The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-28
THE SENATE.

Because of a suspicion, rightfully oil
wrongfulIy based that it could be
twisted into an act in behalf of the
Dairyman.s Association, and because OF
a. very decided disinclination in the
Senatorial mind to put any more pow
Rer into the hands of the President OF
the Board of Health, which disinclina-
ton was somewhat emphatically ex-
pressed in the debate, the Hayselden
milk bill was defeated on third read
ing in the Senate yesterday. And Sc
the man VINO keeps a few COWS can
be relieved of the apprehension which
the terms of the act had raised in his
mind.
The bill came up in the regular order
on third reading. we'll along in the
morning session of the Senate. Presi-
dent Isenberg asked to be excused from
voting on the measure. and was ex-
cused. Then Paris began the work OF
destruction by asking whether it was
intended that the provisions of the bill
should apply TO everybody who kept a
few cows and sold milk to the neigh
bors.
1T covers everybody who has a Ii
cense to sell milk answered Bishop.
'That is just exactly who it is in
tended to cover" said McCandless.
Senator Dickey got the floor at this
point. and read from the revised Stat
utes to prove that the bill was un-
necessary in that the Board of Health
had abundant power under the law as
it stood 10 attend to the proper SANTA
tion of dairies.
HAYsELDEN's DEFENCE.
IF that is true" said Mr.. Haysel-
den. arguing in favor of the passage
of his measure. Il do rot see that 1t
can do any harm to pass this measure
1t has been urged against this Dill that
if it is passed the Board of Health VIII
have power to go into every man COW
yard and make him put down a cement
floor in II. / do not think that Is
reasonable argument but if the Board
of Health should find that cement
floors are necessary, then it should
~compel the putting down of them. rms
bill is a measure intended to apply
to the outside districts, where most of
the milk is sold by Asiatics, and where
without some such measure as this the
people would have no protection at all.
1t was not intended to apply to Ho-
nolulu where there is abundant pro-
lection The Board of Health is here.
If the Board of Health is not compe-
tent to draft proper and reasonable
regulations under the bill, then vote
OF lack of confidence is in order. But
if we have Board of Health, we
should trust it.
And I hope that the Senators from
the outside districts. at least, will vote
for the bill
Achi said that the Board of Health
permitted the fouling of the water used
at Koolau school within two hundred
yards of the school house. and protests
We're unheeded.
Senator McCandless bore this out.
''The Board of Health says that my
cows are doing that" he went on.
'eThat statement is absolutely false L
have no cattle on that side of the is
land. That water is fouIed by swim
ming pool within two hundred yards
of the school and the Board of Health
permits 1t. There is law enough. but
the Board does not enforce it. ana
think it is hieh time We did get a Board
OF Health that would enforce the law.
THE BILL BEATEN.
The vote then came on the bill. and
Il. Aas beaten, eight 10 six, by the fol-
lowing vote:
Ayes.Bishop, Brown, Dowsett, Can