The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-01-06
THE LEGISLATURE.
10TH DAY.
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 1893.
Morning Session.

reau, ana tney were approved.
Noble Peterson, from the Judi
ciary Committee, gave notice and
read for the first and second times
a new bill relative to writs of error.
Bill ordered to engrossment and to
third reading on Monday.
The special Order of the Day, viz:
the resolution offered by Rep. Smith
to the appointment of
commission to proceed to Washing
ton to ascertain information which
would tend to arranging better com
mercial relations between tHA United
States and Hawaii, came up for con-
sideration.
Rep. Smith said that he considered
that the object had been stated fully
in the report presented yesterday by
the committee. The proposed com
mission will not have any powers to
make any treaty. They will go
simply for information and to i'm
part information.
Rep. White said that if this COM
mission was sent then they should
receive very definite instructions
from this House what their duties
were. Rep. Smith had said that the
American people did not seem to
know much about us, as they often
had confounded us with Fiji. He
thought that the member was trying
to mislead the other members be-
cause it would be very strange if
Americans did not have some def
mite knowledge about us when our
daily and weekly papers are being
constantly sent abroad and the
Paradise of the Pacific" is always
filed with information relative to
the islands.
Rep. Smith desired to ask the
member a question. 1t was well
known that Mr.. Nolte and other
people imported cigars from Manila.
Now, he would ask the honorable
member if he knew where Manila is
situated.
Rep. White did not wish to be in
terrupted and he would warn the
member not to question him on
geography because that was his forte.
(Laughter). Continuing he said that
the Hon. r. w. Wilcox would go to
Washington, see Cleveland and then
he and his old friend Moreno would
pull wires. 1t was of little use to send
Rep. Iosepa for his opinion had al
ready been published in theExaminer
He was clergyman it is true, but The
way they do things over in America,
it may be that some of the fascinat-
ing ladies in Washington will chuck
him under the chin, Irvine their arms
about him, and say that he is the
best looking man in the commission
Rep. Iosepa may not fall, it is true
but human nature is weak, and UNI
less the commission is very particu
larly instructed in their duties, he
may be apt to come back here and
say that he has seen everybody ovel
there and they have promised to dc
everything, and besides send ship
loads of white women for wives fol
kanakas. When it comes down tt
the opening of the Nicaragua cana
it is foolish for us to give them adj
vice in that or in the laying of ;
cable. 1t is we'll known that there
is certain man here that has fin
ger in this, who desires to make /;
cool 100000 out of this cable trans
action and his name is Mr.. Hartwell
This commission looks as though il
was project being worked for the
benefit of this man Hartwell, who
holds the cable franchise. He (tht
speaker desired to see the countr,
advance, and he thought it would
shortly do so. If it was left to ;
popular vote there would be no ces
sion of Hawaiian territory.
Rep. Waipuilani said that he ha(
signed the report recommending thu
appointment of Commission. H,
did not have any knowledge of thu
resolution to be introduced nor tina
he was to be one of the proposed
Commission. 1t was his idea that tn,
Queen was the authority to appoin
the Commission. He would ask tn
Acknowledgement if the Assembl
had the right to appoint and for
ward Commission.
The Acknowledgement not beins
present Noble Thurston stated tina
the Canadian Parliament had don
so in regard to the investigation q
the Chinese question, a report q
which was now in the Foreig
Office.
Rep. Waipuilani Continuing sal
that he doubted the wisdom of thi
resolution. There was Ministe
Resident at Washington and
would look queer to send Con
mission to do the work for whic
that functionary is paid.
Noble Thurston said there was
serious side to the question. Gu
present commercial relations wit
the United States are most unsati!
factory. Although we do get ric
and bananas in free under the Rec
procity Treaty yet that is only fc
two years more. Are we going t
sit down and simply say "Good Lor
deliver us" and do nothing to hel
the Lord. The Lord helps those VIII
help themselves. He doubted I'll
competency of the Representa-,
now at Washington; whatever /
may have been in the past, he is II,
now up to the rough and tumb
, work necessary to carry us forwar
He had not heard any other proje'
but this advanced. He did not doul
that if the Queen went forwal
the same as Kalakaua had gon
then something might be accol
plished. But he had not heard al
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