The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-08-21
by the King: to amend the law relating to
I the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank.

Z the HAWAIIAN 1O>tAl Savings pdLh.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Licensing labOrerS-Second reading OF
I the bill relating 10 the licensing or la
b0rerS, introduced by the special commit
| tee on Chinese matters, August eth. The
Z House went into Committee of the Whole,
Noble WaterhouSe in the chair.
Taken up section oy section.
Noble Castle moved that when the COM
mittee rise. they recommend the House 10
lay section and the whole bill on the table
He sympathized fully with the desires and
intentions of the select committee which
brought in the bill. To brush aside all
words and forms the bill is intended 70 re
strict, control and curb the Chinese 1t
could not name them alone or only be
cause it would then be clearly unconstitu-
tional. Ii 1t should pass snd in It's enforce
ment should be directed at Chinese only,
il would probably be open TO the same
objection Ii the bill should become law
one of two things would probably occur,
either ii would be q dead letter on the
statute book or its general enforcement
would cause great trouble, almOSta revolu-
ton perhaps. Probably the result would
be that the law will simply not be enforced.
Ii Is difficult 10 see how there can be any
such legislation under our Constitution.
Practically the only protection We can
have at present Is 3 strict enforcement OF
the restriction Act Of the recent extraOrdl-
nary session. Ii that Act Is thus carried
out We shall see gradual reduction OF the
number of Chinese in the country. At
present there can be no legislation against
the Chinese as class; for that We shall
have to wait till the session OF 1890 If the
constitutional amendment now before the
Legislature shall be adopted. As for him
self, the speaker said that he is As earnest
Is anyone can be against the flooding OF
the country with Chinese. They do not
aSSimilute with the habits of life or thought
OF the countries they become residents OF.
They are Chinese once and always, ard II
there be no restriction they can and Will
food the country and either We or they
will have 70 60. We shall never consent
that If law will protect US, the laws shall
not be passed and made Is strong as pos
sible, but this proposed law Will not do 1t.
Ii Is SIso exceedingly indefinite in its terms
aud may become very oppressive. Where
are the lines of distinction between : COM
mon laborer and any OtherP Is car
penter. mason, i blacksmith, 4 common
laborer2 The bill applies TO them all and We
cannot avoid that issue. 1t Is TO be re-
GREETED that the mstter can not be dis
posed of now by the adoption OF this bill
or something similar, but it Is not prac-
teal legislation.
Rep. Kinney said Noble Castle had been
ingeniously combining two objects that are
widely different II the wording OF this
section does not clearly express what We
want, there are surely words in the Engllsh
language by which we can do so. Ii the
hon Noble Is afraid that skilled labor VIII
be included in the terms OF the bill, It will
be very easy TO put III exceptions. The
objections so lar presented can be all met
by amendments. The House should utilize
what is good in the bill. To throw it under
the table is 4 confession of mental incapac-
ity 10 amend il. The hon. Noble talks OF
revolution. There are, without dC1Oti
dangers ahead. The country has drlIted
on until there are in il 5000 aliens who
are Chinese to day, will be Chinese to-
morrow and Chinese forever. Ii on taking
up map and One-third OF 1t were found
blotted out by heathenlsm We should have
d fair picture OF the country as 1t Is and as
the hon Noble tells Us it Is TO remain with
out change These aliens are mostly an
able set OF men, and they have bound
themselves to every branch OF industry.
Are We then 10 do nothing. The hon.
Noble saws natives will not go 10 the
trouble OF paying p cents for licenses.
Have the Chinese got such hold on the
people and on the country that they Will
not pay % cents in two years IN order that
We NAV know how far we have drifted on
NAV know what Is TO be done with the
Chinese Members NAV be willing to do
something two years hence. When the
account books bill passed the House, 1t
looked as If the hon. Noble, with other
members as well as Honolulu merchants,
were going TO run over TO the King" Oh,
give Us back that bill Ii something had
not happened TO nerve up this House, that
Act would have gone by the board We
sTr-sI lice TF4ar1r r la
Chinese now in the country. We have
heavy work. long work and hard work
ahead. We stand in jeopardy. One-third
OF our population Is Chinese. No other
country has so large q proportion OF that
nationality among its people. In the face
OF these facts, the most that some members
can suggest Is to pray, for heaven sake,
do nothing" The hon. Noble speaks Of
revolution. Well, If so, let US have reyo-
luton before We belong TO China. Or per-
haps we had better go on as we are, eat,
drink and be merry, for tomorrow We die.
Minister Green said it seemed to him that
the pith OF this bill Is in section 3, 1t is a
powerful bill TO force labor and make every
BODY work As q plantation owner he
would like 10 see it very much, but he did
not think it just.
Noble Smith said: We are not here TO do
any injustice to Chinese. The Hawaiian
population Is decreasing out the Cnlnese
population Is increasing. 1t would take
900 kingdoms the size OF this one 10 be
equal in population 10 China. The Hawa-
ian population could all be counted in
twenty-five hours, at the rate OF one sec
ond. while at the same rate 1t would take
YOU thirty years TO count the population or
China counting ten hours each day.
Minister Green-How does the honorable
Noble connect all these interesting state
ments with the question before US?
Noble Smith-Il connect them very
shortly.
The remedy may be TO stop immigration,
as Noble Castle says. We have certain
serious questions TO consider in that con-
nection. While our industries depend on
labor, il is necessary TO have them come
but We need to have that labor under
proper conditions. While our industries
must be protected, We have other inter
ests TO protect as well. 1t would be q rem
edv If every Chinaman brought here under
contract were obliged to return at the eI-
piration OF the period for which he en-
gagged. The facts and books show that in
Honolulu 200 Cinnamon eTaded taxation
in 1857 and thus $1,000 taxes were lost,
and ii Is safe TO say that about 5 900 Chi
nese eVaded taxes in the Kingdom last year,
amounting 70 S35, 600 taxes. And there Is
evidence that nearly every man OF these
were Chinese. They were booked, the
collector went for the money, but the
men could not be found. 1t Is rank in
Justice for me OF anyone else TO be taxed
while others 90 untsXed. 1t Is wrong. But