Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-07
Stewart Talks to
COUNTY ACT
Joint Committee

! Joint Committee
Monday, march 6.
County Act Commissioner L. Nc
Cants Stewart appeared before the
Legislative Joint Committee on the
County Act, and at the opening of
their session on Saturday evening, and
while certain committees were report.
ing, interrupted the proceedings with
an apology saying that he Aai an
other engagement for the evening, and.
therefore, asked permission at that
time to make a statement with refer.
ence to matter which would be
question of privilege, If he we're mem
Der. Carl Smith, stating that he knew
what Mr.. Stewart wanted to say, OBJ.
jected to any interruption; and Sena-
tor Hayselden said that he would pre-
fer to finish the business In hand be-
fore listening to Mr.. Stewart, II II
were a matter which would involve a
lengthy discussion. Mr.. Stewart said
that 1t would take three minutes. Sena.
tor Hayselden and Mr.. Long voted to
hear Mr.. Stewart. while Carl Smith,
MIR. Rice and Senators Woods ard
Dowsett voted against 1t. The other
members of the committee were not
lpresent. Later In the evening Mr..
Stewart addressed the committee, say
ing substantially:
This latest effort to injure me by
charging that | changed the original
Act Of the County Act Commission, is
without foundation.
l have not changed the original
County Act, nor the report, nor any
other paper, nor do | know that 1t Is
changed.
made a change in my printed leg.
islative copy; and. 1t was suggested to
certain members Of the Joint Commit
tee, that the committee make the
change | made, as amendments in the
course of their consideration of the
4. Act; but | have changed no paper oil
tee.
And now the change which I sug.
gested arose in this way: About two
weeks ago, saw Judge Cooper and
. told him that the chances were that
the Merchants Association and the
other commercial organizations would
not report any revenue Act, and that
would leave our county Act a lifeless
body. said that II was necessary for
] us to get our County Act under the
cover of the present tax system. | told
! him what | thought could be done.
He said that he was too busy to take
the matter up, as he was moving to his
Manoa residence, but that he would
consider the matter, and | would hear
from him, when his rush was over
Soon after this conversation. II was
!. stated in the newspapers that no rev
Q enue Act would be introduced. ! then
called upon Senator Achi. That was
on Thursday. February card.
We took the matter up together, go
Ing over our present tax law as car
= ried in the Revised Statutes Of Ha
wall, and made one material change Sc
DC to authorize the County Assessor L
}. collect taxes.
Senator Achi then suggested thu
& change, which has been made In Oul
!. County Act to conform that with thu
- = Tax Act. then put the Revised Stat
Il utes before my clerk and had him OIL
Friday and Saturday make a copy o
u our tax law. The work was delivered
y to Senator Achi on last Saturday, an
he introduced 1t on Monday.
Since these occurrences hav
sought repeatedly to catch Judg
Cooper, and as a matter of courtes.
, talk this matter over with him; bu
the Judge has been unusually busy thi
week. And so have |; but | hav
worked at my Office, at times till s an,
o'clock at night, to make up for tim
given, without pay, to the public sci
vice.
Mr.. Stewart then paid his respect
TO the Advertiser, saying that its scul
rilous references to him are a matte
of perfect Indifference; that so far a
" ed he has no more respect for the pa
per than he has for a common BLACK
4 guard.
u Mr.. Stewart said to representativ
Of the Bulletin this morning:
at is safe always to say, If you SO
anything in the Advertiser abou
Stewart II Is not So
THE morning paper hates me thol
oughly, and It has recently imported
new writer OF low ideals. ! am, Their,
fore. liable to get rats every tim
they can make an occasion.
"If that paper had one spark OF tn
manhood Of Roosevelt, they would nc
always be trying to stir up race pre-
udices. While they are trying to e!
clude from leading place In the go
eminent every dark skinned man
sight, Roosevelt has appointed CO
ored man rs Assistant u. S. Attorne
lat Boston. another as an attorney