The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-10-07
THU LEGISLATURE.
One Hundred and Second Day.
THURSDAY, Oct. 6.
The House met at 10 A. NJ.
STANDING COMMITTEES.

Committee, presented the following
report: Your Committee on Finance
to whom was referred petition No.
326 from some of the business houses
of Honolulu, praying that the law
imposing a tax of p cents pack on
playing cards be repealed, beg leave
to report that we have had the above
petition under consideration. This
law, introduced this session of the
Legislature by the Minister of Finance
originally proposed a tax of 10 cents a
pack on playing cards. The amount
was raised by the Legislature, and the
law passed imposing an internal
revenue tax of % cents pack. AS
playing cards are worth only from 10
to Is cents pack, tax of 25 cents a
pack is obviously an absurdly high
tax. Your committee is therefore in
favor of granting the prayer of the
petitioners, and herewith introduce a
bill to repeal the above mentioned
law.
The bill and report were tabled for
consideration with the minority re-
port.
The same committee report on the
claim of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi
Bishop against the Hawaiian Govern
ment for S12O taxes on property leased
to the Government for the Marine
Railway. The committee find that
the claim is a just one, and they re-
nd M NJ o.
purpose. The report was adopted.
Noble Williams reported bills as
printed: 1873, 1874, 1856, 1873, and report
of the Sanitary Committee.
RESOLUTIONS.
Noble w. Y. Horner introduced the
following resolution:
Whereas, this House has been in
session over 100 days, and there seems
to be much business yet to be trans
acted; therefore, be it resolved, on
the score of economy and to expedite
business, that the House do now hold
extra session as follows: Saturday
afternoons, and also Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday evenings.
Noble Baldwin favored evening ses-
sions if there was work enough; but
he noticed that there was but half a
dozen bills in the Order of the Day,
which showed there must be great
deal in the hands of committees.
Only about forty-five bills had been
passed upon by the House, he thought,
which showed there must be about
$50 in the hands of committees some
where. The Finance Committee only
had three or four bills in its hands. 1t
would be q good idea to have evening
sessions, as that might stir the COM
mittees up. The President should
admonish them, or he did not know
how we were going to get through the
session unless the committees be-
stirred themselves.
Rep. Waipuilani moved to amend
by striking out Saturday afternoon.
Rep. Kaunamano favored working
Saturday afternoons, but not evenings,
as night was the season appointed by
God for rest. All nature rested at
night, and he would amend accord
ingly.
Noble Baldwin said the Secretary
informed him that ninety-two bills
had been acted on. That would
leave about hundred. Two evenings
a week would be sufficient. He would
session Tuesday and Thursday even
ings simply.
- Rep. Iosepa said it would be very
sessions. He did not intend to come.
on the table. Carried-20 to 10.
Noble CornwelI said one of the most
important bills was the Opium bill.
in f1,o Of mi.
mittee No. /, but they never reported.
He would move that if the committee
did not report within a week, the
bill be referred to another committee.
Noble Marsden said the difficulty
was the chairman would not call a
meeting.
Rep. Koahou said he was chairman
of the committee. The member for
the third ward was the legal adviser
of the committee, and he had the
bills. He was almost never here his
chair was generally vacant.
Noble Marsden advised the honor
able member to call meeting for to-
morrow evening.
Rep. Smith said if the eighty bills
remaining were not reported on it
{ would be a blessing to the community
Rep. Kauhi said the only bill he
was interested in was the electric light
franchise. That should come up by
all means.
Rep. r. w. Wilcox introduced q
resolution calling for the taking away
of the Constitutional Convention bill
from the select committee which has
it and giving it to another committee
Tabled.
At IL A. NJ. the House proceeded
to the
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The special order OF the day wa:
the consideration of the Labor bills
157 and 157A.
Bill 157A was considered section 10y
section.
Section 1. No Chinese, except
women, children under IA years o.
age, clergymen, colporteurs and mer-
chants heretofore residing and doing
business in this Kingdom, shall bt
allowed to enter this Kingdom unles!
upon condition that while here he will
engage in no trading or mechanical
occupation other than domestic servic,
or agricultural labor in the field or in
sugar or rice mills, and that for every
breach of such condition he shall
upon conviction by any police or dis
trict justice, be liable to fine of 500
Rep. Kanealii wanted the section
explained. 1t deprived the Chimes,
of their rights. They would not b,
allowed to keep small store, or they
would be reduced to slavery.
Noble Marsden said it affected n,
Chinese in the country at all, bu
ONLY those now in China All Wow