The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-05-03
WHO MADE THE MNLAWSl
SMALL MINORITY GOT THE MOST
BILLS THROUGH.
Republican Members of the Hopeless
Minority Were Authors of the Impor-
tant Acts.

"who made the laws?" Independ-
ents need not all speak at once. The
records of the legislative session just
ended show that the Republican weak
minority made more laws than the
Home Rule majority.
The overwhelming majority in the
late legislature did not do as much
business, as the record shows, as the
minority that was thought at the start
to be so hopelessly tied up. OF twenty
bills that became laws, II were intro
duced by Republicans. The most i'm
portant legislation of the session came
from Republicans.
In the house especially the majority
of over twO-thirds seems to have been
unable to act at all. Out of IA bills that
became laws from the House, 10 were
first introduced by Republican, and
Republicans were authors of nine of
them. Robertson has six laws to his
credit and Dickey three. To Dickey be-
longs the credit for having being the
author of about the most important
law of the session,-the act imposing
an income tax of two per cent on all
incomes, over and above $1,000. Rob
ertsons laws deal largely with LEGAL
matters, correcting imperfections in
court procedure. One of them provides
for an additional circuit judge and an
ness in another circuit than his own,
in cases where absence of one judge
makes it advisable.
Representative Hoogs was the author
of one house bill that passed very early
in the session. 1t is the law prohibiting
the employment of minors in places
where intoxicating liquors are sold
Gnfillan introduced the bill providing
for a commission to investigate China
q 81, fnI, NIn irrIf
ciary committee made substitute 70
include a number of amendments. The
substitute passed.
On the Home Rule side in the house
Makainai, chairman of the committee
on public lands and internal improve
ments, besides turning in more reports
than any other two chairmen of conl-
mittees, was author of two important
bills that are laws. They provide for
the naming of Honolulu streets and
numbering of buildings on the streets
throughout the city. Prendergast was
the only other Independent who got a
law through. He introduced the law
fixing the territorial seal. These three
laws are the net showing for Home
Rule labors in the house.
The six Senate bills that became laws
were four Home Rule acts and two Re-
| publican. Cecil Brown is author of the
law relating to gross cheat and Clar-
| ence Crabbe of the law prohibiting un'
| lawful wearin~ of Grand Army badges
| The Home Rule acts of the Senate thai
are now laws, are none of them OF
general Importance.
If the bills that got through and were
| rejected by the governor are included
| in the comparison it still appears thai
the big majority has little to show fol
having had the chance to use it's power
There were only seven bills rejected by
| the governor and three of them, the
! county government act and two fran
chise laws, were acts of both parties.
One law to the credit of the Home
Rulers is not in the above comparisons
| for it is in a class by itself. 1t was
passed over the governors veto. This
law is the one relating to the tax or
| female dogs.