The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-11-14
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
One Hundred and Tweuty-eighth Day

Rep. Nawahi asked what the Com
mittee on Horner's Banking Bill were
going to do, and whether they were
going to bring in report.
Noble Marsden said that the COM
mittee had held meetings, and at one OF
them Noble Horner saw that a reverse re-
port might be presented, so he asked to
have it delayed 1t is understood that
| Noble Homer will ask for committee to
| be appointed to report on the bill 10 the
! Legislature of 1892 That is why the
committee has not reported.
Noble Widemann said he did not |
think the country could get along until |
1892 without this bill.
Noble Phillips presented report from |
the Select Committee on the petition OF
Skinner & Co. for payment of balance
due them on account of Portuguese inn
migrants ex Thomas Bell. The COM
mittee report they have gone fully into
the matter and availed then selves OF all
the correspondence and other evidence
bearing upon the matter. The commit
|
entitled to compensation and to restitu-
!; ton of their outlay on behalf OF the Ha-
waiian Government, and recommend
that the balance of their account be
paid with interest, not at 9 per cent. per
l annum as claimed in the petition, but at
5 6 per cent as is charged on advances in
I the account itself. This amounts in all
}. to $11 ,O9O.5O. Signed John Phillips, G.
i J. Mccarthy, Robert X. Hind, q. n.
!, Wilcox, J. X Kahookano.
The report of the committee was
3, adopted.
A motion to reconsider was lost.
y Rep. Paehaole presented report from
: the Select Committee on the governors
bills. They recommend two OF the bills
to be laid on the table With regard to
: Bill 1877 to appoint governors on each
4 island. they make number OF amend
- ments, and recommend the bill pass to
= engrossment The sections stricken out
y. do away with the definition OF duties.
:, Rep Lucas moved the bill pass.
he Rep. Brown supported the report, as
m it simply provided for a governor to
m serve without pay.
~ The report was adopted, the bill pass
III ing to engrossment, to be read a thirC
r time in the afternoon.
bit Rep. White offered resolution tina
as thescommittee of accounts be instructed
:. to pay the bills of Ali $75, and William
= Tell 800, incurred by the opium com
IN mittee.
ne The resolution was adopted.
w A motion to reconsider was carried.
$; Noble Marsden moved the resolution
be laid on the table.
q, Noble Widemann moved it be indefin
eu itely postponed.
S. Rep. White said these two men d
OF considerable work, and should be paid.
as Rep Nawahi hoped the House woul
- see the justice Of the claims and the pre-
w priety in paying them.
vn Noble Muller thought the committe
nd should first have asked the permissio
er of the House to employ these men. VI
tn he hoped the House would pay them, a
~. they had been employed.
" The previous question was moved an
ell carried.
/ The res button was adopted-22 to 10
o. Noble Parker offered the followin
W resolution:
! Whereas recent tariff legislation b
he the United States has, to great extern
las diminished the value to Hawaii of TIL
it existing treaty of Reciprocity with ths
ed country, and
Whereas, the history OF the relation
=, of the two countries has been such tn;
lie, Hawaii can with confidence ever Deepen
,ch upon the integrity, good faith and gel
ri erous friendship of the United States
ty. America;
no "Now, therefore, be it resolved, tn:
it is the sense of the Mobiles and Ii
OF Representatives of this Kingdom in tn
sht Legislature assembled, and the IL:
ul- waiian Government should, while guar'
,es ing most zealously the freedom, aut'
h. nomy and independent sovereignty
.no the Kingdom OF Hawaii, enter into neg
az. tiations with the United States Cover
1ly ment for a treaty revision looking t
OW ward the extension of the principle
,ad reciprocity between the two countries
-; other articles which may be the prOdu
,'i or manufacture of the two countri
he with view to the continuance and il
eX- crease of the mutual benefits which hay
ore heretofore accrued to both countri
The under the existing reciprocity treaty"
Rep. r. w. Wilcox moved the resol
~ ton be adopted.
inc Noble Baldwin did not think the
uld was any need of making any remark
Inc Inc reSOlutlOn was SIMPLY al cApTeSSIS
lilo of the mind of the House that, as recel
A. tariff legislation in the United States hi
40 rendered nugatory some OF Hawaii
ne benefits from the present treaty, tn
gh Government should seek an improv
. /. ment of our treaty relations with th
q country. OF course the GOvernmel
in had the power to enter into such neg
tiations, but it would do no harm to ha'
nd) an expression of legislative opinion.
AMI Rep. Paehaole moved that the resol
out ton be referred to a select committee.
,jv Rep. Brown could not see any niece
~ sity for committee. The Ministl
''u could only negotiate, as any commerce
'hu treaty would have to be ratified by tt
err Legislature. There was no reason WI
C." the House should not pass the resol
nor ton, and the vote ought to be unan
- nous.
lor Rep. Bush said he had always been
lal sticker against any treaty giving co
be cessions, territorial or otherwise, tn
its endangered the independence of Il
ION country, but he saw nothing wrong wit
~ this resolution and would vote In fav(
~ OF it.
ms, Noble Widemann would like to kno
re- what good the resolution would b
ma. There was nothing substantial IN l
,as This country had a treaty with tt
H. United States, whereby they got goo
, , slice out of us, and We got good Silt
his out of them. This Legislature hs
on, nothing to do with the tariff leglslatlc
in of another country. He did not see al
nd advantage in this Minlstry's beglnnlr