The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-03-17
WORK OF SENATE.

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WORK OF SENATE.
The Senate spent the most of it's tm'
yesterday with discussion of the ap'
propriation bill which will probably
pass second reading today. In the aft
ernoon there was a lengthy discussion
OF the dental bill.
WATER COMMITTEE.
President Crabbe announced the spe-
| cial committee to which was referred
the Pauoa water petitions as follows:
Senators Isenberg, Cecil Brown, ]. T.
Brown, Dickey and Kaiue.
Senator Dckey presented petitions
from eighty-seven residents of Hama
kuapoko and fifty-one residents OF
Kula, asking that Wailuku be made
the county seat of Maui.
Senator Paris made a favorable re-
port on the special six months appro-
priation bill.
Senator Dickey moved that petitions
in duplicate be not read in full in the
future.
NEW BILLS.
Senator Achi gave notice of an act
to amend the law relating to habeas
corpus, also as to trial by referees.
Senator Crabbe gave notice of a bill
amending the law relating to internal
taxes.
Senator Woods gave notice of IAN
act to provide against adulteration of
food and drugs" All bills were ordered
printed.
TO EXPEDITE WORK.
Senator Crabbe moved that in the flu
ture all bills when introduced be re-
ferred to a special committee of three,
which should have power to kill them
Immediately without printing or trans
hating. He said that the time for hard
work had come, and that his plan
would make unnecessary the considera-
ton of a bill worthless on it's face.
Senators c. Brown and j. II. Brown op-
posed it, the former suggesting that 1t
was not legal, but that some special
day might be set for the introduction
of bills. Senator Crabbe withdrew his
motion.
FIGHT ON FISH INSPECTOR.
The Senate developed an economical
streak when the six months salary ap-
preparation bill was again called up.
The judiciary, police, attorney-gen-
erals department, treasury and tax
bureaus, public works, education and
other departments had passed without
a murmur. and it was left to the luck
less Board of Health to be the targets
of the Senate's economical shafts.
Senator McCandless moved to refer
the survey appropriations to a special
committee, but this was lost and the
items carried.
Senator Kaohi moved that the salary
of $500 for executive officer OF the
Board of Health be stricken out. There
was long and heated argument en-
tirely in Hawaiian and not interpreted,
but it finally developed that Kaohi
thought the president of the Board of
Health was the official concerned.
Senator Achi moved that the item be
cut TO $780, the old salary, which car
ried.
Senator Achi moved that the salary
of the register be cut from slO50 to $1,000
as at present and it was carried over
the objection of Crabbe.
The item for a Registrar General was
referred to the Committee on Health
ana Education as this is Il new office.
The next fight was on fish inspector
which was recommended by the Gov
ernor at $3.50. Senator Achi thought the
increase was justihable, Senator Ka-
lauokalani wanted it cut To $500 and
senator Brown asked that II be fixed
at $500.
The item in the bill lost, and also the
$500 item. Then Brown moved that it
be made $3.50 which carried. Senator
Kauh wanted the assistant fish inspec-
tor at Honolulu cut of altogether as
one was enough. The recommendation
was for $500 and Kalauokalani moved
that II be raised to $3.50 This was lost
and Dickcy moved that 1t be made $40,
This was also lost and the item passed
at $500.
AGAINST GOVERNMENT PHYSI-
CLANS.
The longest debate was on the item
Of Sl0,li0 for government physicians
which Senator Achi moved to strike out
and he argued in support of IL, that
there was no more reason for subsidiz-
ing doctors than lawyers. He wanted
the new plan tried for at least six
months. then the items could be insert
ed again. Senator Paris defended the
physicians and said they did good work.
and II was necessary To pay them in
the sparsely settled districts. Senator
McCandless said they didn't work any
way and they had to be paid privately
by poor people.
Senator ]. T. Brown said the doe
tors never treated the poor anyway and
even refused to give them the medi-
cine donated by the government, Cap