The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-18
LICENSES CAUSE DEBATE.
SENATE SUMMARILY REDUCES
FOR NEAT SELLING.
y Committee Urges Immediate Har-
Dor mprovements-The House Gets
Excited on the Subject of Vacations.

E-Nclteu on lne SUBJECT OF vacations.
The special committee to which
was referred the item of $4,000 for
the improvement of Honolulu harbor,
consisting of Senators Baldwin, Will
elk and McCandless, made. a report
to the Senate this morning.
The report says: The Government
proposes with the appropriation to
continue the work of dredging out
Sips on the Waikiki side of the har-
bor, and also 10 construct long
wharf on the Eva side of the harbor.
The committee will report later more
fully in regard to the latter wharf,
and the wisdom of constructing it.
''ln the meantime, however, we
would recommend the Senate to pass
the item of $4,000 for harbor i'm
provments, for we are convinced that
there is urgent need of eXpending at
least this amount during the period
towards extending and increasing the
wharf capacity of the harbor in or
der to meet the requirements of our
growing commerce.
at often occurs now that two and
even four foreign steamers, that are
sailing on a schedule time table. ar
rive at this port at one time, and on
account of the limited number of the
wharveS suitable for large steamers.
are obliged to wait for several hours
before they are able to obtain a wharf.
For this reason we would urge on the
Government the Importance of push
ing the work of constructing the slips
that are intended, more particularly
for those large steamers, and that
this work be done by contract if reas-
enable bids can be obtained"
The Senate bill making appropria-
tions amounting to $260,300 for sun
dry internal improvements to be made
out of excess of revenue over the cur
rent expenditures, was taken up and
| read third time Minister Cooper
asked that it be referred back to the
| Public Lands Committee for a confer
ence with the Auditor General on the
| construction of the rider" requiring
| the approval of the local road board,
before any money is paid for road
| and bridge construction. He said
while the Government was heartily
in favor of the principle of the rid
er1 the Auditor General had told him
that the wording of it would greatly
hinder and delay payments, as every
voucher would have to be approved by
the local board before it could be paid
Senator McCandless was of the
opinion that the section would eXpe-
dite payment. However, in order that
there should be no mistake about the
matter, it was referred to the COM
mittee.
This action will doubtless have the
effect of tying up all the appropria-
ton bills containing this rider" un-
til the committee reports.
Minister Cooper asked the insertion
and passage of a new item in the loan
bill of $25, 900 for Nuuanu stream Inn
provements. He said it had been the
effort of the Interior Department to
keep the amount of this bill down ns
much as possible, but it was found
necessary to ak this item. 1t was
intended to extend the retaining wall
further up the stream and to deepen
the channel at certain points.
Senator Holstein presented peti-
ton asking for $1,000 for a road from
Poakena to Mahukona, and So 600 foI
a stone crusher. 1t was referred to
the Public Lands Committee.
Senate Bill No. 20 passed third
reading, authorizing appeals from or
ders of Circuit Judges in chambers
to the Supreme Court, except in cas-
es in which the appellant is entitled
to appeal to jury, on fling notice
and giving security for the costs.
Senate Bill No. 26, relating to the
Schedule f and internal taxes, was
also passed on third reading. This il
the bill designed to exempt purely
mercantile houses from the operation
of Schedule f. The eXempting CLAUSE
is as follows: "Nothing herein shal
be construed to authorize the tax as
SCISSOR to demand the return authoriz
ed by this section from any person
copartnership or corporation, whose
business consists solely in the buying
and selling of merchandise"
The Committee on Agriculture re
ported on Substitute House Bill No
), that many features of the licens
system of the Republic seemed op
pressive, and ought to be revised. Th
bill itself was later taken up. Tn
section providing that the fee for Ii
censes to sell meat should be $40 il
Honolulu and IIilo, and so in all 9th
er taxation districts, excited consid
cradle debate. Several Senators insist
: ed that this was dscriminatiol
against Hilo, and some that Honolu
In was Disseminated against. As
result of the debate the section b.
an almost unanimous vote amended
the section making a uniform licens
fee for selling meat of $40 i'm all tn
taxation districts. The Senate the
took recess until 1890 o'clock,
IN THE HOUSE.
Representative Loebenstcin pre-