The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-11
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I.arge sums of money had already been |
voted for all sorts of expenses, and the
burning of houses belongs to the same |
category-the suppression OF plague |
Bolte questioned a statement OF the |
Attorney Generals, in which the latter |
had used the term erroneous as APP |
piled to a popular conception or the
Court of Claims personnel and rules.
Mr.. Bolte believed that the government |
was morally responsible.
president Dole said on January
22nd that the Court should be composed
of business men," said Bolte, and
think he should appoint another Court
of Claims with business men in II.
Councillor Kane took the floor after
the conclusion of Bottles discussion. He
said the resolution of Councillor Achi
asked principally to have the Execu-
tive's rules changed, and on that ac-
count he thought committee should
be appointed from the Council to draft
recommendations for whatever
changes the Councillors thought were
necessary.
Jones Warns Up.
Councillor Jones looked as il he
wanted to say something, and when
he had the opportunity, he said enough
to evoke the first applause which has
disturbed the dignity of the Council
proceedings in the present session.
He denounced those who during the
happenings of January, 1893, failed TO
stand shoulder to shoulder with those
who helped to establish the Provision
al Government, and reminded them of
their attitude then. This caused a
ripple of applause to come from the
| Council members. Again, when allu-
sion was made to certain ones who.
during the Spanish-American war,
protested against violating the laws OF
| neutrality, and rushed into print with
columns of newspaper articles on
| treaties. the Councillors broke out into
prolonged hand-clapping. Council
or Jones made many forceful remarks
against the present attitude of the
| Cabinet in the Court of Claims APP
pointments and rules, and called forth
a sharp retort from Attorney General
| Cooper.
| Mr.. Jones thought Mr.. Achi's reso-
luton was a little too abrupt, and that
| il should be toned down somewhat. He
| agreed with Councillor Bolte that the
Court should be composed of business
men, and he expressed himself as GER
tain that the whole community be-
| lieved the legal question was not per-
tinent to the settlement of claims. He
| felt also that the community at large
was of one mind-that the Government
| was morally and legally liable for all
losses sustained by the sufferers.
| When the Board was about to burn
| a large amount of property in China
| town. they asked the Executive Coun-
| Gil for $3.50. 900. with which to pay for
that much merchandise which they
considered was a menace to the pub
| lie health Those of us who have no
legal minds believe that the moral re-
sponsibility of the Government is far
ahead of the legal obligation" said he,
warming up. Il remember when the
revolution of '93 was going on. a gen.
tleman came to my house and gave his
| opinion as a military man that 1t was
/ impossible to overthrow the monarchy
/ from a purely military point of view.
| That same man used legal arguments
| that the steps we were taking then
were illegal. He tried to prevent it.
| The same gentleman. when the
| Spanish-American war broke out, fill
/ ed columns of the newspapers with ar
| ticles on treaties and our duty as a
| neutral Government. etc. to show that
we had no right to enter into the af-
fairs of the United States. thank
you gentlemen who had the nerve to
stand by the Government" Gap
plause.)
Now we come to this matter of
claims appointments. There IL no
question about our moral responsible
ty. | say. meet il like men, and put
i'm that Court OF Claims men who have
| some idea of values. / have no per-
/ rt11 n
present Court, but when it is asserted
here that they stand only for the legal
responsibility of the Government, 1T is
| time to make a change in them. If
that is to be the policy of the Govern
ment. then / will never give my vote
| to take that bill off the table"
| As Jones sat down and wiped his
| face. another storm Of applause greet
ed his words. and the Councillor looked
volumes Of thanks. When the Exec
utive Council is ready to look at the
moral liability As well as the legal OBJ
| legation of the Government" he said
! from his seat, Il am sure you will find
the Councillors to a man ready TO take
that bill from the table"
President Dole at this stage OF the
proceedings interposed in favor of DIR.
Wood. who signifed his willingness
| W dNuItCS the 1OullNll VII Alt ohbJtNl
of filtered water and the alarming
prevalence of typhoid fever in Homo
lulu. caused by bad water His adj
dress appears elsewhere.
| Loss of Rents.
Upon the conclusion of DR. Woods
talk, Councillor Jones again took the
floor, and stated his disapproval Of the
clause in the rules, which says no loss
of rents will be considered by the Court
of Claims. He contended that this
would be a hardship on those who yet
have to pay rents on their leasehold:
in order to retain them, despite the
fact that the Board of Health has senc-
ed in all the property. This he felt
was unfair and unjust.
Minister Cooper next took up the de-
bate. He said that the remarks of Mr.
Jones were rather pointed. There was
still a misunderstanding as 10 the
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