The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-16
HOUSE TAKES Up
QUESTION Of TAXATION
Senate Has No Morning Session.-The British
Claims Again..-Fuss Over Veto Public
Lands.-Lane's Leprosy Bill.
THE SENATE.
TwENTY-FoURTH DAY.

THE SENATE.
TWENTY-FOURTH DAY.
There was no morning session of the
Senate yesterday, owing to the funeral
| ceremonies attendant on the departure
| of the remains of the late Mrs. Jane
l.. Stanford for San Francisco. Presi-
dent Isenberg called the Senate to or
| der at 2 p. M, when Chaplain Parker
offered an opening prayer.
COMMUNICATIONS.
|, A letter from Secretary Atkinson in
| formed the Senate that Governor Car
| ter had signed Act 4, providing for in
| dexing the records in the office of the
| Registrar of Conveyances. Another
letter stated that the Governor had
signed joint resolution No. 4, author
| izing the Secretary to give the MEM
bers of the Code Commission and of
| the County Act Commission, and the
| clerks thereof, each a copy of the Re
vised Laws of Hawaii.
A letter from the House stated that
Senate resolution No 10 had been laid
on the table of the House. This was
Achi's resolution to ask the banks
about terms on which they would dis
count county warrants.
THE MOLOKAI VISIT.
Another communication from the
House was an invitation, asking the
members of the Senate to join the
House Committee on a visit to the
Leper Settlement, Molokai, on Satur-
day evening the 18th inst, in Wilder's
steamer Kinau.
Dowsett was first to speak. In view
of the fact that an invitation had been
extended to them, he thought it should
be accepted by the Senate and that
they pay one-half of the expenses, said
to be $3.50, and that fifty permits should
be granted to the Senate.
Dickey thought that, as the Senate
had but half as many members as the
House and a smaller appropriation for
expenses it should stand a smaller
proportion of the cost of the trip than
one-half. 1t would be fair enough if
the expenses of the trip were borne
one-third by the Senate and two-thirds
by the House. He moved an amend
ment that the Senate offer to pay $500
of the expenses.
Achi moved that the invitation be
referred TO the Senate Health Com
mittee TO make arrangements with the
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something not acceptable to the House,
the House might table it. 1t looked to
him they were going to the settlement
as guests of the House. Had they a
right as guests to go up there and
make their own investigations? He
did not believe in going up there and
doing nothing.
Dowsett did not think the cost of the
trip too great and the payment of half
by the Senate would be a happy solu-
ton of previous difficulty over the mat
ter.
McCandless did not think there was
anything to smooth over The House
could easily have amended the joint
resolution sent it by the Senate. If
the House did not want the Senate to
go, the Senate might as we'll stay at
home. There would be no difficulty for
the Senate to get a steamer if they
thought necessary to go. No notice
of any difficulties at the Settlement
had been received by the Senate, but
the House Committee had a number of
complaints.
Paris understood the reason the
House put their resolution on the table
was because the Senate was opposed
to paying the expenses of two or three
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did not believe they had any right TO
spend the money given for the ex-
pensese of the Senate to pay the pas
sages of two or three hundred people.
If they We're going to visit the Settle
ment. it should be by committee of
the Senate and the House to investi-
gate. He was in favor of declining
the invitation with thanks.
Bishop seconded the motion to place
the matter in the hands of the Health
Committee. which carried by the af-
firmative vote of ten members.
Other House communications We're
to the effect that Long, Kaleiopu and
Kalino We're appointed a conference
committee on Senate Bill No. 80, and
that the House had concurred in the
Senate amendments to House Bill No.
LANDS AND IMPROVEMENTS
The Committee on Public Lands. etc.
presented reports as follows:
On petition for appropriation Of $50
600 for road from Kahahuu to Heeia,
District of Koolaupoko. Oahu, recon-
mendins it be referred to the joint loan
Committee. Adopted.
On petition that the lands of Hionaa
| and kaalaiki, District of Kau. Ha-
wall, be opened by the government as
homesteads. recommending it be laid
| on the table. THE present policy of
| the administration" the committee
finds lis to set apart homesteads as