The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-17
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,

%sssseesessess .
The opening business of yesterdays
session put a damper on the native side
of the House. This was the Governors
message vetoing the dog tax bill. The
purport of the message seemed to sur
prise the House and it is likely that
some attempts will be made to override
the veto.
haniho's motion that the message be
tabled until the father and mother
of the bill could be present was car
ried.
In response to the Houses enquiry in
TO the state of the Quarantine wharf.
IN the cost of which the Chamber of
Commerce is seeking reimbursement;
the Superintendent of Public Works
stated by letter that the work had been
originally approved by the Government,
out that shifting sands had necessitat-
ed more being done.
| Representative Beckley introduced a
concurrent resolution requesting the
United States Attorney General TO COM
mence suits in the United States
Courts for the recovery of all public
lands in Hawaii illegally disposed of.
appealing upon necessity the said suits
TO the Supreme Court in the interests
OF the people. The resolution was word
ed as follows:
Whereas, the Governor has admitted
10 committee of this House, that the
Trip or ). r. Brown, Commissioner of
! FuDllc Lands, to Washington D. c..
was authorized and directed by him.
and that among other things, the said
j. r. Brown was instructed by the Gov
ernor to advocate the repeal or modi-
ncatlon OF that clause in section So of
the Organic Act which reads as fol-
lows: That no corporation domestic
or foreign, snail acquire ana hold real
sand acres; and all real estate acouir-
ed and held by such corporation or
association contrary hereto shall be
forfeited and escheat to the United
states, but existing vested rights IN
real estate shall not be impaired.
And whereas, E. P. Dole, attorney
general of the Territory of Hawaii
mas recently rendered an opinion that
leases of public lands by corporations
IN excess of one thousand acres or in
addition to the land held in fee by such
corporation, is not prohibited by the
above mentioned clause, and
Whereas, there is an evident desire
on the part of public officials of this
territory to remove all obstacles and
allow corporations to increase their.
already too large holdings and thereby
monopolize all the agricultural lands
to the great loss and detriment of the
citizens of this Territory,
Therefore. be it resolved. by the
House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring:
That we, the representatives of the
people in the Legislature assembled do
firmly and solemnly protest against
the repeal of said clause in the Organic
Act, and most respectfully ask that the
Attorney General of the United States
be directed by the President to com
mence suits in the United States courts
for the recovery of all public lands in
Hawaii Illegally and unlawfully dis
posed of, and if necessary, that said
suits be appealed to the Supreme Court
of the United States in the Interest of
the people and for protection against
the nordinate greed of corporations In
trying TO control. practically, all the |
public lands in this Territory.
That certified copies of these resolu- |
lions forthwith be transmitted to the 1
President, the Attorney General, the /
Secretary of the Interior. the President [
House of Representatives of the United |
States, and to our Delegate to Con- |
gress from Hawaii.
F. w. BECKLEY.
Representative Third District.
The resolution was referred to the |
public lands committee.
Robertson introduced a resolution in |
structing the Committee on Accounts
to report to the House all warrants |
drawn against the appropriation for
House expenses, stating for whom and |
for what purpose each warrant was
drawn. There was strong DISPOSE
position evinced by the Home Rulers to
quash the resolution but the same was
finally carried.
Keliikoa attempted to rule out the |
minutes of all the proceedings that came
up on Monday afternoon after Akina
left the chair. The minutes were sustain
ed
Makekau brought in a concurrent res
olution adopting rules for joint sessions
which was passed without the formality |
Of reading them.
&C. l. Crahbe's joint resolution to de-
clare May Day school holiday through
out the Territory was rejected.
House bill Al, relating to the naming of
streets in Honolulu was reported as pass
ing its third reading.
Senate bill 26, relative TO the exemption
Of personal property from taxation, came
up once more for its third reading. 4
vigorous effort to railroad this measure
has been made on several occasions by
the Home Rulers, but until yesterday
they have been unable to obtain a ma
jority.
According to the clerk of the House.
was the forty-ffth day of the
session, but Robertson, by diligent re-
search in almanacs. announced it the
forty-eighth and introduced resolution |
20 amend the calendar to that effect. The
was referred 10 the judiciary
Committee. Last Saturday is evidently
accounted a. holiday by the House Off
,ers.
The afternoon session was in the main
occupied with the county bill. the House ,