The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-04
BROWNS PROPOSED
NEW COUNTY LAW


Senator Brown VIII go TO Honolulu
this week With a county government
bill in his inside pocket, He viii in
terrupt the chaplain in his opening
prayer in the endeavor to make the
Hilo county bill number one on the list
tot measures introduced at the special
lsession.
This bin is said to be favored by the
senators and Representatives of this
side of the island OF the Home Rule
faith. 1t is claimed by its supporters
that the bill has been so drawn that
the OBJECTIONS of the Supreme Court
Will not prevail against it. It's trainers
propose to have it go into effect in
thirty dayS-a celebrity altogether un-
known TO the Loan Fund appropriation
bill.
The Hilo county bill to be introduced
by Senator Brown is composite of the
best wisdom OF Home Rule statesmen
lof this island. The work of drawing
it up was done by j. L. Smith, who is
confident that the measures will stand
the test of popular criticism and judi
cial scrutiny. The bill or bills which
are four in number provide that they
shall take effect April 80, 1904 The of
fcials VINO We're elected by the Novem-
in the several counties for the first eight
| months. After January 1, 1905, the
Governor shall appoint the county COM
missioners. a bare majority only shall
be appointed from any political party.
The salaries of county officials are to
be fixed as they We're under the old law.
i The bonds are to be reduced. County
commissioners will receive only $25 per
month with five dollars per day for
actual time served, sessions to be linn
| tied to five days in each month. The
commissioners are to have power to
contract for transcripts of the land rec
ords in the Registers office at Homo
lulu and transfer them to the respective
counties.
| The surveyor is to receive a small
salary and a per diem when working.
| No County Auditor is provided for,
all auditing of books of County officials
to be done by the Territorial Auditor
who shall have extra compensation for
such service.
The County Government scheme is to
be effected by the passage of four acts.
| Senator Brown says he will put the
! bills through as slick as a cat.-Hilo
/ Tribune.
. . . . 9 . .. .
ing to seek the deepest hollow between
the highest creStS, While last night
little web-footed wanderer attracted
by the electric lights, dashed on board
and fell exhausted and stunned on the
deck.
He was of yelvety dark-brown, with
a few white tail<feathers a crested
head, and a curious, two-storied black
! beak. Altogether he was most deli
cate and aristocratic little biped, and
soon became quite tame, lying in our
hands as if he enjoyed the novelty of
being petted by his human brother voy
, ayers on the great Pacific.
Where did you come from, little wan
derer out of the blackness of the night,
out of the vast, unfurrowed Pacific?
On what lovely coral island is your
home nest? What were you doing so
far away from shore?
Are all your brothers and sisters SO
velvety and sleek, SO bright-eyed and
confiding?
What did you think of men and wom-
en-, those strange creatures, though
bipeds like yourself, who caught you,
and stroked you, and fondled you, and
then let you go once more?
Well you will never tell US, for you
flew off into the great, wide, black, |
turbulent sea, just as if you We're en-
tirely unafraid and at home, and as if |
you felt sure your Father careth for |
you. You were right, for so He does.