The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-04-29


BE It further Resolved. That il j.
t1e sense Of the Legislature Of tht
Republic OF Hawaii that the Executive
!, should forthwith take the necessary
steps 10 coRdense the property design
81 in the deed from Kate Lee Youman:
20 the Minister o. the Interior under
the right o. Eminent Domain"
This was the signal for s discussion
that took up che rest OF the time until
noon. Rep. Robertson was the first
70 take the floor. He recommended
The adoption q the resolution with the
addition proposed by the committee.
Mr.. Robertson repeated the argument
in favor OF me resolution. ordering
1.-THE Government 10 cease the work now
going on in the vicinity OF the old
lfShmarhsr wharf. and enlarged some
what upon these. He was Immediate
| y followed by Minister Cooper who
defined the position Of the Govern
ment and said that If me House passed
the resolution it would be the first
/ blow 70 the policy Instituted Of gaining
I control o. the wharveS II would do
more. Il would simply open the way
I for private parties 70 step in and gain
I that control. IN. case The Courts found
/ that the Government could not use
the situations. (Which would result in
case OF the passage Of the resolution.
I private parties would be allowed 10
sep in Minister Cooper here referred
70 the o. r. & L Co. and the attempts
Of thar corporation 70 get hold Of GER
tain wharf privileges and spoke OF the
entire command al The present time OF
the key 70 ne situation, by the Gov
ernment- The proposition Of that cor
poration had been 70 build narrow
wharves. not at all suited 70 general
use.
Minister Damon was the next TO
take the floor and. in beginning his
remarks, stated that the Railroad
Company had made S25. 600 by the
wharf now under its control. This
corporation had made an attempt TO
fight the Government. II had been the
first attempt on the part Of corpora
ton and ne for his part intended 10
take of his coat and fight for the
rights Of the Government. That was
the position he took. Was the Gov
eminent OF = corporation at the head
Of affairs in this country? The Gov
eminent surely should be He was
perfectly eOgnizant OF the great bene-
IT'S the work OF Mr.. Dillingham; had
done for the country and he was sure
that 81 some future day, q tall and
handsome monument would be erected
10 him. Mr. Dillingham; would reap a
handsome sum from his work. Ac-
c0rding 10 Mr.. DiIlingham's plan, pub
ished in the Advertiser in January,
ships could not get in a. the Eva side
Of the harbor al all They could do
this on paper but not in the water. |
To relinquish the work now was TO
give Dillingham; the say.
Next came cross fire from various |
members OF the House, some Of whom
accused the supporters Of the resolu-
ton OF undue haste and insufficient
deliberation on q matter so important
This was vigorously objected 10, one
member referring 10 q part OF the
back row Of the House as the flag
end OF the hind row"
Finally Rep. Robertson withdrew
his motion 20 adopt the resolution OF
and il was agreed that the report of
the committee on the matter should
be referred 10 the Printing Commit
tee with instructions that the report
OF the committee Of the Legislature OF
1890 be printed together with the re-
port. This was through the sugges-
ton Of Minister Cooper who said that
the policy OF the Government in re-
gard 10 the matter OF wharyes at the
Eva side OF the harbor was based on
this report.
Rep. Pogue reported for the special
committee to whom lad been referred
the matter OF an electric street rail-
way in HiIo. The committee had care
fully considered this along with the
petitions from Hawaii against the pas
sage Of the bill and had found thai
the names OF the name signed TO these
petitions were Of great weight. They
were the representative men Of the
place. 10 d great extent. The commit
tee recommended that the bill be laid
upon thetable. This was objected to by
certain OF the Representatives who
suggested that it might be well TO give
the promoters OF the proposed scheme,
z chance TO express their ideas on the
subject The majority Of the House
was not in favor Of this and the re-
port Of the committee was adopted.
Recess until 40 p N.