The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-10
OF WORK IN
THE LEGISLATURE

They were all good friends and spats
were few and far between in the Senate
yesterday. Considerable business was
'attended to, and very little time was
lost in disposing of reports, resolutions,
and bills.
Senator Paris for the Committee on
Public Lands presented a report recon-
mending an item of $4,000 in the Loan
bill, on a petition from reputable citi-
zens of Honolulu, for the extension of
Fort street above School street. Laid
on the table to be considered with the
Appropriation bill
The Senator also reported favorably
on petition from Olaa asking for $4,000
for the extension of the Peck road,
while the Committee reported adversely
on petition from Olaa asking for s10,
900 to improve the Volcano road in
Olaa.
A concurrent resolution was adopted
constituting the chairman of the House
Finance Committee and chairman of
the Senate Ways and Means Committee
a special joint committee to examine
the special deposits in the treasury for
redemption of the Hawaiian gold and
silver certificates. The committee is to
naming for redemption and burn the
certificates in the presence of the Treas
urer All remaining gold and silver
certificates shall be redeemed before
December 81 1901 The same commit
| tee is directed to examine into the ac-
counts of the Hawaiian Postal Savings
Bank and cause the bonds to be de-
stroyed. After having performed the
! 4 nv IA
committee is to report back to the
Senate and House.
Then the English language, as "she
| is spoke in the free Republic of the
! United States, got a biff lin the con-
sonants from Senator Kaohi, who, un-
der suspension of rules introduced a
petition from residents in North Ko-
ma praying that English and Hawai-
ian be taught in the government
schools, that any teacher not proficient
in the use of the Hawaiian language be
dismissed and that Hawaiian be made
the principal language of the Territory.
/ Not satisfied with this onslaught on
the haole teachers the good people who
elected the Senator sent two more petit
tons
| The second asks that the water rights
of the people of North Kohala be adj
Ijusted and that reservoir and suitable
pipes be installed
The third asks that Superintendent
lof the Road Board be put in place OF
the Commissioners and that the salary
be set aside for such officer. /
All three petitions are signed by over
seventy people. They were referred te
various committees.
Senator Russell, glazing sternly a.
"Oily Bill" presented a petition from
the Ministerial Union, in which a pray
er for mankind gene ally and the pas
sage of the Dispensary specially wa:
set forth. Senator White smiled
shrugged his shoulders and said: "Sent
it to the Miscellaneous Committee
where my petitions went to; we wan
to know whether it is a genuine peti
ton" The suggestion was adopted.
Mr.. Baldwin presented a petition
from sixty-seven taxpayers of Mau
asking for an appropriation for repair
to roads in lao valley. Referred to tn
Public Lands Committee.
, Then came a report which annoye'
the Dispensary hackers who had doubt
!; ed the petitions presented yesterday.
Mr.. Achi reported for the Commit
, tee on Miscellaneous Petitions on Peti
, lions II and IS, petitions against til
, Dispensary Act. The report states tina
a few names appear twice but that thi
, was probably due to a mistake and no
fraud as had been suggested. 1t wa
: recommended that the petitions be lait
on the table to be considered with tn
bill. Report adopted.
Mr. Achi reported further for tn
same committee on Senate Bill Z, relat
, ing to the protection of birds, thei
nests and eggs, recommending the bill
pass with a few amendments Repor
: laid on the table to be taken up wit
, the bill
| The voters of Koloa. Kauai, then ha
a chance to present their wishes an
desires. in the shape of the followin
!, petition, which nearly went to the Com
, mittee on Intoxicants. but fortunatel
found a graveyard in the Miss A
r News Committee when under suspen
1 sion of rules, Mr.. Nakapaahu presente
L a petition calling for the abolition c
the 50 school tax; the 81 road tax. an
the tax on female dogs of SO. The gov
!, eminent to assist the Catholic schools, t
z abolish the restriction on opium; t
make the Koloa landing governmer
= property;to allow the Hawaiian lar
j guage legal status: to make eigr
hours a day legal days work; I
!. begin at in the morning; to free tn
:, practice of administering Hawaiia
4 medicines from all restrictions; to RI
peal ali emigration laws; to stop arte
s sian boring.
: No hint was given as to how IL
n Territory can stop immigration
q prevent McCandless from boring we'll
. but the petition was received with a
audible smile from the Senators.
Is Senator White reported favorably c
1t Senate bill Sc, relating to the reorgal
: iZation of the Judiciary Department
and then all blushed because the 60
, Nakapaahu gave notice of AN A
: Providing for the Licensing of Tailo
" ing and Dressmaking Establishment
Il in the Territory" Nakapaahu eviden
,e ly doesn't have to pay for tailor-ma
in dresses, or he wouldn't have been
DC unkind to the family men who vot
for him ard have to "see" tailors' al
- dreSSmakerS' bills