The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-16

PETITIONS.
Rep. Kamauoha presented a petit
ton from Kohala praying that the
present form of government be re-
tained, ana that a republic be not
adopted. Referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
Rep. Koahou presented petition
from Koloa praying that neither
Pearl Harbor nor any other part of
the Kingdom be coded, in order to get
II new reciprocity treaty. Referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Rep. Waipuilani presented petit
ton from Kauai praying that the
Hawaiian Kingdom be not annexed
to the United States. Referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations.
SELECT COMMITTEES.
Rep. Waipuilani gave notice to the
select committee on permanent set
Elements to meet at / o'clock.
Rep. Koahou asked for more time
for the Opium Committee.
RESOLUTIONS.
Rep. Smith read by title an Act to
provide for the compilation and codi-
1ication of the Penal laws of the
Kingdom.
Noble J. M. Horner read by title an
Act to abolish the office of Auditor
General.
Rep. Kapahu: Whereas, it appears
by the report of the Minister of the
Interior that it is proposed to divide
the land of Waiomau, Kau, into
homesteads and whereas, there is a
bill in this House to issue a royal
patent for this land to q certain Ha-
waiian. Resolved, that nothing be
done towards carrying out the home
stead plan until action has been taken
on the bill.
Rep. Kamauoha supported the reso-
luton.
Noble Neumann moved that the
resolution be tabled until the intro,
ducer was ready to discuss it.
Noble Thurston said the resolution
was out of order. 1t virtually nulli-
fed statute giving the Minister
authority to go ahead and cut up
lands for homesteads.
The President ruled the resolution
out of order.
Rep. Waipuilani appealed from the
decision of the Chair, the member
proceeding to speak on the land.
Noble Thurston rose to point of
order. The only question before the
House was one of parliamentary law.
Rep. Ashford concurred in the view
of Noble Thurston that the appeal
was debatable, but the discussion
must be confined to the question of
parliamentary law. He hoped Rep.
Waipuilani would withdraw his ap-
peal and introduce u resolution re-
questing, instead of commanding, the
Minister to postpone action in regard
to the land.
Rep. Waipuilani stated that the
resolution as he understood it, was
merely request.
The resolution was returned to the
introducer.
Under suspension of the rules, No
BILE Neumann presented the majority
and minority reports of the Judiciary
Committee on the question of the
wording of the enacting clause in the
laws. The majority (Neumann, Pet
erson, Smith, find that the wording
Moi, in native, and Queen, in Eng
lish, is proper and sufficient. The
minority (Ashford and White) find
that the language of the section pres
cribing the wording of the enacting
clause is mandatory and must be
must therefore be King and not
Queen.
Noble Walbridge moved the ma
jority report be adopted.
Rep. Kamauoha moved the min
ority report be adopted.
Repeated calls of question:.
Rep. Kamauoha insisted on speak
ing and went on to support the min
ority report.
Noble Neumann called Question
The House understood the member!
position.)
Rep. Kapahu referred to Webster
dictionary. Did the words male an
female mean the same thing? Hoy
about king and queen then? If hi
contention were not correct, h
thought ell use of Webster's diction
airy should be discarded in future
Calls of question:.
Rep. Kanealii favored the majorit
report. He moved the ayes and nay
be called. (Calls of question:. III
called on all native members to vot
with him. If the foreigners wishe
to go on and violate the Constitution
let them do so. The natives shoul
stand firm.
Rep. White favored the minOrit
report. He would ask the ATTORNEY
General what gender the word liking
was.
The Attorney General said that i
the enacting clause of laws it NEAR
the sovereign, and really had no gel
der.
Rep. White said he was sorry to Sc
that the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT had NJ
referred to (DanieD Webster's di
tionary for long time. daughter
Continuing, he claimed that he Ia
not referred to Daniel Webster, I'll
word Daniel having been interpolate
by the interpreter. This uncertaint
was one of the bad effects of the ne
Constitution.
Noble Neumann: Rep. Ashton
helped to make it.
Rep. Ashford: / only made I'll
good parts of it.
Rep. White, continuing, said I'll
only remedy for the evil would be
new constitution. The whites in I'll
House wanted him to stop. Thel
was only one way to stop him, an
that was to support q new constitl
ton, as he was full of wind and woul
talk till II o'clock.
Noble Neumann said the membt
was very much mistaken if he SUI
posed anybody wanted to stop hi
from discussing. The question befol
the House was simply as to the col
struction of law, the Constitute
being simply law. The interpret!
ton put upon it by the majority
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