The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-03
The SENATE
AND HOUSE
N. Russell Finally
Leaves the
Chair.
PAINS FRANCHISE
BILL KILLED
The House Has a Short Session
Owing to an Evening Luau
Engagement.

And now Senator Kaiue of Maui Is
president of the Senate and that body
will be presided over by man who
knows parliamentary rules to perfec.
ton and who, when awake, will do the
fright thing.
! Senator Russell is on the floor as an
every day common Senator, and Kalau-F
okalani, The Father of His Country. : &
! is vice president of the august body
known in the Organic Act as the Sen
ate.
| After the Independent meeting with
| Bob" at the residence of a certain
judge on Nuuanu street last night, 1t
was thought that harmony would reign
supreme in the ranks of the "Unrulies."
Roberts smooth words and the Judges
admonitions Gt wasn't Judge Gear, but
very close to him), had an effect, how
ever, on Senators Kanuha, John Brown
and Kaiue, who. disgusted with the i'm
becility of their party ard loving their
country, can now be counted as sup
porters of the solid Republicans.
Very little business was accomplished
during the session, and, knowing thar
there was a big luau in sight at ore Of
the residences of Her Majesty Liliuo-i
kalani. there was no endeavor on the
part of the ''Unruiies'' to prolong the
session.
The first business before the SeEate
was the discussion of the joint resolu
ton published yesterday. in which
Representative Emmeluth extends the
glad hand" to President Mckinley and
asks that small official servant Of
us Americans to go to Honolulu AMI
get cinch pipe. The invitation went
to the committee on ways and means
and when referred to later on Senator
White wanted to know whether the ex-
penditures of the Presidents trip ID
Honolulu would be paid by the Terri
tory or by the Federal Government.
AS Mr.. Mckinley is not coming and
not looking for free lunch at Notes.
no official answer was given to the Sen
ator.
| A Senator whose name begins with
"B" is excusable for taking the oppor-
stunity to ring the chestnut bell and
telling the assembly the old, old story
about the Mayor (not judge who ex-1
planned to the King of Prussia, or was
it Russia. that the reason why no sa-
lutes were fired upon the entrance of
His Majesty into the city was caused
by three (3) things. The first was that
was spared the two other reasons.
On the same grounds 1t is perhaps
not necessary to bother about the
Presidents trip to Hawaii, because he
is not coming.
Petitions were the order of the day in
the Senate and an early adjournment
took place to allow the members to
straightcn up for the Painful luau in
honor OF Bob which Is going on yet. as
this paper is going 10 press.
The business transacted was the read
ing OF a communication from the Houses
transmitting House bill IS, "An Act to-
Amend Section of Act % of the Laws
of the Republic of Hawaii, Session of
1885, was read The bin was read the
first time by title and set for second
reading on Wednesday.
Another communication from the
House, transmitting House bin A, An
Act to Establish and Maintain School
Libraries" was read. The bill was read
first time by title and set for second
reading on Wednesday.
Under suspension of rules, Mr. White
gave notice of his intention to introduce
AN Act TO Fix the Compensation of Pt-
lots for the Port Of Honolulu"
Under further suspensions of rules, the
bill was read the first time by title and
referred to the Printing Committee. The
bill provides, among other things, the
following:
Section l. The compensation of the
pilots at the port Of Honolulu shall be as
follows:
For all vessels under 500 tons register
and over, s2 per foot on draught of wa
ter into port, and the same out.
For anchoring vessels outside, $50. III
brought into the harbor by pilot, this
charge shall be reduced to 80 For any
detention on board for more than twen-
ty-four hours 81 per day.
Sec. 2. If any vessel engaged in for
eign trade shall enter or depart from the
port of. Honolulu without pilot, such
vessel shall be liable for one-half pilot
age.
Mr.. Russell presented the following pc
tition which is signed by ninety-two vot-
ers of the Territory of Hawaii:
The completion of this road VIII great
ly facilitate the transporta ton of freight
to and from the new homesteads and al
so furnish easy access to the railroad
station to be built at junction of Peck
road and Hilo Railroad.
We believe the road can be completed
at a cost not to exceed 5000. and we
uray that this amount be appropriated