The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-01-02


was done.
Mr.. Waterhouse read tie follow
ing resolution
Whereas, there is no provision for the
appointment Of an Appraiser under the
laws of the Port of Honolulu, and
Whereas, it is claimed that goods are
being shipped to this country under false
invoices to be used as original at the
Custom House and that dutiable goods
are entered hereunder free Of duty,
and
Whereas, there is no officer whose
business it is to ascertain whether goods
shipped to this country correspond with
the invoices as to the make, amount,
value and nature Of the same, and
Whereas, it is believed that there are
many ways by which the Revenues OF
this country may be increased in case
there should be an appraiser,
Resolved, that q committee OF mem
bers of this Council be appointed to in
vestigate into the matter and to consult
with the Collector of Customs and Port
Surveyor and report to this Council as to
the advisability OF creating a new officer
styled Appraiser" and as to the amount
of his salary.
Mr.. Damon moved that special
committee be appointed to examine
into the above resolution.
The committee appointed consisted
of Messrs. Waterhouse, Bolte and
Allen.
Mr.. Emmeluth said that the Govern
ment had passed law that referred
to seditious publications. That there
was paper now being published in
Honolulu that teemed with filth, and
that should be repressed. This paper
is called the Holomus. 1t reviles
the Government and its officers. "In
plain English, 1 have got bellyful
of it, and 1 move that the Attorney
General be instructed to proceed
against the editor of the Holomua
for its uttersnces of the last few
weeks"
Mr.. Brown: 81 am not in sym
pathy with the Holomua nor its ut
terances, but / do not believe that
this Government should fight other
peoples battles. If any man be-
lieves himself sggrieved by what it
says in its columns, he can take
means to get satisfaction through
the courts"
Mr.. Emmeluth (: "The Holomua
has no influence whatever in local
circles. Everyone. here knows what
it is, and that its utterances have no
truth or reason in them whatever !;
but abroad, where the status of the
paper is not known, we should not
allow any such statements, as it has
made, to be spread"
Mr.. Hatch: 81 do not agree en-
tirely with the last speaker The
Holomua is one of the leading
papers representing the royalist
cause, and it is doing this Govern
ment a service, by proving what
kind of papers and people form the
adherents of royalty. The respect
able portion of the community is not
injured in the slightest degree by
such a sheet. 1 doubt very much
the wisdom of making any Govern
ment move against that paper"
Mr.. Emmeluth: eff the legal
lights of the councils object, may l
ask what 'is the object of the sedi-
ton act? If it is not to be enforced,
for heavens sake let US take it out of
our laws"
Mr.. Tenney: "The Holomus has
no influence on the public mind. If
it should call one a handy legged,
white-livered chicken,I don't think it
would hurt my reputation in the
community"
Attorney. General Smith: 1.-THE
Holomua's utterances are of course
outrageous, but 1 think that the
opinions of Mr.. Hatch are of great
weight The paper cannot go be
yond a certain limit, or it will have
to suffer the consequences"
Mr.. Hatch; "There are some facts
as to the ownership of that sheet
that could be published to the
world with great advantage"
No action was taken on Mr.. Emme-
luth's motion.
Mr.. Emmeluth: at has been sew
eral weeks since these councils pass
ed a resolution to the effect that
known royalists should be removed
from office. Mr.. Damon has set the
pace, and other offices should follow,
but have not 1 would like to ask
why this is So"
The Attorney General: "After the
adoption of that resolution, investi
cation was instituted, and action
taken in several cases. But Interrupt
tions have lately occurred that have
necessitated such action being post
poned for the present. That resolu
ton is in force now as strongly as it
ever was"
Mr. Brown: "The Hawaiian ques
ton is now in the hands of Congress,
and see no reason for pushing this
matter to the utmost. OF course, if a
man is well known as an active sup
porter of the royalist cause he should
be removed from Office, but | do not
think that suspected ones only should
be removed until Congress has settled