The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-06
AFTERNOON SESSION.

AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House re-assembled at 1855 PM
Rep. Smiths resolution was tabled.
Second reading of Bill 232.
The bill passed to engrossment, to
be read third time on Saturday.
Second reading of Bill IA, relating
to an amendment to Article SO of the
Constitution.
The bill was tabled.
Second reading of Bill 900, relating
to bringing suits against the Govern
ment.
The report of the Judiciary Commit
tee on the bill was read. The com.
mittee reported against the passage
of the bill.
Minister Brown moved the bill be
read section by section.
Noble Thurston favored the report
of the committee. He considered the
bill was too hastily drawn and ill
considered.
The report of the committee was
adopted by vote of II to 10.
The bill was laid on the table.
Consideration of the Electric Fran.
chise bill.
The report of the Judiciary Commit
tee on Sections Ia and Is were read.
The committee recommended Section
Is pass as in the bill, and that Section
IA be so amended that the purchaser
of the franchise gpdfn 5lIcc- pnIs-:,,1,01 u
- II SGshror;ola ie of,eea 9sffs Act sffiiatif,
I. - requested by the Minister of In
terror (by and with the approval of
the Cabinet), within one year after
the purchase of such franchise, take
over and purchase from the Hawaiian
Government all of the incandescent
plant then in use by said Government
at it's fair market value, etc.
Noble ThuIston favored the report
of the committee. He moved to
amend that the price be 60 cents per
month for all lights over ten lamps.
Carried.
The bill passed to engrossment, to
be read third time on Monday.
Second reading of Bill POT, Stamp
Duties.
The report of the Judiciary Com
mittee was read approving Sections
Is. The committee consider the re-
naming sections unnecessary.
The Act passed as recommended by
the committee, TO be read third time
next Monday.
Second reading of bill relating to
providing $1,000 for further defraying
the expenses of the Legislature of
1892.
Passed to be read third time on
Monday.
On suspension of rules, Rep. Smith
presented a report of the Committee
on the resolution introduced by Rep.
r. w. Wilcox, as follows:
To the Hon. J. s. WALKER, President OF
the Legislature.
SIR: The committee to whom were re-
ferred, RI the resolution to pay 5000, 900
in Hawaiian Government bonds to the
corporation that shall first complete an
inter-oceanic canal at Panama or through
Nicaragua; ri The resolution to see il it
is advantageous for this Kingdom to COM
bine with foreign countries or corpora
tons proposing to lay an inter-ocean ca
BILE joining with these islands, and ri,
The petition from Eva, Oahu, praying
that Pear. Harbor be leased, beg tc re-
port as follows:
Your committee have held several
meetings, of which public notice was
given, and have given full consideration
to the matters referred to them.
The proposal to aid the Nicaragua Ca
nal by joining the United States to some
limited extent in guaranteeing the bonds
| of the Canal Company would meet the
hearty recommendation of your commit.
| tee if the present state of national finan.
ces justified so doing. As it is, your
committee can only express its firm con-
viction that the completion of the pro-
| posed canal will enure to the great bene'
% 70 tnh 70 ,rt
easy to exaggerate. The worlds com
merce moves largely on eastward and
westward lines, so that the Hawaiian
group will become, when this canal is in
operation, great central depot or dis
| tributing point, as well as calling place
fo!. vessels crossing the Pacific ocean
This view is forcibly expressed by Hon
J. M. Homer, in the appended statement
| of his remarks made before the commit
| tee.
| Your committee recommend that the
| Minister OF Foreign Affairs be requested
| to inform the United States Government
| of the extreme interest taken by He
Majesty's Government in the completion
| of the Nicaragua Canal, and the desir'
of Her Majesty's Government to do any
thing within its power to facilitate it
operations.
In regard to Pacific ocean cable, a.
well as the Nicaragua Canal and Pear
Harbor questions, your committee hear,
the remarks of Messrs. Hartwell, Marque
and J. NJ. Horner, which are hereto ap
pended. 1t appears to be clear that n
cable between Hawaii and the Nortl
American coast will pay commercial,
at the present time, unless connecte,
with an Australian line, and hence tina
no cable company is likely to lay and OF
crate it, unless heavily subsidized.
Your committee learn that a plan
now under consideration to obtain a com
plete system of Pacific ocean cables, "a
dating from Honolulu to California O
British Columbia, to Yokohama and t
Auckland, by the cooperation of tn
English, German, United States, Rus
sian, Japanese and Chinese Govern
ments, and that there is considerable
hope that such cooperation will soon b
obtained. The Act of 1890 authorize
the Government to contract for a cabl
to be laid not later than January l, 1884,
with subsidy OF $25, 900 year for fl
teen years. Under that Act contraC
was made with Mr.. Hartwell, who ha
given much time and effort to its accom-