The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-05-05
THE SENATE.

with recess yesterday, and closed 1t
with something like tempest in a
teapot. The morning session was a
very short one, indeed. Action on Sen
ate Bill No. 4, which was the unfnish-
ed business, was postponed to await
the action of the House.
House Bill No. l, making appropria-
tions for the extra session, passed Sec
ond reading. 1t will be read for the
third time today.
Senate Bill No. 6, making appropri-
ations to pay unpaid bills, was refer
mittee consisting of Paris, Wilcox,
Lane, Dickey and Dowsett.
And then the Senate took a recess,
Bishop saying that he thought the loan
committee would be ready to report
at p. m. He would not promise def
nitely, but in his opinion the commit
tee would be ready.
At the afternoon session petition
was read from p. l.. Weaver, Judge of
the Court of Land Registration, ask
ing for an appropriation of $500 to
pay the expenses of trip taken by
the Judge to look into the land courts
on the mainland, and some expenses
incurred by the court before any APP
preparation had been made for rts ex-
penses. The petition was referred to
the Paris committee on unpaid bills.
TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.
A short recess was taken at this
point, to wait for the report of the
Loan Committee, then nearly ready,
and when the Senate was called TO or
der again Kalama at once moved to
adjourn. 1t carried, the President an
nouncing the vote as 6 to 3.
Here! Hold on!" said McCandless.
"That report is ready to come in. /
question that vote, Mr.. President
.! object to any questioning" said
will not stay in their seats, but keep
running around and talking, how car
I count them. I object to having my
counts questioned. You are out of or
DER
eve are all out of DER" said
Bishop, who had just come in with
what was supposed to be the report of
the Loan Committee in his hand, as
he arose and put on his hat. "The
Senate has adjourned, has it mott"
cit has adjourned" answered the
President.
"Well, for the benefit of the Senate
that has adjourned" said Bishop, az
want to say that have worked like
a niger to get this report of the Loan
Committee ready. This is all non
sense
Then he stalked ont, and the session
ended.
THE HOUSE.
The House of Representatives spent
practically the whole of yesterday in
consideration of the departmental ex
penses bill in Committee of the Whole
1t completed the second reading in all
but the formal passage, which will be
put through this morning.
A report was received from Superin
tendent Davis of the Department OF
Public Instruction regarding the boob
fund. 1t appeared that the amount
appropriated for the fund for the cur
rent fiscal year ending June 80, 1905
was $4,000. The amount discussed tc
March 81 was $5457.S0. The amount
of bills approved and forwarded to the
Auditor during April was $697S2. TIL,
total amount of bills paid and to b.
/ paid for the three months ending
March 81 was $61656s, and the amount
received from the sale of books wal
| $5597 30.
Coelho introduced a bill to amend
Sections 3, 4, 5 and of Act Is of tn,
extra session of 1908, which was reat
first time by title.
THE ROUTINE.
Representative Waterhouse intro
duced a resolution for the appropria
tion of $500 for rebuilding and ma
cadamizing the old Pail road in Nuu
anu avenue from the Halfway Hous,
to the reservoir bridge.
The Committee on. Public Lands rec
commended the appropriation of 1920
| for roads to the Palolo homesteads.
/. A communication was received from
Superintendent Davis of the Board Of
Education asking that the pay roll fol
support of schools be voted in one sum
leaving it to she department to appor
| tion it.
The Committee on Public Lands and
Internal improvements recommended
| the tabling of the resolution to appro
pirate $1,000 for a market at Wailuku
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
The House resolved itself into q
Committee of the Whole, with Rice as
| chairman, on the departmental ex