Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-03-15
sunday laws ARE
up IN THE HOUSE


House whether he had the right to Sc
lect special committee to convey bills
that had been passed to the Governor
for his signature.
Prendergast stated that he was salts
fed the rules of the House permitted
such action. Makekau took issue and
said that the House Committee on
Rules had previously called a joint
committee meeting with the Senate
but was unsuccessful. The bill should
be retained until both committees
could act together.
Robertson thought that the best way
was TO retain the bill. Speaker Akina
desired to know If 1t was necessary for
the joint committee to convey the bill
to the Governor for his signature.
Beckley desired to be enlightened
upon a question. as to whether the
leading officers of both houses would
not be sufficient to guarantee the pas
sage of the measure.
Robertson stated that proper record
of just when this or other bills are pre-
sented to the Governor, otherwise he
might pocket the bill for several days.
He thought the best way out of the
matter was to appoint a committee on
the same.
Under suspension of rules Mahoe re-
ported for the Committee on Miscel-
laneous Petitions on petition No. s.
relating to the repeating Of several
laws such as personal tax, vaccination,
education Of Hawaiians. granting of IL
censes to Hawaiian to practice medi-
cine. teaching of Hawaiian language
In public schools, etc. The report was
adopted.
The House then proceeded to the or
der of the day by taking up House bill
No. u entitled an Act "to repeal sec
lions 81 31s, 3l9. S22 and S2S of the
Penal Laws OF 1897. relating to Sun
day"
The bill was referred to the Commit
tee of the Whole.
The House went into a Committee
Of the Whole with Beckley in the chair.
House bill 81 was read section by seq
ton. Aylett took exception to the
abolition Of the first section, as II
would ruin the measure. He stated
that the main reason FOR introducing
the bill was to offer relief to the poor
man as against the rich. Under tho
violation Of the present Sunday laws.
poor man is put in Jail, while the
rich man goes free. The playing Of
the band on Sunday was much a vio-
lation Of the law as anything else, and
in doing this, the Government is a vio-
lator Of its own laws.
The law as 1t now stands is a good
one for those who want to attend
church, but what about the man who
does not attend church? Before the
band was allowed to play on Sunday,
'ht vi Nht 'hiht oub
to the drill shed and asked the mem
bers Of the band II they would like to
play on Sunday. since which time the
band has played regularly.
Aylett finally got down to the idea
of allowing a double ring circus on
Sundays and not be subject to those
old laws that prevent progress. He
was strongly in favor Of a wide open
measure and wanted the present lava
wiped off the statute books completes
ly.
He said personal observation had
shown him work in progress on thu
plantations on Sunday and a complaint
was filed with the home government
which awaited nothing.
Kumalae followed Aylett and stated
that the people Of the little Territory
OF Hawaii were happier and more pros
porous under the former regime than
they we're now under the laws Of the
great United States. However. II the
people here were Americans under Am
erican laws and rules, modern laws as
applied in the United States should ba
adopted. I'VE must not adhere to the
old obsolete ideas which still prevail
on the statute books Of the Territory"
said Kumalae.
Makekau, who was occupying the
chair, called the secretary to the chair
so that he could make speech on the
Sunday bill under discussion.
The report of the Committee of the
Whole was to the effect that Bill No.
81, relative to Sunday law, be referred
to a special committee Of fiyo.
The rules of the House were then
suspended to allow a communication
from the Auditors department to be
read which, in the abstract, was as fol-
lows:
A communication was received from
the Auditors department requesting
list of names of government bene-
ficiaries who have been allowed vaca-
tions with salary. They are as follows:
w. d. Alexander, a. Brown, j. +,
Brown, Il. Baldwin, w. w. Drummer, j.
X. Burkett, w. II. Cummings, J. II
Coney, d. II. Case, S. NJ Damon, C. II
Dickey, ]. X. Farley, ]. A. Hassinger