The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-16
LEGISLATURE OF 1896 PASSES INTO HISTORY.

auditing public acts. but as a whole pro-
poses q system Of so radical change
that we are NOT 81 the present tirSpre-
pared 20 recommend its adoption. On
The other hand. we have not had suf-
fcient time and opportunity 10 fully
an&lyzs the subject and 10 recommend
some modification Of IL. Nor do we wish
to present hostile report.
We therefore suggest that we be all
lowed 10 present report upon the mer-
IT'S of the auditing system proposed by
the committee ar the next session OF
the Legislature.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
HENRY E COOPER. Minister Of
Foreign Affairs"
On motion Of Senator Brown the re
port was adopted.
Minister Cooper announced that
Presidential veto Of the sake bin was
on its way TO the House
There being no other business 10 be
taken up. the Senate took half hour
recess to watch the effect Of the veto
upon the House
AT $3.50 President Wilder again called
the Senate 70 order.
Minister Cooper presented President
Dole's veto OF the liquor bill. which was
read By the Secretary. While waiting
for the original copy OF the bill from
the House. Minister Cooper gave notice
that the President had signed the bill
Sppropristing additional money for
Legislative expenses. the Registration
Repeal Act. the naturalization bill and
the bill amending the Land Act.
A communication was received from
the House stating that the liquor bill
increasing the duty on still wines other
( than those made from the grape had
been passed over the Presidents veto.
Under ruling from the chair. previous
action upon the bill was not re-
considered. but me Secretary READ the
/ bin. and a motion TO pass the bill over
the Presidents veto was entertained.
! Minister Cooper rose to the occasion.
He remarked that nearly all the SEN
ators had heard the discussion in the
House, so il was unnecessary 10 20
over the whole ground again He saw
no reason why the bill should be passed
over the Presidents veto, when the
President was ready TO submit a bill
+ which he believed vas more satisfac-
/ tory. While in the House Minister
7 Cooper had noticed documents being
distributed among the members, which
were identical with documents that had
been supplied by the California wine
dealers The Senate was allowing itself
70 be influenced BY the advocates Of
only one side Of the question The pc
tition Of the dealers II sake had not
been presented at all
Il Senator Baldwin said he understood
! that il had been the intention to regu-
late the duty on liquors according to
the alcoholic strength This regular
graduation had never msterialized
There had always been discriminating
laws against liquors OF higher aleo-
hoIie test The tariff had not only been
less on low grade liquors, but there had
4. never been any graduation The rule
OF gradatfou had never been carried
z out. though il had been talked OF a
great deal Moreover, the Executive
had introduced bill for the repeal of
certain duties Why, then. should the
Executive object 10 this so-called dis
: elimination proposed by the Legfsla-
ture. The Executive had Disseminated,
why should not the Legislature have
I the right to do as il chooses. Already
+ too much had been said OF this being 9
sake bill. The work sake did not appear
( in il The bill includes all liquors not
made from grapes Senator Baldwin
considered the bill a proper one. and
stated that he should vote for the pas
sage over the Presidents Teto.
Senator NeCandless was the next
: speaker. The President very veil said
some time ago that We have right 10
do anything for the benefit OF The health
Of this country Senator MeCandIess
belieEed that from the standpoint OF
public health sake might well be pro-
hibited- The Minister of Foreign At
fairs had remarked about the figures
from California So the Senator read
extracts from the following document.
which was the one to which Minister
Cooper referred:
The duties levied on alcoholic bey-
ersges under present tariff are:
Sake, which runs. u to Is per cent
alcohol. pays Is cents per gallon, OF say
I cent per degree Lager beer, which
runs to 5 per cent alcohol. pays Is
cents per gallon, OF say, to cents
per degree. Ale, which runs 10 IL
per cent alcohol pays Is cents per gall
tOu. OF say 2 10 21z cents ger legree.
scout. which runs say 5 per CEN aleo-
hOI. pays Is cents per gallon, or say
III cents per degree Wines Of over 20
per cent alcoholic strength, which are
almost entirely imported from Europe, 1
pay 81 per gallon, or say to S1z cents f.
per degree Product Of cereals from All 4
countries, including the United States,
excepting only japanese sake, pay for
from 30 TO 80 per cent alcoholic strength 4
$3.50 per gallon, or say to Il cents per
degree
AT present sake, which is entirely an
alcoholic product Of grain, pays cent,
whereas the alcoholic products Of grain
from any other country except Japan
have TO pay duty ranging from to