The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-14
senate Refuses to Concur in House
Amendment Concerning Time of
Tramways Company to Put in
PIectric system-House Favors Cable
F1FrY-FIRsT DAY, AUGUST 18TH.

The Senate met at the usual time
Tuesday morning, but owing to failure
to obtain quorum, adjourned to l 30
D. M, when all members were present
except Senator Baldwin. A commu-
nfcation was received from the House
asking for concurrence in the joint
resolution for adjournment on Thurs
day, August 18th.
Senator Lyman reported that the
Conference Committee had approved
the bill relating to the tramways COM
pany as passed by the Senate. This
fixed the limit of the franchise as Jan.
/, 1897.
The report of the special committee
on the cable contract was submitted.
The committee favored the adoption
of the resolution ratifying the con-
tract and also stated that at a meeting
action of the Executive had been en-
dorsed by large majority.
Senator Rice asked for a leave of
absence which was granted.
On motion of Senator McCandless
the cable resolution was then taken
up. Senator WaterhOuse moved its
adoption. Senator Hooking called at
tention to the clause providing for the
purchase of the Inter Island cable and
remarked that although the Govern
ment might buy the thing, it had to pay
the same subsidy. He made q motion
that the contract be amended so that
in case the Government bought the
line $4,000 of the subsidy should
cease. This was not seconded and
consequently lost. The yeas and
nays on the original motion to adopt
the resolution were called. Senator
Hooking again took the floor and
told his colleagues that it appeared as
If this country was knocking at the
door of the United States with one
hand and giving away privileges
which would belong to the latter
country with the other. He moved
that the exclusive claIse of the con-
tract be struck out. This went the
way of the previous motion. On the
yea and nay vote, the resolution was
adopted by the following vote: Yea
Kauhane, Lyman, Northrup, Motley,
house, Schmidt, Wilder, Wright,
Rice, Wilcox-12. Nay-Hocking.
Minister Hatch requested that the
adjournment resolution be postponed
for day.
Adjourned to 10 o'clock Wednesday.
House of Representatives..
Third reading of Bill IS announced
as business of the day. Passed.
Third reading of Bill 10 Passed.
Under suspension OF rules Rep. Ha-
nuna read a resolution instructiDg the
secretary to type-write the record of
he laf 10 10 OriU
five extra days in which to do the
work.
Rep. Rycroft moved the resolution
be laid on the table, on account of the
small attendance of members.
Rep. Hauuna said all the members
that attended regularly were present.
The secretary of the Senate had
been given thirty five days in which
to write up the proceedings of that
body.
Rep. Bond did not want to appear
uUgenerous to the secretary of the
House, but the time seemed too long.
Rep. Rycroft did not see the need OF
giving more than ten days. He had
heard nothing of the matter before.
The House had been in session over
fifty days and about three hours of
solid work had been done on q daily
average. Surely the clerk would be
able to do the work in q very much
shorter time than the resolution speci-
fed.
The motion to have the resolution
considered Immediately resulted as
follows:
Ayes-Reps. Hanuna, Halualani,
Davis and Haia.
Noes-Rycroft, Cluney, Winston
and Bond.
Speaker Naone cast the deciding
vote favoring immediate action.
Rep. RycrOft moved the House ad-
journ. Seconded by Rep. Bond. Lost.
Rep. Halualani praised the secre-
tary. His minutes had always been
correct and well executed. WHAT was
the use of cutting down the time for
the work. Thirty five days was nec-
essary.
Rep. Rycroft thought it looked a
little suspicious to run things through
as the native members were trying
to do.
The motion of Rep. Bond to amend
the time to fifteen days was lost, Rep.
Rycroft voting against the amend
ment.
The motion to pass the resolution as
introduced was passed, Rep. Rycroft
calling attention to the fact that he
voted in favor of it.
House adjourned until 1:SO p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After waiting for three quarters of
an hour for a quorum, the appearance
of Rep. McBryde completed the requi-
site number, and business was pro-
ceeded with.
\ communication from the Senate
announced transmission of the report
of the Joint Conference Committee on
Senate Bill II, relating to the Hawai-
by the House; al-O joint resolution re-
gardiUg the ratification of the cable /
contract, with report of special COM
mittee. Both reports were adopted !