The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-08-14
Afternoon Session.

Afternoon Session.
The House re-assembled at SIS.
Noble Widemann said his objection to
the present law was that it put . pre-
MUM on smuggling and then punished
the owners for the offense Az to the
discretion of the Minister of Finance it
was not desirable thing.
Minister Brown-It is very well known
to many members and particularly to
the Opium Committee, how difficult it is
to unravel the opium difficulty. The
hon. noble says the present law has de-
moralized peoplS. So it has, and this
bill is the evidence of it. think every
one who voted against the bill yesterday
will do 30 again to-day. Nothing has
been brought forward here which could
change anyone's opinion.
Rep. Kauhi moved the previous ques-
ton; carried.
The ayes and noes were called on the
motion to indefinitely postpone.
Noble Baldwin wished to be excused
from voting. He had always considered
there was an injustice in the present law,
but he did not wish to give his vote for
anything which might help the introduce
ton of opium. With some changes l
might have voted for the bill.
Noble Marsden wished to be excused
for same reason as Noble Baldwin.
The bill was indefinitely postponed, Is
to %.
Rep. Robt. Wilcox moved to recon
slider the vote on the bill transferring
Kahoolawe from the Lahaina Judicial
District to Wailuku; carried.
Rep. Kalua moved the bill pass to en-
grossment. The island ought to belong
to the Wailuku district. Cases that
arise in Kahoolawe are never tried be-
cause it is so hard to get to Lahaina.
Rep. Nawahi moved the bill be in
definitely postponed The island now
belongs to the district of Lahaina, and no
good reasons have been advanced for tho
change.
Noble Won Tempsky moved the previ-
GUS question carried.
The motion to indefinitely postpone
was lost.
The bill was passed to engrossment
and Thursday fixed for third reading
Consideration of the Appropriation
Bill in Committee of the Whole; Noble
Marsden in the chair.
Industrial and Reformatory School,
$4,000.
Rep. Robt. Wilcox The school has
been almost dead for long time. There
are only three or four boys there. 1t
would be better to send the boys to the
Kamehameha School. 1 move the item
be stricken out.
Noble Crabbe was of the same opinion.
The boys did little else but steal.
Noble Isenberg-I move it pass as in
A. L: fayxy hOY fhar
we can congratulate ourselves. If the
boys steal, the school is not to blame,
but the man in charge. The school does
schools like the Kamehameha. The
same reasons which existed for establish
ing the school are valid for continuing.
Noble Widemann - The school has
been established for about twenty-five
years. 1t has generally been a failure.
Once it was under proper management,
when Mr.. Hill had it. He conducted it
we'll, but was turned out for God knows
what reason. If the Kamehameha
school would take the boys, l should
favor their being sent there. l should
like to see it made good school, but
doubt if it is possible. For d number OF
years it has been not only failure but a
nuisance. We cannot, however, abolish
it in this way. l move the item be de-
ferred, SO that inquiries may be made.
Minister Brown - l have looked
through the report of the Board of Edu-
cation, but cannot find any information
on the subject. Under the circumstances
it might be referred to the committee on
the item for support of schools.
Noble Isenberg and Rep. Robt. Will
cox withdrew their motions.
The item was referred to the COM
mittee.
Stationery and Incidentals, 81 200
passed.
Expenses, normal instruction, 50 1000.
Minister Brown explained the object of
this item. 1t was proposed to pick out
some of the more promising scholars and
send them to the Normal school at San
Jose to fit them for teaching.
The item passed.
Minister Brown wish to insert here,
Professor of Chemistry at Oahu College,
2,400. This gentleman makes analyses
and does everything in his line for the
Government without pay. The item
was in the bill two years ago, and has
been inadvertently left out.
Rep. Robert Wilcox thought if any
appropriation of this kind was to be
made it would better be at some school
where there were more native Hawaiians
in attendance.
Rep. Nawahi was opposed to the item.
All this talk about analysing the stom-
achs of dead people is only dragged in to
help pass the item.
Noble Isenberg thought it a necessary
item. Every civilized Government has
a chemist who does their work. On
Kauai the planters want chemist, but
can't get one for less than $1,000 year.
Here is good man who will do the Gov
eminent work for 81 900 or 81 200. Most
of the Government physicians are not
chemists.
Noble Widemann thought the Govern