The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-03
LEGISLATURE.
,d,ed and SiXtiefh Day.

M. the House proceeded
.--- ORDER OF THE DAY.
1t La reading of Bill 147, Opium
30 make a consideration of the bill was
First ed till Rep. Ashford, the in
irst CIR, be present.
WILL! reading of Bill 81, an Act au-
,othe Minister of Interior to &C
80. - rtain lands at Wailuku for lay
-,x er pipes, aud to compensate for
le.
Walbridge opposed the bill.
,iluku people had all the water
Hon ant now for domestic and other
as. It was folly for the Govern
aas.zss lay water pipes.
Hind also opposed the bill.
Kanealii was not in favor OF
Residents of Wailuku have
ned him to oppose the bill.
Edmonds, the introducer, gave
sons WHY the bill should be
Young and Rep. Nawahi like
oiected to the bill.
,lg, e Cornwell favored the passage.
Al bill; $S977 had been expended
es for Waikiki Water Works
!. The drawback was there was
lleana. The appropriation OF
passed this session is sufficient
49,, Div Wailuku and Kahului with
yater.
Smith observed that members
Wailukn were divided on the
t. Noble Walbridge opposed,
Noble Cornwell favored.
EdmOnds said that Rep. Ka-
belonged to North Waikiki,
H. the bill was for South Wailuku.
loyed that the bill be given to
mister of Interior to report at
.ssiOn of 1894.
yas lost OH the following diyi-
minister Robinson Mobiles Ena,
Kauhane, j. M. Horner, Hind,
iii, Marsden, Young, Walbridge,
rson and Dreier; Reps. Kanealii,
and A. S. Wilcox-15.
,s-Nobles Berger, Hopkins, Pua,
son, Williams, Cornwell, McBryde
,anoa Reps. Wilder, Bipikane, Aki,
Nawahi, Kaunamano, Kamauoha,
,uilani, Kapahu, Nahinu, White,
onds, Kaluna, Iosepa and Akina,
sent-Ministers Wilcox, Jones and
n; Mobiles Cummins, Baldwin, w.
former and Thurston Reps. Kauhi,
Y. Wilcox, Bush, Koahou and A.
Ter.
a bill passed third reading.
lotion to reconsider was lost.
/ suspension of rules, Minister
inson replied to questions of Rep.
ford as follows:
lestion 1.-The department has re-
ed no information of this fact from
Majesty's Minister Plenipotenti-
at Washington, but, under date of
eInber 81, Hon. +. S. Pratt writes
ouncing the receipt by him of the
owing telegram:
Washington, Dec. 20, 1892.
s. Pratt, Hawaiian Consul Gen
al, San Francisco.
xequatur granted, 18th; papers
ut ready; will mail them.-MoTT-
9TH.
question I'm connection with
statement made in the previous
,wer, the following answer may be
en-: The department forwarded
commission of Hon. Frank S.
ut as COnsul-General at San Fran
60 to His EXcellency J. Mott-Smith,
Washington, on October 10, with
tructions to procure the eXequatul
& forward it to San Francisco. In
dispatch from His Excellency the
mister, dated Washington, Novem.
IT, His EXcellency states that the
mmission of Hon. F. S. Pratt, a:
,r Majesty's Consul-General in SAL
ancisco is in hand. AS we have 81
,ently obtained the eXequatur 0
fr. J. Is. Maholm as Vice-Consul, a
cost of some courtesy on the par
the State Department for its i'm
4 Sediate issue, have delayed askin!
8 kr the exequatur for Mr.. Pratt unit
8 am notified of his arrival in Sal
8 l;urse will not embarrass Mr.. Pratt
81 il his official functions, as | can nc
E fly him by telegraph of the issuing Q
81 he eXequatur.
& Question By the previous an
q yers it will be seen that Her Males
8 rs Minister at Washington acte
q pom his own responsibility, and con
eary to the instructions of my prede
q essor, Hon. Samuel Parker, who, o.
81 he same date October 1917 instructe
lice Consul Maholm to telegraph t
IL lis Excellency the appointment {
lion. Frank S. Pratt. By Telegram
rom Boston, dated November 10. HI
lxcellency informed the Vice-Consr
hat the commission had been re
1eived.
81 Under suspension of the rules Rel
ashford gave notice of his intentiO
o introduce a bill providing for
'ubsidy for steam mail, freight an
Passenger service between Honolul
alnd the ports of Oregon, Washingto
md British Columbia.
The bill was read for the first tim
Noble Williams reported sever;
aoills printed.
Third reading of bill 147, the Opiul
bill.
Clerk Mel arthy read the bill sectio
by section.
Rep. Smith moved the indefiui
postponement, to save reading.
The ayes and noes were taken c
Rep. Smiths motion, resulting /:
follows: