The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-12
70 PROBE LICENSE Matter
ADOPTS GILFILLAN's S
RESOLUTION.
HOUSE
Emmeluth Gives Notice of His "Initia-
tive and Referendum Measure
Hoogs on the Vacation Question.


The House opened for business this
morning after the usual morning pray
er
Kelki started the ball rolling by ask
ing permission 70 introduce his bill for
An Act 60 appropriate pension Tor
! Queen LiiiuOkalani of which he had
given notice of a few days ago. Kau-
makaole's resolution for an appropria-
ton for the building OF roads In Hama
district was read. Beckley moved TO
| have the resolution tabled and referred
To the appropriation committee
kauma1aole, replied by saying that
as The roads were in very bad condition
and there was great need of bridges
over the gulches In his district t ought
TO be attended TO at once. and he moved
To place it in the hands of the public
lands and internal improvements COM
mittee.
Beckley withdrew his motion. Rob
ertson rose to a point of order claim
ing that the House could not appro-
pirate money by. "a resolution
Dickey claimed Robertson's point of
order mere question of technicality
saying the resolution was good thing
and favored its passage.
Makekau supported Robertson in his
claim for a point of order Dickey ask
ed under what rule he claimed his point
of order
The speaker said under rule A, they
would be allowed to introduce resolu-
tion.
Mahoe suggested that the introducer
of the bill should withdraw his motion
ana give him a chance to fix up the
techincallity under discussion.
Beckley then read rule "A and said
that if it was brought in and read it
could be acted upon. Makokau moved
to have resolution referred to Finance
Committee. Mahoe said appropriations
of this kind should go to one source
which in this case would be the Com
mittee on Public Lands and Improve
ments, saying he thought that it was
the proper committee to take up mat
ters of this kind.
The motion to refer the resolution to
Committee on Public Lands and Inter-
nal improvements was carried
Mahoe asked permission to introduce
/ his bill an act to suppress gambling
/ and gaming. The bill was passed to its
| first reading.
/ Representative Gil6llan offered n re-
solution this morning asking for con-
/ ference with the executive department
as to the cause Of the refusal of the
! Treasurer to issue certain liquor Ii
censes applied for.
I This was much debated
Gilfillan asked permission to with
/ draw his resolution in order to present
another one, providing for the appoint
ment of members by the House to
| inquire into the way liquor licenses
were issued and to make a thorough in
vestigation and to employ counsel Hi
hio moved to table the resolution as it
| was of the same nature as the other
one.
! Beckley spoke in favor of adopting
the resolution, as it would be the means
of finding out why licenses are restrict
ed to few and no discrimination
shown to others.
The motion to table the resolution
was lost.
| of to investigate was passed with the
amendment that the employment of
counsel be stricken out. The resolu-
| tion as amended passed.
Emmeluth gave notice of his initia-
tive and referendum bill. Kaniho in
! troduced his bill relating to the segre-
cation of lepers; Mahoe introduced a
resolution appropriating S5S,49O for
roads and bridges for Waialua, Oahu
for two years.
Representative Hoogs offered the fol-
lowing:
! Whereas this house understands IL has
been the custom in the past to lalow
/ Government officials 2 months vacation
with salary every year without any
authority of law
BE II. Resolved. That the Auditor Cen
eral be requested to furnish us forth
with a list with the names of these
beneficaries and where he got his au-
thority and the law governing the same
The resolution was adopted.
Hauimakaole. offered a resolution ap-
propriating $124.S50 for the roads of
Hama.