The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-12
SOLONS WHO
MAKE LAWS
The House Hears
Strangers
Speak.
QUEENS BILL
HITS A SNAG
A Tramway Attack on Franchise
Of the Rapid Transit
Company.

Senators H. P. Baldwin and White
are going to Maui today, and Senator
Russers dispensary bill Will not be
heard of until Tuesday next. Colonel
Mazuma" has gone into the mountains
to avoid furnishing the Advertiser
food for cartoons, and very tame ses-
sions in the Senate can be looked for
ward to until the Colonel and the
| two fighting Senators reappear
The session yesterday was marked
with dignity and lack of spice. SEN
ator White didn't turn up during the
afternoon, and Senator John Brown, of
Ifilo, looked drowsy, and said nothing.
| Senator Russell was a bit distraught,
not having heard from ST. Petersburg,
Neva street 1712, second floor, but
things, nevertheless, were moving
| pleasantly.
The military committee did itself
proud, by encouraging local industries,
and reported favorably on Senator
Achi's bill providing for the exemption
dren, or more, living.
the exhibition at Buffalo was patroniz-
ed by Senator Carter, who had been
pleasantly amazed by seeing the skill
with which Hawaiian children, boys
and girls, could use the tools given to
them. It was very touching.
The work done by the Senate was as
follows:
Mr.. Kalauoka1ani reported Senate
Bills so, 81 and IS printed and ready for
distribution. Senate Bill so is Mr.. Ka-
lauokalani's Act to incorporate the
City Of Honolulu"
Mr.. c. Brown presented on behalf or
the Chamber of Commerce the resolu-
tons against the dispensary bin which
were adopted at the meeting of that
body yesterday. They were read and
referred to the committee on miscel-
laneous petitions.
Senator Kanuha objected to the pc
| titions. as being contrary to the Or
ganic Act, but the gay tailor from the
Kamehameha Schools found that his
name was Baking Nitsky," and the
petitions went to their proper commit
tees.
| Mr.. Paris reported for the public
lands committee, recommending the
passage of House Bill Il, which pro-
vides that the Superintendent of Pub
/ lie Works shall name all streets, roads
and lanes in the District of Honolulu
and that the names desired by the
residents of any street shall have the
preference. The committee suggests a
number of minor amendments. The
report was laid on the table to be con-
sidered with the bill
! Senator Carter, with many bushes,
| being youthful yet, presented the fol-
| lowing report for the Military Com
mittee, to whom was referred Senate
bill 81. relating to taxes:
This bill exempts from poll, road and
school tax all who have five or more
living children, and will therefore be
of assistance to the poor. 1t will, to
certain limited extent, encourage large
families, and there can be no objection
| to the bill. Your committee therefore
recommends the passage of the bill.
This report was laid on the table to
be considered with the other two SEN
ate bills bearing on the same subject.
MIR. Carter then reported as follows for
the minority of the judiciary commit
tee on Senate Bill So which regulates
the method of foreclosing chattel mort
cages with their priority and limita
tions
The minority Of your committee be-
lives that all questions Of credit and
| al
should be treated with great care.
In this bill, section makes the own
er of chattel mortgage prove by ex-
traneous evidence that it is legal, not
withstanding it's execution and deliv-
cry. The general presumption of law
is, that document executed under
seal is legal, and the onus to prove
otherwise, is on the person alleging
fraud or illegality.
| Section 2 presumes that the county
law is in existence, or will be passed,
which, if it should fail through any
cause, will render this section useless.
Section 8 makes a chattel mortgage
! good for two years, and yet 1t may be
extended for another year by Its pro-
vision of a thirty days notice. Should
this time inadvertently expire, would
not the mortgage be valueless and the
money lost?
The balance of the Act provides the
procedure on foreclosure, and your
committee believes that the Act, II
passed, would destroy the little value
that is already generally felt to exist
on such kinds of security, and thus