The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-04-20
IN THE SENATE

NID. President pIrs NHa Iu iI. .H1II
Nt ihD opening uf tHa session OFF hD
senate th.s murnlur President isen-
berg being uU Ul.spos,d although
! reported to be better
communication from the Secretary
oi The Territory was received inform
ms The Senate that the governor had
signed u number of bills and the House
sent notification OF the passage Of
the new liquor bin n WAS read first
time by title. There was. besides this
the usual batch Of routine communica-
lions from the lower body Among
these was a notification Of the passage
Of the resolution naming the capitol
! "lolani Hale" and another providing
FOR the building Of new bridge on the
road to wahiawa.
Senate bill S3, amending the tax law.
was indefinitely postponed on second
reading
Senate bin 1926 providing for the pun
ishment Of agents soliciting insurance
policies FOR companies not authorized
to do business I'm the territory, and li-
censing foreign insurance companies,
! was read for the second time and de-
| bated al some length, Dowsett saying
! that the law would merely cumber the
! statute books and prove of no effect.
McCandless wanted to try to get
| some money from the marine insurance
| companies and thought perhaps the
law might have that result Anyway
he wanted to try.
Dowsett explained that the tax could
! hA Ia
sett motion to indefinitely postpone
passed.
Senate bill 1870, the inheritance tax
bill, on second reading was indefinitely
postponed, being a measure of too
much Importance to be considered
hastily.
Senate bill 1872 establishing a basis for
the taxation of the property of public
utility corporation, passed second read
ing. 1t will be read for the third time
on Friday.
Senate bill 14O, to amend the Revised
Laws with reference to estrays in and
, around Honolulu on third reading was
passed without dissent.
Senate tin u the McCandless bill
for belt railroad on the island Of
]
and Dickey moved a call of the ayes
and noes on a motion to indefinitely
postpone. Bishop made a very tenn
perate protest against the subsidy
clause of the bill, against running a
steam railway on Queen street and
against giving the company or any
, company the right to use the public
roads. He had no desire to oppose
the bill as a railway bill and no axe
out for it.
Dickey said the bill carried a vio-
lation 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 temperately
in advocacy of the bill, claiming thai
it was no violation of good faith tC
= grant franchises for parallel roads
If that were followed out, the progress
of the Territor'' would be blocked. He
said that he had been told by one OF
o the Senators that the stockholders OF
the O. r. 81. Co. had never paid a
dollar for their stock. He did not &c
so far as that. But they had PAID
100000 for property worth $4,OO0OOO
and were now pulling down "a per cent
, on that besides paying interest on theil
-, 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.
On motion of McCandless, considera
ton of the bill was postponed until
: p. m. and the Senate took a recess un
til 2 =. m.