The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-03-30
COUNCIL
Of STATE
DevoteS the Session to
Steady Work.
FROM JAPANESE
Paris Exhibit Arouses Discussion.
HawaiiS Seamen Provided for.
Use Of Prisoners.
,From wednesday, pailyl.

~ aC''a w NN'''eNes iPHAAsVH
The Council OF State was called 70
srder yesterday by President Dole al
q. m. the following Councillors re-
spending TO the roll call: Ena, Allen.
Iseaberg. Mott. Kennedy, Gear, Robin
son, Jones. Achd, Gonsalves. Kaulukou
and Kane.
1he plnmas of the preceding meet
Ing were approved alter slight cor
rection.
Minister Moot-Smith read a petition
sent % ham personally by the Japanese
Consul Tor presentation to the Council
Of State. The correspondence and petit
tion read as follows
Honolulu, II. l. March 81, 1900
HON. IA. A. MOTT-SMITH,
Minister of Foreign Affaius,
Honolulu, IL. |.
Sir:-I herewith have the honor 20
aEanEaNt TO you and through you to
the President and TO the Council OF
State, peUition from various resi-
DENIS and taxpayers of Honolulu, pray
ing for the remission of taxes for the
present year, as they are left tinanci-
ally destitute, in consequence of recent
sanitary fires, more particularly that
Of tho great fire of January Goth, 1900.
The petitioners set Torch their own
statement of the case in the accom-
panying petition.
] have the honor to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
Mkt SAITO,
II. |. japanese Majesty's Consul.
PETITION.
To the President of the Republic of
Hawaii and the members of the
Council of State.
Greeting: Your petitioners, resi-
dents and taxpayers of Honolulu, ISL
and of Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, re-
spectfully represent to your honorable
body that we are left destitute on ac-
count of the sanitary fines, and more
particularly referring to the big fire of
the Goth of january, 1900, which de-
str0yed nearly everything we possess
Cd.
Prior and up TO the time of the
burning of Chinatown" we were all
earning a Living and were in a COM
paratively independent circumstances.
We are now left without amy means OF
earning our livelihood and are unable
to secure work or engage in business.
We, therefore, petition you to eX-
empt us from taxation for the year
1900.
Honolulu, H. l., March 26th, 1900.
There were S75 signatures attached
TO the petition in Japanese, with the
English translation thereof set oppo-
site.
Jones moved that the petition be re-
ferred to the Executive. Achi moved
that it be referred to the Committee
On Judiciary as the petition raised
points of law. Mr.. Robertson objected
to O reference of Jhe document TO the
Judiciary Committee, inasmuch as leg
islative action was involved.
Upon motion the petition was refer
red to the Executive.
Gear on behalf of the Committee on
The Interior Department reported ad-
ditional progress on the report of the
committee, and asked further time. Mr..
Robertson wanted to know when the
Committee 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
mittee. "If we cannot pass these bills
before the 5th OF April, tho whole pro-
ceeding will be futile" said Mr.. Rob-
ertson.
Gear replied that he could not stateI
when the report would be ready. Thel
items named in the bill were often
times subdivided into six subheads,
and sometimes as high as twenty or
thirty. The Committee desired toI
make an intelligent report to the Coun-
ell and would therefore need three or
four days to finish the Investigations.
Cooper wished to know whether the
committee intended TO report on all
three Acts or upon each separately.
Gear stated that the items in an
Act were often referable TO items in
another Act. This would necessitate
an exhaustive investigation, and would
take considerable time to formulate
complete report thereon.
Cooper then called up the unfinished
business relating 20 the Department OF
the Attorney-G General, in Act 3, line
92. respecting the Pay of Jailors,
Guards and Lunas OF prisoners, for
which $4,000 had been recommended
by the Attorney-G General
Cooper: 1.-THE increase asked for is
based largely upon a letter from
Sheriff Andrews OF Hawaii, The usual
practice has been TO send the long
term prisoners from Hawaii TO Homo
lulu; but there Is now demand for
more work ON our roads there and the
desire seems TO be to keep the prison
ers on Hawaii, divided into small
camps. In conversation with the Mar
sshal am convinced that IL We are al
lowed IS, 900 instead OF $4,000, We can
get along for THE period all right"
Kennedy; SIN dividing up the pris-
sners into small gangs with guards
ever taaem. has 1t ever been figured up
what this labor Is going to cost the
oounGry! Will IL cost more than or
dinary labor?"
Cooper: Instead of sending the
prisoners down mere they want TO keep
them On Hawaii 30 work ON the roads,