The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-07
THE COUNTY BILL HAS
PASSED BOTH HOUSES
Observation-Disclosures DAY.
THE SENATE.

On the adoption of the report of the
County Act conferrees, the Senate yes
terday morning passed the County Act,
by vote of eight to seven. And, at
that, the seven were not voting against
county government as exemplified in the
bill under consideration. That is,to say,
it cannot be said that they were un-
der the circumstances as they arose. At
least one man who voted opposition,
Senator Dickey, namely, at first cast
his vote for the adoption of the report,
and then changed before the announce
ment of the result, unquestionably for
the purpose of moving a reconsidera-
ton. Whether he will move a recon-
sideration remains to be seen. He has
at all events reserved the power to do
so.
The County Act came into the SEN
ate late in the morning session yester-
day on a report from the joint confer
ence committee made by Dowsett. The
report recommended that district to
be called Lahaina District and another
to be called Waikiki be made on the
Island of Maui, and that Oahu have
seven supervisors, and Hawaii seven.
There were divers amendments also
with reference to salaries of county Of
icers. The report was signed by the
entire conference committee, save Gan
dali, McCandless and Paris. Dickey
moved that the conference report be
adopted and the bill passed on third
reading.
WOULD INvALIDATE ACT.
Achi argued that the passage of the
report would invalidate the County Act
as the conferrees had gone beyond their
powers in changing the number of su-
pervisors in the counties, and in chang
ing salaries of officers. He moved that
the report be tabled, which motion Ka-
lama seconded. Being pleaded with,
however, Achi changed his motion to
one to refer back to the conferrees.
Kalama assented.
] Paris argued that parliamentary law
| had been violated in the meeting of the
conference committee, which made the
whole thing irregular.
! McCandless followed along the same
lines, arguing that the Senate confer
rees had not been able to protect them
| selves, one of their number voting with
the House conferrees. He pleaded that
| the action of the conference committee
| would throw the County Act into the
courts, and he believed would seriously
ieopardize the legality of the County
| Act.
| Dowsett defended his report, saying
| that he believed it was perfectly in
order. and would stand the tests of the
| courts.
| Achi once more argued that the con
ference committee had appropriated
more money than either House for sal
aries, and had gone beyond its powers
He believed that in signing this report
Dickey had gone beyond his convic
tions.
"He is too much of compromiser,'
said Achi.
At this point Dowsett arose to say
that he had just got word that the
House had adopted the report 26 to a
"That has nothing to do with thu
Senate snapped Isenberg. "That re
mark will not appear in the minutes ,
THE BILL PASSES.
Dickey good naturally denied that hi
was too much OF compromiser, o
that he was compromiser at all. HI
then explained why he had signed tn
report, ana quoted precedent from tn
Congress of the United States where
conference committee had raised tn
amount of an appropriation. Still h
did not advise the following of tn
precedent. 1t would be better to tax
no chances with the County Act.
The motion to refer back to the cor
ference committee was then lost, a
was a motion by Achi to table.
Dowsett then moved to adopt the r.
port, and on call of the roll this pass
ed to z. This passed the County Ac
The vote on Dowsett's motion stood:
Ayes Bishop, Brown, Dowsett, Hay
selden, Hewitt, Lane, Wilcox, Woods
8.
Noes-Achi, Dickey, Gandall, Isel