The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-08

this respect was lacking In hls duty az
a legislator. la not extending the IRE
limits De stood IN the way Of the proc.
rDas OF The city. The argument. aud
oratory expended at the morning session
had no more to do with the case than
the flowers that bloom In the spring The
land was vnlunhlc-tnc most valuable Ia
Honolulu-and be could not be n poor
man, who owned land In the burned dis.
.trCt lie was better or than any man
in the House. No need 10 go into hys-
tcrlcs over the poor men who owned
Chinatown property. one OF these was
The Bishop Estate, which owned one
third az the property in the Islands
.clIear heart" said Emmeluth) The ma.
tiVes who lived there pr or TO the fire
boarded and roomed in tenement houses
and paid rent to Chinese. The Hawaians
who did own property there were Ger.
tainly not poor As to the Chinese who
had "A few unexplred leases, Robertson
did not think the progress of the City
should be stayed for them. do the
members OF the Fifth District want to
see tumbledown rookerles erected by Chi
ncse, which Will be a disgrace 10 Homo
lulu? No the country members want to
see good stone and brick buildings such
as they would find In any civilized com
munlty."
Emmeluth. touching the matter OF val
uation In Chinatown, cited two instances
one at the time of the fire, and another
on January /. At the time of the fire a
Minister of the Government said to an
owner he would give him three times the
assessed value If he would sell his prop
crty, and the offer was not accepted A
Hawaiian woman owned a piece of prom
erty leased TO Chinese at SIG a month
with twelve years to run. The Chinese
right was bought out and now rental
of $40 month applies to the same prem
Uses today. This necessitates to her n
NJ mn thn, ~ tI.. -,
had retained the lease. He thought the
resolution was a desirable measure to
pass.
Kaniho moved the resolution be again
tabled He waxed facetious and felt sure
he had made a hit. He said Emmeluth
gave birth to this a few days ago and ne
had put it TO sleep and now someone had
walked 1t up. Some one had taken his
baby while II was asleep. The resolu-
ton was clothed then a frock coat was
put on 1t and then an ulster, until, in his
opinion, the resolution was lost sight of.
Kaniho's arms began to wave and circle
about his head. when Emmeluth rose to
a point of order, saying he was talking
nothing but wind. Eaniho thought the
case of the lady referred to settled ev-
cry argument, and on her case alone
the rasolution should be passed the
communlty's interests being submerged
in a food of bomhast Emmeluth looked
disguised and asked to explain his
statements again. lie said Kaniho was
labor ng under wrong impression. Then
the air around Kanihos station became
hay and chunks OF native language fell
thick and fast.
! Then PuuhI made n discovery was
the resolution sgned?' The whole mat
ter. as he had evolved it in his mind
was between the rich and the poor. The
law laid down by the great Kamehame-
ha that personal rights should be re-
spected should prevail today with the
poor property owners of the burned dis
tr,ct. Then Puuh brought out bril-
liant line of arithmetical knowledge and
new methods for solving the length of
the -four sides of a triangle" The true
methods of making progress was not by
heating down the poor. God had given
ne ana the means of gaining progress
but the resolution did not help the poor,
hut gave everything to the rich
Mossman then entered the oratorical
tournament. The Organic Act did not
make difference between the poor and
rich. II made every man equal be he
rich or poor. The wishes of his cons.it-
uents We're to stand by rich and poor
alike He strongly favored tablinE the
resolution
Gilhllan said in looking at the matter
from "A Hawaiian standpoint. he dld
/ not wonder why they were mistaken. He
recalled the hrst fire many years ago.
The iawailans did not erect the bull
ings afterwards. After the fire It was
leased for $50 "A month"; whereas before,
1t rented for $40, and in twenty years the
buildings would belong to them The
native would be great deal bette cIf
by having the matter Investigated IT.
stead of tabling the resolution. The
burned district has become the most val !
liable property in Honolulu. Lots worth |
$4,000 before the fire cannot he bought |
for $4,000 If the river was opened .Cr
wharves the property would become as
valuable AS If paved with $50 gold pieces. |
Gitlian began to show signs of having Z
the making of great orator as he /
progressed In his little speech, AMI he /
had the House with him, too.
Aylctt then took hand in the loren.
sizes. He favored the Emmcluth amend.
mcut.
Emmeluth hastily arose at one stage of
the proceedings to state he had no, said
there We're nifty poor applicants@ await
ing building permits. but had sail "hCty
applicants, and threo-fourths OF Nem
were Chinese and 1t was very evident
that the plumber legislator bclicv, tie
Chinese not poor man under any CIR
Aylctt said President Raymond of the
Board of Health had violated the law by
putting mp wooden building on Aiakea
street. This was the man who held the
power IN granting permits, ana NJ had
done wrong himself
stop talking they would take all iav and
all night Never had such a velghty
matter been introduced into the House. =
There was a bait in the resolution, and
he did not propose to bite. Hihio's FIN
ger pointed omnously at the Speaker as
he warmed up.
If a fisherman should go out To fish
he first thing he would do would De to
brow out bait and attract lots of fish
rhen he would give IA jerk on his rod
md land his victims. This was bait
or crabs. He did not propose to be II
sucker. The whole House ought to go
o the burned district and look at the
loles there. As the House laughed at
tihio's coarse tests and poor SMILES, he
waved more eloquent than ever. He
Wished 1t plainly understood that EN-
neluth In introducing the resolution was
l fisher of men, The resolution should
% rejected. The plumber solon bore his
lonors easily He moved 1t be tabled.
Mahoe began TO talk, and Dlckey arose
ana protested, saying Mahoe was out OF