The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-02
House of Representatives.

Speaker Naone announced receipt
of letters from the Senate as follows:
l. That the Senate Joint Standing
Committee on Judiciary had been au-
thorized to confer with the House
Judiciary Committee on amendments
to House Bill No. Is.
.. Transmission of certified en-
crossed Joint Resolution in regard to
the ''Use of Electricity for street rail-
ways in Honolulu" and the policy of
annexation to the United States of
America.
8. Adoption of the report of Con-
ference Committee on Senate Bill No.
s with the following amendments:
After the words "Repairing school
houses" insert "Subject to prior ap-
proval of the Minister of the Interior"
4. Adoption by the Senate Of the
Joint Resolution regarding "Regis-
tration of male residents of the Re-
public" Same had been referred to the
Committee on Passed Bills.
Copies of "An act TO regulate the
giving and filing of bonds on motions
for new trial, appeals, exceptions,
writs of error and to regulate the prac-
tice thereon" were sent from the
Senate for the information of the
House.
Rep. Winston asked that one more
day be granted the Committee on
Commerce for consideration of the
Telegraph Cable Act. Granted.
Rep. Bond presented the following
majority report of the Committee on
Education, to whom the resolution
regarding Sunday concerts was re-
ferred:
''Your committee, to whom was re-
ferred the joint resolution requiring
the Minister of Foreign Affairs to in
augurate Sunday afternoon concerts
to be given by the Hawaiian band,
having had the same under consider
alton, beg leave to report that, while
such procedure would undoubtedly
be gratifying to portion of the COM
munity, and some plausible argu-
ments have been honestly adduced in
its favor, it. could not be carried out
without disturbing the peace of that
portion of the community who desire
to keep the day as quiet day of rest,
nor, in the opinion of your committee,
would such a course, lnseparabIe as
they believe it would be from attend
ant evils, tend to elevate the general
moral tone of the community. On
,
immediate effect, especially in the
minds of the young, would be detri-
mental, and it is a manifest conse-
quence of Sunday concerts that,
directly or indirectly, the necessity Of
working would be imposed on many
who might prefer to rest.
Furthermore, the experiences and
observations of your committee,
limited though they may have been,
have not tended to convince them
that the turning of Sunday into a
holiday (such as would be the natural
tendency of the proposition now
under consideration is anything but
detrimental to the general welfare OF
community.
Believing that the introduction of
Sunday band concerts would, at best,
be a doubtful experiment, your COM
mittee cannot conscientiOusly recon-
mend the passage of the resolutiOn.'
The report was signed by Reps.
Bond and Pail, Rep. Richards, who
had the minority report to read, not
being present.
1t was the opinion of the House
that the majority report should be
laid on the table to be considered
when the minority report shall have
been presented.
Bill No. Is, regarding the Labor
Commission, passed third reading.
Joint resolution instructing the
President to appoint committee of
three to consider the electric street
railway project in Honolulu aud to
report at the next session of the IegIs-
lature, passed unanimously.
Joint resolution regarding anrexa-
ton of Hawaii to the United States of
America passed unanimously.
At IL a M. House adjourned until
10 o'clock Friday morning.