The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-07-23
7HB LBElSLAfJRE.
11lIRTY-sEVENTn DAY.
TcrsDAy, July p.


committee on the Pei bill, MOBILES
Gornweil, CraOoe, heps. Cummings,
Baker, Lucas.
ORDER OF TIE DAY.
Second rcodirp of q hin ,o uroy;lc
for The ouietjnp Of titles. estates and
interests in real proper,y.
Referred ,o indiciorv committee.
Second reading of q hin tc nro-
vide for the commitment Of dipso-
maniacs 10 The Insane ASYLUM ot
Honolulu. The sanitary committee
supoes,ed amendments i. to vest
the jurisdiction TO commit dipsolna-
Macs IN Judges of the Supreme
Cont nt Chambers. .Tudoes of Cir
cult Courts. and the Police Justice
of Honolulu; ., to strike out the
provision giving power 10 the hos
pital physician to extend the period
of commitment without the approyal
of the committing Judge and, 3,
to strike out the limitation of bene.
fits to persons of otherwise good re-
putation.
On motion of Rep. Kalua, The
House went into committee of the
whole. to consider the bill section
by section. Rep, Richard was call.
ed TO the chair.
Rep. Kalua moved. that as the
House had not the amended bill in
print. the committee rise and recon-
mend that the bill be referred 10 the
printing committee.
Rep. Brown considered that there
was no necessity for having the bill
printed anew. When il was intro
duced some members regarded it
with suspicion. hut it was q good
hill and one that would be neces-
sary. There were some persons
who could not control their appe-
titles for LIQUOR, and these should be
protected from total abandonment
to drunkenness. There was case
where a man had been placed in the
Asylum under specific treatment,
with the result that to-day he had
an adherence of all kinds of LIQUOR.
Rep. Kalua withdrew his motion.
Rep. r. W. Wilcox moved lIat
the first section be indefinitely post
poned. The House had no RIGHT to
iegislate on personal habits. Next
thing it would be proposed to stipu-
late how many drinks man could
take a day. The bill was introduce
ed for purpose. 1t was not ex-
pected that many foreigners would
come under its provisions. but the
iutroducer meant it for the restraint
of native Hawaiians.
Rep. knudscn, speaking in both
languages, advocated the bill as q
good measure. Similar laws in
other countries had done much good
in saving men from intemperance.
Rep. Nawahi supported indefinite
postponement lie might find on
election day that his runners were
all locked up as dlpsomanlacs. No
Dies ana representatives ought 10 DC
cafeiui thae tney were not digging
Hoic in'o when tiley might tumble
Tie hoIiceo .ha' some members al
evening par.les lalkea pretty 1as'
aitef oeing there a"nlie'
hep: brown ana not Delieve tha'
inc eViIs appfeheloeo would resul
from thc law. me process "oui'
require iuil PROOF before 'he person
was committed, ana he had besides
Tue fisht oi appeal
Rep. White spoke in behalf of re
jecting the bill. Ihurston and hi
Cabinet had gone out of office, BY
~ eeeii'eo 'ley i"o ieiV lGpfeseh
latl'e III tne person OF the non
.nelnoef iol iioholu'u lhep' hfo"n)
lhey n''shI as wen commit V'c'i'h
VI lne ava hao't 10 the asylum
feopie III lhc country were no
gwen inc same liberty OF lhtoAlca
.'oh III Pup'ic as were people II
town.
Rep. Marques thought at first tn
principle of the bill was good, anC
was glad to see il referred to com
mittee. On further perusal Of I'll,
Dill he found it indefinite in it
terms. 1t did not say how persol
was to prove himself not subiec
for commitment. Too much powc
was given to the hospital physician
The bill should say that after Ger
tain number of convictions 70
drunkenness in the Police Court,