Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-03-18
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Report of Finance Committee on AN
Act to license the brewing and sale Of
malt liquors. laid on the table TO be
considered with the bill:
We believe the amount of the lie
ense, $3.50, to he a fair and reasonable
amount for such license and recon.
mend that the bill pass"
Mr. Kumalae does not concur in this
report and it was on his motion that
consideration was deferred.
After reading the lengthy report
Of the Public Expenditures Commit.
tee, the County Bill was taken up in
second reading by title and passed.
Mr.. Chillingworth moved that the
bill be referred to committee Of seven
tC be chosen by the Speaker of the
House. There was Immediately o Wig.
OrOus answer from Mr.. Long, who de-
Clared that before the members sit.
ting in regular session was the only
place to consider the bin. Il should
be taken up section by section right
there and fought through. The senti.
ment Of the House with regard TO the
measure should first be ascertained be.
fore a reference Of the bill TO com.
mittee should be made. The Repre-.
sentatives had pledged themselves TO
the people to pass County Bill and
II was high time that the Legislature
was getting ut ii. He could not tell
what would become of the bill II II was
referred to committee. II might be
! killed. At any rate, the committee
would have the power to do with the
bill what II saw fit and.the other mem
bers would know nothing whatever OF
what was being done with the meas,
sure. He would reiterate his state
ment that the pulse of the House
should be felt before there was any
reference of the measure to a com.
mittee.
ChilIingworth Wants Work.
| Mr.. Chillingworth said that his only
object in moving for the appointment
OF committee was TO have the work
on the bill rusheu along. There were
twenty-five days OF the session already
gone and nothing had yet heen done
with the County Bill. He was perfect.
ly willing to follow out any course
whatever with reference TO the bill
that the House might see fit to adopt
and in order to have the matter rush,
ed along he would withdraw his mo.
! ton TO refer to n committee in favor OF
the motion Of Mr.. Long to refer the bill
L. the House sitting in regular session,
Influence Against Bill.
Mr.. Aylett said he was in favor of re-
ferring the measure TO committee
In this way only could the work be
rushed along. Mr.. Kumalae said that
in order to get the County Bill going
on its way II would be necessary to
! fight the measure out in the House. lie
knew there was some influence against
the bill and that il might fail. Indeed
he believed at the present time there
was danger of the bill failing of pas
sage. A great deal OF the time of Tie
session had already been exhausted
| H. the consideration of other matters
I and II there was TO be much more de-
lay in the consideration of the County
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would be passed at the last moment
go to the Governor, the time limit
would be exhausted, the Legislature
would have adjourned sine die, and
the people would be without the Coun'
ty Bill that had been promised them.
Mr.. Fernandez supported the motion
Of Mr.. Aylett to refer the bill to a
committee. the latter having renewed
the motion of Mr. Chillingworth which
had been withdrawn on the represen.
cations of Mr., Long having been made.
AS it was after IL noon when the
argument on what should be done with
the County Bill and as there seemed to
! be every chance of a long argument,
the House took recess until
O'Clock, From the present indications,
II would seem as II the House would
refuse to send the bill TO a committee.