The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-03
House of Representatives.

Rep. Richards presented the minor
ity report on Sunday afternoon con-
certs, as follows:
GAS a member of your committee,
to whom was referred the joint resOlu-
tion requesting the Minister of Foreign
Affairs to order the Government band
to give concerts Sunday afternoons,
would now present minority report
recommending the adoption OF the
resolution"
Rep. Winston presented the follow
ing report on Bill No. u:
"Your Committee on Commerce,
to whom was referred Senate Bill No.
II, has had the matter under careful
consideration and are unable to re-
commend the passage of the bill, for
the following reasons
81, The bill does not clearly show
on whose behalf, or for whose account
the cable or cables are to be built,
whether of the Government, or of the
company that constructs and operates
them.
"2. It does not expressly provide,
as it should, that it's connection in the
Hawaiian Islands in the case of 3 for
eign cable, shall be on the Island of
Oahu, or some other habitable island
of the Republic.
"3. 1t does not limit the time or
period, in case the cable is owned by
q company, that the contract with
such company shall be made for.
"4. 1t does not provide for obtain
ing an estimate of the cost of (first)
the cable itself. (second) of laying 1t,
(third) of maintaining 1t, fourth)
of a repair ship and of operating such
repair ship.
'rThe committee recommend the IN
PRODUCTION of q new bill (Which will
remove the objections raised) in place
of the one before the House."
Report laid on the table to be con-
sidered with the bill.
! Consideration of resolution on sun
| day afternoon band concerts recon-
mended. House concluded to await
the arrival of Rep. Rycroft, the intro
| ducer of the resolution.
Bill II read by title. Report OF
! committee considered.
Rep. Hanuna thought the bill was
| a good one, the committee thought
! they knew more than the whole Sen
| ate.
| Rep. Winston endorsed the remarks
| of the previous speaker, but as the
| committee report showed the Dill to
| be full of Irregularities, 1T should be
| corrected.
Rep. Robertson questioned the re-
| port of the committee. He likewise
| Thought the cable question a great
thing, second only to that of annexa-
| tion. The committee wanted new
| bill lust because there happened to be
! q few irregularities. If they wanted
a new bill it was their business to
present one, instead of simply recon-
mending. The member then moved
that the bill be taken up on second
reading. Carried.
Rep. Rycroft was in favor of the
cable, but he had learned from reli-
| able sources that subsidizing alone
| would cost the Government some
| S5OO,OOO Care should be taken. The
| pathway should be made clear before
| proceeding. Bills have been brought
! up in the American Congress for the
building of a cable to the islands.
They were all either defeated or deter-
red. The United States could grant q
million dollars where Hawaii could
only afford a thousand. The cable
did not seem to him to be such an I'M
portant thing as a great many sup
posed.
from the member from Puma. Inc
imnortance of the cable could not be
Overestimated. The islands We're
Iikened to ship, carrying one-fourth
of the coal, going at One-fourth the
rate of speed and having one-fourth
the number of passengers it could
accommodate. If the full amount OF
coal were carried and the full amount
of speed acquired, the number of pas
sengers would be increased in proper,
ton. The cable would be capable OF
doing this. The bill might have a
few irregularities, but it should, as