The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-11-04
THE LEGISLATURE.
18TH DAY.
MONDAY, Nov. 3
AFTERNOON SESSION.

on-the majority recommending in
definite postponement, the minority
recommending its passage, and Rep.
Halstead submitting new bill.
Rep. Brown moved that the
amended bill pass.
Rep. r. w. Wilcox moved it be
indefinitely postponed.
Rep. Brown thought the bill
should pass. They had in the early
part of the session witnessed an
exhibition of the evil that this bill
was intended to prevent. If one
member of the Cabinet could hold
his colleagues at bay and all four
refuse to resign, the result was liza
| BILE to be chaotic condition serious
| to the country.
Rep. Nawahi was opposed to the
bill, as it provided no remedy for a
tie in the Cabinet--two to two.
Noble Marsden supported the mo-
ton to indefinitely postpone the bill,
because it would not do any good.
1t did not compel the dissenting
member to resign, or the King to re-
ject his advice.
Rep. Paehaole instanced the OBJ
lection often heard to the House
interfering with the Board of Health,
and thought this bill going further
IN interference with the Executive
was worse. He moved the previous
question, which carried.
The bill was indefinitely postpon-
ed, II to Is.
Second reading of bill to extend
the duties of the Commissioners on
Agriculture introduced by Noble
Burchardt). Considered with unani-
nous report of commerce committee,
recommending indefinite postpone
ment.
The bill made it the duty of the
Commissioners to seek to prevent
the introduction into this kingdom
of any noxious plants and all plants
which will be injurious 10 the agr
cultural and grazing interests of thu
country, and to seek to exterminat'
any such noxious and injurious
plants now existing in or hereafte
introduced into the country.
Minister Brown moved that the
report be adopted. Carried, and
motion to reconsider lost.
Second reading of bill to re-enac
the law providing for Hawaiian
(native) Board of Health.
Rep. Brown moved the bill b.
read by title, and, that being car
ried, that it be referred to the SAM
tary committee. Lost.
Noble Crabbe moved the bill b
indefinitely postponed. Carried
and motion TO reconsider lost.
Second reading of bill to provide
for the keeping of all Government ac
counts in both English and Hawai-
ian.
Rep. r. W. Wilcox moved it b
referred to the military committee
(Laughter.)
Noble Marsden moved it be in
definitely postponed. The Apprc
priation Bill was passed, and ther
would be no money to pay til
double force of clerks required b
the bill.
Rep. Paehaole moved the bi
pass.
The motion to indefinitely pos
pone carried, and motion to IT
consider was lost.
! Second reading of bill to continu
the subsidy heretofore granted fl
mail communication between I'll
Hawaiian Islands and the Unite
States of America.
!. Section l. A subsidy of Fiftee
Hundred Dollars for each roun
trip shall be paid to the Ocean
Steamship Company for carryir
J the mails between the ports of Hon
lulu, in the Hawaiian Islands, al
San Francisco, in the United Stat
= of America, respectively; said su
sidy to commence from the 3lst
March, A. ID. 1890.
Rep. Brown moved to snbstitu
"tifteen hundred dollars" with sol
thousand dollars" Also, to &C
the words, "and expire on the 81
of March, A. d. 1892" The latt
amendment was to prevent giving
vested right to the company to dra
g the subsidy longer than the ne
Legislature might decide.
Noble Muller moved to amer
Sec. 2 to the effect that the subsi(
paid shall not exceed two thousal
dollars month.
Noble Cornwell could not see wi
the amount in the bill should be I
duced when the House had apr
0 priated enough to pay at that rat
!" Rep. Nawahi said that notwit
standing the reduction in the exis
ing law, the company was chargiI
all the way to rs cents bunch (
bananas therefore he moved d
bill be indefinitely postponed.
Noble Cornwell said that If d
bill passed the company could n
charge more than rs cents.
7 Noble Baldwin moved the amou
: pass as In the bill, with an amen
ment that no more be paid than d
Legislature approprlates.
Noble j. NJ. Horner asked he
the s4h 200 appropriated was goil
TO correspond with the amount In 7
bill.
Minisler brown stated tllal 1