The Daily bulletin., 1890-11-10
THE LEGISLATURE.
l25TH DAY.

- MONDAY, Nov. 10.
The House was opened at 10
O'Clock with prayer by Rev. j. Wal
amau, chaplain; President, Noble
j. s. Walker, in the chair. Minutes
read by Secretary Chas. Wilcox and
Interpreter w. Luther Wilcox.
PETITIONS.
Rep. Hookano presented peti
tion from H. Kepohoni, for an Act
to prevent licensed hackmen from
enticing Hawaiian Young women
from their homes, etc. He moved
it he referred to a select committee.
Noble Crabbe moved that the pc
tition be indefinitely postponed, as
1t was too late to enact a law.
Rep. Hookano said it would only
be necessary to instruct the Minister
of the Interior to make a new rule
for licensed carriages.
Rep. Waipuilani said the House
could now see the harm of having
postponed his bill, which had Sec
tion covering the evil in question.
He, however, had another bill relat-
ing to the subject, and moved that
the petition be laid on the table to
be considered herewith.
Laid on the table accordingly.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Noble Baldwin presented minor
ity report of the select committee on
the Sunday bill. 1t cited the divine
authority of the Sabbath, claiming
that the laws should protect Christ
ians in its quiet observance. 1t
agreed that the amendments to the
Sunday law proposed by the major
ity would open the door to all sorts
of amusements on Sunday, which
would result in an increase of labor
to he done by the working classes
that day. The experience of other
countries is mentioned, and the in
definite postponement of the bill re-
commended.
Rep. r. w. Wilcox moved the re-
port be laid on the table to be con-
sidered with the bill.
Rep. Waipuilani moved that the
report be adopted.
Laid on the table.
RESOLUTIONS.
Rep. Hookano moved resolution
that the House hold evening sessions
beginning at p. m. Carried.
Rep. Brown moved the order oil
the day. Carried.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Noble Marsden moved that the
House take up the Tramways bill on
third reading.
Rep. Brown said the first order
was unfinished business-the labor
bill. So raled.
The House went into committee
of the whole, Rep. Paehaole in the
chair, for the consideration of the
labor bill on second reading.
Rep. Brown moved to strike out
the words, with one or more
sureties," from Sec. 2, and to insert
elsewhere in the same section the
words, 1.-The said Minister may in
his discretion require one or more
sureties." In answer to Noble
Widemann he said it was known that
''for ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain the heather Chinese is
peculiar" and it was necessary to
provide checks against Chinese agri-
cultural laborers going into other
employments.
Noble Widemann regarded the
proposal as an odious distinction.
Noble Macfarlane asked if the
bond was still in the section.
Rep. Brown said that would come
next, when he would move an
amount to be inserted.
Rep. Hookano objected to the
amendment, that it would place the
Minister in a delicate position. 1t
was better to require all Chinese
labor immigrants to give bonds.
The amendments carried.
Rep. Brown moved to insert $75
as the amount of the bond.
Noble Baldwin said that if the
bond went in the bill, he wished to
say beforehand that he would renew
his amendment lost in committee the
other day. The planters considered
that without some such provision the
bond would be very oppressive to
them. The provision in the bill that
laborer breaking the conditions OF
his contract was subject to apenalty
of 5000 and deportation was suffi-
cient guarantee against the laborer's
running away.
Noble Phillips asked how, under
the promised amendments, the
amount could be returned to the
planter, when the Government might
have to spend it in a reward for the