Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-04-21
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posed to it. They had passed a gen.
pass another municipal Act just to suit
one particular county? It seemed abb
lyuri that the whole Island should be
one municipality, with Honolulu gov.
,srning districts fifty miles away 4
city government is a city government.
II would be just as consistent to
tnake Maui and Molokai a city.
Senator Achi said his reason for
wanting to adopt the report was that
ae wanted plan to work on. So many
amendments were proposed by the
committee that members could not un'
tlerstand the bill.
Senator Baldwin reminded him that
rhe adoption OF the report carried all
Its amendments without any opportu-
DIty for modifying or pertecting them.
The result would be that after third
reading a lot Of bluuders would re.
main as was the case with the County
Sill. His parliamentary experience
was that a bill went to third reading
as nearly perfect as possible. Under
che monarchy a better plan than that
~ typewritng was in vogue, a bill for
rhird reading being engrOssed in large
letters so that errors might be easily
discovered.
senator AChi spoke Of the short
time remaining for passage Of the bill
4afV Ia. In
with the people of this town than Sen
ator Baldwin, who was a rich man and
sound his associates among the veal
thy class.
Other Islanders.
Senator Dickey undertook to answer
che objection to the views OF members
rom the other Islands. Senators were
elected to represent the whole country
as well as their own respective 1sl.
ands. He objected to this bill be-
cause II did not give the people Of Ho'
nolulu the right to say whether they
want municipal incorporation or not
In answer to Senator Isenberg he said
ne knew the Chamber Of Commerce
had recommended the bill. but he de-
MED the right of the Chamber OF Com.
merce to dictate the passage Of the
bill. Senator Achi asked him III the
people were asked to pass on the Coun'
ty Bill, and he replied that he had
tried to get an amendment to the
County Bill giving the people tnat
right.
NO Force Intended.
Senator McCandless disclaimed any
disposition to force the bill on the
Senate by passing its second reading
without discussion. II was the custom
of the Senate to pass bills on second
reading by adoption Of reports of com
mittees. They had passed several
bills in that way this morning. He
favored the bill because without its
passage they would have three govern
ments for Honolulu. In answer to Sen
ator Cecil Browns remark that the
proposed municipality could not raise
a cent OF revenue, he maintained there
would be double taxes after this year.
At the next election the county gov.
eminent would have taxes fixed.
Straight Opposition.
Senator Cecil Brown was in favor OF
county government but not Of city mu'
inicipal government as proposed. He
believed that II this Municipal Bill
passed the day would come when ey'
cry member of the Legislature who
voted for It would be cursed from one
lend of the Island to the other. They
would not be able to get one dollar OF
revenue under It's bill as 1t came from
The committee. The whole revenue
that the City and County Of Honolulu
should get was wiped out. II would
be the Island Of oahu without any
government or just the kind Of govern
ment II had today. They could only
TAX the County of Oahu per cent. ac'
cording to the County Bill, one-half Of
which was to go into the Territorial
Treasury. II they passed this bill they
could not raise one dollar OF revenue.
Senator Achi held that the bill pro-
Vided for revenue. pro rata for the city
and county. It gave 25 per cent OF
taxes to the Territorial treasury. He
said Senator Brown was not in touch
with the lower classes as he was. This
bill was the only way Of preventing two
taxes. Reply to a question by Senator
Baldwin, he said this bill repealed the
County bill as to Oahu. There was a