Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-04-02
THIRTY-SIxTH DAY, APRIL 2.
THE SENATE.

lnere was bare quorum Wnen
the Senate came to order this
morning, but all Of the members
dropped in later except Senator
Holstein, who is absent on Ha-
wall.
Senator Northrup presented a
set of resolutions passed at a
mass meeting held in Hilo last
Saturday, which were read by the
Secretary.
Senator Northrup moved that
the petition be referred to COM
mittee of five, one from each ISL
and and two from Hawaii, but
afterwards withdrew it and the
matter was referred to the Exc
cutive.
Senator Lyman read petition
from residents of North Kohala
asking for the appropriation of
$4,000 for a new road in the
eastern part of the district. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Public
Lands.
Senator Horner from the Mis-
cellaneous Committee presented a
report on certain sections of the
License Act, which was tabled
to be considered with the bill.
Senator Wilcox gave notice Of
his intention to introduce bill
to re-organize the Bureau of Public
instruction.
Senator Waterhouse was grant
ed leave of absence for the day.
Under unfinished business con-
sideration of the license bill was
resumed and the remaining sec
tons relating to the licensing of
vehicles passed as in the bill.
Section so, relating to the Ii
cense OF butchers, passed as in
the bill, $40 for Honolulu and $40
elsewhere.
Section SO, requiring the Min
lister of Interior to furnish butch.
ers with record books was strick.
en- out, and butchers will now be
required to furnish their own
books.
Senator Brown moved that a
new license of $50 be inserted for
boot and shoe manufacturers,
which at present pay no license
whatever.
Minister Damon thought $40
was enough, and Senator Brown
accepted the suggestion. The IL
cense then carried at SO.
Senator Brown then moved that
license fee of S25 for Honolulu
and $40 elsewhere be imposed on
tailor shops. Carried.
The merchandise license was
then taken up on the proposition
of Senator McCandless to make
the tax $50 for all sales under
$4,000 and 3-S of l per cent on
gross sales over that amount, and
an argument ensued in which
yesterdays debate was gone over
again.
Senator McCandless reminded
the Honolulu members that they
were pledged under the platform
on which they were elected to
support graduated system of
taxation.
Senator Baldwin said to carry
out the theories of Senator Nc
Candless the sths of l per cent.
should be levied on every mer-
chant, whether his sales were 800,
$1,000 or $4,000 a year.
The amendment finally passed
by vote of 7 to 4.
Senator McCandless withdrew
his amendment placing tax on
horseshoers, stating that the men
could not agree on the matter.
The bill then passed as a whole
on the second reading, and was
referred to the Committee on
Revision.
Senator Brown, under suspen-
sion of the rules, presented a petit
ton from the Kahuku plantation
and Ii. Hackfeld d Co., stating
that in 1891 they had imported a
sugar mill plant for the Kahuku
,on which $3.50 duty had
been paid. Under the improved
process now in use the plant was
and had never been used.
1t was the intention of the petit
TONERS to ship the plant abroad
for sale, and therefore they ask
that the duties paid on the same
be RENTED. Referred to the