The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-30

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~ cltifeus on public WORKS. bill feiat
inT 20 The employment ef eitiFens IN ~
| elective and appDlnlivn nffices " the
~ tuberculosis from entering the Teffi.
/ Territory. q hiii for regulating common
carriers In this Territory, bin provd.
ine fur condemning lands for streets and
roads. and various bills relating ~ The
/ judiciary system ~ the Territory and
whereas. all The bills above snufnefai
I'd are now IN the House or Senate IN
various stages ~ the routine OF enact.
munti and,
whereas It IL utterly impossible for
. the Legislature % give these varIJus
matters the consideration they require h.
I the Interval still remaining In the regu.
I lar session; and,
whereas. none OF the important meas
ufes horeinabove enumerated have reach.
ed such stage OF completion. na TO on
sure their passage. except In an impcr.
\ feet form unless the session OF this leg.
lslHture be extended by the Governor
FOR not more than thirty DAYS" as
provided In section % Of the Organic
Act now. therefore be II
Resolved. That the Governor be, and Is
hereby, respectfully requested to extend
the session OF this Legislature TO the
limit authorized by law for the purpose
OF yielding the Legislature the neces-
sary time to properly formulate the
! legislation hereinabove mentioned; and
/ be II further
House appoint n committee OF three for
the purpose of presenting this resolu
ton to the Governor.
F. w. BECKLEY,
Representative Third District
Honolulu, r. H.. April 26. 1901.
The resolution was adopted, and Rob
ertson roasted the majority for doing
SO, saying that the Legislature had
done nothing to entitle them to an ex
ira session, that the resolution failed
I to make mention of the many meas
ures. ranging from ridiculous to vi
cious," that were up for consideration.
as well as the more important meas
ures.
"Our time has been spent in SQUAD
bles over points of order. and not in
debating important measures"
The lack of leadership and any at
tempt at organization among the ma
jority has resulted In foundering about
and nothing definite has been accom-
plished.
An extra session would be sim
Iply waste Of time and would be given
to talk over pet schemes OF members
that would bring in no benefit to any
| one.
The County bill, for example, has been
passed through this House into the Sen
ate full of acknowledged errors which
to save time, the Senate were left to
correct They have, however. passed
the measure without even reading ii
through. 1t is not to be expected that
the Governor will sign such a bin
which means more hard work wasted
Mossman found the judiciary com
mittee responsible for the lack Of bust
ness done. and Beckley stated that the
block was due to the refusal of the ex
ecutive departments to cooperate
with the Legislature. He alluded to the
family compact, being anxious to shut
off the first Legislature Of the. people
in Hawaii, and show the world that
the islands were incapable Of self gov
eminent.
Emmeluth was considerably worked
up over the speechmaking, and tried to
get in his opinion, but was shut off
by the previous question. Aylett
Dickey. Hoogs. Kumulae and Robert
son voted against the adoption of the
resolution, Monsarrat going over to the
Home Rulers.
The resolution was ordered spread
on the journal, and Prendergast, chair
man. Robertson and Monsarrat were
Appointed committee to see the Gov
ernor. Robertson and Monsarrat de-
clined to serve, but the noon recess shut
of their objections.
| The Public Lands Committee reported
| favorably on claims advanced by certain
| sugar planters on the Island OF Maui
to indemnify them for damages caused
by water having been shut off from their
lands by the action of the Government
while making a road contiguous to the
said lands.
Makainai proposed that the report be
passed, as the Government had been I'M
willing to give them evidence asked for
and seemed not to want to deny the
same; evidence had therefore been OBJ
tanned from the petitioners themselves,
which showed that the damage was due
to the Governments action.
The report was then and there adopted,
although Dickey moved to postpone I'M
til the special session.
The report of the same committee upon
House bill 81. relating to the construc-
ton of system by the Standard Tele-
phone Company, recommended the re-
ducing of the term of years from fifty |
to twenty-five years. and added section |
providing for the annual payment to the |
Treasury of 2a per cent of Its gross re-
the conduits containing wires at least
two feet beneath the surface, no depth |
being specified originally. The commit
tee recommended the bill's passage, as
most cities of this size had two systems,
while we had only one. and such compe-
tition reduced prices and thereby helped
out the poor man."
The poor man" phrase is now n set
sentence used in almost every speech
AMI every committee report. especially
by the native side of the House. though
Emmeluth is very fond of 1t also.
The committee report was adopted
y joint resolution received from the
Senate related to certain transfers TO be
made by the Auditor; was read and re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
y joint resolution recommending that
a commission of five Senators and i've
should wait unon Pres-
dent Mckinley during his trip TO the
Coast and help TO make his trip enjoy