The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-06-14
THE LEGISLATURE.
FOURTEENTH DAY.
TUESDAY, June ID.
Morning session.

House convened at 10 o'clock.
President j. $. Walker in the chair.
Minutes of previous meeting were
read by the Secretary and by the In
terpreter. Minutes approved as
read.
A flood of petitions was then pre-
sented (drawn by Mr.. w. r. Castle)
by Rep. Kauhi, Noble Pua, Rep.
Wilder, Rep. Ashford, Noble Neu-
mann, Noble Peterson, Noble Will
lams and Noble Macfarlane, signed
by all classes and conditions of men
in the community, aggregating over
2000 signatures and all containing
the prayer that the duty on rice be
retained.
Some Of the petitions were laid on
the table for consideration with bill
on the subject, and others were re-
ferred to the Committee on Com
merce.
Noble Neumann from the Judiciary
Committee reported on the following
petitions as follows: Cd A petition
praying that new Constitution be
granted; recommended to be laid on
table to be considered with any pro-
posed new amendments to the Con-
stitution. (2) That Imprisonment of
contract laborers be abolished. Re-
commended to be laid on the table
until amendments to the labor laws
are brought before this Legislature
for action. (3) Petition to abolish
all property qualifications for elect
ors of Mobiles. Recommended that
the petition be laid on table for con-
sideration with amendments to the
Constitution. (4) Petition of F. S.
Keiki of n. kohala for 5000 for al
legged land damages. Recommended
reference to Public Lands. (5) Pc
tition from Wilder's Steamship Co. +,
Castle & Cooke and others, to be re-
imbursed for moneys paid toward the
completion of the Volcano Road. Re-
commended that claim is correct and
The Minister of Interior is authorized
by law to pay the same out of the
appropriation made for the Volcano
Road in the session of 1890 and re-
naming unexpended. Report signed
by Mobiles Neumann and Peterson,
and Reps. Smith and White.
A lengthy discussion ensued on the
one petition relative to the reimburse
ment of moneys advanced by certain
business houses for the completion
of the Volcano Road. The general
feeling of the House as brought out
in the opinions expressed was that
the report recommending payment
be adopted. Minister Spencer said
that he was in favor of it him
self; he believed the money had been
advanced in good faith and that the
persons should be commended for
their enterprise. On motion at 12:l0
the ayes and nays were taken to
adopt the report Of the Committee,
with the following result:
Ayes-Ministers Spencer, Whiting,
Mobiles Peterson, Cummins, Will
fans, Neumann, Kauhane, j. M.
Horner, Marsden, Young, Baldwin,
w. Y. Horner, WaIbridge, Ander-
son, Thurston, Wilcox, Kanoa, Drei-
er. Reps. Ashford, Kauhi, Bush, Kau-
namano, Nahinu, White, Kaluna,
losepa, Smith, A. S. Wilcox; total,
%.
Nays-Nobles Macfarlane, Pua,
Hind, Hoapili, Reps. Bipikane, Aki,
Koahou, Kamauoha, Waipullani, Ka-
pahu, Kanealii, Edmonds, Akina
total, 13.
Absent Ministers Parker, Wide
mann, Mobiles Berger, Ena, Cornwell,
Reps. Pua, Wilcox.
Not voting-Rep. Wilder, on ac-
count of interest. Rep. Nawahi, nc
explanation.
AT 1915 Assembly took recess
until p. IN.