The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-06-12

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Ndiouruinu heir Respective Houses on
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hsd rsssed The hii o. l5SN 30 provide Tor
eficesS IN The customs district Of Ia
- sToHs OFFICERS FOR HAWAII
| In nn Senate, May 5.-The Presiding
orocer laid before the senate the follow
int concurrent resolution OF the Honse
o. representative. which was referred
to sae Committee on Appropriations.
In the House. May 23.-Mr. Payne. Mr.
SpeakSr, I present report from the
Csmslitior on WAYS aud Means
rhe speaker. The gentleman from
New York calls M privileged bill,
Vie hill Is. 4sSD to provide for OH
cnS N the customs district OF Hawaii
wss read. follows:
| ftf u enacted, etc. IhAt tnsTt Endll
he 10 the customs district Of Hawaii
one collector. who shall reside at Homo
lulu. and who shah receive a salary Of
s<.cc0 per annum. and such deputy col
lectorB ana other customs officers "a the
Secretary Of the Treasury shall deem
nec>ssnry."
say that a bill like this passed the last
us.ssc unanimously, and this bill r.
| tnan mousiy reported by the COMMITTEE.
on Ways and Means; ask unanimous
/ t,.s fl. LII hs ,sgN In Ft.
House as in Committee OF the whole.
| yhe Speaker. The gentleman from
New York asks unanimous consent that
this hill be considered in the House ~
In Committee Of the Whole. Is there oh
| jefAiout
Mr.. McIae With tho opportunity to
nsvo an amendrnc3t TO limit the mum
Mr. McKae. with an opportunity 20
move an amendment TO limit the mum
b,r OF officers.
Hr. Payne. why, II the gentleman de
sires to offer an amendment. will Weld
TO him for that purpose.
the Speaker. Is there objection. "ith
| that understanding?
/ There was no objection.
] BILL GOES INTO EFFBCT.
Mr. Payne. Mr.. Speaker. this bill has
been read. It simply provides for col
lcotor OF customs ut Honolulu at a sal
airy of $1,000 a year. While the bill that
passed the HOUSE regulated the matter
Of customs duties for the Hawaiian Isl
ands aud created customs districts, it
did not provide for any collector Of Gus
sion. / want to say that In the last
Congress a bill was introduced In the
House providing for the collection OF
lCustoms in the Hawaiian Islands, pro-
viding collection districts, and also pro
yiding for this very officer. collector
OF customs at Honolulu, at "A salary of
$4,000 II was the unanimous voice OF
the committee at that time and of the
House. as we'll. but the bill was not act
ed upon 10y the Senate. understand at
the Treasury Department that they are
lanXious that this legislation be had now
because they want to send officials there
10 provide for the collection of the Gus
toms, to reach there by the 18th of June
If l mistake not. the Hawaiian bill goes
into operation on the LIST Of July.
Mr. Knox Forty-tiyc days from the
MIR. Payne. II win be necessary for
the officials 10 reach there by the 18th of
June in order to get the machinery in
order to collect the customs.
Mr. Knox. It goes into effect earlier
than the genuemau stated.
Mr.. Ridgely. WIN the gentleman al
low me to ask him "A question?
Mr. Payne. Certainly.
PAYNE FAVORED UNITED STATES
DUTIES.
Mr. R.dgely. Is it proposed to put q
tax upon commerce between the Hawaii
an Islands and the United States. the
same as we imposed short time ago in
the case Of Porto Rico?
= say. however, that the House and Sen
ate did impose in the Hawaiian bill a
tnX upon articles coming from the Ia
walan Islands, which articles We're i'm
ported into the Hawaiian Islands from
foreign countries prior to the passage Of
the bill. While the gentleman from Kan
sas (Mr Ridgely) may regard this as -
violation of the Constitution, yet both
sides Of the House fractured the Consti
tuition with respect to the Hawaiian BIZ,
If that is IA fracture of It,
|
form us as to whether his committee
| would favor "a tax upon the commerce
between this country and the Hawaiian
Mr.. Payne l can not speak for the
committee. So far as | am eoncerne1.
am in favor Of the provision that % VA,
tariff duties of the United states uDon
all articles the products OF foreign coun-
tries which were imported into Hawaii
afterwards imported int the United
| States
Mr.. Ridgely How about goods that
lare produced there and goods that are
produced here being exchanged?
| Mr.. Payne. oh. sufficient to.say that l
voted for the Hawaiian bill, which does
not impose n duty upon those articles,
| the Hawaiian people not having had any
hurricane or any other destructive ca
lamity, and having sufficient resources
eminent OF the islands otherwise than by
| imposing duties upon articles OF traffic
| between this country and the Hawaiian
| Islands There is no necessity for 1t,
and of course did not suggest any. but
I voted for the bill which provides for
duties upon the articles which I have
| stated
Mr.. McRac. Mr. SpeaF r.
| The Speaker The question is.
| Mr. Payne. Mr.. Speaker the gentle
man from Arkansas desires To make "A
| statement.
Mr. McRae. / hope the gentleman will
modify the bill and limit the number of
officers to be employed. l do not think
| that he should give to an executive on
| Ger the right to appoint as many as he
may deem necessary. without any maxi
mum limitation.
Mr. PAYNE. think that is the prow-
! sion of the general law.
| Mr. McRae. I think not.
| Mr. Payne 1t is the same provision
that was In the bill two years ago.
BILL WAS WRONG,
| Mr. McRae. Then the bill was wrong
| two years ago. There ought not to be-
any law allowing to an executive de-
partment the right to fix the number OF