The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-07-11
THIN LEGISLATURE.
TWENTY = SEVENTH DAY.
TuURspAY, July 10.
COHiiaued.)

(Conhianed.)
Noble W. Y. Ilorner read ~ Hrst
time his bill TO amend sec. 4, chap
ter IA, laws OF 1884, relating to the
unlawful manufacture and sale OF
liquor.
Rep. kamai gave notice of bills
lst, TO provide for two magistrates
in Hama; "a, to amend certain arti
cles and add new articles to the
Constitution.
Rep. Il, ". Wilcox gave notice
of bill to amend the Military Act
Of 1888,
Rep. Bush, $500 for extending
the brealiwatcr Oh Waimea river,
Kauai; $500 for improving the road
up Wa!mca valley, Kauai. Laid on
table for consideration with Appro-
priauon Bill.
Rep. White, $4,000 for laying wa
ter pipes TO 1wilei, Honolulu. Laid
on table for consideration with the
Appropriation Bill.
Rep. Waipuilani, that the Minis
ter of the Interior inform the House
whether any people were sent to the
leper settlement, and il SO by whose
orders.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Rep. ka!ua moved the order of
the day, which carried.
Third reading of the bill to pre-
vent plant blights and insect pests.
Rep. kalua moved the bill be re-
ferred to the committee on public
lands. Although good bill it was
imperfect.
Rep. Nawahl moved it be referred
to the sanitary committee. Who
knew that this bull was not iutro-
| duced at the instance Of persons
wanting to be appointed commits
! sioners?
Noble Widemann told of seeing
the blight very heavy at the place
where he voted yesterday. lie
moved the bill pass.
Noble j. NJ. Horner said the blight
was spread 10 California by fruit
boxes, 80 that regulations had been
adopted 10 have these disinfected.
With regard to the objection heard the
other day that this was a dispense
ton of providence, he held that il
was 40 incumbent on them to eradi
cate it as TO rid their gardens o
weeds.
Noble Widemann, in view of wha
the previous speaker had stated
moved to amend by inserting ''im
ported fruit as well as ''plants.
Noble Baldwin urged the imme
date passage Of the bill. 1t shoul'
have been passed early in the sea
sion. An important object was t
prevent the spread of the blight 1
the other islands. 1t had airead,
reached the island of Kauai. Their
would be no advantage in referrin
the bill to q committee.
Minister Brown advocated tn
passage of the bill as it stood. Th
amendment of Noble Wideman
would kill the bill. Fruit is In
ported in large quantities, and til
commissioners would not 60 dow
and inspect all the fruit on ever
steamer. The commissioners wer
empowered anyway to make sue
regulations as were required. A
TO the great cost feared by SON
t members, the introducer Of the bi
had only asked $1,000 from til
Government.
Rep. Paehaole opposed the hast
i passage of the bill.
t Rep. Brown supported immediat
+, passage. The merchants of Hone
a lulu had already subscribed and r
= mitted to California large sum ft
the importation of the lady bug
destroy this scale blight.
Noble Parker said if the objecto
had gone through California the
would not oppose this bill. L
II had seen hundreds Of acres in Ca
j. fornia overrun with the blight. III
e Commissioners Of Agriculture for Il
II State had introduced the lady bt
!, on his own responsibility, and
q rapidly cleared out the pest wherev
q it was set to work. This bug liv,
@ on nothing else but the blight,
't there was no fear of its aLtackiI
IS plants, or chickens, or cattl
'e daughter lie asked the hone
Il able House TO pass tue bill witho
II hesitation.
Noble Widemann was called
order by Rep. White for havi
spoken more than twice, and Il
~ President sustained the point. i
T., T. hon. Noble begged the President
~ pardon, saying he had spoken on
~ on the general merits, and then ;
had moved an amendment, on viii
lie had right 10 speak twice. NJ
" he had another amendment to mo.
=. and appealed from the decision
~ the chair. (Point withdrawn L
speaker proceeded to tell of havi
I" got pass from Col. Sprecke
o. pending the passage of AN app
~ priation, to send man 10 CaliforI
ei by one of the last steamers, for
purpose Of gaining information
10 to the method OF applying the al
dotal bug.
Minister Peterson, in reply to
question by the hon. Noble, g
tho aninion that thn eop1missi0np