The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-11
HOUSE OPENS IT'S SESSION AT
8 O'CLOCK.
Resolution Repeating Board Of Health
Regulations-Some more Questions
for Superintendent McCandless.

The House this morning began its
session at 9 o'clock 30 as to enable il
to get through its work within the sixty
day limit
1t adopted a resolution providing for
the reimbursement of Hawaiian post
masters whose stocks of Hawaiian
stamps were destroyed hy the Federal
post office department. following the
changes Of June IA. Than it refused 10
reimburse II. NJ. Dow Tor overpayraents
into the treasury through clerical error
though a committee had reported GER
titying the correctness of the amount
claimed and recommending that it be
paid.
House Bill No. emergency appro-
priations for road repairs was called up
an precipitated lively debate
Beckley moved an amendment to the
amount for Molokai that it be 81 900
Prendergrast offered a bill reducing
the appropriation for Wailuku, and Civ
ing Molokal $1,000. Hihio wanted $1,000
inserted in the bill for the road from
Lahaina to Hapalou. Dickey once more
brought up his 1000 request for Ma
kawao. claiming that $4,000 was not
enough
Maui was in the center of the storm
and twenty gulches made in the roads
the like of which had never been known
I 70 happen in years. DiCkey claimed
that the Home Rulers We're voting to
keep their constituents from getting
proper roads, and asked them to vote
with him to get his $4,000 appropria-
/ tiOn through.
/ Dickey then began to get it from all
sides, and amendments in great num-
/ bers, were. hgrled at him. Makainai
, was especially active i'm making sug-
Z gestions. Robertson also wanted a
slice for Oahu. The roads in Kalihi
were almost impossible. and as he
. thought
! than those on the other islands. he was
entitled to an increase in appropriation
as wei as the others. Emmeluth
thought that it was out of place to
bring in amendments at present stage.
I One had but to view the deplorable con-
ditions of the streets of Honolulu, and
then judge for themselves whether or
not the country districts were treated
fairly or not; he advocated the passage
of the bill. Makakau moved to pass
the bill on its third reading. Beckley
said the appropriation would pass in
| the Senate. Robertson said the bill
could not pass at its third reading with
an amendment as a rider. 1t was final
ly referred and ordered type written
and made the pyder for tomorrow
Representative Makekau presented a
minority report on the petition of II.
M. Dow TO be reimbursed for $40 over
paid by inadvertence into the treasury.
He said if IL was paid in by error Dow
ought to suffer for the consequences of
his error.
Mr.. Dickey said in regard to the
claim of Mr.. Dow that he went to the
auditors office and examined the ac-
counts, and found Mr.. Dow had turned
in $440 too much, and was purely a cler-
ical error. Mr.. Dickey also went to the
prison and High Sheriff Browns office
and there found the same error and
thought Mr.. Dow ought to beNreimbur-
sed. Mr.. Robertson spoke against the
i motion, and was seconded by Hihio,
who thought every body ought to be
heard from.
Il 1t precipitated quite a debate and
Makakau thought it would be better for
the House to adopt a resolution GUST
ing Mr. Dow from office, saying that if
the minority report was not adopted it
would be the means of allowing other
minor officials the privilege of present
ing bills to the legislature.
The motion to adopt the minority re-
port prevailed, upon call vote, Ahulii,
Beckley, Ewaliko, Hihio, Kaauwai, Ka-
uumakaole. Kauho, Kawaihoa, Mahoe,
Makainai, Makekau, Mossman, Naliima
Paele, Prendergrast, Puuiki voted in
the affirmative, and Aylett, Dickey,
Emmeluth, Gilfllan, Hoogs, Keiki, XII
kaula, Kiliikao. Monsarrat and Robert
son in the negative.
Dckey offered a resolution directing
amount of Hawaiian postage stamps
in the hands of postmastersof the Re
public of Hawaii at the time of annex
alton for which they were not paid with
view to repaying them through the
appropriation bill. The resolution was
adopted.
Makekau offered a resolution appro-
: priating 500, 900 for roads in Hamakua;
main road 100000, upper road $50, 900
Ahualoa to Waimea $4,000, Kaauhuhu
to Waimea, $4,000. Waipio road at mil
to main road $4,000, branch to Kukui-
haele $4,000, to complete Waipio road
$500, HOnokaA to Paauhau landing
S2,5O0. The resolution was referred tc
z the finance committee.
4 Emmeluth for the judiciary commit.
$ tee reported on Robertson's bill re.
} pealing a number of obsolete laws. Th,
, bill is reported favorably with the ex
ception of the act relating to telegraph
and telephone companies. The commit
tee thought this law still useful If pro
perly amended.
:. Representative Becxley presented
= three reports from the committee OF
Public Health. One of these recon-
; mended that the prayer of the Hawai-
= ian Relief Society for aid be denied
d Another said the petition for a new
2 school house at Waialua, Moi0kel wa
: urgent and should be granted. A thir,
was on the bill prohibiting the Boar,
of Health from destroying propert!
without making compensation. Th'
committee recommended that the ail IL
|. referred to the judiciary committee t,
[. be put in proper shape.
Makekau introduced a resolution al
follows:
Whereas, the Board of Health hav
have seen fit to perform the duties o
l., the Legislature, and are now and hav
. been enacting laws in the form of rule
7 and regulations and also resolutions
: and
&c Whereas, said rules and regulation
are arbitrary and contrary to the inter
ests of the poor people,
Therefore, be 1t resolved by the Hous
lie of Representatives the Senate concur
o. ring that the said rule and regulation
e and resolutions in force after the dat
d of first alleged bubonic plague cas-
made its appearance In the city @
Honolulu to the present date. be an
It the same are hereby rescinded