The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-12

had taught them rightly, you would
not have any cause to be afraid OF US
to- day. If you stand by me and eradi-
cate every evil, you'll have my sup
port. have no money; | can't bride
anybody. Its you that have money
that have done that. You have allow
ed opium, the curse of Asia to come
into this country. You all voted for
it. Opium is worse curse than the
lottery.
Rep. Smith, did not vote for it.
Rep. Bush don't know that you
did.
Rep. r. w. Wilcox said that the
Noble from Maui was not broad in
his views when he stated that those
who supported lottery would also favor
fornicators. Lottery was allowed in
Italy, France and Germany. The
State establishes the lottery in those
countries. If voting for lottery would
give US the cable let US vote for it. 1t
is better to do so than to let our chill
dren die without cable. Cable had
been talked here for the past gener-
atoms, but there had been nothing
done. In America, the lottery had
built churches, universities, etc. He
did not favor lottery as State meas
ure, but favored it simply as a means
of advancing public mprovements.
The Government showed its weak
ness by passing the Opium bill. 1t
had no power to suppress smuggling.
Opium was a worse curse than lot
terry. Americans abhOr slavery. Our
contract system would not be toler-
ated in America, but our planters
favor it, for it is the only course they
would prosper by. Which is the worst
curse of the three? Lottery? Opium y?
or Slavery? | do not appreciate the
conduct of those who talked much
about principle, and then let it by
when it suited their purposes. Let
the lottery come in as a punishment
to those who went back on their
principle. He considered that Noble
Thurston was wrong in condescend-
ing to manage a show at Chicago.
Such a work was below the dignity of
a statesman.
Rep. Waipuilani considered the
Lottery bill as the most important
measure that had been introduced
into the House. He was opposed to
the bill. The Opium bill passed
against his will, and he considered
Rep. Wilcox unsound when he said
that he (Wilcox) favored lottery be-
cause the Opium bill had been passed.
Our contract system has been placed
on the same basis as slavery. 1t was
not so in his opinion. Rep. Bush
had stated that he was opposed to the
bill, but had changed his mind be-
cause the principle had been aban-
dOned. Such a ground was utterly
foolish. He considered Rep. Bush as
one of the most intelligent men in
the kingdom, but the reason he advo-
Gated in favor of voting for the bill is
most strange indeed. 1t was the
working of a spoilt child. Rep. White
is the father of the bill. That gentle
man evidently believed that this
measure would bring the Government
out of the financial crisis. Whose fault
was it that liquor was brought
here? Whom shall we blame for that
evil? Its past legislatures, our de-
parted chiefs who had made treaties
with Ameriba allowing liquor to
come into this country. Rep. White
is tempted by the glitter of $12, 100000
in twenty-five years. Is that money
obtained with honor? Noble Pua:
Yes). A great many petitions had been
brought in against this bill. In the
interest of the people whom he repre-
sented and of the people at large he
opposed this bill, and he called on
every native to remember the ma
tional motto. The life of the land
would be maintained and perpetuated
as long as right was done.
Rep. White admitted that he intro
duced this bill. The capitalists opposed
it because they could not get high in
terest any more. The bill was in the
interest of poor people who could not
borrow money now, which this bill
would enable them to get. Many
merchants and business men had pc
titiOned the House to pass this bill,
because it would put money into cir
culation. People would win prizes,
and everything would be prosperous.
1t was said this bill would encourage
gambling. and bring on poverty. He
did not believe it. These men, Cross
& Davenport, he was informed, had
money enough to buy the whole
Hawaiian Islands. The moral view
of the matter had nothing to
do with the case. The God in
heaven had nothing to do with it.
The only god concerned was the Al
mighty Dollar. The God in heaven
had heard the prayer of his dark
skinned subjects and sent them this
bill to relieve their sufferings. If we
passed this bill the Government
would soon have money enough to
pay all its bonds, the country would
be wealthy; we would have all the
roads and bridges which could pos.
sibly be built-there would be sur
plus. Our streets would be paved
with gold, as in Louisiana, and the
only ones who would wall will be the
usurers who now loan at IL per cent,
for money would then be plentiful al
l, 2 or 8 per cent. People came to
him in the lobby and said they had
money out at interest, and they would
be ruined if the bill passed. What
about the poor mortgage? Now was
the time for the Hawaiian people tC
rise up and throw off their chains and
be men-as God intended them to be-
He would move the previous ques'
ton.
Lost on a rising vote-20 to Is.
At 11:56 the House took a recess:
till 1:30 PM.
u AFTERNOON SESSION.