The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-08-28
Afternoon Session.

Noble Phillips, continuing, said that
when the immigrants arrived the then
Minister of the Interior objected, but
afterwards waived the objection, and the
immigrants were accepted and sent to
the plantations draft was drawn
which was paid, leaving a balance of
about $4,000 due Skinner & Co. This
the late Minister of the Interior refused
to pay.
Rep. Brown think the best place for
that petition is where it is-on the table.
If the contract has not been carried out
and Ministry comes in with the idea of
strictly enforcing the contract, those who
have not fulfilled their contract ought
not to come in here and petition on a
claim which has not been passed upon
by any Court of law. The suit, hear,
has been withdrawn. 1 do not know
why, perhaps because they are afraid to
have the matter tested in Court of law
In the case of the Bowler claims, the
claimant only comes here after his claim
has been thrown out by a Court. That is
all right, but it is not right to make this
place to seek redress unless the RENE
dies of the Courts of Law and Equity of
this Kingdom have been tried and have
failed.
Noble Widemann- Courts are courts,
and lawyers are lawyers. No one knows
that better than the last speaker. The
case is here, however | know nothing
of it, but if it is anything like the case of
the bark Kalakaua, say the sooner We
take it up the better.
Rep. Bush agreed with Rep. Brown
that we should not act as judges. Our
business is to make law. The parties
have the opportunity to obtain in the
courts what they claim here. The courts
have had no opportunity to pass on this
claim, and bringing it here is only to
lengthen our labors unnecessarily.
The previous question was moved and
carried.
The motion TO take the petition from
the table was lost.
Rep. Kalua gave notice of an Act re-
lating to the unassigned lands.
Noble Muller gave notice of an Act to
authorize the construction of railways for
agricultural purposes over lands of per-
sons not benefited thereby.
The House proceeded to the Order of
the Day. Consideration of the Oahu
Railway bill.
The previous question was moved and
carried.
The ayes and noes were called. The
motion, to indefinitely postpone was
lost by the following vote:
Ayes-Muller, Pua, Hind, Kahookano,
Waipuilani, White, Kalua-7.
Noes-Cummins, 6. Brown, Spencer,
Widemann, Berger, Macfarlane, Me-
earthly, Phillips, Crabbe, Kauhane, J.
NJ Homer, Burchardt, Marsden, Bald
win. Cornwell, Walbridge, Anderson,
Won Tempsky, Kanoa, G. Brown, Cum
mings, Marques, Lucas, r. w. Wilcox,
Rosa, Bush, Kauhi, Nawahi, Baker, A.
Horner, Richard, Apiki, PaehaoIe, Ka-
nealii, Halstead, Kamai, Knudsen, A. S.
Wilcox-3S
Rep. Kalua moved section / pass.
Noble Macfarlane moved to amend by
requiring the company to build ten miles
each year and applying the exclusive
franchise only to those parts OF the line
which are connected directly with Homo
lulu.
Noble Phillips thought the amendment
amounted to prohibition clause. 1t
required the construction of ten years
the first and each succeeding year
After the first year this might be all
right, but to construct ten miles the
first year will be almost impossible.
They must send to England for the rails
and they will have difficult country to
pass through ii they go East.
Rep. Lucas-The House has decided
thirty eight to seven that the bill should
not be postponed. The bill has been to
committee which has considered it
very carefully and see no object in put
ting any more riders on this first section.
This making them lay down ten miles
the first year is ridiculous. You might
just as well kill it now. 1t looks to me
as though there were personal feelings
involved here
Noble Mechanically objection to
this bill has been the guarantee clause
which requires the Government to be
responsible for the right for twenty
years. | have no other objection to it.
l am not trying to kill it by riders, but
want the Government to have some
assurance that they are going to build
this road if we.give them the franchise
| am perfectly willing to require the ten
miles from the second year instead Of
the first. Under the law of 1888 there
is special contract with B. F. Dilling
ham and his assigns. In 1880 it was tc
anyone If Mr.. Dillingham; wants this
exclusive franchise he must give US
| some earnest intentions, some evidences
! that he will really build the road and