The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-11-28
SENATORS
WORKING
ON BOOKS
Committees Seek
For All the
Facts.

while the Senate committees are hard
at work upon their various inyestiga-
tisns OF the departments there seems
little chance that any conclusions viii
b. reached during the present week,
but that all viii 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 u
very quickly, and there has been added
a 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
hy the adoption Of a resolution present
ed by Senator Achi, calling for com
mittee of FIVE for the framing of bills
for city and county government for
submission to the Senate at its regular
session. The resolution is as follows:
Resolved. That the President of the
Senate in special Session is hereby au-
thorzed to appoint a committee of ilNe
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
the resolution the debate, which took up
nearly all the morning session, began,
Senator Baldwin took the ground that
since the Senate had been called for
specific purpose it was not proper to
new interject such matter into the busi-
ness of the body.
Kalauokalani in seconding the motion
thought 1t was perfectly proper, when
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
night be brought up was pertinent now
and declared that If the Senate waited
until the regular session 1t would not
be possible to pass any municipal legis-
lation. Every party had declared for 1t
and it must not be that the promises
be unfulflled
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 1t
was not the proper time for such ac-
tion, 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 a question as to appropria tions
with the House. That body might well
refuse to concur in any appropriation
fer the purpose. He contended that the
proper way was to appoint joint COM
paittee.
Senator Achi here returned to the
10, pIa,, ,.,ti Ton .,f ha
Governor, laying stress upon the words
Such public business as may be
brought before it," He said he had as
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
tsp the three minority members.
NcCandless opposed Achi's motion
saying the session had a specific object
and that it should limit the work OF
the session. He said every party was
pledged to its object and that each was
now framing bills for the purpose and
there would be plenty of material upor
which to work. The matter ended with
\ little personal talk and then, the pre-
vious question being ordered, the mo.
tion passed by seven to six, Achi voting
with the five Home Rulers and one
Democrat the other Republicans voting
ssldly against the resolution.
Senator McCandless then introduced
the following:
Resolved That a committee Of thre,
be appointed by the President of tn,
Senate, to investigate the affairs bust
ness and conditions of the Board o
Health of the Territory Of Hawaii.
This passed without dissent and Sena
tors Baldwin, Dickey and Woods were
named on the committee.
The appointments to minor office
were then taken up and Senator Bald
win moved their confirmation, upol
which a counter motion was made I,
refer them to the various committees
Senator Achi recommended that the Ad
vertiser, containing the lists, be pur
chased for the members and commit
toes, thus saving the cost Of havinI
new lists made, and upon concurrence
tbe Senate adjourned until this morn