The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1892-09-21
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Rep. Bush, from Opium Committee
No. 2, presented to the House large
package of opium, which it had not
been difficult to find, and which
offered prima facie evidence of the
guilt OF Police and Custom House
officials. He had not been able to
swim across to Lanai, or he might
have caught the schooner which
arrived there with 5000 tins.
Rep. Smith asked If any conviction
had followed the seizure of this
opium?
Rep. Bush said a conviction had fol-
lowed, but the Marshal had refused to
pay the informer, w. II. Sheldon, his
share.
RESOLUTIONS.
The Secretary read the committee
on the Kanoa case, as follows Kane
alii, Thurston, Williams, Edmonds,
Walbridge; Noble Anderson was SUBJ
stituted for Thurston.
w. Y. Horner and A. Horner asked
for leave of absence.
The President appointed Noble
WaIbrijge on the Finance Committee,
and Noble j. M. Horner as chairman q
of the Foreign Affairs Committee vice
E. G. Maefarlane.
Noble Baldwin, under suspension
Of rules, presented a report of the
Finance Committee on a bill to inn
pose a tax of l per cent. on life in
surance policies, such a tax being
already imposed on fire and marine
insurance. The committee do not
approve the bill, as it would be tax
on the policy holders, and life insur-
ance should be encouraged.
The report was laid on the table
with the bill.
Under suspension of rules, Rep.
Kapahu presented petition from the
district Of Kona, Oahu, containing a
great many different prayers. (The
Interpreter said he did not blame the
hon. member for not reading it. Re
did not believe anybody could do so. }
Rep. Nawabi presented a petition
for certain work done Oh Nuuanu
Water Works. Referred to Water
Works Committee.
from the st. Andrews Church Asso-
citation, asking that the Lottery bill
do not pass.
Rep. Aki presented petition from
Honolulu, asking that the Lottery
bill do pass. Laid on the table with
bill.
At 10 :52 AM. the House proceeded
to the
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Bill 121, to amend Article 90 of the
Constitution. The report of the COM
mittee was read. The original amend
ment proposes to permit the increase
of the pay of Representatives to $500
The committee offer a substitute
amendment, providing that the
7 Mobiles and Representatives may bt
paid any amount not to exceed SS pei
day, and not to exceed sixty days.
Rep. Waipuilani moved the amend
ment pass as transmitted to the HOUSE
by the last Legislature. Mobiles did no
need to be paid.
Noble Baldwin favored the amend
ment as passed by the last Legisla.
ture. He did not see how the provi
sion of pay by the day would tend t.
shorten the session. If members were
paid in lump sum, they would nat
urally be anxious to get home a!
quickly as possible. He thought
representatives should be paid better
than at present. They could hardl,
afford to make the long stay in Homo.
lulu on $3.50.
Rep. Kamauoha favored the amend
ment passed by the Legislature O
1890.
Noble Tbursto, so;d bo ,,d..or>,
there were already votes enough 70
the original amendment to pass il
and he might curry favor with tn
natives by favoring it. But he wa
not here for that purpose. This wa
not the time, when the governmen
was hardly able to meet its curren
expenses, to increase the expenses
Mobiles had not been paid during tn
forty years past. The pay of repre-
sentatives was sufficient; $3.50 got a
least as good men as $500. The prob
ability was we would get about til
same men again as we have now
He did not propose to support eithe
amendment, whether he was alone i
it or not.
Noble J. M. Horner could not brin
himself to accept any change what
ever in Article So. Under the circun
stances it would be very unwise fo
members to make any increase i
their own salaries. The governmer
was laboring under financial difficu
ties and probably for years to com,
If the Mobiles were paid $1,000 the
would not be any more faithful an
jealous than they are now, workin
for nothing and finding themselve.
He did not believe $500 would get
better class of representatives. If th
salary were reduced to 500 we woul
have just as good men as now, and
1t were raised to $1,000 there would /
no improvement.
Attorney General Neumann aske
the last speaker if he voted for it
1890.
Noble Horner-I did.
Acknowledgement Neumann sa
the Judiciary Committee had though
it unfair that Mobiles should receiI
no compensation. AS quondam chat
man of the Judiciary Committee |
would say that this f1edgling had N,
grown to his heart, and he would ju
as lief vote for the amendment passt
in 1890, and perhaps he would.
Noble Young was not in the Hou!
in 1880, but If he had been and hs
voted for the amendment then,
would not do so now. Times hs
changed. The country was flush the
he could not see how they could me
their constituents and confess tn;
they had cut down everybody else
wages and doubled their own,
rather their successors. He hop,
the native maDbaru x.-or,lS oone;Il