The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-08-09
COUNCILS IN SESSION.
DISCUSSION on THE LABOR
COMMISSION.


Bill Passes.
The Executive and Advisory Councils
OF the Republic OF Hawaii met in regu.
lar business session at / 40 this after
noon, President Wilder in the chair
The following answered to their names
at roll-call: Ministers Hatch, King,
Damon, Smith, and Councilmen Brown,
Ena, Warehouse, McCandless, Smith,
Emmeluth and Mott.
Minutes of last meeting were read and
approved.
On call for reports the Minister OF
Finance read the weekly financial state
mcnt.
Mr.. Brown, for the Judiciary Com
mittec, made a report recommending
the passage of the jury bill introduced
by Mr.. Hatch at last meeting, after
slight amendments in the grammatical
construction OF two sentences. The
report was adopted.
Mr. Brown, for the same committee,
reported on Mr.. Damon's bill to grant
aid to steamships plying regularly be-
tween these Islands aud ports in North
America. The comm ttee offers a new
bill which they think covers the ideas
Of the first and places it in more iron
bound shape.
The report was received and ordered
printed.
Mr.. Brown, for the same committee.
asked for further time on the George
Wilson petition for salary and the
Evan Z. Low Matter. Granted.
Mr.. Hatch offered a new bill as an
to bill governing the land
ing of aliens in the Hawaiian Islands
of March LIST 1894.
The following are the words added.
binding such alien work at agri-
cultural labor for not less than two
years" Referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Mr.. Emmeluth's labor bill as pub
IlShcu III thS Jan VI hubust ~hu, SdHle
up on the second reading.
On motion of MIR. Emmeluth the bill
was read by sections, and six sections
passed.
The matter of appropriating a sum of
money for defrayIng the expenses of
the Labor Commission contemplated by
the Emmeluth bill came up.
Mr. Emmeluth moved to make it
$4,000.
MIR. Wilder thought $4,000 insufficient.
The bill had mapped out years work
for the Commission in the start.
The vote on Mr.. Emmeluth's motion
resulted in a tie.
Mr.. Brown said he would not vote for
$4,000, but he would favor $500.
Minister Smith had just returned
from Hawaii and had not had AN OPP
portunity of looking into the bill. How
ever, if the bill was worth anything at
all, it was worth an appropriation of
$4,000. He would be glad to have more
time to think over it.
Mr.. Damon said if we were going to
have a Republic we should have one.
The Provisional Legislature was dead
and the Councils cannot pursue
the broad lines. of the old body
1t will not do to go on legislating for the
people Of the Republic, upon our ideas
here in Honolulu, especially when II bill
affects most directly the interests OF
people on the outside. The bill brought
in by Mr.. Emmeluth should be referred
to the Legislature that the pleasure OF
all the people of all the Islands may be
learned
Mr.. Morgan was in thorough accord
with this sentiment.
Minister Smith arose and made long
speech upon the growing industries OF
the Islands, more especially of Hawaii,
which he had recently visited, In con-
clusion he would vote AYE" on the
amendment.
The Chairman then declared the Sec
ton passed.
The remainder OF the section passed,
and the bill as whole passed.
On motion of Mr.. Brown the rules
were suspended in order that the act
relating to the drawing of juries might
come up for third reading.
Mr.. Emmeluth asked if this act would
meet the requirements of the present
situation.
Mr.. Hatch replied that he thought it
would.
Mr.. Emmeluth said that he thought
the time had come for a radical change
in these matters. The jury system of
to-day was failure. He thought the
jurymen should be selected from amorg
the voters OF the country, regardless OF
color or nationality. He would not
make a motion, as Mr.. Hatch was sat-
isfied.
On vote the jury bill passed.
Mr.. Brown, for the Judiciary Com
mittee, asked the suspension of
the rules in order that
the report of the committee on Mr..
Hatch's bill to amend the
act governing the landing of
aliens in the Hawaiian ISL
ands, might be read. A ship was ex-
pected here any day now and we would