The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-09-10


Formerly the Sabbath law was very
strict here, but the present law had
reduced the day to six hours free
from labor. This bill proposed to
reduce the time further to four
hours. He had children growing
up whom he did not want to lose res
pect OF the Sabbath. Still lie was
in favor of the bill going to com.
mittee.
Noble Cornwsll was not in favor
of the bill as it stood, but, as he
thought enough had been said on it,
he would move the previous qnes-
ton. Carried.
The motion to refer to select
committee carried, and the Presl-
dent appointed as such committee
Messrs. Peterson, Baldwin, Knud.
sen, Hind, and Mccarthy.
Second reading of bill to regulate
the military forces of the kingdom.
Rep. r. W. Wilcox moved to in
sert "militia" instead of "volun.
teers" in the first section. Carried,
and the section passed as amended.
Noble Mccarthy, on the second
section being read, said that the
military committee, of which he was
chairman, had reported in favor of
doing away with all military forces
except a proper guard for His Ma
iesty. They considered that this
Recommendation was in the interest
of peace and harmony in the com
munity, and he thought this bill
should have been referred to that
committee, so that they should make
it conform to that recommendation
He would move that this section be
struck out.
Rep. r. w. Wilcox said that this
section only provided means of bet
ter controlling the Kings Guards.
At present they were not under
proper discipline, as they went fish
ing, and strolled round town in an
untidv condition. There need not
be such dread of disturbance. The
only time such had happened from
having a military force was in
1887, when portion of the volun-
tecrs made disturbance, and he be-
lieved that the chairman of the
military committee was an officer OF
those volunteers.
Noble McCarthy's objections were
to the staff proposed in this section.
A captain and two lieutenants were
the complement for company, at
the maximum of lao all ranks, in
the United States service, and ought
to be enough for the GO men recon-
mended to compose the Kings
Guard.
Rep. Brown thought that there
had been too many military bills in
this country. There was no need
for any force except the Kings
Guard. He would move that the
bill be referred to the military com
mittee.
Noble Widemann thought that thu
Kings Guards could be regulated
under the law of 1888. That Law
made the King the COMMANDMENT
Chief, and made the Minister o
Foreign Affairs commander of tn
King. Nothing more absurd thai
that had ever been passed in tn
Legislature. He was willing to lie
this bill go to committee.
Rep. R. w. Wilcox spoke withou
Interpretation, only interfering j
i. English, "We don't want any mis-
= sionary hypocrisy in this House.
Rep. Brown pointed out that th
y section made the staff permanent
y so they could not be removed eve
by court-martial, There was n
= provision in the bill for disbanC
- ment, and it ought to be referred
q committee.
= Noble J. M. Horner was glad thu
- Noble McCarthy's head was SO Gle;
~ on this subject, and that he was
~ favor of doing without milital
- forces.
, Rep. Wilcox asked, if a revolt
- ton was attempted, how would it
;. put DOWN.
~ Noble Phillips-We'll not hay
~ any.
- Noble Horner held that in tn
:" civilized country there was no nee
~ of military. The best protection
- the King was the love of his peopl
~ What would two or three hundrs
80 men, and forts twenty feet hig
~ avail if the outside community wan
~ ed to reach His Majesty. Thu
y, would go over the walls like birt
" and the few hundred inside won
"a amount to nothing. The matter W
NJ too serious for hasty action al
~ should be referred to q committe
in Rep. r. w. Wilcox could not s
or that there would be any good in +
Ia ferring the bill to the military col
@. mittee, as its chairman had expires
as ed his opinion on it already.
q. anybody would tell him outside VIII
ia the hon. Noble from Hamakua hi
,h said, he would slap him across 4
m face. There was danger of anoth
Nv revolution and the streets beil
At made sticky with blood, if the wish
Il. of the people were to be persistent
b. thwarted as at present. 1t would
~ worse revolution than that of 1876
~ and some of the finest buildings
Nv Honolulu would be blown up.
&C. would take hand IN it himself
~ the rights of the people were L
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