The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-03-20
MANY BILLS
PASS BOTH
BRANCHES
Senate Receives
the Report On
Counties.
(From Wednesdays Daily.)


the Legislature yesterday with "A rush,
there being no delays in the work in
the upper house. The lower body gave
an exhibition of doing things for the
pleasure of undoing them, but withal
passing the emergency Appropriation
measure.
The Senate received the report of its
special committee on the county law,
and it is probable that there will be
action very soon, as there will be little
delay in getting the report typewriter.
The report makes many changes in the
measure and takes up the question of
alterations in the system of government
very fully.
The House has almost cleared up it's
small matters, passing many measures
on third reading reported from the
judiciary committee, and it Is likely
that the county law may yet have
chance In that body.
LOWER BODY GETS TO WORK.
The delay in getting the journal of
the House ready was extraordinary, the
business of the body not being taken
up until 11:15 o'clock yesterday morn
ing There was nothing in the way
of general work, and the Speaker inn
mediately announced that the order
was work in committee.
The House then went into committee
of the whole on the emergency appro-
priation bill. The new sections are.two
and three, prescribing for the approval
of all road work and prescribing eX-
penditure additional to the amounts as
appropriated, and that all work or sup
plies above $500 shall be let by con-
tract.
PROVIDE CITIZEN CONTRACTORS.
Kupihea wanted to amend the con-
tracing provision by inserting the
words "to citizens who shall have the
lowest bid" He said he had sus-
picion that work was being let on ac-
count of commissions; he said he be-
lieved to bidders whose tender was
not the lowest, but who he believed had
some influence. 1t was to prevent this
that he wanted his amendment adopted.
After discussion, the amendment was
made coherent by providing that the
bidder shall be a citizen of the Terri
tory and of the United States, and the
lowest responsible bidder as well.
There was a long discussion and sew
eral amendments, aiming at the same
point, to exclude others than citizens
from bidding on contracts. The argu-
ment was without much force or effect,
and finally the amendments were lost.
Fernandez said the voting down of the
amendments was blow at the people.
He was called up by Harris, who said
the resolution passed prohibiting the
employment of aliens on public works
covered all these contracts and the
people were sufficiently protected. The
section finally was knocked out by
vote of IL to II on motion to adopt,
after which the House took a recess.
RECONSIDER MORNING ACTION.
Immediately upon reassembling, the
House went into committee of the whole
house and Kupihea again presented his
amendment to section 4, and there was
a wrangle over the disposition of the
amendment. The stenographer's notes
showed that the section had been lost
en- out of the bill. Kupihea then moved
and stricken out. Kupihea then moved
ing he was again to the front with his
amendment. Keliinoi raised the point
of order that the amendment had been
disposed of once, and chairman Chill
order. whereupon Kupihea appealed
and the chair was sustained. The sec
tion was then passed
Kupihea carried on his fight, moving
that the enactng clause be stricken
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been out of doors but little. He is
but has been afflicted with sever,
been in the house nearly all of the
HAWAIIAN IL
The House has recently voted
government reports. The practice
sentative Gillett, of Mass, has been
the need of reform. In speech b