amend section Is, Chapter XXXVII.,
laws of 1886, and section 46, ChapterXLIII.
laws of 1882, relating to taxes.
To amend the law of 1887, relating to the
regulation of Chinese immigration.
To amend and consolidate the election
laws.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The Appropriation Bill-Third reading
of the Appropriation bill.
Minister Ashford moved to amend the
item, salary circuit judge, Maui, to read
So 800 instead of $4,000. The salaries of
other circuit judges had passed at So 600 and
there is no good reason why the salary of
the circuit Judge of Maui should be higher
than that of the judge of HilO, KOhala or
Kauai.
The motion was lost on the following
division
Ayes-Green, Thurston, Ashford, Wilder,
Luhiau, Wight, Motley, Townsend, Hitch
cock, Widemann, DeacOn-11.
Noes--Robinson, Young, Smith, Water
house, Bailey, Makee, DOwsett, jr., Kauhi,
G. Brown, F. Brown, Kamai, Mcguire,
KamauOha, Nawahine, Daniels, Heleku-
mini, HOrner, A. s. Wilcox, Rice, Naka-
leka, PaehaOle-21.
Minister Ashford moved to amend
Kau, So, 900, to read $4,000. The object of
the motion was to carry out the principle
of equalization of salaries of persons hay
ing similar duties to perform. Lost.
Minister ThurstOn moved to insert $14,-
600 instead of $12, 900 to Queens Hospital.
Noble Hitchcock asked if the Govern
ment was paying the running expenses of
the Queens Hospital.
Minister ThurStOn-It is.
Noble Hitchcock claimed that the hos
pital is not public or a Government in
stitutiOn.
Noble Smith was sick of the opposition
coming up from time to time against inSti-
tutiOns for the sick, infirm and destitute.
Such opposition is unreasonable and con-
temptible.
Noble Hitchcock said the hospital is not
for the general public; it is for Hawaiians
only.
Noble Widemann said the hospital takes
in South Sea Islanders as well as Hawaii
ans without pay.
Rep F. Brown referred back to the sums
passed at the several sessions since 1882,
for this institution. If any part of the
sum asked for is not used it will remain in
the treasury.
Rep. G. Brown asked if this $4,000 in
Cludes the hospital tax money.
Minister ThurstOn said it does not; it is
additional to the receipts from the hospital
tax.
Minister Ashford claimed that there is
inequality in the Queens Hospital law. 1t
is taxing all races to provide free hospital
accommodation for two races. This is
utterly opposed to principles of equality.
Noble Widemann could shake hands
heartily with the Attorney for those words.
to advocate those sentiments. Some years
ago, he, the, speaker, with Mr.. Damon,
had succeeded in opening the doors of the !
hospital to South Sea Islanders, and he
hoped the Attorney-Generalw would get the
doors opened to other natOnalitIes.
The item passed.
Minister Green moved to insert, salary
collector, MahukOna, contingent 5000. |
Arrangements have been made for ship |
ping sugar from that port direct to San |
Francisco and additional service NAV be |
required. Carried.
Minister ThurstOn moved to amend the |
item, Government pounds, 81 $50 to read |
$1,750. 1t has been shown by representa-
tives and Others that the larger sum is |
likely to be needed. Carried.
Rep. Rice said that the committee on |
double taxation had reported favorably on
the petition of VIM, Abbey for a refund of |
So double taxation. No record of such re- |
port could be found
Noble Smith moved to insert the So |
Carried.
Rep. Horner moved to insert, road Wal |
luku to Lahaina, $15, 900.
Noble Townsend said he had moved to |
strike that item out of the bill on second |
reading. He was under the impression at |
that time that it was a bride road that |
was proposed, but being assured since that |
a driving road is intended to be made, he |
would second the motion to insert.
Noble Widemann moved an amendment |
that the item read: for a driving road for |
the Hon. member from Lahaina. Lost.
Noble Smith told the story of the ram |
and the mallet. A farmer was seized and |
possessed of a ram. The ram was seized |
and possessed OF an inveterate propensity |
tor buttlng at everybody and everything. |
Inc farmer, to correct the habits of the |
ram, suspended a large wooden mallet |
from the branch of a tree in front of his |
cOmbatlve sheepShip. The mallet began |
to swing and the ram began to butt. The |
mallet kept on Oscillating with relentless /
regularity and precision, and the ram kent |
on butting. When the farmer went to bed |
the mailet still vibrated in the air and the |
ram still butted. Next morning the mallet |
was going its regular swing. There was
nothing left of the ram except his tail, but |
that continued to butt against the malIet. !
With similar persistency, this Wailuku |
and Lahaina road has been butting against
the Legislature at every session back into
the remotest antiquity, and he thought |
there was nothing more of it now except |
The tail. What is left of it, however, is still /
putting.
The item was inserted.
Rep. Helekunihi moved to insert 81 800
or road in Makawao. Lost.
The same member moved to insert So 900
or bridge at Kailua, Maui. Lost
Section 8. The Minister of Finance shall
lot cause, or allow, to be paid from the
Treasury, any money for objects not au-