The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-04


ton from Kohala praying: l. That
lepers be allowed to remain in their
districts. 2. That hospitals be erected
in each district. 8. That everybody
be allowed to cure leprosy without
hindrance from the Board of Health.
Referred to the Sanitary Committee.
Rep. Nawahi presented a peti ton
from Hilo that certain young Ha-
waiians receives medical education.
Referred to The Educational Commit
tee.
Also that the Volcano road be COM
pleted. Referred to the Committee
on Public Lands.
Also that an appropriation be made
to increase the water supply. Refer
red to the Committee on Public
Lands.
Also that this House take action to
encourage steam line to Hilo. Refer
red to the Committee on Commerce.
Also that an electric light plant be
established in Hilo Referred to the
Committee on Public Lands.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Noble Neumann reported for the
Judiciary Committee on the North
Hilo election as follows:
Hon. j. S. WALKER, President of the
Legislature;
Sir,-The Judiciary Committee beg
leave to report that they have consid-
cred the matter of the North HilO
election referred to them;
And find from their Investigations
that no valid election has been held
in said district for representative.
Your committee further submits
that the failure to hold valid cleo
ton is to be attributed to the wilfuI
refusal of the election officers of the
first precinct of said district, except
ing Mr.. b. III. Macy, to perform their
duties.
From the investigation made by
your committee it appeared that Mr..
A. Homer received in the second pre-
cinct of the district 9S votes while his
opponent, Mr.. NATION, received IL;
that the official register of the first
precinct carries 100 names of persons
entitled to vote who were by the
action of the majority of the Board of |
Inspectors prevented from voting at |
all and thereby more than one-half |
of the voters of said district were dis
franchised.
We therefore find that vacancy
exists in said district, which should |
be filed BY sRe se ette66tthRsB eeh
take official cognizance of the derelic- |
ton of duty of the majority of the |
Board of Inspectors of said first pre-
cinct. Respectfully submitted,
PAUL NEUMANN, Chairman.
WIN. o. SMITH,
A. p. PETERSON,
VIM. WHITE,
G. w. ASHFORD.
Rep. Kamauoha moved the report |
be adopted.
Rep. Smith wished to explain the |
recommendation of the conduct of the |
inspectors to the attention of the At
torney- General. hegeneral election
was held February Sd, the special |
election April 18th. The result of the
general election was decided void. |
March 10Th the Minister of the Inte-
rlor sent all necessary records to the |
chairman of the Board of Inspectors.
Mr.. Barnard, the chairman, wrote |
back declining to act. The Minister
Immediately appointed Mr.. B. H. |
Macy, chairman. He declined but |
said he would serve as member of |
the Board. The Minister immedi- !
ately appointed Chas, Williams to
whom the appointment was sent
April "a. April 18th he acknowledged |
the receipt six days before the cleo |
ton was to be held, and from inform
alton of the committee we have |
reason to believe he received it two or |
three days earlier yet. There was
then time to hold meeting five DAYS |
before the election for the correction
of the voting list. The chairman was
requested to do so, but he declined. |
On election day everything necessary
was there, but the chairman declined |
to receive any votes on the ground |
that no meeting had been held within |
i've days and no corrected voting list |
had been made. Mr.. Macy demanded |
that the list they had be used and
electors allowed to vote. Macy
claimed that even if that list should |
be held not a good one, that should |
be decided by higher authority |
than they were. Nineteen voters |
applied to be allowed to vote, seven
teen of them were on the election list |
and Mr.. Macy demanded that they |
be allowed to vote, but Mr.. Williams |
and the others would not permit it. |
Under these circumstances we think |
1T ought to be referred to the Attor-
ney-General. Calls of kokua.)
Rep. Nawahi hoped the House
would not be in haste to adopt the
report. He moved it be received sim
ply. The committee say that the
first election amounted to nothing,
but as / understand it if the Court |
made mistake, their decision would |
not stand. [ understand the Court
did not examine the whole record, |
but only one box. If tboth boxes of
ballots had been opened, it would
have been found as L understand that
one OF the candidates was elected.
therefore move the report be received
and be referred either to the Commit
tee of the Whole or some other COM
mlttee. If this House goes into the
matter it will find the first election
was good.
Rep. Kapahu favored being guided
by the law in the matter. He sup
ported the report of the committee. |
me committee say that new cleo |
ZION is necessary. Such things hap |
pen. had to be elected twice before |
L could take my seat.
Rep. Kamauoha favored adoption |
OF the report. The committed are |
talking simply of the second election. |
we cannot go back and review the |
decision of the Court on the first cleo |
tlon. He saw no necessity of discuss
ing the matter any further.
Rep. Nawahi thought that the re-