The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-08-25
THE LEGISLATURE.
SIXTY SECOND DAY.
SATURDAY, Aug. %.
The House met at 10 O'Clock.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Noble Walbridge presented the
report of the select committee on
liquor bills, upon Rep. Ricc's bill
for earlier closing of saloons, re-
commencing an amended bill to the
favorable consideration OF the
House. Laid on the table to he
considered with the bill.
RESOLUTIONS.
Rep. Richard read q first time by
title his bill to amend Chap. z, Pc.
nal Code.
Rep. Kanealii gave notice of q bill
relating to opium.
Rep. Apiki read first time by
title his bill to amend Article 63 of
the Constitution.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The House went into committee
Of the whole, Noble Mccarthy in
the chair, for the consideration of
the Oahu railway bill.
Rep. Kalua was of the same mind
as yesterday, that the bill should be
indefinitely postponed. There was
no provision in the bill to regulate
the rates of passage or freight, and
the old law with these restrictions
would lapse in five years. From the
moment the bonds are issued the
Government will be responsible for
the interest, and the company would
shortly say it could not pay ex-
penscs and ask the Government TO
pay the interest. The hon. Noble
Hind, although stakeholder, OPP
posed the bill, because in his public
capacity he would not impose this
burden on the country. The
speaker as representative of the
| people could not conscicntiously
support the bill.
Rep. KahOokano referred to the
kohala railway as an instance that
every enterprise which promises
fairly does not succeed. 1t was
promoted by the late Mr.. S. G..
Wilder and cost $3.50, 900, but no
subsidy was given to it by the Gov
eminent. The road was only valued
at $50, 900 now for purposes Of tax
alton. There was . railway built
into rich district, depreciating
from S2S0,000 TO $4,000, and in
view of this would it be wise to en-
courage more railways? The kohala
district was not made rich by the
railway but by the enterprise of
planters. The Pacific railway was
built on the same principle as that
of this bill, and the results are that
Stanford, Croker, and others be-
came millionaires, while the Govern
ment still has to pay the interest on
the cost of construction. 1t was
proposed 10 extend the railway l8
miles to hon. Noble Widemann' plan
tation at Waianae, and on that the
Government would be paying $4,000
year. Was there freight enough
at Waianae to pay that amount?
This morning it was paraded in the
paper that the company would make
$4,000 this month. Then why in
the name of goodness did it ask for
subsidy? The whole story was
that capitalists had less confidence
in the railway than in the Govern
ment and would not advance tile
needed funds without the proposed
guarantee. II there was large
surplus in the treasury he would
not SO strongly oppose the measure,
but il the country went on giving
assistance to enterprises that made
no return to the treasury, necessary
public services would be stinted,
and taxes increased to burden
some degree. He could not see why
the franchise should he extended
from twenty to fifty years.
Rep. Kauhi spoke in favor of con :
sidering the bill and removing its
Objectionable features. He held the
floor half an hour.
Rep. White cited a variety of un-
desirable possibilities from the bill.
If the bondholders had to take posr
session of the railway they would
leave nothing for the poor stock
holders. BY and by women would
(. be paying poll tax SO that the hon.
member for Eva could ride in a
railway carriage. Some time the
bondholders might unload their
bonds and stocks, and one fine
morning we should have the an
nouncement that AIR. Dillingham;,
: "on account of i'll health" had gone
: to San Francisco, and was going
: from there to Nova Scotia, and
thence TO London. He was pro.
needing to insinuate that His Ma
jesty would be offered shares to in
, duce him TO sign the bill.
Rep. Brown called the hon. mem
Der to order. 1t was improper to
use the name of His Majesty in any
, such manner. He was surprised
that a native member should be
guilty of such thing. AS one born
: in this country he protested against
l the language of the hon. member.
!. The chairman ruled that the hon.
member was out of order, and hoped
, that whenever such language was
used in native, while he WAS in the
chair, some member understanding
that tongue would call his attention
TO it.
Rep. White held that this was
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