The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-05-12
THURSDAY, May 18th.

There were present President Dole,
Vice President Damon, Ministers
King, Porter and Smith, and Council
men Allen, Warehouse, McChesney,
Brown, Wilder, Mott, Young, Tenney
and Emmeluth.
Commissioner Charl l.. Carter was
present.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
President Dole stated that Commits
sioner Carter was just returned from
Washington and if there were no OBJ
iections he would ask him to address
the councils.
Mr.. Carter said he had left Mr..
Thurston in bed sick with the measles
but stated he would be out in week
or two. While there was little he
could say to the councils he had much
which he intended to say to the min
lister of foreign affairs regarding mat
tiers abroad and at home.
He could say, however, that he had
found everything in the United States
very favorable to annexation, and
from all indications he believed it
would be accomplished within six
months.
President Dole asked if he brought
anything definite from the admistra-
ton at Washington.
Mr.. Carter said he had nothing def
mite, except from Secretary Holke
Smith, of the interior department,
who was at first opposed to anneXa-
4: Cd t,orrnh fa
vorable after discussing the subject.
Mr.. Carter spoke of his views on
the negro labor question and said they
had been endorsed by Mr.. Thurston.
He had heard and read in the news
papers that members of the council
did not agree with him, but thought
all would approve of his plans when
they were understood. He had felt
the necessity of some responsible rep
resentative of Hawaii going south,
and had made arrangements to go
there himself, although he felt a
stronger man should go, but had been
forced to give up the idea to return to
Honolulu.
The southern United States is the
only section unitedly opposed to an
neXation, and they should be made to
appreciate that our situation and
theirs are very similar. When all the
facts concerning the revolution and
political and social conditions are eX-,
planned, they will be in favor of am
neXation as we are. He said his plan.
of securing negro labor from the
south for Hawaiian plantations would
not raise hostility there. They were
decided on the negro question, and
that the number we would withdraw
for our necessities would not hurt
them.
What we want is an opportunity to
present our cause. y newspaper re-
port had already misrepresented him
on the question of negro labor. The
Provisional government should send
a good man to represent Hawaii in
the southern United States. The an
annexation question had been more
than a nine days wonder in the Uni
ted States, and the cause should now
he backed up by active work and the
real facts and conditions existing here
explained to the people of the south.
Mr.. Young asked why any portion
of the people of the south wanted to
get rid of their negro laborers.
Mr.. Carter said because they had too
many of them. There were now in
| the south about eight millions of
| them, and under present political and
social conditions they were constant
menace to white control. All except
| perhaps the rice and sugar men of the
| south wish to get rid of them.
In answer to another question Of
Mr.. Young, he said he thought the
average price paid for negro labor on
the plantations there was SIS inclu-
sive, Just as we reckoned our planta-
ton labor at an inclusive rate of from
S17 TO S22 a month.
President Dole read petition from
Hawaii SiOno1 nv a
thirty natives and others, asking that
the government make some DISPOSE
ton of certain public lands so that
| they could be secured for agricultural
pursuits. In connection with this he
read another signed by most of the
prominent white men of Kohala ask
| ing that certain government lands in
| the Kohala mountains be thrown open
for homestead and agricultural pur-
| poses.
The president read draft of replies
| to the petitions stating that the mat
| ter would be submitted to the coun-
| ellis for consideration. He also stated
| that the Waimea land mentioned con-
| sisted of about 1000 acres of good land
| for small farms.
Attorney General Smith submitted
the following supplementary report:
ATToRNEY-GENERAL REPORT.
The statement made at the last
meeting OF the council, that during
the month of April the disbursements
| in the department of the attorney
general had exceeded the amount es-
| timated for the month by $4,000,
demands explanation.
My estimate of amounts required
for April was S16,252. %. The total
amount of the drafts drawn by me for
the month were S9,1OS.76; and yet
| there was paid by the minister of fin
| ance during that month, on the attor-
ney-generaPs drafts, the sum of
! S26, 416.S6.
It must be borne in mind that SAL
airy drafts and bills for expenses of the
police department., and the mainten-
| ance and care of prisons and prisoners,
and coroner's inquests, are received
during each month for the obligations
of the previous month.
Drafts on the treasury are drawn in
payment at the end of each month for
the bills in hand, and during the
month drafts are drawn for the bills
that come in later. These drafts are
presented for payment at the pleasure
of the holders. They may be presented
at once or held back as the parties
chose.