The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-29

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and a better system of accounting
Received and fled
Senator Dickey reported back the
general liquor bill suggesting that there
! We're errers and repetition in the House
amendmf ats, and obJecting to the
term guests" in the section allowing
hotels to sell liquor. A Conference
Committee consisting of Brown, Isen-
berg, Kalauokalani. J. T. Brown and
Paris was appointed and a recess then
taken to allow immediate action,
TO PRINT JOURNAL.
/ Senator McCandless introduced res
olution providing for the printing OF
the journal of the Senate and distri-
button of two copies to each Senator
and one to each Representative. Adopt
ed.
] Senator Achis resolution allowing
the clerk forty days in which to make
= up the journal was adopted.
Achi's resolution to pay the clerk IS
a day additional from the first day of
the session. and another to provide for
extra pay for other employees OF the
Senate were referred to the Committee
on Accounts.
| Action on the House prostitution bill,
and to reorganize the Board of Health,
twas deferred.
The House bill to provide for fire n.y.
drants in Wailuku passed third reading
with IA ayes.
/ The Puma recreation ground House
i bill passed 13 to 1, Dickey voting no.
! The bill to provide against embezzle-
ment by public officials passed third
reading with Il ayes.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
! The House resolution on Desky's
Punahou streets was received and on
motion of McCandless adopted.
Senate bills SO, 127, 149. 1855 and lee
were returned from the House as
passed.
| CHINESE FUND BILL PASSED.
! The Chinese fund bill passed third
reading unanimously, with Is ayes.
/ Senator Dickey moved an amend
ment to require the Treasurer to pay
any balance at the end of six years to
/ the United States, but he received no
second. McCandless moved to strike
out the amendment of Brown requiring
the investment in bonds, saying the
House would not concur as 100000
would be called for in thirty days.
Brown replied that many of the claims
were doubtful, and that many of the
Chinese would not call for the money,
as they would be on record as laborers
and they could not return to China as
merchants. Isenberg and Baldwin
favored the bill as it came from the
House. The bond amendment was
stricken out and the bin passed.
Secretary Carter notified the Senate
that the Governor had signed the Ha-
waiian Electric franchise bill. the bond
bill, the food law. and the bill amend
ing the corporation laws.
senator Brown, for the Conference
Committee on the general liquor license
bill. reported, making a few changes
The report was adopted. Senator
Brown stated that one of the House
committee refused to sign the report,
as he was against the use of liquor in
any form.
Senate BIZ p, deferred forty-five days
ago. was tabled. 1t is the MeCandless
bill 10 give minority stockholders more
rights.
The bill providing punishment for
procurers passed third reading, u to 2
Achi and McCandless voting no.
The House bill to reorganize the
Board of Health was tabled.
Action on the thirteen House bills on
second reading was deferred
The Alvarez leper resolution was
tabled on the motion of Senator Dick
ev. He said it was preposterous to
bring in a resolution of such import
ance on the last day. Crabbe said II
was a vicious measure. creating one
man commission, and also that money
could not be appropriated BY resolu-
ton. Kalauokalani wanted the resolu-
ton adopted. and said that leprosy
treatment had not been successful IN
the mast and that the majority OF the
Hawaiians had the disease Senator
Baldwin didn't have much faith in DR..
Alvarez or a cure for leprosy. He said
that he had sent a Hawaiian to Ger
many TO try a widely advertised leprosy
cure. but without success. He had also
sent a man TO Japan with the same re-
suit. and believed there is no leprosy
cure. He also objected to debating to
the Board of Health what man should
be employed.
The ayes and noes Were called and
the resolution tabled on the following
vote.