The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-03-11

nations 70 the pro5eesiveoess Of ia
wal
On motion os NIlnfs1sr Damon an
f-sC entitled Expenses II CcEss Con-
mission was added 70 the ozII carry
-g with l. an appropriation o. S. Geo.
An ICeC q $4,000 for the p1rcA2Ss
and expense Ct coinage q dimes and
EicSslS was also added on molten os
Ml1tScsG Damon The frs rrOpoSE-
-l1C was 20 take SIS COO worth q silver
quarters N rhs trsGScrv and wfsh this
purchase SO 600 worth n dimes and
$500 EosCh II rIcSsls Minister Ds-
NOR said hat the original amount
In quarters vas S155. o0G aS151Sc which
there las beer issued some So. 600 II
certificates Al tbs present time the
banks are l-pc-c1Cg United States
t1-sS and ufcssIs. TEs dimes ars fore
ing ont Hawaiian coin and the result
: that this Government = losing
ECEsy hy the trazS2cEtccs- Il the Gov
srcEs1r should Issue the money Il
would rsscr- IN 8 handsome profit
TEs Minister said that arrangements
EoCI5 have ID De- made with the Sec
rs-z-y u the United States Treasury
for the purchase q the Cc5n and this
. GoTz-EEsCc would y Charged Ihs bUl-
lfo- value. The cost Of coming and The
expenses q tr1lSpO-csciCe- Il could
easily be seen that the Government
treasury would benefit BY IT,
Senator Brown thought that &n set
q Legislature Would - rscsSSarv IS
It would result IN : destruction Of Gov
eminent coin which the GoysE1usct
had 10 9uzhortcv to do
Senator NcCar6lsss said he would
be In favor Of purchasing bullion s1d
having II coined but he would oppose
me mere exchange OF 80 many dol
lars worth Of quarters for the same
AMOUNT II dimes and rScksIS- By such
: Gr11Saeltor there could be no profit
10 the Government. Minister Damon
then stated that by the arrangement
with Ccs Secretary Of the Treasury this
Government BCulG pay only the bull
lion value q 5-h the various expenses
TIE Lcs- WIS then unanimously pass
Sd
IN accordance with The recommends
lions Of the Co1uicrss as reported by
Senator Baldwin the item of SS.1tS To
gay The claims srESIng from the small
1ox quarantine incident Of The japan
csc steamship hInei M2ru which
5-CCs6E the immigrants Was passed
Minister Cooper was asked If the De-
1&rrEs1C Of Foreign Affairs had EesU-
-IGcs5 70 collect the bo-EOEsry bond
He replied that the Department had
put The bond II the hands Of counsel
n japan for collection and that DesC-
cfzcioCS had been entered into Al chs
-
with the japanese Government il was
deemed exqeGisuE not TO press the
claims further
The owners OF the hI1ai Naru had
~ up as defense that there vas no
1 s-zu-pCx brought 10 Hawaii On the
vssSsL- Thsy we're prepared TO prove
their position and could ger The whole
/ ships company 70 testify in their de-
Esusz II the case should b decided
/ against The Government IN the Japan
/ ese Courts the incident would Be closed
/ and there could b 10 redress This
\ Government now holds the bond and
f should the Efzzi Maru ever cone 10
Y this part she could De seized
Two items we're added 70 the De-
I 1zr-Eszt Of Public Instruction Ac-
counts and referred 10 the committee
I having that appropriation under COZ
I sheraton They were $3.50 for incl
I 5sz-aIS and $3.50 for repair ID school
Y houses
1 House bills g and II. relating 10 4p-
I 1e4Is from the Circuit Court and tx
I t1g r1s rate CT iarErest o. money. r.
/ sperCEVs-y- passed the third reading
and were sent % the Enrolment Com
ui-tee
S=zzts bill relating 20 the extension
Z q certain streets II EO10IuiU passed
Z The szco1d reading and was made the
/ order q The day for Friday The Sen
I ate -hen adjourned