The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-21
1T is FOR women THE LIBEL BILL
a@ III r. DIEE
Committee Recommends
to Lay On the Table.
Street Widening Act Favored-An
Auditor-Generars Depart
ment Proposed.
HOUSE.

At the opening of the House Satur-
day morning Speaker Kaulukou re-
ported the receipt of a letter from
committee Of thirteen representing the
lepers of Molokai, expressing their
qualification at the proposed visit of
special joint committee from the Sem
ate and House to the settlement at
Kalaupapa.
Rep. Robertson then made the fol-
lowing report of the Judiciary Com
mittee on House bill No. 81, relating
to libel and SANDER and introduced by
| Rep. Atkinson, editor of the Star:
THE evident purpose of the bill is
| to render it more difficult to institute
actions for libel and SANDER, and for
this purpose two provisions are made
which we will here notice.
THE first provision referred to is
found in Section /, of the bill which
requires that before summons is issued
in case, the plaintiff must file bond
with surities in the sum Of $500 to
cover costs.
The other provision is in Section
Z, and provides that the prevailing
party in the case shall be paid by the
loser the sum of 800 for attorneys
fees
''As to Section / we have to say that
We do not believe there is any necessity
of making the provision for the reason
that there now exists a general pro-
vision applicable to libel as we'll as
other cases, whereby party may be
compelled to give surity for costs.
In regard to Section Z, which pro-
vides for an allowance for attorneys
fees, we do not see any good reason
for making an exception of libel and
SANDER cases in that respect. A gen
eral law has been advocated in some
quarters providing for the allowance
of counsel's fees in all cases, but
whether or not that would be desirable
we need not now discuss.
1--WE recommend that the bill be laid
upon the table.
Rep. Loebenstein reported from the
Committee on Public Lands on Senate
Bill s, relating to what streets shall
first be extended. The original act
recites the streets it is proposed to
extend, but contains a proviso that
Fort and Vineyard streets shall be eX-
tended first and that the extension of
the other of said streets shall be post
poned until the completion of the eX-
tension of said Vineyard and Fort
streets. 1t is this latter provision
which the present bill proposes to eli
inmate. Although Vineyard street has
been partly extended and completed,
as yet no operations have been COM
menced upon the extensions of Fort
| street To delay the extension Of the
other streets mentioned in the original
act hinders the progress and develop
ment of this city besides making great
er the cost to the Government, through
the constant enhancement of real es-
tate values is manifesity unwise. The
committee recommended the bill pass
with amendment proposed.
Rep. McCandless introduced the fol-
lowing resolution: Resolved, That
from and after this date, the transla-
ton of bills for private enterprise shall
not be paid by this House but the sum
must be presented for both native and
English languages by the introducer.' y
Rep. Achi was Of the opinion that
the resolution was out of order. He
had already introduced resolution OF
the kind which the House had killed
and substituted in its place another
resolution to the effect that all such
expenses be paid out of the expenses
of the House. The Speaker declared
the resolution out of order and Rep
McCandless arose, at the consent OF
the House, to tell why he I4.,d intro
duced the resolution. A great many
bills such as the bill extending the
franchise of the Tramways Compan!
were manifestly private enterprises
and should be paid for by the intro
Queer. Although the Speaker hat
made a ruling, Mr. McCandless persist
ed in moving the adoption Of the re
solution In sustaining the action o
the House in the premises, Rep. Gea,
suggested that it was difficult to draw
the line between private and public
enterprises. The tramways bill hat
been mentioned. That was certainl.
as much. if not more, a public as
private enterprise. He DIlI 81
a license to E. c. Winston and other
to operate a steam laundry was il
the same line.
Rep. Gear expressed his intention t
introduce the following:
1. can Act to provide against tn
adulteration of food and drugs.
2 AN Act creating an Auditor
lGpnaraFS DEPARTMENT and TO furth
| regulate the receipts, custody and dis
, bursement Of public moneys, and pro
vide for the supervision of public &C
counts and audit of public account
and repeating Chapter % Of tn
Session Laws of 1882, as amended b.
Chapter 70 CT the Session Laws Q
1882, entitled An Act to regulate tn
receipt, custody and issue Of the pub
lie moneys, and to provide for tn
audit of public accounts"
House adjourned at II o'clock t
= come together again this morning.