The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-10-30
THE LEGISLATURE.
11Gru DAY.
THURSDAY, Oct. so.

! my quorum Ten minutes later.
Noble Macfarlane, on The minutes
being read, said the motion by Rep.
Nawahi was for subsidy to a
steamer TO Lower California, and
the minutes say to Southern Cali
fornia. The minutes were corrected
this morning to read Southern Cali
fornia, and he moved that the min
utes he corrected in accordance with
the motion passed.
Rep. Paehaole said that the
changing of the minutes, to make
them different from the actual pro
ceedings, should not be allowed.
Noble Cornwell stated that the
minutes said subsidy to a steamer,
while the motion was for encourage
mcnt to carrying Hawaiian produce.
Secretary Wilcox, in answer To a
question from the President, stated
| that the mover had taken away his
written motion and sent up another
one.
Noble Widemann wanted to know
what this transaction meant.
Noble j. Nj. Horner remarked
that it had been said, "Woe unto
him who makes trouble about a
word" There was nothing surer
than that the motion passed by the
House meant the San Diego line.
Noble Widemann SAID the San
Diego subsidy was buried three
times, yesterday deeper than ever.
He wanted to know if the House was
to waste any more time on that San
Diego matter.
The President said no, that mat
ter could not come up again.
Noble j. M. Horner explained the
difference between Southern and
Lower California. After the Mexi-
can treaty line was drawn across
the territory, dividing it INTO South
ern and Lower California.
Noble Muller raised the point of
order as to whether the San Diego
subsidy could be again discussed.
The President said it was not the
subsidy but the minutes that were
being discussed.
Noble j. M. Horner moved that
Noble Muller have ten minutes
more to explain himself.
Noble Widdemann would move
that Noble Horner have twenty five
minutes to defend the fraud at
tempted on the House.
The President, on the Interpreter
stating that "Lalo" (Which appear
ed in the original motion in paren-
theses) meant "Lower," directed
the minutes to be corrected accord
ingly.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
| Noble Marsden called attention to
a promise by the judiciary commit
tee of report on the "F. r."
opium. The session was drawing to
a close and it was important that
the matter be clarified. Rep. r. w.
Wilcox had said that the Custom
House was full of opium thieves and
that he was responsible for his state
ments. The committee should
therefore be able to get important
information from that hon. member.
If they had nothing further to re-
port, the matter should be given to
another committee or to the Govern
ment.
Rep. Nawahi said the hon. Noble
was good in meddling with other
committees, and would do better by
attending to his own committees.
Rep. Hookano said the committee
were still working, and hoped to
satisfy the hon. Noble.
Noble Marsden minated he
would move to adjourn over Satur-
day, so as to give the committee a
full day for work.
Rep. Hookano presented the re-
port of the select committee on f.
Harrison's claim for work, etc., on
the Custom House, recommending
that Sl73l.l5 be appropriated to
pay them, in addition to the $4,000
in the bill for completing the Gus
tom House.
Rep. Brown moved the report be
adopted.
Rep. Paehaole, that it be tabled
for consideration with the bill.
Carried.
RESOLUTIONS.
Noble Widemann said that in the
bill for extending the street railway
franchise passed last session, it was
provided that the company should
keep their rails flush with the streets,
but there was no penalty provided
for violation of this provision.
Every member knew how well or
otherwise the provision had been
observed by the company. While
it was presumable that the Attorney
General could bring suit for the for
feiture of the charter in case of vio-
lation of provisions, yet nobody
wanted anything but that the COM
pany should continue to operate
their railway and do so in conform
ity with the law. lie therefore ask 3.
ed special permission TO introduce Il
hill ON the subject.
After discussion the rules were
suspended and the bill read first
and second time by title, viz, San
Act relating 10 the maintenance and
repairs of streets, roads and bridges