The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-03-06
COMMITTEE ASKS
FOR MORE POWER
COUNTY ACT SHOULD BE CON
sIDERED IN CONNECTION WITH
OTHER BILLS.

The County Act committee met on
Saturday evening in order to prepare
it's report for the Legislature for today
The matter first discussed was the re-
ports of the members from the sew
eral proposed counties upon the salaries
of county officers, and Carl Smith had
stated the amounts that had been
agreed upon for East Hawaii. The
chairman called for Oahu. There was
no response for a moment, the mem
bers from this island not being ready
to report. Then the chairman called
for Maui, and Senator Hayselden said
that the salaries fixed in the bill were
satisfactory, except that he thought
the school agent for Lahana should
receive 1920 per month instead of 500
Before adjournment Senator Dow
sett offered a resolution asking that
the committee be allowed to take up
other bills. The resolution carried.
There is no provision in this bill
for raising revenue" said Senator Dow
sett, land a very material change has
been made, it is said to make it CON
form to a financial bill introduced into
the Senate subsequently to the intro
duction of this bill. This has not left
me with a great deal of confidence in
this measure. Indeed, l may say that
have lost confidence in it. And l
think that this committee should have
wider powers"
County Act Commissioner r. McCants
Stewart appeared before the Legislative
joint committee on the County Act and
at the opening of their session on Sat
urday evening, and while certain COM
mittees were reporting, interrupted the
proceedings with an apology saying
| that he had another engagement for
the evening, and therefore, asked per-
mission at that time to make a state
ment with reference to a matter which
would be a question of privilege, if he
were member Carl Smith stating
that he knew what Mr.. Stewart wanted
to say, objected to any interruption;
and Senator Hayselden said that he
would prefer to finish the business in
hand before listening to Mr.. Stewart, if
| ii We're a matter which would involve
a lengthy discussion. Mr.. Stewart
said that it would take three minutes
| Senator Hayselden and Mr., Long voted
to hear Mr.. Stewart, while Carl Smith
Mr.. Rice and Senators Wood and Dow
set voted against it. Later i'm the
evening Mr.. Stewart addressed the
committee saying substantially:
This latest effort to injure me by
charging that l changed the original
act of the County Act Commission, is
without foundation,
have not changed the original
County Act, nor the report, nor any
other paper nor do ! know that it is
changed, not even the typewriter copy
held by Chairman Holstein.
made a change in my printed legis-
lative copy; and, it was suggested to
certain members of the joint committee
that the committee make the change I
made as amendments i'm the course of
their consideration of the act; but
have changed no paper Of any kind.
| In regard to the general charge a
gainst him r. McCantse Stewart this
morning said:
1.-THE change which / suggested arose
/ nthis way: About two weeks ago I
saw Judge Cooper, and told him that
the chances were that the Merchants
Association and the other commercial
organization would not report any re-
venue act, and that would leave our
county act a lifeless body. I said that
| 1t was necessary for us to get our
county act under the cover of the pre-
sent tax system. I told him what I
thought could be done He said that
he was too busy to take the matter up,
as he was moving to his Manoa resi-
dence, but that he would consider the
matter, and 7 would hear from him,
when his rush was over.
"Soon after this conversation it was
stated in the newspapers that no re-
venue act would be introduced, I then