The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-01
AN EFFECTIVE SESSION.
WORK ACCOMPLISHED AT THE
COUNCIL MEETING.
No subsidy-Mr Girvin-Foreign Minister
-Funds-Anti Chinese The Press
Cartridges.

President Dole was in his place at the
Councils meeting this afternoon. This
was his first appearance at session for
six weeks. He looked uncommonly
well. All the Ministers were present. |
The Councilmen answering to roll call
were Brown, Ena, Warehouse, Allen, |
Wilder, Bolte. Morgan, Mott, Emme-
luth, Hatch, Tenney and Suhr.
Mr. Damon, for the finance committee
reported that the majority had voted |
against further substituting the Paradise
Of the Poetic and so recommended. |
Mr.. Morgan said that the paper was do
ing good work and that the only obiec. |
tions to il were on political grounds. |
This was his minority report.
Mr.. Emmeluth moved to adopt the
minority report. He made plea for
the paper people. Mr.. Smith said il
was openly reported that the editors
were hostile to the Government and
were also running another paper that
was doing all in Its power to discredit
and injure this Government. Hence
many deemed it proper that the editors
should no longer be supported by the
Government. Mr.. Emmeluth re-
turned to the championship of
the Paradise to say that one of its
proprietors had done more for the
cause of annexation than some of the
blatherskites on our side" The motion
to adopt the minority report was lost
Tie majority report was adopted by
vote of eight to seven. Those who
voted for the subsidy were Messrs
Hatch, Morgan, Emmeluth, Tenney,
Suhr, Brown and Mott.
The Finance Committee made out that
ex-Jailer Trip, instead of having
claim for back pay, really owed the
| Government, and he gets no more.
There will be no rebate for goods
desired to be returned to the United
: ates by the Hawaiian Hardware Com.
any.
a brief of the report of the Postmaster
General on the Savings department:
The depositors during the past year
numbered 30l0 with total Of S202 200.
The reduction in the deposits has been
$50, 600.
| The Finance Minister spoke of the ex-
change of $50, 900 of gold for silver. The
profit to the Government was S6lS. rs.
Wilder & Co took $4,000 at II and
Spreckels 81 Co. 100000 at 1l-1G. The
only other bidder was Bishop q Co. Mr..
|
for special deposit funds, for that silver
was not forced upon creditors of the
Government.
The first applause heard at a Council
meeting for long time was when
Minister Damon announced that the
name of j. w. GirvIn had been with
drawn from consideration as successor
to Chief Clerk Rothwell of the Post
office department. Mr.. Damon has
made an arrangement which is honor
able on the part of himself and the Gov
eminent and satisfactory to Mr.. Girvin.
This affair, the Minister said, had caused
considerable irritation that should now
be set at rest.
Mr.. Morgan reported on the anti
Chinese resolutions of the American
League. There were recommended
severe restrictions on immigration en-
forcement of the vagrancy law, to the
end that laborers whose contracts ex-
pire must work or leave the country,
and that the Government encourage the
importation of more desirable class of
immigrants than Asiatics.
MIR. Hatch introduced two bills. One
brings the long expected separation of
the offices of President and Minister of
.. Foreign Affairs. This act creates the
distinct office of Minister of Foreign
, Affairs. 1t passed first reading.
The second bill by Mr.. Hatch placed
the salary of President at SO 900 a year
payable monthly. Mr.. Dole said that
, he desired the matter fully discussed at
the next meeting. 1t was doubly i'm.
portant matter in view of the probabil.
ity, or rather possibility, of change in
, the form of Government by making il
more representative.
Mr. Brown, disappointed in efforts tc
get a rebate for the Hawaiian Hardware
Co. and back pay for eX-Jailor Trip
wanted some information. He had nc
resolution but desired to know if the
: Executive was taking any note of the
treatment of representatives of foreign
, governments by the local press. ii,
the freedom of the papers. Mr.. Smitl
, asked who had been assailed. Mr.
Brown mentioned the American Min
> lister and Il gentleman said to be her
a from the French Government NJ
Verleys of set is Messing" fame, Mr.
Smith said note had been taken OF sucl
y matters. Mr.. Dole said it wa
difficult to control the press. Their
have been occasions when officials fel
. it necessary to demonstrate with editor
y and had found them entirely reasonable
AS a matter of fact the press of thi
country was more under the intluenC
o the Government than in the Unite
States.
is Minister Smith with common
e reiterating his former statement of posi-
Y ton in the matter Introduced "a bill reli
/; ting to Chinese. This measure is offer
Al ed to meet the urgent protest agains
v the further importation of Asiatics.
a The measure provides that all Chimes
n now engaged in trading or mechanics
n pursuits, shall be licensed, registering an
II paying fee of 81. No Chinese comm
le in the country after the act takes effet
n shall be granted licenses for any pu
. pose. This shall not include laborel
or domestics. Unlicensed Chinese wi
be fined and imprisoned.
The bill was referred to a speci
a committee included the judiciar
= and Messrs. Emmeluth, Mott an
!, Suhr.
" 1t was decided by the Council to bu
he %, 600 more cartridges on requisition I
IN the military branch.
At ESQ the Council went into e!
At ecutive session.
lie FINANCE STATEMENT FOR WEE
ii ENDING JANUARY 81, 1891
l. Current account, bal
IN ance, Jan. a, '9i.--- sSO7, 800 %
ne RECEIPTS.
Interior Department 5 4,i75 90