The Daily bulletin., 1890-08-20

responding item in Appropriation
Bill.
Second reading of bill relating TO
marriage and divorce. introduced
by Rep. White.)
Read a second time by title and
referred to the judiciary committee.
Second reading of bill TO regulate
the importation, sale, and use of
opium and preparations thereof, in
the islands of Hawaii, Maui, aud
Oahu of this kingdom introduced
by Rep. Lucas.)
Read second time by title and
referred to the select committee on
opium.
Second reading of bill relating to
the sale of salmon. (Inroduced
by Rep. Waipuilani.)
Read n second time by title.
Rep. Kalua moved the bill be LAID
on the table. At present anyone
could sell all the salmon he pleased
Oh paying license of $40.
Rep. Waipuilani moved the bill
pass to engrossment.
Rep. Kalua changed his motion to
one of indefinite postponement.
(Bo,h members speaking together
the president raps for order.)
Rep. kalua said the bill came in
first and the petitions aftcrwaid,
showing that the introduccr had
written to his constituents to get
their backing for his bill.
Rep. Waipulani interrupted the
statement with a denial.
Minister Brown said that after the
amount of money voted thus far he
did not wish TO see the taxes further
reduced. The salmon licenses yield
ed S2T0 q year, and this bill pro-
posed to reduce the amount one
half. The Sl35 saved would not
amount to much for each seller of
salmon in the kingdom.
Rep. Nawahi thought if the peo,
| pie of kona were given much salt
salmon, with the scarcity Of water
in that region it would cause much
distress among the people. Laugh
er,)
Rep. Waipuilani thought it hard
that n genera! dealer, who could sell
everything from a needle TO an
anchor, had only to pay $50 for a
license, while the salmon dealer had
to pay $50 for selling his single arti-
Gle. (More laughter, to which .
Chinese auditor contributes an un-
mistakable smile.
| Noble w. Y. Horner criticized
the slurring and rilicule TO which
the hon. member had been subject
ed. The hon. member was doubt.
less honest in his motive and the
speaker was quite aware that he was
pleading for some poor Hawaiians
to whom SO was quite q large sum
He seconded the motion to pass the
bill.
The ayes and noes we're called OF
the indefinite postponemcnt of thu
bill as follows:
Ayes-Mnisters Brown, Peterson
Mobiles Widemann, Muller, McCar
thy, Kauhane, Hind, Burchardt, An
derson; Reps. Baker, Kanealii
Kalua-12.
Noes-Noblcs Berger, Pua, Crab
be, j. NJ. Horner, Marsden, w. Y
Homer, Kanoa; Reps. Cummings
Marques, Lucas, Il. w. Wilcox Rosa
Bush, Kauhi, Nawahi, A. Horner
Waipuilani, Apiki, White, Halstead
Kamai, Rice, A. S. Wilcox-23.
, The bill passed, to be read
third time Thursday.
A motion to adjourn was post
ponua to allow notices of committe
meetings to be given. The Pres
: dent called attention 10 the lare
number of select committees out.
: REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
Noble Widcmann presented I'll
report of special committee on item
of the Government Survey, recon
mending S56, 800 to be appropriate
as follows:
Salaries. ................. 1874, 81
{ Survey OF Molokai .,..... 500
II Expenses field work ,..... 500
S Homestead survey ........ lO,0t
: Office expenses, instruments,
c etc ...,................ is.
o Meteorology gy............... *
Committee make several rccoI
e mendations in matters of detail.
Y Laid on tai lie TO he considert
e with the Appropriation Bill.
If The House adjourned at