The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-01-03

The House met st 9 A. NJ. Roll cali
n Twenty-Five members present. Quo
q rum at Gals. The minutes were rea'
! and approved.
q At S:95 A. NJ. the House proceeded
T TO the
{ ORDER OF THE DAY.
T Third reading of Bill 147, Opium
/ bill. The consideration of the bill wa.
a postponed till Rep. Ashford, the in
PRODUCER, be present.
Third reading of Bill 81, an Act au.
thoriEing the Minister of Interior to ac'
quire certain lands at Wailuku for lay,
ing water pipes, and to compensate fol
the same.
Noble Walbridge opposed the bill.
The Wailuku people had all the water
they want now for domestic and other
purposes. 1t was folly for the Govern
ment to lay water pipes.
Noble Hind also opposed the bill.
Rep. kanealii was not in favor of
the bill Residents of Waikiki have
petitioned him TO oppose the bill.
Rep. EdmondS, the intrOducer, gave
his reasons why the bill should be
passed.
! Noble Young and Rep. Nawahi like
wise objected to the bill.
Noble Cornwell favored the passage
of the bill; SSa77 had been expended
for pipes for Waikiki Water Works
in 1855. The drawback was there was
no kuleana. The appropriation of
$4,000 passed this session is sufficient
TO supply Waikiki and Kahului with
good water.
Rep. Smith observed that members
from Wailuku We're divided on the
subject. Noble Walbridge opposed,
while Noble Cornwell favored.
Rep. Edmonds said that Rep. Ka-
nealii belonged TO North Waikiki,
while the bin was for SOut Wailuku. |
He moved that the bill be given to |
the Minister of Interior to report at |
the session of 1894.
1t was lost on the following divi-
sion:
Ayes-Minister Robinson; Mobiles En2,
Male. Kauhane, J NJ Homer. Hind. |
Hospili, Marsien, Young, Walbridge, |
Anderson and Dreier; Reps. nanealii,
Smith and j. 5 Wilcox-l5.
NoeS-Nohies Berger, Hopkins, Pua,
Peterson, Williams, CornWell, McBryde
and hanoa; Reps. Wilder, Bipikane, Aki,
Pua, Nawahi, ksunamano, hamauoha,
Naipuilsni, kapahu, Nahinu, White,
Edmonds, Kaluna, Iosepa and Akina,
Absent-Ministers Wilcox, Jones and
Brown; Mobiles Cummins, Baldwin. ".
I. Homer and Thurston; Reps. Kauhi,
4. W. Wilcox, Bush, Koahou and 4. |
Homer.
The bill passed third reading.
A motion to reconsider was lost.
On suspension of rules, Minister .
Robinson replied TO questions of Rep.
Ashford as follows: I
Question 1.-The department has re- =
eeived no information of this fact from | Z
Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotenti-
ny at Washington, but, under date of 5
December p, Hon. F. s. Pratt writes 2
announcing the receipt by him of the e
telegram: {
Washington, Dec. %, 1882. 4
J. 5. Pratt, Hawaiian Consul Gen T
eral, San Francisco. 1
Exequatur granted, 18th; papers ;
bout ready; viii mail them.-MoTT- a
,uTH. :
Question I'm connection with q
he statement made in the previous :
nswer, the following answer NAV be
1Ten: The department forwarded "
be commission of Hon. Frank s. a
raft as Consul-Geleral at San Fran "
iscO TO His Exeellency J. Mott-Smith, !"
I Washington, on October 19, with "
TO procure the exeduatur CO
no forward it TO San Francisco. In | OF
dispatch from His Excellency the A
inister, dated Washington, Novem-
er Il, His Excellency states that the OF
of Hon. F. s. Pratt. as %
Ter Majesty's Consul-GeneraI in San Al
ranciscO is in hand. As we have so -
gently obtained the exequatur of
E. ]. B. MahOlm as Vice-ConsuI, at III
lie cost Of some courtesy on the part vi
the State Department for its i'm
ediate issue, have DELAYED asking :,
2 the exegu2tur for Mr.. Pratt until ~
am notified Of his arrival in San Ii
ranciscO from the Consulate. This st;
urss viii not embarrass Mr.. Pratt tn
his official functions, as can no he
y him by telegraph Of the issuing of
e exequatur. II
Question BY the previous an WI
Ters it will be seen that Her Males We
e Minister at Washington acted TT
on his own responsibility, and con.
NY 70 the instructions of nv prede- aP
ssOr, Hon Samuel Parker. who. on inl
e same date October I9) instructed We
Maholm TO telegraph To a.,
s Exeelleney the appointment of q
d. Frank 5. Pratt. By telegram nm
m Boston, dated November 10. His full
informed the Vice Consul arr
Il the commission had been re- bv,
we'd ny
Under suspension Of the rules Rem. Wn
hfoId gave notice Of his intention ma
introduce q bill providing for a bea
1sidy for steam mail, freight and -
ssenger service between Honolulu 20
! the ports Of Oregon, Washington pre-
! British Columbia He
ne bill was read for the first time. Lit
,ooie Williams reported several fr;a
: printed Lle
bird reading Of bill III, the Opium Ni1