The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-24

IhclOIItu W l1lt uDIlC
Committee.
Second reading of Bill As. The bill |
was returned to the introducer at his |
request.
Second reading of Bill 10 to repeal
the Act to mitigate. Referred to the
Sanitary Committee.
Second reading of Bill 80 to amend
Section SIT of the Civil Code relating
to duties. Referred to the Finance
Committee.
Second reading of Bill 40 to repeal
Section s Chapter - of the Laws of
1890. Referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Second reading of Bill Al to repeal
Chapter IA Of the Laws of 1887 and re-
enact the Act of 1885 relating to the
Supreme Court. Referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Second reading of Bill AZ to amend
the law of master and servant. Re-
ferred to the Labor Committee.
Second reading of Bill 43 to repeal
the duty on rice. Referred with Bill
II to a select committee to be called
the Rice Committee.
Second reading of Bill Z, to define
the hours of contract labor, etc. Re-
ferred to the Labor Committee.
Second reading of Bill s, to provide
for the holding of terms of the Circuit
Court of the Second Judicial Circuit.
Moved the bill be referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Moved it pass.
| Moved it be indefinitely postponed.
| The bill provides for holding the
sessions of the Court at Wailuku only,
instead of at Wailuku and Lahaina
alternately. The bill was referred to
the Judiciary Committee.
| Bill 8 was referred to the Sanitary
Committee.
Bill 10, to provide a police justice
for the First District of Hama. The
bill passed to engrOssment.
Bill As was referred to the Judiciary
| Committee.
Second reading of Bill 46
Noble Peterson said that at every
session bills were read to make po-
lice justiceship in every small district,
and it was dangerous power to give.
He moved to refer to the Judiciary
Committee.
The Acknowledgement thought it
entirely unnecessary to have police
Judge in Kau.
The bill was referred to the Judici-
airy Committee.
Second reading of Bill 81, to lessen
the penalty for using explosives in
fishing. Referred to the Military
Committee.
Second reading of Bill 90, relating
to keepers of stations. Referred to
the Sanitary Committee.
Second reading of Bill No. 81, relat-
ing to the sale of spirituous liquors.
Noble Marsden moved reference to
a select committee, to be called the
Liquor Committee.
Rep. Smith moved it be called the
Temperance Committee.
Noble Macfarlane said all measures
on this topic were not in the interests
of temperance Many were revenue
measures. He was not temperance
man himself, and considered motion
of this kind could only proceed from 9
temperance crank.
Rep. Ashford said Noble Macfariane
seemed to be ignorant of the meaning
of the word temperance in legislation
There were such committees in othel
countries. He thought it a distinct
advance for this House to call the
committee the Temperance instead O
the Liquor Committee. With al
respect for the hon. member, he fol
one would very much prefer to be {
member of a temperance than of {
liquor committee.
Noble Young was not total alb
stainer, but he very strongly favored
the remarks of the member from
Lihue and Rep. Ashford. Temper
ance did not mean total abstinence
but the happy middle state.
Noble Marsden said he was con
WINGED by the arguments of the
speakers, and accepted the word tenn
perance. His measure was wholly ir
the interests of temperance. HI
should not be appointed on this com
mittee, as he would destroy and no
amend.
Rep. White moved the bill pass t
, engrossment. He regretted the alb
sence of saloons in Waikiki, etc., be
cause the Chinese sold ON the sly, anC
/ the Government lost revenue.
The bill was referred to q committe,
to be called the Temperance Com
} mittee.
The President appointed as the com
mittee Mobiles Marsden and Macfar
5 lane, Reps. Ashford and Aki and tn
5 Minister of the Interior.
Second reading of Bill So, to author
t ize the granting of license for al
: kinds of gambling.
: Rep. Smith moved the bill be lie
jected. Gambling was bad, and onl,
: bad. Louisiana had suffered enol
e mously under it's lottery. This matte
2 should be stopped Immediately with
, out wasting any more time.
Noble Marsden moved the Hous
r adjourn.
t The President appointed the follow
/ ing committee on rice: Rep. Smith
Noble Williams, Rep. Kaluna, Noble
e Ena, Cornwell, Young and w. Y
Horner, Rep. Kauhi, and Noble Peter
son.
d The HOUSE adjourned at p NJ