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voted against it. but some changed to
the affirmative.
Senate Bill 100, relating to the Reg
istrar of Conveyances and providing
for the appointment of deputy. was
called for third reading and passed.
FIGHT ON GAS BILL
Senate Bill %, the w. w Dimond gas
bill, was called for second reading.
McCandless wanted bill "A, relating to
the same matter, considered, at the
same time. He thought the franchise
was worth to the Territory $4,000 and
he wanted the franchise put up to the
highest bidder. c. Brown said the only
motion before the house was to consid-
er bill %. Kalauokalani said he under
stood why the committee on public
lands wanted to defer it to Monday for
the sole purpose of killing bill g. The
bill had passed the former Legislature.
The motion to lay it over was lost.
The bill was then read section by sec
ton. McCandless moved to strike out
the words "w. w. Dimond." 1t was the
duty of the Senators to look out for
the interest of the people. The new
bill was a better one. The franchise
should be put up for sale. The Senate
should not give money to one single
person The Dimond bill gave advan-
tages only to Foreigners and not to
the local people. and the new bill, "a.
gave the city fifty more lamps than
did the DiInond Company bill.
Kalauokalani moved to adopt the sec
ton as read. He said the petitioner for
the franchise was an Island boy. not
foreigner Baldwin said he was op-
posed to granting a franchise given in
the name of a single individual He
said be thought it should be a general
act, without being given to an inoivid-
ual, although he had no objection to
w. w. Dimond getting the franchise.
He could not vote for a measure which
Disseminated in favor of any single in
d:yidual.
OPPOSED HIS OWN BILL
Dickey, who introduced the Dimond
bill, said he was not aware that new
bill was to be introduced, and he could
not vote for the passage OF the bill
under the circumstances. He moved an
amendment to make it read to grant
the privilege of manufacturing gas to
the person or corporation that viii pay
the highest amount Tor the franchise.
Paris Inquired whether the Legisla-
ture could give franchise to any one
without the approval of Congress. It
looked to him as though the Legislature
was trying to sell something it couldn't
deliver. Dickey thought that if the
bill was a general act this would con-
form to the provisions of the Organic
Act. He thought a brand new bill
should be brought in.
C. Brown said by his Interpretation of
the Organic Act such acts as proposed
must be approved by Congress- 1T
before it was put UP at auction.
ACHI MAKES INQUIRY.
Achi said if the proposition 20 sell the
gas bill at auction stood good, then
McCandless's railroad bill giving Win |
ston privileges should be sold at auc-
ton. Also. if the auction money was |
paid into the treasury and Congress did |
not approve the bill, then the money
would be tied up and the next Legisla- |
ture might refuse to refund It, KaIau- |
okalani moved that the section pass s |
read. The amendment to strike out |
w w Dimond" was first offered ana |
lost kalauokalanfs motion carried. |
leaving the section with Dinond's /
name in IT. An amendment was insert
ed whereby the company viii put in so I
free city lights and five additional |
for each year thereafter The act as /
amended passed its second reading. 1t /
will be read for the third time on |
March %.
The Senate adjourned to 10 u m. to-
day.