The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-18

(COntlnueO from rage y
est of establishing breathing places for
the people
WANTS LEGAL LIGHT.
Isenberg wanted legal light on the
question of the power of the Board of
Forestry and of the Senate to set aside
forest reserves. He did not think, under
the Organic Act, that any such power
existed outside of the Land Commits
sioner, and that if there was a strict
construction, all the money appropri-
ated for forest reserves would have to
he returned to the Treasury.
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
it 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 in 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.
Woods argued that the whole bill was
unconstitutional and therefore out of
order. He moved that it be tabled.
1t was lost on a rising vote, Achi
casting the deciding vote.
McCandless made a second speech
i in favor of his motion to throw out
| the Tantalus reservation and Paris
! once more urged the setting aside of
| lands for parks while the land belong
| ed to the government.
Gandall spoke in Hawaiian opposing
| the park reservation, the Territory be-
| ing too poor to give its lands away
and then pay for keeping parks in or
| der. At the conclusion of his speech,
| he moved that the bill be 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 spoke
| strongly against the bill, arguing a
| disinclina ton to dictate to the Land
| Commissioner and the Board of For
| estry.
| THE BILL KILLED.
| Lane yielded his time to Bishop,
| which was unnecessary under suspen-
sion of the rules and the latter gentle
l.
| should all be reserved for all the peo-
| pie.
Il would like to ask how the peo-
| pie are to get up there said Isenberg.
| rs it the purpose to build elevators
Bishop said that those who had no
way to ride could walk, but the park
| would be for all.
| The vote REQUIRED on the McCapdless
motion to strike out the Tantalus res
| ervation and it carried On rising vote
z to 6.
| Dickey then moved to lay the bill
| on the table, and Bishop gave notice
| that he would withdraw the measure.
| Achi said motion TO lay on the
| table could not be made more than
| once On the same day, and Dickey rails
| ed the point of order that the Senate
| was in committee of the whole, and
| therefore the rule did not apply.
Then, on motion of Kalama the COM
mittee arose to recommend to the
! Senate that the bill be laid on the
/ table Chairman Achi reported accord
| ingly and the report was adopted, and
| that kills the bill.
| House bill II, to provide for return
| of summons and trial of causes in
twenty days, passed third reading
/ without dissent.
| House bill 92, the Quinn Sunday
| law was amended so as to allow zoo
| logical gardens to be run on Sunday.
| and to permit fresh fruit to be sold all
| day. Dickey offered an amendment
| providing that men working on Sun
| day shall be entitled to double pay.
The Dickey amendment was lost to
| 4. The vote then came on the passage
of the bill and it passed, all voting for
| it save Dickey, Paris and Wilcox, and
Wilcox was not present.
| The Senate took recess until o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
| The Senate at the afternoon session
| resumed consideration of the county
| act on the salaries section, and Nc
| Candless moved that the salary of the
| Sheriff of Oahu be cut to $500 from
| $1,000. Dickey moved that the office of
| Sheriff of Oahu be stricken out alto
| gether This received no second. and
| McCandless argued that the report of
| the Accounts Commission showed that
Oahu would be short 100000 in it's re-
| ceiptS this year.
Now" he said, .'if we are sincere
| in our desire to get county government,
and think we all are, we should cut
down expenses. 1t is always easy to
raise salaries. There seems to be
difficulty in getting them down"
Lane moved to reconsider the pay
of Supervisors fixed at $500 per year
on Thursday afternoon The motion
was lost.
Then Gandall moved to reconsider
the salary of the Sheriff of Oahu and
that motion was lost.
Achi moved to make the salary of
the Sheriff of Hawaii mot more than
$780," This received no second, and
McCandless moved that it be made
$500 which carried.
Paris moved to reduce the salary of
c,Io.;f of Mon; from $500 TO $1,000