The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-26
SENATORS
: WORKING King
ID BOOKS
Committees Seek
For All the
Facts.
REPORTS READY
IN FEBRUARY
Senate Decides That Committee
Shall Work Upon County
Bill Program.

While the Senate committees are hard
at work upon their various inyestiga-
tions of the departments there seems
little chance that any conclusions viii
be reached during the present week,
but that all will go over until the third
week of the session. The reports are
not so nearly ready, according to one
Senator. that they. may be brought in
very quickly, and there has been added
new investigation in the shape of an
inquiry into the Health office, which
may work delay in the consideration OF
other affairs.
A new element was added yesterday
, by the adoption of resolution present
ed by Senator Achi, calling for a COM
mittee of five for the framing of bills
for city and county government. for
submission to the Senate at it's regular
session. The resolution is as follows:
Resolved, That the President of the
Senate in special Session is hereby au-
thorized to appoint a committee of five
to prepare a County Act and gen.
eral Municipal Government Act to be
introduced at the next regular session
of the Legislature.
Immediately upon the Introduction of
nearly all the morning session. began.
Senator Baldwin took the ground that
since the Senate had been called for a
specific purpose it was not proper to
now interject such matter into the busi-
ness of the body.
KaIauokalani in seconding the motion
thought it was perfectly proper. which
brought Senator Baldwin to his feet
again. He said nothing could be done
in conflict with the spirit of the call
of the Governor, but Achi declared that
there was no specific purpose that could
be urged. He said any business that
might be brought up was pertinent now
and declared that if the Senate waited
until the regular session it would not
be possible to pass any municipal legis-
iation. Every party had declared for it
be unfuifilled.
Baldwin, disclaiming that there was
any desire on his part to fight the reso-
luton because he was opposed to its
object, and saying on the other hand
that he opposed it simply because it
was not the proper time for such ac-
ton, said that the desire seemed to be
to get the work into official hands that
the government might pay all the bills
connected with the drawing up of the
measures This he said might easily
raise question as to appropriations
with the House. That body might well
refuse to concur in any appropriation
for the purpose He contended that the
proper way was to appoint joint COM
mittee.
Senator Achi here returned to the
charge, reading the proclamation of the
Governor, laying stress upon the words
.'Such public business as may be
brought before it," He said he had as
much right as the Governor to claim
knowledge of what was for the good
of the public. Senator Kaiue here Of
fered an amendment, to the effect that
the committee consist of two Republi-
cans and three Home Rulers, saying
the majority would have the chairman
and another member, who might over
top the three minority members.
McCandless opposed Achi's motion,
saying the session had specific object
and that it should limit the work of
the session. He said every party was
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