The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-06
VERY HARD
MATTER To
FORECAST
Line on Coming
Work of the
Legislature.
Not Even the Leaders
Can Predict
Events.
Nobody Knows What's Coming,
But County Law Seems
Mcasurabiy Sure.

It is a pretty hard matter to fore
cast the work of the lower house for
the coming week. 1t is, in fact, pretty
difficult to forecast the work of the
lower house for any week, or any day
or any period of time. 1t is doubtful if
the so-calIed leaders of the lower house
know, from day to day. what it is their
own purpose to do, to say nothing of
what the members who are not leaders
may set about.
But. so far as anything can be fore
cast about it, it seems that an effort
viii be made this week to get some
kind of reconsideration of the vote
tabling the report of the conference
committee on the appropriation bill.
The tabIing of that report leaves the
emergency appropriations up in the air
and the emergency is as pressing as
ii ever was In fact, it grows more
pressing. every day. That is the I'M
comfortable habit of emergencies. If
something is not done about the bill,
of course there viii be no money avail
able to pay claims already accrued, and
that means that the credit of the Ter
ritory win be hurt. And then, the spir-
It that has been shown in dealing with
this matter is not altogether as cred
liable as it might be, either.
1t does not look, now. as though the
House would even attempt to get at
the regular appropriation bill during
the week. There are number of bills
to be passed" said a member of the
House yesterday Most likely we will
wait until the appropriation bill comes
down from the Senate before attempt
ing to get to work on it. There will be
economy of time in that course
AS a matter of fact, a number of
members want special session, and
these are not at all anxious to get to
the appropriation bill, because that is
the whip they hope to hold over the
Governor to make him give them what
they want These members argue that
there must be an emergency to coerce
the last ten days of the regular session
by reason Of the power of the pocket
veto, and the necessity for appropria-
lions is considered to be sufficiently
of the House itself who do not want
to sit beyond the regular time, and
these may whip the others into line.
County bill legislation, what with the
in the House of the Long bill, which
now goes to the Senate, seems to be up
to the senior body. Nobody appears to
know how the Long bill stands in the
Senate, or whether it will stand at all.
1t has some enemies in that body, at
all events, and so far no one has APP
peared as it's peculiar champion. The
Senate seems inclined to rest, in fact,
on it's own municipal bill. AS to the
county bill proper, that will go to the
conference, of course and viii perhaps
be passed, in the end. The members
are about all pledged to some legis-
Iation of that kind, although there is
more than one of them who wishes he
was not
The coming week gives promise of
being lively one in the Senate. The
fun will begin today. when the VIM
ston franchise bill comes up for further
consideration. The bill was left in an
unfinished state on third reading at
the time of adjournment Friday, and
the half day session Saturday gave no
chance for it's further consideration.
Just at present the bill seems to be
in bad shape. The promoters and sup
porters of the bill are not willing TO ac-
cept the franchise with the amendments
proposed by the committee, which gives
a roundabout right of way and denies
the road access to Queen street. while
on the other hand there are strong
opponents TO granting the right in any
form than that designated by the COM
mittee. The principal objection ap-
pears to be the threatened infringement
Of rights already granted to the Oahu