The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-21
THE SENATE.

The Senators got mixed up on the
Governor veto of the liquor bill yes
terday and compelled the withdrawal
of the McCandless railway franchise
bill, which was about all that was done
in long day.
Vice President Paris called the Sem
ate to oroer, President Isenberg being
still sick, but reported greatly improv-
ed. At the opening of the session n
letter from the Secretary of the Ter
ritory informed the Senate that the
Governor had signed the widow s right
of dover bill, ant. a communication
from the House was to the effect that
the new liquor bill had been passed.
Senate Bill SO, amending the tax
law, was indefinitely postponed on sec
| ond reading. u
Senate Bill 1875, providing for the
punishment of agents soliciting insur-
ance policies for companies not author
lied to do business in the Territory,
and licensing foreign insurance com
panies, was read for the second time
and debated at some length, Dowsett
saying that the law would merely cum
effect.
McCandless wanted to try to get
some money from the marine insurance
, law might have that result. Anyway
he wanted to try.
Dowsett explained that the tax could
not be collected, and then the Dowsett
motion to indefinitely postpone passed.
Senate Bill $50, the inheritance tax
| bill, on second reading was indefinitely
postponed, being measure of too much
importance to be considered hastily. q
Senate Bill 1872, establishing a basis
| for the taxation of the property of pub
lie utility corporations, passed second
reading. 1t will be read for the third
| time on Friday.
Senate Bill 140 to amend the Re-
vised Laws with reference to estrays
in and around Honolulu, on third read
| ing was passed without dissent.
MccANDLEsS BILL UP.
And then the fight of the day began
/ in the calling up for third reading
of Senate Bill ~, commonly called the
McCandless Railway Bill" to grant
! to John Lucas and his assigns the right
to build belt line around the Island
! of Oahu. Dickey began it by calling
| for the ayes and noes upon motion to
indefinitely postpone consideration.
, Bishop got the floor and made very
! temperate "rotest against the subsidy
! clause of the bill, against running
steam railway ON Queen street, and
| against giving the company the right
1 to use the public roads. He said he had
no desire to oppose railway legislation,
and no axe for this particular bill.
Dickey SAID the bill carried a viola
ton of the good faith the Territory
owed to the Oahu Railway and Land
Company and the Rapid Transit Com
pany.
McCandless, the introducer of the
bill, also spoke somewhat temporarily
in advocacy of the bill, claiming that
it was no violation of good faith to grant
franchises for parallel roads. If that
were followed out, the progress of the
Territory would be blocked. He said
that he had been told by one of the
Senators. that the stockholders of the
0. r. & l.. Co. had never paid dollar
for their stock. He did not go so far
as that But they had paid 100000
| for property worth $4,000,00O, and were
now pulling down "a per cent on that
besides paying interest on their bonds.
Then the ayes and noes were called
on the motion to indefinitely postpone,
resulting in a tie vote, six to six, as
! follows:
| Ayes Bishop, Dickey, Gandall, Ka-
lama, Paris, Wilcox-6.
Noes = Brown, Hayselden, Hewitt,
Lane, McCandless, Woods-6.
AcHI THE KILLER.
This was not the end, for McCand-
less moved that consideration be post
poned until O'Clock, and at the after
noon session the measure was called up
again on third reading. Dickey moved
an amendment knocking out all that
| portion of the bill granting franchise
along Queen street and to Waikiki and
through Kapiolani Park. This would
make the road BEGIN at Diamond Head,
and follow the coast along by Koko
i Head to the windward side.
McCandless opposed it, saying if
something was not done to make bust
ness in town, grass would be growing
on Queen street, and there would be no.
| body there to be run over. The amend
ment was lost.
~ move" said Dickey, "that con-
sideration of this bill be deferred until
! tomorrow. We have any number of bills
here to be considered that are import
| ant. / don t believe the introducer has
any idea that this bill will pass, and it