The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-10-08

to pick up their. traps and get out
or to start afresh with better hearts
To that end he would move that the
consideration of the Constitutional
amendments to Article 93 and So be
the order of the day for next Thurs
day. Carried
The same member made motion
that the Registration Bill be con
sidered on Monday next. Carried.
At 2.35 the regular order of the
day the Appropriation Bill came up
for few brief moments but the re-
port of the Oceanic Steamship Sub
sidy Committee being lacking no
business was transacted in connec-
ton with the Bill.
On motion Bills on third reading
came up as follows
Bill 142 prohibiting the introduce
ton, keeping or breeding of the
mongoose. Considerable discussion
was INDUCED in especially relative
to the supposed opportunity for
fraud in the claim for bounty for
scalps and also on account of the
depleted condition of the Treasury
to pay any bounty. The bill finally
passed without change.
Bill 80 to define the duties of Cab
met Ministers in the purchase of
goods for the Hawaiian Government.
Rep. Smith was not in favor of
the Bill for the reason that he could
not see the propriety in charging
the Government 15 per cent more
than other purchasers.
Noble Williams the introducer of
the bill, considered that the price
was only in accord with the wages
paid mechanics here which were 25
per cent more than in the United
States. 1t should be the desire of
the Government to assist in keeping
skilled labor here. That could be
effected by having Hawaiian bridges
built by Hawaiian bridge builders,
Hawaiian mechanics employed on
Hawaiian boilers, engines and other
machinery. Hawaiian masons and
carpenters on Hawaiian buildings.
Noble Thurston was opposed to
the bill because it proposed to tax
the whole group for the benefit of a
few firms in Honolulu. The petit
ton was signed by fifty people in
Honolulu. 1t was proposition to
make the Government pay l5 per
cent more for that which it could
get elsewhere for less money. The
sole result of this bill would be to
pay bonuses into the pockets of a
few manufacturers Large indus
tries abroad were built up not by
their general but their special lines
which they can produce at low fig
ures. He did not consider that it
was for the benefit of Maui (Which
he represented to subsidize the
manufacturers of Honolulu simply
to give employment to fifty men, did
not care how good they may be.
Noble Horner considered that the
spirit of the bill was wrong. 1t
seemed to him unwise that the whole
country should be taxed Is percent
for articles which the Government
wants Just for the qualification of
thirty or forty individuals in Homo
lulu. He would move the indefinite
postponement of the bill.
Rep. Nawahi considered that the
economical view was not the one to
take now. 1t were better to give the
labor wages such as would keep the
skilled ones in the country. Even
if the expense of. Government ma
terial, and it is only that it effects,
was Is percent higher it benefits the
the laboring class and keeps money
in the country. There are great
many mechanics now out of work, it
would be eminently proper to make
such expenditure for their relief
The law requires tenders for various
articles; he knew of water-pipe that
had been obtained abroad and for
which the lowest tender was not &C,
copied. He would say that he be-
lieved that the reason the firm OBJ
tanned the bid was because it sup,
, piled the largest wants for the peck
, cts of that Cabinet or probably fol
that particular Minister He favor.
| ed the bill; it would keep money
here and give people here chance
to compete with one another, anc
thus the industries would be-
, strengthened and supply employ
ment to great many people. There
were great many young people
| growing up here learning trades; il
there was no work for them they
| would have to leave or starve.
, Rep. Kaunamano favored the bill
: he judged the world would have 1
poor opinion of woman that would
offer her breasts to give sustenanc'
to a strange child and allow her owl
to starve. 1t was not wise in Gov
/; eminent to act like that heartles'
! woman. Q
| Noble Baldwin liked to see the in
dustries of the country prosper bu
thought that this bill was tying the
, hands of the Government, and tina
was dangerous step. He thought
$ that the Government should be al
: lowed to purchase wherever the,
, could make the best bargain. HI
/, considered that the mechanics
: should be willing to work for les;
S wages than before
3 Minister Macfarlane-They are!
| Noble Baldwin (continuing)-H
thought that the Government
a should be left free. If the contrac
a prices were not more than Is per
: cent he favored giving the worl
here, if more then the work shoult
! go abroad. He knew that the Gov
1 eminent in the past had tried to ac
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