The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-02-25

with the Government, aud viii come
,orwsrti sud subscribe for over half.
million in bonds, il has given me $
great deal Of encouragement TO CON
tfnu- in the handling Of the finances
and IL we continue IN the eonServative
manner in which we have acted for
the lsst three years with the con
tinuSrly increasing improvements,
Sm certain that it is ooly q matter Of
5 short tin- until our Indebtedness
will be lsrszly decreased, for we are
now showing steady advance.
AT present the Postal Savings
Rsl < is only receiving ) per cent. for
. the bonds deposited there. The one
priueipsl reason 10 which | feel we
are inasbtsi for hsving been sole TO
bear our heavy expenses so well, is
thSt the tSNatiOn has been so wisely
divided snd thst we receive II
from 30 many sources. / hope
thSt this coming Legislature will con.
slider very carefully the proposition
which i brought before it and adjust
= little more carefully the direct tax
alton, that it msy be placed on those
Who sre better sble TO besr more tax
alton Snd wro, from various causes in
the past, have not had 10 bear their
share in carrying the burden Of the
Government"
Under suspension OF the rules the
bin introduced ny Mr.. Damon wSs
reSd the first time by title.
Mipi-tSr Smith gave notice OF q bill
regarding the biennial fiscal period.
Under suspension Of the rules the dill
wSs read Oy title
Minister King gave notice OF bill
relating 20 the land set
On motion Of the Attorney General
the rules were suspended and the Dill
resd by title. Tue bill took the regu-|
lar course.
On motion Of Senator WsterhOuse,
seconded by Nc cSndleSs, the PrsSi-
dents message wSs read sud ordered
prinrei IN both lSnguages.
Senator Brown moved that the
nominations % the Presiis De Sp-
.lrov-i - = whole. Senator Me-
{ Cs1dIess called attention 10 the fact
that under the rules the Senate was
"b'iged TO go into executive session.
>eBAtOr Brown hel thst an executive
SESSION wSs not necessarily secret
session, ''sf,d believe the less secret
sessions We have the better"
The Senate finally went into sNecu-
tive session.
Senator WSterhouse moved that
action Oe taken in open session. Sen
Sror McCaucis>s continued his objec-
riOuS Sui moved So Smendmeut TO 90
into >eer-t session. Seconded by
Hooking.
Senator WaterhOuse, in support OF /
his motion, said that he hoped secret 4
sessions would be entirely doue away 1
with. He believed every action of 1
every SeuStor should he open and 4
above bOSr,i AZ don't believe in /
star chamber methods Our eou-
stitusuts should know just what We
are doing"
Senator McCan1less' amendment
wss lOsJ, the original motion carried
sui the various nominations con-
frmei separately. The nominations
e,eh ~ unanimous vote,
were - follows: a E. Cooper, 70 be
MiuisL-r of Foreign Affairs; Walter
+. EIear, 10 be First Associate Justics
Of the Supreme Court; W A Whiting,
10 be Second Associate Justice OF the
Court; A. W. Carter, TO be
First JUICE of the Circuit Court OF the
Fir>t Circuit; ANTIQUE Perry, TO De
Second Judge OF the same; F. NJ.
Hatch, TO be E E and NJ. P. TO
Washington; Frank P. Hastings, 10
be Chsrge d'Aff.ires at Washington;
z P. Rithet. to be Hawaiian Consul
10 British Columbis; James Mscfar
lane, tG be HawaiIan Consul st uck-
land; W. G. Neill, 10 De Hawaiian
consuT az Duus{Ir. -irreIl HpDEiDs !
TO De Hawaiian Consul st-LOudon; J.
W Mscfsrlaue, TO be Viee-Cousul to
British Columbia; H. P. Benton, to
be Vice snd Deputy Consul st Rome
NO further business coming up for
the Senate adjourned to
10 o'clock Monday morning.