Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-04-17
HOUSE PASSES TORRENS AMENDED LAW
SENATORS WORK ON APPROPRIA TONS


recompense 1t for the work already
done. No responsible law firm would
accept less than $4,000.
Senator Paris then moved that si0,-
600 be inserted for this purpose.
Senator Dickey thought this was go
ing too fast and moved 10 raise incl
dentals to $4,000.
Senator Achi contended that the de-
cision of one case would bring about a
settlement of all the others, but Sen
ator Cecil Brown told him he had
case himself which was different from
any other.
Senator Paris explained that the
S2500 he asked on behalf Of the Attor-
ney General was not for a fee to Rob.
ertson & Wilder, but to defray the ex.
penses of the Attorney General or his
representative in defending the cases
for the Territory in Washington.
The item of $4,000 was inserted
Reimbursement of Chinese Fund
amount ". II. Wright's |. o. T., ST.
1891" was received with groans and
q motion by Senator Achi. seconded by
Senator Kaauokalani, to strike II out.
There was chorus of voices saying
the payment was obligatory on the
Territory. The item passed.
President Crabbe moved Senator Is
enberg in the chair to increase the
item of $4,000 for expenses of Terri
torial Building and Exhibit at st. Louis
Exposition to 100000. He spoke of the
magnitude of the Exposition and what
other States and Territories were do
ing. and the magnificent opportunity
afforded for advertising the Territory
of Hawaii.
The amendment lost. when Senator
Kalauokalani moved to make the item
$4,000. which carried by a good ma
jority.
Senator DiCkey moved to insert an
item of $4,000 for $4,000 copies Of q
forthcoming handbook of Hawaii for
distribution at the st. Louis Exposition.
He named the author of the work and
vouched for its value after having seen
the advance sheets.
Senator MCCandless moved In amend
ment to insert $4,000 for advertising
purposes at the Exposition.
Senator AChi moved in amendment
$4,000. the expenditure to be under the
direction of the Secretary Of the Ter.
ritory.
better to place the direction in the
hands of the Commissioners OF the
Territory at the Exposition.
The item passed at $4,000. to be eX-
pended under direction OF the Commits
sion.
Landings and Buoys.
Under this heading the item for Ha-
wall was reduced from $4,000 to $4,000;
that for Maui, $4,000 to $1,000; that for
Molokai, raised from $500 to $4,000 to
include Kalaupapa; outer districts,
Oahu, $1,000, struck out; lighthouse ex-
penses, raised from $4,000 to $500;
pilot boat, Hilo, 5000, inserted.
/ The expenses of numbering houses
in Honolulu, $500. was changed TO
$1,000 for six months.
I Lighting streets other than HonSlulu
was raised from $500 to $1,000.
/ Motions by Senator AChi for $4,000 for
/ lighting Waikiki streets and Senator
Kalauokalani for $500 TO illuminate
Lahaina were successfully lost.
Citizenship Question.
! President Crabbe, after the item OF
Sli. 400 for Honolulu Park Commission
had passed unnOticed by him, raised
the question II the new superintendent
OF KapiOlani Park was an American
citizen. Chairman lsenberg answered
that he was informed the officer came
here from the States. The speaker be-
/ lieyed good enough men could be OBJ
tanned in the United States for that
kind of work. He could go out and
run the blooming place himself They
had spent $4,000 to build house for tho
new man, where they had allowed Mr..
MCCullum to live in a shack.
The matter dropped.
Status of Bill.
| President Crabbe next raised the
point that the present was the third
reading of the bill.
Senator Cecil Brown ended con-
fused discussion on the point with the
.
ing had somewhat advanced II was
discovered "A mistake was made In vOt-
ing the items for six months only,
whereupon reconsideration was moved
by himself and carried.
The Clerks records confirmed the
foregoing statement.
Struggle to Work.
A motion to take recess till 1880 was
lost.
Senator Kalauokalani moved to ad-
journ till 10 o'clock today.
Before this could be put, Senators
Crabbe and Dickey moved for recess
to different times ranging between 2
and p. M, while Senator Cecil Brown
moved to adjourn until April 20. The
movers explained their tactics by say
ing the intention was to put the OPP
ponents OF a night session on record