The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-27

extending the Federal laws on that sub
,ect to Hawaii.
Mr.. Glllet of Massachusetts, offered
an amendment as follows: Nor shall
saloons for the sale of Intoxicating
liquors be allowed" This provoked de-
Jate. Mr.. Littlefield of Maine, support
ed the resolution. Mr. Berry of Ken
lucky said good Kentucky VIII sky was
Idulterated before it reached the
saloons in Maine. He wanted the mar
Kets of Kentucky extended to Hawaii
md elsewhere. The amendment was
adopted by &C ayes to 60 noes. 1t was
said by members who were opposed to
1t, that as there were no penalties i'm
posed for opening saloons, the law
would be dead letter.
An amendment offered by Mr. New
lands, prohibiting any corporation
from hereafter owning over 1000 acres
of land, was adopted by vote of 70
ayes to CT noes.
An amendment removing the poll tax
was defeated by ayes SO, noes So.
Mr. Lacey of Iowa, on behalf of the
squatterS of Hilo, offered an amend
nent that "all bona fide occupants OF
land who have improved the same
shall in the disposition of the same
have the preferential right in acquir-
ing the same" etc. Mr.. Mondell said
these squatters were "sooners," and
they were not entitled to any rights
on n viva voce vote, two were in IA
vor of this squatters' amendment
while there was a roar of noes. So the
squatters were left out in the cold
without a counting of votes.
Mr.. De Almond of Missouri moved
10 strike out the provision extending
the Constitution OF the United States
20 Hawaii, on the ground that the
Constitution extended to those Islands
by its own force. Republican mem
bers We're instantly called in from the
Hobbies and restaurants, as the Demo-
Gratis were gathering in force The
vote stood 76 ayes and 81 noes. So
lhis provision was retained by IL
votes.
At o'clock the Chair announced
that the time had come for a general
vote on the bill according to agree
ment But only one-half of 1t had
been read and considered, and Mr..
Richardson declared that il was not
just to take the vote at this time. Mr..
Knox then consented to let the matter
lie ever until the next day as unfinish-
ed business.
During the debate Mr.. Williams of
Mississippi made a speech on the
Presidents policy regarding Porto Ri
co, and read extracts from many news
papers condemning his policy. These
extracts fill many pages of the Con-
gressional Record. Mr.. Boutelle of II
linois replied, saying that as Mr.. Will
liams was a good Jefiersonian Demo-
crat, he would read extracts from
Jefferson's writings which showed
what Jefferson thought of newspapers.
These extracts, to the effect that the
advertisements only were true, caused
much amusement. Then he asked Mr..
Williams and the Democrats to follow
Jefferson and regard these newspaper
criticisms on Mr.. Mckinley as mere
trash.
On Friday Mr.. Hamilton OF Michi-
gan made an elaborate speech in favor
of the bill. He, with Mr.. Knox and
Mr. Brick of Indiana, had taken the la
boring oar in securing the passage of
the bill. They We're constant and Wig
liant and well prepared for emergen-
cies. Data and papers on a variety of
subjects had been prepared in ad-
vance for their use, by the Hawaiian
DtNtTul DTltlS OH
law points were furnished to them.
Among the papers was one which met
the charge, made at different times,
that the cost OF running the Hawaiian
government was excessive The Ha-
waiian Representatives prepared a pa
per, containing extracts from the CEN
sus OF 1890, which showed that the av-
erage cost of running the several State
GOVERNMENTS was 9l2 G0 nor cantfa
while the cost of running the Hawaii
an Territory would be only $3.50 aft
er the expenses incident to an indie
pendent sovereignty were deducted,
and that, as an independent govern
ment, the expenses per capita were
about the same as those of the State
of California.
Mr., Hamilton's sneech was the most
carefully prepared speech delivered
during the debate. He was, however,
firmly opposed to any property uuali-
flcatlons. He contended for educa-
tional qualifications only. His remarks