The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-28
Mkt SAITO.
II. |. Japanese MIJuLy's Consul.
DETTTInN
PETITION

To the President OF The Republic OF
Hawaii and The members OF tae
Council Of Safe.
Greeting Your pCGu.sne.s. resi-
dents aad taxpayers OF Honolulu, ISL
and of CIhu, Hawaiian Islands, re-
rpes1u4y represent TO your honorable
body uIlt We are left destitute on ac-
count OF the sunlJaIy fines. and more
paricullr.y referring to ,he Big fire OF
the 2Oth of January, 1900 which de-
strOyed nearly everything We possess
I'd.
Prior and up TO the time Of the
burning Of Chinatown" We were all
canning a living and were in a com
plrIuvely Independent circumstances.
We a.p LOW left wa.hIut any means OF
earning cur livelihood and are unable
To secure work or engage in business
We, therefore. petition you to ex-
cInpt US from taxation for the year
1900
Honolulu. II. l.. March 26tl. 1900
There were S75 sigma lures attached
TO tho petiG.cn in japanese. Wi the
Engl.gl tranSutiOn thereof SET oppO-
Site
jones moved that uhe position be re-
teTrOd . the Executive. Achi moved
THAI. GO be deferred to the Commit ee
on judiciary az The petition raised
pOint Of l1w. Mr.. Robertson objected
to a reference Of me document TO the
Judiciary Committee. ina much rs leg.
isiaLive ast.Un was .lv0.vsd.
Upon mot.ou the peitIsn wa refer.
red TO the Executive.
-, - De-
The Interior Department reported adj
dttiOnll progress on the report II the
cOmmiJtCe, and asked furJhCr tire Mr.
Robertson wanted to know when the
COmmittte would be ready his argu-
ment being that the Council was vast.
ing valuable time In meeting every day
and having no report from the com
mittre. "If we cannG, pass th5s bills
before the 9Th OF April tho who pro
ceedtnS will be futile" said Mr.. Rob
ertsCm.
Gear replied that he could not state
when The repCr. would be ready. The
items named IN the bill were often
times subdlvided into six sushslds
and sometimes as high as tw r.y q
thirty. The C0mm'ctee desired tC
make an intelligent report 10 the COun-
ell and would therefore need tlrge on
four days to finish the investigations
Cooper wished to know whc her tha
commi,tce intended 10 report On al
three Acts or upon each separately.
Gear stared thlt the i.ems IN an
Act were often referable 20 items IN
another Act. This would necsss.tats
an exhaustive investigation. and would
take considerable time 70 formulate q
complete report thereon.
Cooper then called mp the unfinished
business relating % the Department OF
the Attorney General in Act 3, line
80, respecting the Pay of Ja.lCrs
Guards and Lunas Of prisoner. for
which $4,000 had been recommended
by the Attorney General
Cooper: THE increase asked for Is
based largely upon letter from
Sheriff Andrews Of Hawaii The usual
practice has been to send the long
term prisoners from Hawaii 20 Homo
Iulu; but there is now a demand for
more work On our roads thcre ard the
desire seems to be TO keep the prison
ers on Hawaii, divided into email
camps. In conversation with the Mar
shall | am convinced that II We are al
lowed $4,000 ins cad Of $4,000. We can
get along for the period all a. rht."
Kennedy: I'm dividing NJ ne pris-
oncrs into small gangs with guards
over them, has 70 ever been figured NJ
what this labor Is going &C. cost the
coumtry7 Will j.. cost more than or
binary labOr?"
Cooper: Instead Of sending tbs
prisoners down mere they want TO keeT
them in Hawaii TO work on the roads
That will neccssitate more camps than