The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-16

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fer 70 the President In any such man.
ner. The President had made up his
mind to veto the bin before the CON-
mission called on him.
| Rep, Rycroft-I am sorry we did not
know. that; the President might have
been convinced OF his mistake.
| At this point Speaker Naone express
ed desire to say something regarding
the bill. and asked Rep. Rycroft to
take his place rs Speaker.
4 ono Member.
Rep. Naone--I voted for the bill when
It came up for passage. because
thought n was IN the interest OF tenn
peranee: but the President believes the
bill would be a discrimination. do
not wish to say anything about the vote
OF anyone else. but for myself can see
now that my action was hasty. do not
want to take up the time of the House
making a lot of remarks on the bill.
We know the liquor Is bad. but we
must not do anything that will offend
a foreign power. The Minister has not
told us that there win be trouble. but
do not believe he has told us all that
he knows. think he Is holding come
thing back. II we can avoid trouble
do something that will not bear down
too heavily on the Japanese by amend
ing the bill-I think it best that we
do II. The motion before the House Is
TO pass over the veto. IL that does not
prevail | will move that the bill be
amended. cannot vote to pass II over
the Presidents veto.
Rep. Robertson argued against the
opinion expressed by Minister Cooper
i that It would be wrong to place sake in
the category of strong drinks. and he
showed by figures the percentages and
duty. He showed that sake at 10 per
cent paid lower duty than whisky.
which might not be any stronger. II
there was discrimination Ii was in ia
vor of the Japanese. and he was sur
prised to hear the member from Homo
lulu favor an action which he must
know was now working to put his own
race out of existence. II he did not
know it. he would call upon the other
members of this House to show him
that what he had said was true.
Rep. Naone-I understand the law is
one to increase the duty on sake. When
, Rep. Robertson says favor lighter
, duty ON sake he misunderstands me.
Il We all know what sake Is. and am not
J saying that II Is good or bad, but We
: must be careful not to pass laws that
| will discriminate against other Gov
, ernments l am not in favor Of reduc-
, ing the price. want TO make it expens-
i've, but we must treat Japan as we do
every other country. We are not dis
} GUESSING the merits Of sake. but whether
, / II is right or wrong 70 pass this bill
! over the veto of the President. When
the light wine bill was before the House
stated that would prefer having no
liquor at all. but saw 1t was better to
3 have light wines than strong liquors
) and sake.
Hanuna Heard From.
Rep Hanuna-I did not propose to
say anything. but cannot remain quiet
after hearing what the Speaker has
said on the floor of this House. If had
! my way there would not be drop of
liquor in the country. but that Is out
of the question. am surprised to hear
that the honorable member from Homo
lulu would favor anything that he
knows means death and destruction to
his people. The honorable Speaker Is
the superintendent of Sunday school,
and as such tells his scholars Of the
evils of sake, and yet he gets up here
and favors an action that will admit
: the miserable stuff into the country at
lower duty than the bill provides. /
hope before the House adjourns that
he will see his mistake and vote to
pass the bill over the veto of the Presi-
dent The other day the Minister of
Finance showed us that the tendency
of the people ran toward lighter drinks,
and we passed bin admitting light
wine free; 1t was a step toward prohi-
bition. If the President has made
mistake in yetoing the bill, 1t is our
duty to correct it rather than endorse
his action.
Rep. Naone-I have listened to what
the member from Hama has said, and
| have listened to the reasons given by
the President The member from Hama.
with his superior powers of penetra-
ton, thinks have made mistake. 1t
may be possible that he has made a
I nAictdnC- E'Dltc ycopic SET lduil5 III JILL
ers but none in themselves.
Rycroft Declares Himself.
Rep. Rycroft asked Rep. Naone to
take the chair, as he wished to make a
few remarks on temperance He said
he thought there could be no difference
ensue to this country by passing the
bill, and every Temperance man should
support the passage of the bill over the
Veto If Japan wanted to make trouble.
let 1t come Il win back Uncle Sam TO
take more decided step than has yet
been taken. We WIN have annexation
or protectorate, and be in a better
position than we are today
The bill passed over the veto by a
vote Of 10 to l, Speaker Naone voting
in the negative.
Rep. Rycroft was appointed a com
mittee Of one to wait on the President
with committees from the Senate and
report that there was no further bust
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