The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-09
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the whole mcngoose question, the end
of it being the passage of the bill
TELEPHONE BILL TABLED.
There was a slight furry over the
bin defining the status of married
women, but it passed, as was also the
income tax bill fixing the exemption at
$4,000 The bill granting franchise to
the Standard Telephone was less for
tunate. for it was tabled. The bill TO
regulate the sale Of opium was passed.
Then the daily struggle came, over
the bill to prescribe the method OF
drawing juries. The bill was long and
technical. and Kan!ho moved to dis
pense with the reading in Hawaiian.
Also. he moved to postpone considera-
ton indefinitely, because, he said, the
House had already passed resolution
to the effect that man who understood
Hawaiian alone could sir or jlries. and
this bin was contrary to that resoIu-
ton.
II would inform the member said
the Speaker. that the Governors mes
sage vetoing that resolution is now in
the hands of the clerk
That settled Kanihp. but not his mo-
ton. Andrade, at the suggestion IF the
Speaker. amended the bill to make i.
operative on August ]. and then Fer
nandez wanted to know some good
reason why the present law for draw
ing juries is not good enough Andrade
told him why. citing an instance Of
crooked work in jury drawing on the
part of certain judge and his clerk
while he was out on a circuit.
Where was that?" asked Fernandez.
Il do not wish to state, publicly,
where it was" replied Andrade. |
.Then oppose the bill" said Fer
nandez IF the member who intro
duced it can give no specific reason for
its passage
II will agree to satisfy the gentle
man.. said Andrade. 'if he viii come
down town with me-
Fernandez refused to do this. and
was going on to say something in Ha-
waiian which the Speaker said was no
part of the record. as it was not adj
dressed to the Chair. That closed the
the motion to. postpone was
lost and the bill passed.
RISE OUT OF CHILLINGwORTH.
The House was about to adjourn
when Kumalae insisted as question of
privilege upon knowing from
the Health Committee what had be-
come of his resolution to have the
Board of Health investigated. Chill
lingworth replied to him that the reso-
luton would be acted upon as soon as
it could be reached without doing in
Justice to the other matters before the
committee Five new bills have been
by the committee this day."
he said. IF the House will persist in
upon the committee more
work than it can do and is not then
satisfied, it would better call for the
of the committee. And If
the House feels that change should
be made, will be only too glad to re-
sign my position
linen the OO1AAAAAAblCC
brief report, and Speaker Beckley said
ne did not desire to entertain a motion
to adjourn until Friday afternoon to
permit the stenographer to go with the
committee to Kalihi Detention Station.
There is lots of legislative work to be
lone" he said. 1.-THE Senate has per-
nitted to go unchallenged in the public +,
press a statement to the effect that this {
House is the inferior body. 1 propose
% show that we are doing our work {
,ut the practice which has been follow
ID heretofore of putting Senate bills |
head of House bills will be followed S
10 longer. The Senate bills must come /
n their regular order. II the Special ]
Committee wants to visit Kalihi Re- I
ewing Station tomorrow morning the g
will be excused for that pur-
,ose. and they are authorized to take t
stenographer along. The House stem t
grapher and the House interpreter will h
he kept here for the business of this Q
louise"
And then came the adjournment
IN THE SENATE.