The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-04-26

I.ouauras of their absence dii mott curb
the spirit oft Some of ho iok0rs n ho
House Tor somebody bad pinned ou che
back of Groenwclrs chair sign roa1-
inr "For sllg for the benefit of on,
Kona Orph8narc" Greouwell is "a mod
cEt young man and De. for "a long time
could not understand why 30 was that
not only his fellow members but the
spectators generally were smiling his
way almost audibly
Secretary Atkinson sang his swan
song to the House by notifying Il that
the Governor had signed the following.
House bin 223, FOR funding bonded in
debtedness.
Senate bin 14i, to amend Section
Act "a Of the session Of 1905.
Senate bill 50, in relation TO licensing
emigrant agents.
Joint resolution authorizing transfer
OF $76l SO from current cash TO land
sales special deposit fund.
The Senate formally notified the
House Of its passage of several House
bills yesterday
The House concurren in the Senate's
amendment striking out the penal
clause in House bill 100.
The Senate's verbal amendment to
House bill 1874 was also concurred I'm.
THE LIQUOR BILL.
The conference committee on House
Bin 222. the much discussed liquor bill,
recommended the acceptance of the
Senate's amendments with the eXcep-
ton of striking out Section "a. This
section was recommended reinserted.
The House concurred by 25 to ?, only
Nakuina and Mahikoa voting against
IT,. The bill then passed third reading
so that the matter of the new liquor
law is once more up to the governor.
The section reinserted is relative to the
serving of liquor to habitual drunkards
The House concurred in the Senate''
amendment to House Bill 2O3, striking
out subdivision 4 of Section 2.
AN INVITATION OUT.
/ An invitation from the Committee OF
I the Anti-Saloon League was received
1t asked the honor of the presence OF
the members of the House at a lecture
to be given at the Opera House mex
Friday evening by Hon. J. G. WOolley
on Christian Citizenship" The clerl
was instructed to acknowledge the re
ceipt of the invitation.
The Committee on Public Lands anC
Internal Improvements reported unani
mously against the appropriation o
SS5 900 for increasing the storage capa
city in Nuuanu valley Oilikalani). Tn
report was adopted and the resolution
cabled.
The joint resolution from the Senat
to instruct the Attorney General to as
certain the true valuation and capital
ization of the Rapid Transit & Lam
Co. with a view to ascertaining VIII
the company has not paid the territor
proportion of it's profits, was read Il
the House.
MORE INVESTIGATION.
Harris submitted an amendment t
the concurrent resolution. His amend
ment was to change the preambl
which referred to the findings of Ac
countant Bottomley as reported to tn
Senate.
Coelho accused Harris of trying t,
hush up the facts respecting the issu
ance of capital stock of the Rapit
Transit Company Harris denied an.
intention of evading or hushing up any
thing, but he objected to the Hous
adopting a number of figures abou
which it knew absolutely nothing. Hi
amendment, he said, gave the Attor
ney General full power to Investigate
the whole subject.
On a vote being taken Harris amend
ment was indefinitely postponed ant
the Senate's concurrent resolution car
ried.
A VETO.
A message from the Governor vetoinl
the item in the special appropriation
act referring to unpaid bills, Fifth Cir
cult Court, to June, 1904, was receive,
and read.
The veto read as follows:
ITO the Legislature of the Territory o
Hawaii:
Herewith, 1 return House Bill No
POI, entitled IAN Act making appropri
ations for the departmental use of tn,
Territory" as l am unable to approx,
of the item UNPAID Bills, Jurors Fee
and Expenses, Fifth Circuit Court t,
June 80. 1904, $S79.9O," and, therefore
return the bill for your recOnsidera tioi
of this item.
THE bill is one making additional
appropriations for the departmental
use Of the Territory for the presen
fiscal period, and no other item in it re
fers to a previous period, and it is il
direct conflict with that portion of Sec
ton 1 of the bill which roads: 9TH,
following additional SIMS ar
hereby appropriated to be paid
for the current expenses of the depart
ments, for the period commencing will
the LIST day of July, 1904 and ending
with the 90th day Of June, 1906"
THE item referred to is one tina
should properly be considered in an In
demnity bill or appropriations for tn
settlement Of unpaid bills. can see n,
reason for making an exception of Eht
item and including it in this bill.
'"The remainder of the items 1 ap
prove.