The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-19

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ui Tho united afuf"H Quo the '#t.fUH' on
tha people and flr protection AGAINST
the IrurlIuut. greed uf corporations On
trying tu control. practically. aiI the
public lands ln this Territory.
That certified copies 90 these rcsolu-
lions forthwith b. transmitted 10 the
President. Oh" Attorney General, the
Secretary of the Interior. the President
~ the Senate, the Speaker OF TIA"
Hous" ~ Representatives. or the United
states, aud TO our Delegate to Con-
Ercss 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 a strong DISPOSE
position evinced by the Home Rulers to
quash the resolution. but the same was
finally carried.
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minutes of all the proceedings that came
up on Monday afternoon after Akina
left the chair. The minutes were sustain
ed.
Nakekau brought in a concurrent res
olutlon adopting rules for Joint sessions
which was passed without the formality
of reading them.
c. l.. Crahbes joint resolution to de-
clare May Day a school holiday through
out the Territory was rejected.
House bin II, relating to the naming of
streets in Honolulu was reported as pass
ing its third reading.
Senate bin &c, relative TO the exemption
of personal property from taxation, came
up once more for its third reading. a
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
jorlty.
According to the clerk of the House.
yesterday was the forty-ffth day of the
session, but Robertson, by di.igent re-
search in almanacs, announced it the
forty-eighth and introduced resolution
to amend the calendar to that effect. The
resolution was referred 90 the judiciary
Committee. Last Saturday is evidently
accounted holiday by the House Off
GERS.
The afternoon session was in the main
occupied with the county hill the House
forming itself into committee of the
whole with Dickey in the chair.
Formalities We're declared dispensed
with and coats came off and cigars We're
lit in rapid succession. Prendergast pro-
tested twice against the smoking and
called for a rising vote.
He was outvoted, however and tile
House settled down to the Indulgence;
Akina, producing a diminutive dudeen
and enjoying quiet pipe during the
proceedings.
Everybody seemed to feel happy and
railroaded section after section of the
bill along, without waiting for interpre-
tations, the Hawa!ians waving their
rights in the matter.
Gillian told a funny story about
town lot that was situated originally on
the top of "A hill but slid down into the
ton over the question of its ownership.
Emmeluth was absent, and, his pres
ence being deemed necessary to answer
certain colundrums that constantly oc-
CURED, owing to the queer English and
queerer Typography employed in the bill,
1t was resolved to send the sergeant-at-
arms in search of him, with instructions
to bring either the honorable Represent
alive back with him or in case of a plea
of sickness, Doctors certificate.
Nakookoo went on his errand and re-
turned in about three minutes to state
that he had searched h gh and low for
the missing member but had failed to
locate him. Emmeluth turned up, how
ever, In propria persona few minutes
later and brought his intellect and his
glass to bear upon the sub
jCCt in hand:
Mossman. who seems to have made a
specially of this matter, tried TO reduce
the amounts of the various bonds re-
quired from the county olncIals to n
fifth of their original am. unit, stating
that If poor man-that is, "A poor ma
tive man-wcre elected. he would be I'M
able to furnish the bonds,
This aroused Gihlan's ire, and In
stentorian tones he protested against any
such reduction. Poverty If honest is
no bar" said the honorable member, ITO
any illbll, We lf uNlNt or american, III
procuring hondsmen. If | knew myself
a poor but honest native in such n pre-
dICament | would be only too willing to
help him out, and so would almost any
man. If we are going to create a coun-
ty bill. let us make 1t a good ONE
The amendments made We're IN general
slight and were adopted at once.
There is ALWAYS one dssentient MEM
Der in the House that const. Ites a lone
when the vote Is otherwise
usually this is Kaniho; but
Mossman usurped the privilege today
ana carried II out with great pert'nacity.
In sections and 10, Chapter ", relat-
Ing to the county clerks accounts and
the taxes to he charged by him TO the
County Treasurer the words city. town,
village and school were eliminated wher-
ever they occurred, making the treasurer
responsible for county taxes only.
Gnhllan raised the County Attorneys
bond from $1,000 to 5000 and the time al
Owed the same oitc al for accounting 10
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