The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-07-29
Afternoon Session.

. | afternoon Session.
The House resumed at 40.
President Walker appointed the fol
lowing committee on the Poi bill
Mobiles Cornwell, Crabbe; Reps. Cum
mings, Baker, and Lucas.
Second reading of Bill 35, an Act to
provide for quieting titles to real pro.
perty
Noble Cornwell-As l introduced the
bill and it is an important one, i move
that it be referred to the Judiciary COM
mittee. would like to be present when
the Judiciary committee consider it.
believe it to be a good bill. Referred to
Judiciary committee
Bill No. and report OF Sanitary COM
mittee on same. The bill is the Act
providing for committal of dipsomaniacs
to the Insane asylum. The Sanitary
committee report recommending that the
bill pass with sundry amendments. The
amendments vest the jurisdiction to
commit dipsomaniacs in Judges of the
Supreme Court at Chambers, Judges of
| Circuit Courts, and the Police Justice of
Honolulu. They abolish the power of
the hospital physician to extend the
period of commitment with the approval
of the committing Judge, and the limita-
ton to persons OF otherwise good reputa-
| tion is stricken out.
Rep. Brown moved that the amended
bill be considered section by section.
Rep. Kalua moves reference to COM
mittee of the whole, and that committee
consider it section by section. Carried.
President Walker called Rep. Rickard
to the chair.
Rep. Kalua states that the bill being
considered is the amended bill, which
has not been printed 1 therefore move
committee rise and refer it to Printing
committee.
Rep. Brown don't think it is neces-
sary The only change in section is
in limiting the power of committal to
certain Judges. On the island of Oahu
committal will be by Judge of Supreme
Court or Police Judge. Elsewhere only
by Circuit judges. This is a good bill,
and sure to become necessary. Some
people cannot control their appetite for
liquor, and this bill is intended to save
them. There has been case ON this
island where party has voluntarily sub
mitted to this treatment and it is said
that man now has an adherence for
liquor and can't bear the smell of it. l
move the committee recommend that this
section pass. o
Rep Kalua- | now understand the
section and support the motion
Rep. Robt. Wilcox-I move the COM
postponed. L consider the bill black
sheep. The committee have tried to
whitewash it in vain. If we saya man
shan't drink liquor, bye-and-by some one
will say bring in q bill to regulate
church-going. | believe the bill is
brought in for purpose. 1t will be ap-
piled to native Hawaiians who have
made themselves obnoxious on political
grounds. q = Gaf 0HTJaiG ~
Rep. Knudsen i believe the bill is
good one and will l5have good results |
remember long ago in my own country
such a law was passed, and young men
who were drunkards were put in by their
own parents and cured of their illness
for illness it is. | hope that all friends
of humanity will vote for this bill.
Rep. Nawahi was in favor of the in
definite postponement of the bill. We
want to pass good bills, but this is liable
to abuse. The members of this House
had better be careful They go to par
ties sometimes and after a while they
talk pretty fast. Perhaps they will be
digging pit for themselves. A member
OF this House may be the first to be lock-
ed up under this Act
Rep. Brown-The member misunder-
stands the effect of the bill An order to
show cause why one should not be COM
mltted as dlpsOmaniac will be issued
and his liberty cannot be restrained I'M
til an order for his committal has been
issued. The person making the COM
plant will have to prove it, as he would |
in an action of assumpsit, and the party |
complained against will have an appeal |
to the Supreme Court in banco In |
every civilized country in the world there |
are homes for inebriates, and they are |
only committed after such proceedings as
l have described. and none can be ar
rested and locked up under this Act as |
the member from Hilo imagines.
Rep. White-I am in favor of in
definite postponement Thurston and |
his Cabinet have gone out of office but |
they have a representative here in the |
member from Honolulu who has taken |
the bill under his protection.
Rep. Marques-When l first read this
bill L thought it was excellent. The
second time was more doubtful. l was
very glad to see it referred to special
l must confess l am disap-
pointed at the work of the committee.
The bill will open a door to abuse. The
can be committed on the
OF any person. This gives
any person right to peer into other
peoples houses. The bill does not say
how one is to prove that he is not
drunkard. 1t also gives the physician
power to recommit without process of
law which is very dangerous. cannot
endorse the bill in its present form, and
favor its indefinite postponement. :