The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-08-06
TIE LEGISLATURE.
FoRTY.EIGHTFI DAY
WEDNESDAY, Aug. s.
The House met at 10 O'Clock.

iC 4 N7N'Sbh pttiNN wv ''1~ we
announced, but he did not have the
opportunity OF declaring that the
bill was indefinitely postponed.
Rep. Paebaole was supporting at
length his opinion that the President
was mistaken, when he was called
to order hv the President saying
there was nothing before the House.
Rep. Brown moved that the vote
on tue bill he reconsidcfed.
The President ruled that q motion
to reconsider was in order at any
time.
Rep. pachaolc disagreed with the
char.
Rep. Bush agreed with the ruling,
but the motion should come in its
regular order.
The President quoted from the
rule, that reconsideration took pre-.
cedence of other questions.
Rep. PaehaoIe lengthily objected
to the ruling of the chair, and on
being called TO order appealed there
from, He made another speech on
the question of order being stated
from the chair.
Noble Isenberg said the ruling Of
the chair was in accordance with the
custom of the Legislature since
1874.
The ruling of the chair was sus-
tanned.
The motion to reconsider the bill
was lost, q voting for ii and 20
against.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Noble Muller presented report
of the committee on commerce as
follows:
Honolulu, Aug. G, 1890.
Hon. J. S. WALKER, President Le'
gislative Assembly.
SIR,-Your committee on COM
merce, agriculture and manufact-
ures, to whom was referred state
ment of4 alcohol drawn from the
Custom House for consumption from
June 20. 1888, to June so, 1890, in
all 34lG3 gals, beg to report, tina,
the parties having license to sell
alcohol under the Act of 1888 have
not knowingly infringed tie law, il
it has been infrnged at all. Dealers
holding such licenses are keeping
account of all sales Of alcoho! ano
are making sworn returns TO the
| In nj
The dealings of alcohol in bond
however, call for the strongest con
demnation. On the 18th Of Marcel
Mr.. c. II. Eldridge imported 2;
half barrels of alcohol and exported
same April 9 per " Alton.
Messrs. L. o. Hall & Son have OF
various occasions imported an(
brought here X bbls. Of alcohol an'
exported same. Neither of the firm
: holds liquor license and your com
mlltee considers these transaction
direct infringement of the law
OF the $3.50 gals. of alcohol sold ii
bond here, so gals. have been use'
for the Smithsonian Institute, s
gals. sold to men-of-war in port ,an'
50l3 gals. have hecn sent North b.
whaling and trading vessels as fol
lows:
+. Brown. agent, 2lO gals.
II. Hackfeld & Co., $40 gals.
L. o. Hall & Son, 33774 gals.
c. Ii. Eldridge, 6l54 gals.
| eh aviIppt fhqt
whilst the United States Government
have in the interest Of humanit
made a law to prevent trading vessel
from carrying and selling liquor
merchants have lent helping han
to evade that law by supplying ther
with raw alcohol, and in considers
ton of the extremely friendly rela
tions existing between this Govern
ment and that of the United States
as we'll as for moral reasons, upo
which your committee does not thin
it necessary to enlarge, we hoE
that steps will be taken to avoi
such exports hereafter.
f. MULLER,
CECIL BROWN,
A. S. WILCOX,
l.. {. MAcFARLANE,
Jos. NAwAHI.
Noble Crab5e presented the TO
lowing report on the passpol
frauds:
HoN. j. 5. WALKER, President Ii
| r,;sIofiya hccapob lu
SIR,-Your select committee al
pointed to investigate the passpol
frauds which caused the removal {
five persons from the Customs ID
partment, after careful and scared
ing investigation beg to report q
follows:
During May, 1888, on the arriv'
of the steamer City of Picking frol
Hongkong the Port Surveyor, III
Markham, with his assistant, Nj
GiIflIan, discovered that 43 retul
passports from incoming Chimes
passengers were numbered on the
back in the handwriting of the part
having used return passports
charge at the Custom House, th,
clearly showing that these passpor
had been distracted from his car
The above parties at once reportt
the fact to the Collector-Genera
l who after investigation found tn
: some 934 used passports were mis-
ing. The Collector-General repor
| ing the fact TO the Minister of L
nance, and received the same di