The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-26
THE DEBATES.

claim, said he knew nothing about the
case. but the value set on the land
was $500 an acre. He quoted Senator
to sell taro land in the same locality
for $32 an acre.
Mr.. Baldwin said he had looked into
Judge Kalua's claim and was inclined
at one time to vote for it over the veto,
| but concluded that to pass it would
bring an endless amount Of claims in
to the Legislature. Under the Republic
the o. R. & L. Co. rested on its legal
rights in the hope of obtaining an OBJ
ject more easily through the Legisla-
ture, but the Legislature declined to
assume the functions of the courts In
the present case the speaker would
support a bill or item to pay any Judg-
ment that might be rendered in favor
of the claimant
POLICE TELEPHONES.
Senator Achi in support of the veto
on that subject, said the telephones in
their houses enabled the police to stay
at home and work about their places
] instead of reporting every morning in
person to the deputy sheriff. They
agreed to have the money taken out of
their pay, yet now they came to the
Legislature with a complaint. Every
man who joined in this attempted raid
ought to be discharged, and ten men
| Mo
vacant. Lots of those men were his
personal friends. but he could not
avoid opposing their claims.
Senator Paris approved of the re-
marks of the previous speaker and said
all of the men were notified that they
would have to have a telephone.
Senator Kaohi qtoted Senator Will
cox and members of the lower house as
saying the police of the other islands
were allowed telephones at public ex-
claimants, who had paid IS for uniform
and IS for telephone for some years,
and the $50 to his name In the bill
was not enough.
ones getting telephones free on the
Maui force were sheriffs, deputy
sheriffs and captains.
Senator J. T. Brown quoted Kaiama
of Hilo as protesting ne did not want
telephone, as he lived near the court
house. When the voting began he said
H. It. Lake and VIM. K. Keolanui were
| tn
Kaiama, next on the list, also was
captain, but when President Crabbe
blandly asked if all the Hilo police
were captains he reduced Kaiama's
rank to lieUtenant's.
THE LOAN BILL.
| The two years appropriation bill I'M
der the Loan Act came UP for third
reading, which was in progress when
| the Senate took recess from u m. to
| 2 D. m.
| A deadset was made by Senator Nc
| Candless to knock out the pet items of
Senator Baldwin for wharves in the
Maui district. He said the bill was in
excess of the Governments borrowing
power and all on account of those Ma
vi items Senator Baldwin corrected
him by saying the Maci items were in
the bill as it came from the House and
the increase was due to doubling the
Honolulu wharves item. Further, he
repeated his argument of yesterday
that an excess over the borrowing linn
it would but give the Government
certain degree of choice between eX-
penditures that We're necessary and
those that might prove to be imprac-
ticable.
The assault was supported by only
four votes.
Senator Paris moved TO insert $780,
600 for a wharf at Kealakekua Bay.
as recommended by the Superinten-
dent of Public Works. This was lost,
to T. Senator McCandless. after the
Kahului wharf item had passed, NOV
ed a reconsideration of the Kealake-
kua Bay vote. "since the other islands
were receiving cousidera tion,' on
which Senator Baldwin sarcastfcstlly
inquired if the member thought Oahu
was the only island entitled to con-
sideration. The motion was lost.
HONOLULU ARMORY RAISED.
on motion of Senator Isenberg the
item of $50. 600 for an armory in HO-
nolulu was raised to $50, 900. This was
the only change of amount made in the
bill at the morning session. Senator
J. T. Brown had names of districts
tackled upon items for schoolhouses on
Hawaii, drawing from Senator Bald
win the facetious motion that Sand
witch Islands be also inserted. This
carried in a spirit of fun but immedi-
ately afterward reconsidered and re-
versed.
Senator Dickey made an unavailing
attack on the new jail for Oahu. 500
GOO. saying the old one was crowded
but would do"
Senator Achi secured an addition Of
S13. 900 for installing the high lift
pump at Kalihi. making the item s23,-
600.
The bill passed third reading, 10 to
I Cecil Brown voting the solitary no.