The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-28
House of Representatives.

Waiamau and reading of the minutes
of the prev Gus meeting.
Speaker Naone presented the fol-
lowing communication from the Judi
ciary Department:
81 am instructed by His Honor, the
Chief Justice, to say that he regrets
that the statistical part of his report il
not yet completely printed. AS you
are about to consider appropi iatioDs
for the Judiciary Department, uncom
pleted copies of his report are here
with forwarded which will be re-
placed by complete copies when out
of the printers hands
"Your Obedient servant,
"HENRY SMITH,
"Clerk Judiciary Department"
Rep. Kamauoha moved the COM
munication be accepted and placed
on file. Carried.
A communication from the Senate
announced the transmission TO the
House of Senate Bill No 8, an act re-
garding "biennial fiscal periods"
which passed its third reading in the
Senate, February 26th.
Rep. Richards reported House Bill
No. l, relating to leases, as type
written.
Minister Smith announced his in
tention to introduce bill entitled
Gan act to amend an act relating 10
laundries and waShhouses," approved
August 9, 1880.
House Bill No. l, relating to leases,
passed its third reading unanimously.
The order of the day was the con-
II If 10 Wanda nv
the Committee on Seals of the design
for Great Seal handed in by ViggO
Jacobsen.
Rep. Bond cautioned the House to
consider carefully the matter in
hand. He had read criticism n
the mornings paper on the design as
handed in by Mr.. Jacobsen and was
of the opinion that good sound sense
had been displayed therein.
Rep. Bond did not like the idea of
the bird, Phoenix. The little Re
public had not come to life out of the
ashes, but had grown. 1t did not pro
pose to live singly as it is chronicled
of the bird Phoenix The House had
committed itself to annexation and
the representation of the bird on the
seal was as much as to say that such
a course of things was not wanted.
Rep. Bond also objected to the let
teriog as being inappropriate. II
should not be fancy unless it could be
beautiful Plain characters would be
better suited II a "u' is meant it
should not be made "v."
Rep. Bond then passed around
picture of the design for Great Seal
nj II n hor hi r,tia II ht1t tho on
chanting notes of this plumed visitor
did not strike very sympath elicsily
on the optic nerves of the two rows of
sturdy representa- ives.
Rep. Robertson rose slowly in his
place and began by agreeing with
the former speaker in the idea
that care should be taken in regard to
the Great Seal. The committee had
given the matter very careful thought
and after going through all the
designs handed in, had adopted the
one which struck them as being by
far the best one, members of the
House should recollect in consideril g
the matter of a seal that in the design
each part was. dependent upon the
other. Each side was balanced by its
opposite and the top by tue bottom.
Each part was necessary to the sym
,athy of the whole design. 1t would
not do to take away something aud
add nothing In order to be able to
judge of matters pertaining to seal
person should be fully acquainted
with the various symbols that go to
composeit The reasons for objection
to the seal as published in the morn
ing paper, were not sound. In this it
was recommended that the bird
Phoenix be omitted aud the main
feature of the design dropped GOWN a
trfie. Rep. Robertson said the center
piece could not be moved without
spelling the whole design. The star,
the center of the whole design would
become shooting star within limit
ed space Out of its present position
it would look lost and bear a selfish
expression.
When the committee met for con
sideration of the design it had been
thought proper oy some that the date
be taken out. The designer was con-
suited and he objected to such a
change. on the ground that the design
would I've completely spoiled by doing
this. The date was left where 1t was
first placed.
Certain people had interposed the
objections that the shole design SAVIOR
ed too much of royalty and that the
tabu sticks brought back too much of
the oljeu times.
Many objections could easily be
placed against tue design, but were
they worth while considering? One
might object to the figure of Kane
bameba / as representing savage
chasing around without full COM
pletement of clothes, but the fact still
remained that the figure represents
the age that Is past.