The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-27

ALLY PACIFIC COM
ing would be q violation Of the exclu-
/ sion act.
You can readily see what an embar
RAISING position this decision places
us in. In case . ship arrived with
small pOx or other cOuta giOus disease
and one or more Of the passengers re-
/ ferred TO on board, it would mean a
/ total disruption OF our schedule and
quite likely the laying up Of a steamer
for full voyage, and il has occurred
to u that when . ship arrived at
Honolulu with contagious disease on
board, you might arrange with the
| health authorities TO care for such
Chinese as are not legally entitled to
land at Honolulu. That is, said Chi
nese TO be put into quarantine, you
giving n bond, on behalf Of the COM
pany, that we Will pay all expenses
incident to their care, and agreeing TO
call for them, say within sixty days,
and take them back TO Hong kong.
We would, If necessary, send the ship
back via Honolulu 10 pick these pas
sengers up. Mr.. Center has asked me
to say to you that you may consider
this letter as on joint account for Pa
NiilC -hIali 1Au " u W. - - 'OAiA-
panies.
By the Oceanic we will write Mr..
van Buren, TO instruct the ships peO-
pie TO examine all the Honolulu pass
ports just after leaving HOngkOng
and compare them with the holders,
and in case any Of them are not valid,
to land the holders at Yokohama,
to be returned to Hongkong in due
course.
Yours truly,
Signed. ID. ID. STUBBs,
Secretary.
After reading the correspondence
the Encouragement said the eXecu-
tive mad carefully considered the mat
ter and did not feel disposed to grant
the request. The company had dis
eliminated against the port and people
of Honolulu by refusing to take freight
and by lately raising the fares for pas
senger traffic between here and San
Francisco. He did not think, under
the circumstances, they had right
to ask any favOrs of this govern
ment. While they thus far had no
official statement of the discrimi
nations mentioned there was no
doubt of their existence. Without
considering the legal phases and diff
culties which would certainly arise if
the request were granted, he wished
to emphasize the fact that under the
circumstances the executive did not
feel disposed to grant the request.
Mr.. Suhr said he wished to call at
tention 10 the fact these steamers had
called here for the past ten years. He
wished to say the steamers had never
refused freight and if it could be of
fered in sufficient quantity he had no
lnf IN C.aF Tlf IA ~
with the company for taking it to
San Francisco. As to the raising of
fares all that he had to say was the
had right to raise its fares
if it saw fit. II they gave better
they had a right to
charge more. Mr.. Hackfeld had in
quired in San Francisco rs the reason
for raising the fares and this was
what they had told him.
The attorney general said that
where cases of humanity required all
the companies asked would be grant
ed, but otherwise he was opposed to
granting the privileges asked.
Mr.. Brown said it was his opinion
that should the request be granted it
would raise the same troubles here
that the United States authorities
were now lighting. There would be
a continuous run of law suits and
habeas corpus cases. AS high as
eighty to ninety Chinese passengers
would be landed here as in the past.
How would the government be able
to get them out of the country after
they were once landed?
President Dole said the only protec-
ton the government would have
would be the guarantee of the COM
panies.
Mr.. Brown pointed out that such
would not bind the Chinese
landed and prevent law suits. He
moved the action of the executive be
The encouragement said the mat
ter had been laid before the council
as one of information.
Mr.. Brown withdrew his motion.
Mr.. Emmeluth said he had a resolu-
ton to offer. He was particular to
state it was based upon his individual
observation at the drill held the night
before. He thought the resolution was
q just measure, and it should pass. He
would read as follows:
Resolved, That all employees of this
under fOrty-five years of
age shall within ten days enroll them
selves in some one of the volunteer
military companies, and those over
the age specified shall enroll them
selves in the citizens guard.
The Encouragement explained the
resolution was not clear, and even if
passed would have to be modified. He
pointed out that lady school teachers
could not be expected to join the
militia.
Mr.. Waterhouse moved to refer the
resolution TO the executive.
Mr.. Emmeluth hoped it would not
be referred to the executive; they had
had a similar resolution in hand six
months, and had done nothing with
it. He thought it would be time
thrown away to refer it to that body.
Attorney General Smith inquired
what resolution Mr.. Emmelutn re-
ferred to.
Upon explanation, Mr.. Brown
claimed the terms ofthe resolution had
been carried out. He hoped the resolu-
ton would go to the executive, and he
also hoped they would put their foot
on it and show those who were at
to dictate to the government
that this policy could not go further.
He mentioned that in the govern
ments of the world no such move
would be thought of or attempted.
The policy was peculiar to Hawaii.
Mr.. Emmeluth said, in n suppressed
and very earnest tone, that there were