The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-07-01
Senate Refuses to Make CHARGES
for Examining Records.
HOUSE DISCUSSED OPIUM BILL
Finally Laid It on the Table.
Ministry Divided In Opinion
OF It's Merits.
SENATE.

The Senate was in session ten min
utes. Notification was received of the
passage by the House of several bills.
The concurrent resolution from the
House came up for action to the effect
that 1t is the sense Of the Legislature
that all disabilities imposed on those
convicted Of taking part in the insur-
rection of 1895 be removed. The reso-
luton was referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
HOUSE
The first business of the morning
was continuation in the considera-
ton of the Loan Act. A motion on
the part OF Rep Richards to reconsider
the item of s., 900 for the Manoa road,
was lost.
House Bill SO, relating to Wailuku
water works, was taken up and re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee to-
gether with the majority and minor
fly reports. The committee made
promise to report today.
The same amendment as that intro
duced in the Nuuanu road item that
fifty per cent labor shall be Hawaiians,
Americans or Europeans was intro
duced to apply to all Government con-
tracts.
Minister Damon introduced the fol-
lowing amendment: The minimum
wage in all contracts where labor Is
employed under this act shall be not
less than one dollar per day." This
he explained was calculated to do away
with any appearance of discrimination.
BY following out such plan there
could be no combination formed for
the demand for more wages. Work
would thus be blocked. The system
proposed was carried out with great
success in England where labor rules
the day.
Rep. Achi spoke against such an
amendment. What about the coffee
plantations. They would certainly
have to go to the wall. II the Govern
ment was 10 pay dollar day for
work, labor at a cheaper rate could
not be obtained on the coffee planta-
lions. II the Minister insisted on the
amendment made by him he should not
blanc the members II, in place OF vot-
ing a million dollars for internal i'm
provements. they should vote mil
lion and a half to insure the carrying
out of the work proposed.
Rep. Loebenstein objected to the
statement made by Rep. Richards that
native Hawaiians would not work, un-
less 1t be spasmodically and also that
they would only work along by the
tv,tx sh los q
Hawaiians who did not care about
working but there was great number
looking daily for work.
Rep. Pogue explained the hardships
that would result In the country dis
tricts. Surprising there did not hap
pen to be enough Hawaiians, Euro
peans or Americans to constitute fifty
per cent of the labor. What was to be
done. A native, a Portuguese or any
one else would not go to another ISL
and to work on a contract unless 1t
happened to be in chain gang.
The amendment OF the Minister Of
Finance did not receive a single vote.
The amendment OF Rep. Loebenstein
passed by a vote OF Z to 2.
The Loan Act then passed second
reading unanimously.
Under suspension OF rules Rep. Kaeo
presented the following report on
House Bill 80. relating to Wailukll
water works:
"Your Judiciary Committee, after
reading the. report Of the majority
and the verbal report OF the minority,
have come to the conclusion that 1t Is
for the welfare OF those who are petit
tioning for water in Waikiki. Your
committee has also inquired OF others
and has found that the petition Is
true. We therefore recommend the
bill pass"
S. X. KAEO,
w. G. ACHI.
The majority report was laid on the
table to be considered with the minor
ity of the committee.
The Hilo railway bill from the Sen
ate passed first and second reading
Rep. Richards said he was not sure
that the members wanted to 60 to the
expense of having the bill printed
He did not think II would pass the
House anyway. Referred to the Print
ing Committee.
Second reading OF Senate Bill 40, re-
lating to restriction OF Chinese immi
grafton. Passed and referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations.
House adjourned at HAS a. m.
SENATE
One hundred fourteenth day, June 29
The nomination OF II. Laws, as Aud
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