The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-19
AFTER WEARY
DEBATE.
Continued from Page 81

well throw. out all bills coming before
tthe Senate.
White, who was now in lachrymose
mood, took the floor and declared the
bill un-Christian. AS an Illustration of
the .unfairness of the measure he gave
the following Illustration:
"Supposing I should go to party
and drink little too much punch (not
kanalua was heard) "and on my way
home | should find it to my advantage
to grab hold of a picket fence and a
a picket and / should fall down; then
would be guilty of a malicious act,
and be sent to jail for one or two years.
And suppose that man with felonious
intentions broke $500 plate glass in a
store he would be in the same cate
| cory as l. Is that Christian?''A ~
White moved the previous question
then, but 1t failed to carry, and the
debate went ON.
: Baldwin didn't think White need
worry over the picket incident, because
he. felt sure that White, united to the
picket, could only be tried unGer a law
dealing with a. misden1eanor, which
generally, he understood, was settled
by 81 and costs.
Achi said it wasn't new law by any
means. as it had been in force here for
six years, and as far as the Christian
aspect of it was concerned he would
-
copied from the statutes of Massachu-
sets and other Christian States
Finally the bill was laid on THE table,
to be brought up later
The English version of the report of
the committee to investigate the condi-
tons of the Leper Settlement was
ready, but the committee was given
further time to present the official re-
port.
Resolutions were called for, and Mr..
White gave notice of his intention to
! introduce the following bills:
An Act to regulate and provide for
me inspection, testing, storage and sale
oI petroleum and Its products, and to
: repeal all parts of an Act regulating
ana providing for the inspection. fest.
lhs' storage and sale of kerosene oil
approved on the 14th dayyof November
-. y. 1e9o' known as chapter LXVIII
session Laws of 1890, and to reneal ali
parts of an Act to permit the Innorta-
tion Oh kerosene Oil for fuel and me-
chanlcal purposes, approved the o9d
day Of April, A. D. 1886, and known as
Act a. Session Laws of 1896. incon-
sSient with the provisions of this Acr
ar. Acnl gave notice of his intention
l. introduce an Act to amend section
a.. napier 81. Laws of 1892. Civil Laws
section 1859. -
MIR. hchi read by title his bill rela,-
ing 10 taxes, notice of which he had
previously given.
Under suspension of rules, Mr.. White
read by title the bill which he had
just given notice that he would intro
duce- It was referred to the printing
committee.
Under the order of the day Senate
Bill 30, relating to the Territorial seal,
was taken up for third reading The
bill had been favorably reported upon
by committee, but Senator White
wanted it referred to the judiciary
committee, and then there was a gem
eral row
The sncretary read the bill, and the
strong advocates Of Hawaii for the
HAWAI- - looked rather embarrassed
Whens ''ss-pless couldn't read the old
Hawaiiae motto in the seal.
Whites objection to the bill was that
the seal has already been made and de-
livered. and he thought the govern
ment should have waited until the
Legislature was in session in taking
such q rash act
Carter and Cecil Brown tried to ex-
plain that the Territory had to have