The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-12
TIE LEGISLATURE
One Hundred and sixty-Eiehth

One Hundred and Sixty-Eiehth
Day.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. II.
The House met at 8 AM, twenty
two members present. Quorum at
9:25 Am. The minutes were read and
approved.
At 1874 AM the House proceeded
to the
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Third reading of Bill 204, an Act re-
lating to duties on legacies.
The substitute bill from the Judici-
airy Committee was read and passed.
Third reading of Bill 246, adding a
new section (l0B) to the Chinese Re-
striction Act, passed November 80,
1892. Passed.
Third reading of Bill 1S5, the Lottery
bill.
Noble Thurston moved that the bill
be Indefinitely postponed.
Rey. White moved the bill pass.
Noble Thurston said that the bill
was fully discussed before, therefore
it was not necessary to go into details
now. He said that there were many
members who had voted for the mea-
sure yesterday that did so because
they had spite against the Cabinet.
He would tell those members that
were actuated with any such spirit
that the bill did not affect the Cabinet
in any way, for even if the bill did
pass it would not necessitate the
Cabinet resigning the bill was not a
Government measure. He was at
loss to understand why some of the
members who had used both tongue
and pen in denouncing the lottery
scheme, especially Rep. Bush, had
tended to do so again to day. The
member from Koolaupoko had de-
nounced the lottery i'm his paper, but
to day he is ready to support the bill.
The introducer of the measure was
ashamed to show his face, for he was
leaning down on his desk.
Rep. Pua wanted the speaker to stop
talking personalities.
Noble Thurston claimed that he had
a perfect right to say whatever he
pleased. He had right to let the
member from the Fifth Ward know
what he was doing, and to move him
from the way of the devil. The intent
of this bill was to sell the cOuntry's
honor for coin. If we must do it we
were in bad situation. If we were
going to do it we must have this coin.
Who was going to give the coin? Was
it the man who was down on Laysan
Island taking pictures of birds? Was
it the one who had fled to Japan?
He was going to see all honor given
to the devil. Were we not going to
find out the price before leaping into
it? They wanted to pass this bill not
on the strength of any coin, but on
promises of coin, for there was not
any coin in sight. Where was the
100000 coming from? Was it from
Laysan Island? Was it from Mr..
Nowlein, the soldier boy and rum
dealer? There had been no proof
shown that the promoters of the
scheme had any backing. The only
things we would get by it were shame,
disgrace and poverty. One more point
in view: This community had been
agitated as to our policy in regard to
commercial relations with the United
States. We spent whole day discuss
ing on sending commission to Wash
ington. We proposed to send COM
mission there to urge the members of
congress to change the treaty with
Hawaii. That commission is going.
Congress will ask: You want better
commercial relations for Hawaii?
Yes You want to change the
treaty? Yes, Yet your Legislature is
asked TO pass bill which was thrown
out by the State of Louisiana. You
think it good to flood our gates with
Lottery schemes? Congress would
most likely say: "We think you gen.
tlemen had better go back and repeal
the Lottery bill.n The commission
would be dumbfounded. The United
States Congress are in earnest. They
pass laws forbidding lottery mat
ter to pass through their mails. The
press of America are prohibited from
advertising lotteries. America is in
earnest to wipe out lotteries from its
shores. Therefore, native members,
be careful with your votes.
Rep. Smith said that the manage
ment of the bill in the House showed
its real character. The party in favor
of it had been unwilling to have fair
discussion of the subject. The action
yesterday was mean and cowardly.
The motion to adopt and the previous
question at the same time showed
that those who advocate it are afraid
of it's being defeated, and we'll they
might be. The proposition to estab-
lish a lottery here for twenty-five
years, he denounced as worse than
robbery. Gambling was opposed to all
honest dealing. To take any mans
money without giving back its equi-
valent was robbery of the worst ma
ture.
Rep. Bush-Was it not more shame
full for you years ago TO make a man
work and sweat in your cane fields
and live on cane juice?
Rep. Smith replied that he did not
know what Rep. Bush was referring
to. Gambling, he continued, was so
ruinous to young and old that it could
not he tolerated.; it destroys and de-
bases more than all other vice. The
mothers and wives of this kingdom
have signed forty-six petitions TO this
House against the bill There were
2056 names sent to the House oppos-
ing the bill. 1t is a mean and con-
temptible business. What good will it
do? Where does that generous, liberal,
munificent sum of 100000 that is
offered to the Government come from?
They come from the ruined homes of
our wives and mothers. Those who
conduct this business live on spoils of
other men; they do not live on honest
labor. 1t was shameful for Hawaiians
to bring in this bill as browning act
TO help to ruin their race. They have
been deceived by the glitter of money.
The native members believe that if