The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-06-30
IN THE HOUSE.

The Senate informed the House by
letter of it's passage on third reading of
House Bill No. 6, the supplementary
unpaid bills act, with certain amend
ments Also, of its passage on third
reading of House lSili No. ., making APP
preparations for departmental uses for
two years under authority of the Loan
Act of 1908, with sundry amendments
which were set forth in the letter.
Mr.. Harris moved that the House
concur in the Senate amendments to
House Bill No. 6, which passed on the
Iayes and noes with but the dissenting
vote of Mr.. Lewis.
| Mr.. Harris made a similar motion
on the loan appropriation bill Mr..
| Fernandez moved that the House do
mot concur. Nice-Speaker Knudsen,
presiding, said the ayes and noes would
be called on the amendment for non
concurrence.
The ring being thus prepared the
fight began.
WANTS TO KNOW.
Mr.. Kumalae demanded to know why
the Senate had substituted govern
| lflenl lOT county III utSlb lldtlHS HeN
buildings. Mr.. Harris answered that
there being no county in existence the
government could not otherwise eXpend
the appropriations If the organization
of counties were delayed. Then, Mr..
Kumalae said, the best course was to
obtain an opinion from the Attorney
General on the matter of describing the
buildings in the bill. He moved to de-
| 20, Il ttnp e hn "a
unication and that the clerk be in
structed to present this subject to the
Attorney- General for his opinion as to
whether a loan could be secured under
the word county"
SPLITTING HAIRS.
whats the use of splitting hairs?"
Mr. Harris asked. Suppose the County
Act was held up by litigation, the Audi
tor could not draw warrant for new
court house at Wailuku or anywhere
else which Is designated as n county
building. 1t was a government build
ing as the Senate named 1t. They had
made the appropriations, which might
be lawfully expended whether for roads
or buildings mentioned in the bill.
| COUNTY OR NOTHING.
! Mr.. Paele supported the motion to
defer action for an opinion from the
IAttorney-General. BY striking out the
word county" they would show they
We're not loyal to the people, who sent
them there to support the county bill.
They had passed these items for coun-
ties and how were the counties to get
the money If they struck out the coun-
ties? Mr.. Harris asked him who was
to pay the interest on the loan. the
Territory or the counties. Mr.. Paele
answered that the counties would pay
their proportion, to which Mr.. Harris
rejoined that 1t was the Territory
which was responsible for the entire
loan.
Mr. Fernandez asked whence the Ter
ritory would derive the money II not
from the counties and was told by Mr..
Harris that it would come from the
whole country, just the same whether
there were counties or not,
DENOUNCES HIS PARTY
Mr.. Aylett declared himself against
the amendments. They proved what
people told him before the opening of
the Legislature, that the Republicans
were not sincere. His answer to such
informants was that he would go ahead
and support the county bill. He had
held that bill in his hands for eighteen
days. The shortest way out of the
present discussion was to refer the
question to the Attorney-General.
NO DICTATION.
Mr.. Pulaa did not see that anything
would come to the counties from the
bill as amended, He would not be
dictated to by the Senate, therefore
would move that the bill be rejected al.
together.
Mr.. Harris, seeing the drift of affairs,
offered TO withdraw his motion TO con-
cur with view of letting the Senate
amendments go to conference. Mr.,
Fernandez met this move with with !
drawal of his amendment of non-con-
currence. but withdrew the offer when