The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-03-17
IN THE SENATE


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After which Dit of pleasantly che
solons settled down and ala good
days work
The House notified the Senate Of
failure to concur ion Senate amendment
to House bill AZ. The Senate conferees
will be Gandall. Paris and AchL
The House likewise failed to concur
I'm amendments to House Bibb a. Bish-
op, Dickey and Hewitt were appointed
conferees This is the bin providing
for the display Of the flag ON school
houses and public buildings
The Senate this morning thorough
" debated and finally killed the Park
Reservation bill. McCandless moved
to strike out section one because he
claimed that the Tantalus reservation
was i'm the interest of a certain few
property owners. The debate ragged
around this.
Dickey said there was no question
about the power vested in the Land
Commissioner by the Organic act. The
Senate could not change that. But
II could indicate lands TO be set aside,
| and the Organic Act did not disturb the
| Forestry law. That was passed be-
| fore the passage of the Organic act
and was subject to action by the Ter
| ritorial Legislature. But he did not
] favor the Bishop amendment because
! he did not believe i'm shutting every
! body not fortunate enough to be there
now from the luxury Of owning homes
! on Tantalus. 1t was the greatest lux
ury he knew.
Wood argued that the whole bill was
unconstitutional and therefore out of
order. He moved the tabling Of the
bill. 1t was lost on a rising vote. Achi
casting the deciding vote.
McCandless made a second speech
in favor of his motion to throw ou'
the Tantalus reservation and Paris
once more urged the setting aside OF
lands for parks while the land belong.
ed to the government.
Gandall made a speech i'm Hawaiian
opposing the park reservation, the Ter
ritory being too poor to give it's land!
away and then pay for keeping thes'
parks in order. At the conclusion o
his speech, he moved that the bill b.
tabled.
Dickey made the point that the mo
ton was not in order and at Dow
sets request the motion was with
drawn temporarily. Dowsett then spok
strongly against the bill arguing
dissemination to dictate to the Lam
; Commissioner and the Board Of For
! estry.
: Lane yielded his time to Bishor
which was unnecessary under suspen
sion of the rules and the latter gentle
man once more urged that Tantalu
should all be reserved for all the pee
pie.
81 would like to ask how the pee
pie are to get up there" said lsenber
e TT it the purpose to build elevators
Bishop said that those who had n
4 way to ride could walk, but the par
would be for all.
o The vote REQUIRED on the McCandles
r motion to strike out the Tantalus re
servation and it carried on rising vot
u to 6.
- Dickey then moved to lay the bi
t on the table, and Bishop gave motto
e that he would withdraw the bill.
= Achi said a motion to lay on tn
d table could not be made more tina
= once on the same day, and Dickey rai'
ed the point of order that the Senat
S was i'm committee of the whole, an
- therefore the rule did not apply
o Then, on motion of Kalama the con
mitteee arose to recommend to II
/ Senate that the bill be laid on the tab
IS Chairman Achi reported according
If and the report was adopted, and Thu
lie kills the bill.
n House bill II, to provide for retul
e of summons and trial of causes
twenty days, passed third readiI
ID without dissent.
l. House Bill 49, the Quinn Sundi
law was amended so as to allow 70
10 logical gardens to be run on Sunda
&c and to permit fresh fruit to be sold {
I'd day. Dickey offered an amendme
Id providing that men working on Su
L day shall be entitled to double pay.
~ The Dickey amendment was lost
A. The vote then came on the passa
rs of the bill and it passed, all voting f
Us it save Dickey, Paris and Wilcox, a
as Wilcox was not present
e. The Senate then took a recess un
X o'clock.
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