The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-03-10
THE SENATE.
NINTEEENTH

NINETEENTH
Yesterday, just before their adjourn
ment the Senators decided that they
would reconsider the Sunday law, pass
ed on Wednesday, to give ex-senator
Baldwin of Maui a chance to be heard
on the measure, and thereby put them
selves in a position where the House
can read them a lecture, If 1t sees fit.
1t will be remembered that the House
not long ago passed a bill providing
FOR the filing of appeal bonds and sent
1t to the Senate, where 1t was read for
the first time Then the House changed
its mind about the bill, deciding to re-
consider. 1t got the measure back, but
not until the Senate had read it little
quiet lecture upon the point. And, If
the House has already passed the Sun
day law on first reading, will II be less
censorious than the Senate?
HOW RECONSIDERATIO CAME.
The motion to reconsider the Sunday
law came on motion of Bishop. The
Senator said that there was n distin-
guished citizen, a former member of
the Senate, who had expressed a desire
to be heard upon this measure, and he
thought the courtesy of hearing should
be extended. He did not name ex-senator
Baldwin, but that is the man neverthe-
/ less. There was some protest, because
the bill had already gone to the House.
but Bishop claimed the right TO his mo-
I ton under the rules as the bill had
been passed within twenty-four hours
He was in order, too, and on a rising
vote ii was decided TO ask the House
to return the bill. and to reconsider the
vote upon it, Those who did not rise
were Brown, Hewitt, Lane, McCandless
and Gandall, and the last named did
not get up at all.
I'd BOUNTY ON COFFEE.
From the Public Lands Committee
Mcoandless presented the following:
your Committee on Public Lands
Internal improvements, Agriculture
etc. to whom was referred House Con
current Resolution No. 8. relating to q
bounty on coffee, respectfully report as
follows:
I'VE have had the same under careful
consideration and while we believe the
objects of the resolution are good, we
cannot recommend that the resolution
pass in its present FORM believing 1t tC
be class legislation, and would recon.
mend that the resolution be amended
to read as follows:
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
"Be it resolved. by the House o
Representatives and the Senate of III
Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii
Whereas, the coffe industry of thi
Territory is now in a depressed condi
ton and many of the plantations ar
threatened to be abandoned on accoun
of the continued low price of the prod
uct and the large quantities of coffe
imported into the United States from
Mexico and Central America free o
, duty; and,
Whereas, there are within this Ter
ritory. large areas of land suitable I
the cultivation of coffee and there ar
> large areas of coffee lands in the Phil
ippine Islands and Porto Rico, new pos
sessions of the United States; and,
Whereas large amounts of America
capital are now invested in this IN
dustry in the Territory Of Hawaii an
, in ths new posse ssions of the Unite
, States, providing employment to man
t citizens unable to compete with tn
, peon labor OF South and Central Amel
lea; and.
3 PROPER ACTION.
, Whereas. it is meet and proper this
this industry and the citizens engage
; I'm IL should be encouraged and pre-
tected for the benefit of the Territor
. of Hawaii and the whole of the Unite
!, States and its possessions; and.
Whereas, distinguished commissio
of the Honorable Senate of the Unite
!, States. which lately visited the TER
!, tory of Hawaii and reported the san
:, to the Senate of the United States. rec