The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-03-28
THE HOUSE.

ror an HOur anu mar yesterday
afternoon the House of Representa-
tives, in committee Of the whole, dis
cussed the first paragraph in the chap
ter respecting exemptions in the bill
relating to taxation.
This section as originally drafted,
specifically exempted clergymen of any
Christian denomination regularly en-
gagged in their vocation, regular mem
bers of the Hilo Fire Department and
Guard of Hawaii.
AS soon as the section had been read
and translated Rice moved to strike
it out in it's entirety.
KANIHo OBJECTED.
Kaniho was stunned. He is
preacher himself and the idea that
ministers of the Gospel should have to
pay taxes. struck him as being utterly
irreligious. He was willing to have
Hilos firemen and the National Guard
men pay-but ministers? Never.
pointing out that it was only right
that all classes should pay taxes. In
any event he said, it would be unfair
to favor Hilo when the volunteer fire
departments to be raised at Wailuku
and Lahaina would have to pay taxes.
AS for the clergymen, he said, most
of them were getting good fat salaries
and ought to pay their taxes.
Broad made an appeal to exempt the
clergy at all hazards for the clergy he
said had made the country what 1t is
today.
WHY NOT THE LAWYERS?
Fernandez had another amendment.
He suggested that since ministers were
to be exempted, attorneys should be
also The ministers saved peoples
souls and the lawyers their property;
surely all were benefactors alike? An.
drade thought the same way and sec-
onded the motion.
Kalino naturally enough 90. was for
) clerical exemption and Sheldon moved
to strike out the exemption of the Hilo
firemen and National Guard.
'As for the National Guard" he
said. II used to think that they were
intended to preserve the peace but
since coming to Honolulu have learn
ed that their principal use is to drink
beer"
Waterhouse TO meet the objection
raised by Harris. moved to include all
members of volunteer fire departments.
THE BUBBLE REPUTATION.
The temper of the House was plain
ly In favor of striking out the section
and Kaniho burst into speech once
morce with an attack on the National
Guard and defence of the exemption
of the clergy. The Guardsmen, he
said, ought to be taxed since they were
seeking "a bubble reputation at the
lannon's mouth"-which perhaps goes
to show that he does not know much
about the National Guard of Hawaii
The different amendments were lost
one after another. and on the straight
vote. the section granting the exemp-
. tions was stricken out altogether by
IA to 10.
t KAPIOLANI HOSPITAL.
When the question of exempting diff.
ferent public, educational, religious
and,c eleemosynary institutions was
: reached Mahelona moved to strike tn,
= Kapiolani Maternity Home off the list
He attacked the institution on the
n ground that he knew of Hawaiian WON.
en- who had gone there and had beer
q charged large sums for the services
rendered them.
s Nakuina pointed out that 1t was only
Q in the private rooms that charges wer,
!, made. Nothing was charged in tn,
public ward.
: The motion to cut out the Maternit,
! Home failed. The motion was mad,
I to add Lunalilo Home, Home for Incur
ables, and the Kona Orphanage to tn
; list of exempted institutions but tn,
: motion was deferred until particular
of the amount of taxes paid by then
!, could be ascertained.
i TELEPHONE BILL PASSES.
The Standard Telephone Company
= bill came up for third reading at tn,
= morning session of the House.
Kaniho objected to the bills passing
. because he thought 1t gave the com.
pany the right to lay its wires in con.
8 Quits and hence it might cross his owr
r private graveyard and dig up the re-
v mains Of his loved ones.
!, Andrade pointed out that all under
e ground conduits would be placed OF
Q the public streets so that It could no
d disturb any ones remains.
Q This did not satisfy Kaniho VIII,
thought that the telephone peopl
! might still plant poles in among tn
I, remains of his deceased loved ones.
!, A motion by Pulaa to indehnitel!
POSTPONE was lost,