The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-10-21

With regard 10 the electric lights. he /
wished the Government would sell !.
them, go as to get Il little money TO pay I
the Kings debts. Mr. Bowler is perfectly 1
right. II he cannot get redress in the /
courts, the Legislature is the court for |
him 10 come to-
Rep. Rosa-With regard 20 the electric
light, the House agrees 10 the item with
out interest. He would support that
The Palace wall item is in question, as
1t is an Illegal contract. The Reform
party had better be silent on Illegal con-
tracts. lie spoke at some length on the
Madras claim, and then on the item Tor
/ the return OF the South Sea laborers
| The committee, he said, had based their
! conclusions on facts. tie read the evil
! dence OF His Tx. c. y. Spencer, as
/ taken by the committee, with regard 10
/ the number of laborers ready TO go.
Noble Widemann said that Mr.. Justice
Dole filed a decision that the Bowler
contract was illegal, and ne, no doubt,
would have declared the Thurston claim
of the Wilder 5. S. Co. illegal. Both
claims stand on the same basis as far as
this House is concerned. Both claims
are to be considered before this House,
which has assumed Jurisdiction. Mr..
ought now TO be paid.
Noble Baldwin-Most of us admit that
the Bowler contract with Minister Aholo
was illegal. see nothing illegal about
the contract for the Volcano road. Those
people took their chances of getting their
money. The law was not broken in the
case OF the Fred Harrison contract for
the Custom House. This item in re-
gard to the laborers eclipSes anything
done by the late Ministry. The country
will blame us if We vote this amount, for
the country has had no benefit from 1t.
Noble Widemann considered the con-
tract in the Volcano road so illegal that
If he were to support it he would shoot
himself the next moment.
: Rep. K. w. Wilcox moved the pre-
{ vious question but withdrew 1t.
Minister Cummins thought enough
had been said on the matter. He sup
ported the report of the committee.
/ Noble J. NJ. Horner moved the aye:
and noes be called
Noble Phillips withdrew his motion
for the $40. 2lS.S4
Rep. White renewed the motion.
The motion to insert $40 2lSSi wa:
lost on the following division:
} Ayes-Pua, Cummins, Marques. X
w. Wilcox. Bush, Nawahi, Baker
White, Cockett, Kamai-l0.
Noes-Cummins, u. Brown, Spencer
e Widemann, Berger, Macfarlane, Muller
/ Mccarthy, Phillips, Crabbe, j. Nj. Hor
;, ner, Hind, Parker, Marsden, Baldwin
w Y. Horner, Walbridge, Anderson
y Won Tempsky, G.. n. Wilcox, Kanoa, c
L Brown, Lucas, Rosa, Kauhi, A. Hornel
u Richard, Paehaole, Kanealii, Halstead
y Knudsen, Rice, A. S WilcoA-33
+ Rep. White moved the ayes and noe
- be called on the item as reported by tn
g committee.
e President Walker said the ayes an
l. noes could only be called once. but if
IL was the wish of the House he had no oil
e lection.
'e The motion to insert the item at $34
l. S39. 81, the recommendation OF the con
y mittee was carried on the following d
D! vision.
of Ayes-Cummins, Spencer, Widemanl
80 Berger, Muller, Pua, Mccarthy, Phillip
Crabbe, Parker, Kanoa, Cumming
ie Marques, Lucas, r. w. Wilcox, Ros
he Bush, Kauhi, Nawahi, Baker, Paehaol
a White, Kanealii, Cockett, kamai-2
Ia Noes G.. Brown, Macfarlane, }.
ID Homer, Hind, Marsden. Baldwin, w.
10 Horner, Walbrii}ge, Anderson, We
IN Tempsky, G. N. Wilcox, G. Brown,
ne Horner, Richard, Kahookano, Apil
ne Halstead, Knudsen, Rice, A. S. WilcC
is 20.
ne Noble Muller moved the vote be reco
1t sidered Lost.
ms The House adjourned at 8 so.