The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-19
RULES lHD REGULATIONS.
HOW THE COLLECTOR OF Gus
TOMS IN7ERPRETs Law
Tourist Cannot Bring LGnch Ashore
Nor Can ship's Washing
be Sent Uptown

II has been said that nex broom
sweeps clean Certainly the events OF
the past few days would lead one 10
I suppose that some sort of new broom
had been sweeping IN ths Custom
house.
There has been an air of excitement
lowering over that government build
I ing for quite while and Collector
Stackable has had such veighty and
responsible questions TO consider. as
the right of the Nippon Maru To send
her washing ashore, and the landing of
some through passengers from the
Moana with their lunches done up
in paper
In both cases the requests were re-
fused and the Collector fortified him
self behind the United States Revised
Statutes, acts of Congress, blue books
and rules and regulations galore, that
be could not be successfully approach
ed. 1t was illegal to do these things
and consequently they could not be
done
The Nippon when she arrived here
on Tuesday wanted to have lot of
washing done as is usual. The washing
was bundled mp and put on the wharf
and into the laundry wagon. All at a
sudden the enermity of the proceeding
was made apparent and in the name of
the civil service. custom house reeula-
tions, rules of the treasury department.
navigation laws, laws of common sense
and any and every other old thing the
soiled linen was piled back on the ship
and the Captain and every officer on
the vessel shiyered at the thought that
a crime had almost been committed
Yesterday some tourists on the
Moana had made up party to see the |
town, Punchbowl and the Pail. They |
we're going in wagonette and wanted |
to take some luncheon. 1t was natural |
to suppose that lunch would come in |
handy at the Pail. They were politely
told at the gangway, by the Customs |
that luncheon could not be
allowed ashore from foreign vessel. /
The purser was called upon to help |
them out of their difficulty: but the
orders had been given and |
is he was not to be seen it was impossi-
ole for the sightseers to take any pro-
7ender along with them. Lunches are
supposed to be especially mentioned as
being subject to very high duty in
IN act for the creation and dissemina-
ion of common sense in newly appoint
ID Customs Collectors. The company
Who had charge of the laundrying of
he Nippon's linin was very much put
,ut by the Collectors action in not al
owing the washing to be landed. 1T
vas to be sent to the laundry cleaned
md returned to the ship the same
lay" said the manager /; to a Republic
AN reporter yesterday. :Mr. Stacka-
lie said he was awfully sorry that the
aw was as it was and offered to write
o Washington for an opinion in the
natter. 1 think it is discrimination
gainst local enterprise. Under the
ule it is not possible to send torn
uit of clothes ashore from a foreign
'essel to be mended or to have piece
# machinery sent ashore to be fixed in
ase of accident"
The English tourists were rather
urprised at their reception. They
lad heard much of the hospitality of
he islands and are at a loss to inter
ret the arbitrary. action of the local .
fhcials and heartily indorse the newly
ppointed collectors suggestion to
rite to Washington for further in
tructions.