The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-08-22
Afternoon Session.

The House took recess till L 10.
Afternoon Session.
The House re-assembled at :35.
Third reading of the bill regulating the
peddling of cakes. The bill passed.
Second reading of bill No. 81, to regu-
late departure of Hawaiians from the
Kingdom. The majority and minority
reports of the committee were read; the
majority recommend the rejection and
the minority the passage OF the bill.
Rep. Brown moved the majority re-
port be adopted. Every Hawaiian should
have the same right to go abroad that
everyone else has. 1t should not be as
sumed that he is unable to take care of
himself My advice to Hawaiians is to
stay here, unless they have proper
means for going abroad or unless they
are sailors. Sailors can always get back.
There are some at Puget Sound. They
are doing we'll and don't want to come
back. There are about fifty at Salt Lake
who think the world is coming to an end
and that they won't get to Heaven unless
they are in Utah. Ten or fifteen have
just come back who have had enough of
it. don't believe in claiming Hawaii
ANS u tue SIlOTc vi tlllS lSlduu.
Noble Pua spoke in favor of the bill.
Noble Widemann Il don't know
whether l left my country for my coun-
try's good, but l left for my own good,
and / am satisfied. / would not like if /
wanted to take my wife away to San
Francisco for trip, to have to give a
bond of $500 to bring her back.
Rep. Bush thought the law unconstitu
tional.
The majority report was adopted, and
the bill indefinitely postponed.
Second reading Of Bill No. SO, to create
force of contoniers for the public rOa $
The committee report recommending the
passage of the bill was read
Rep. Kapaehaole moved consideration
of the bill section by section Carried.
The Secretary read the first section:
Section l. The Minister of Interior
shall instruct the Honolulu Road Super
various other districts of the kingdom, as
established by Chapter TX of the Session
Laws of 1887, to present him within three
months after the passage of this Act, a
description of the locality, routes and
lengths of such public roads or streets in
their several districts, where the amount
fuences may appear to necessitate con-
slant attention and work, justifying the
appointment of permanent road workers.
Rep. Marques said that Mr.. Wilder
| had advocated the creation of perma-
nent working force on the roads. What
| determined me to bring this bill lis PAM
phlet which fell into my hands describ-
| ing the experience of the Portuguese
in Macao, where the soil and climate are
| similar to the Hawaiian. The roads
there used to be kept on the plan now in
force here. A change was made to the
system proposed in this bill, and the en-
| gineer in charge estimated that nine
| tenths of the cost had been saved. There
is no nj gger in the fence in this bill. ]
| do not desire to be road supervisor
| Some people may complain of the bill as
| lengthy, but it is as short as it could be
under the circumstances.
Noble Widemann said this law should
be so worded as to be Of application in
case the bill to abolish the road boards
should pass.
Noble J. M. Horner liked to agree with
every measure which would make roads
better, but this bill would not be practic-
able tor the country districts. 1t would
require sixteen men on The roads all the
time in his district, and they had not the
money. Then this bill put everything
back under the control of the Minister OF
the Interior. He would like to have Ha-
wall exempted from the law. There is
too much red tape about it. 1t is the
| Minister of the Interior shall do this and
the Minister shall do that, etc. This
takes away the right of the people to do
| their own business
| Noble Marsden-I think this will be a
very good law indeed. The cantonier
will be under the control of the Road
| Board, and he will be there all the year
round The Road Boards were good as
| far as they went, but sometimes they had
| no money and then work was at stand
still.
| Noble Widemann- There is an old
| proverb which says stitch IN time
saves nine. That is never truer than in
road-making. A stroke in time saves
| nine. No one will gainsay the principle
| of the law. The principle being true,
| how is it to be carried out? Can Road
| Board do it? Noble Horner - They
| can They can begin it, until their
| money gives out. | move that the Sec
ton pass with the amendments, striking
out Honolulu, and making the law APP
plicable to the whole kingdom.
Noble Baldwin liked the general idea
OF the bill. The principle had in measure
already been adopted by the late govern
ment. But the bill is too cumbersome
and confines the Minister of the Interior
too much in minutia. My experience in
management is that some latitude must
| be allowed to manager. This is as il
We dictated the way of keeping the books
in the Office. This law is full of the min
utest details. 1t specifies hours OF meals
and that he cannot mend his tools during
working hours, etc, etc. I think very
| simple law would be sufficient. II we
regulated everything like this we should
have stacks of books and the Minister
would have to spend all his time study
l ing law.