The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-21


drade, Damien and Kaniho favored the
bin as introduced. Harris urged action
instead of tabling reports, and the re-
port of the majority was adopted.
! The Finance Committee likewise sub
mitted salary and general expense ap-
preparation bills for the period from
July to December 81 OF the present
| year. Both bills passed first reading.
These are measures based on the pres
ent expenditures for the various de-
partments.
The McCandless corporation bill was
reported favorably by Harris and An
drade, and adversely by Damien and
Kaniho. The Harris report was adopted.
ed.
On the Wright bill to encourage a
new telephone, system on Hawaii the
committee split. Harris and Andrade
! believing that the powers granted I'M
! der the bill were too broad. and the
others favoring it's passage. Laid on
the table.
On the Paele bill providing for the
payment of claims of persons impris-
onee in 1895 there was a favorable re-
port, which was approved.
TAX ON STOCK CERTIFICATES.
AS to the stamp tax on stock GER
tificates, the committee reported favor
ably on the repeal bill, showing that
only $6,225 had been received in the
past two years, and that foreign invest
ments had been materially affected by.
the tax. Damien and Kanihc assented.
The reports were tabled, to be consid-
ered with the bill.
KAPIOLANI ESTATE BUILDING.
The Public Lands Committee reported
that it had taken much testimony, but
doubted the advisability of making a
report on a subject which was essen
TALLY one for the courts. The COM
nittee said that if there had been en-
croachment the land so taken was the
property of the United States, and this
Legislature could not act without do
ing so in conjunction with the United
States Congress. The report of the
committee was tabled, which drew
from Chairman Kupihea the remark:
THAT settles the question:
kauai RAILROAD BILL PASSES.
Under the order of the day the Kauai
railroad franchise bill came UP for con-
sideration.
Kumalae again moved to indefinitely
postpone the bill. changing his motion
to one to strike out section Is. which
provides exemption from taxes. This
was found to be out of order as such
motion had been voted down on Sat
urday.
AyIett made hard fight for the
measure, saying the members had voted
exemption for sisal and other things for
ten years. Yet here, with five years
exemption, the members were opposed
to action. He said the company should
be encouraged as the building of the
road would increase values. He called
attention to the fact that the Chamber
of Commerce had spoken against ex-
emptions, yet in another part of the
same communication had asked a fran
chise for the Standard Telephone Com
pany. He asked every one to let Kauai
have what the people there want.
Fernandez took the position that the
road would be owned by the wealthy
men and there would be no hardship.
GandalI insisted that the road would
be a benefit to all and pleaded with the
members to grant the request for the
franchise, saying other islands had rail-
road lines and the people of his island
would be benefited.
Keliinoi endorsed this position, and
Kumalae vociferated against the ex-
emption of taxes in this particular in
stance He wanted to talk long, but
the previous question was demanded
and ordered, motion to take a recess
being voted down. The vote came on
the motion to indefinitely postpone, and
resulted in a show of only seven mem
bers against it. the bill passing 20 to z,
finally.
The House then, at 12:45 O'Clock, took
a recess
SENATE BILLS REFERRED.
The Afternoon session opened with the
referring of the Senate bill to reorgan-
ize the militia to the Military Com
/ mittee; the Senate bill relating to
building permits to the Judiciary Com
mittee; Senate bill to protect private
property against explosives, to Ju-
dietary; Senate bill to .reorganize the
judiciary. to provide for enforcing de-
crees in equity, to Judiciary.
| The Senate bill to regulate the en-
| ployment of citizen labor on public
works came up, and Keliinoi moved to
limitation as to citizenship be Terrific
rial instead of national, and Aylett pro-
| posed that the eight hour day must not