Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-03-23
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DIRECTED at sam Johnson
Rawlins vigorously opposed the
passage of the bin which he said. put
too much power In the hands of one
man. In most OF the counties, nc said.
by iar the larger part of the revenues
are spent I'm road work and II the
road supervisor were elected instead
Of appointed. he would have the
spending Of all this money and would
not be- responsible 10 the Board of Sup
cryisOrs a. at present
Such a condition II affairs would
mean ty". nilirg up Of political ma
shine Torc powerful than any that has
cycrn'cn seen In the islands. Rawlins
moI1d that the report Of the commits
tce/bc adopted and the bill be tabled.
/<aiciUpu also opposed the passage
~ the bill.
kulco was Of the opinion that Road
Supervisors ought to be elected lie
did not, however agree with that pro-
vision Of the bill requiring Road Sup
UryisOrs To speak English, but thought
an amendment could be made to the
bin to remedy that defect by making
the ability 10 speak Hawaiian enough
10 lll requirements. lie urged. there
tore, the adoption of the committees
rcpOrt.
Pal. moved that the report be tabled
and the bin pass second reading.
COncy said the election of Road Sup
rrylsOr might work all right In place
IKE Honolulu yherc there are plenty
Of competent men 10 choose from, but
on Kauai and Maui II Is different. An
incompetent man might be elected,
who would spend the peoples money
ioplishly.
~ Kauai, he said, there is no Road
Supervisor at present. But II the OF
fee mere elective, some man would
be elected, just for the sake of the OIL
fec, and the county would have To pay
him salary, whether there was any
thing FOR him to do or not.
Nc DAM SCANDAL.
Uali thought the passage of the bill
would be progressive step. When
county government was first proposed,
many said II could not he made Il sue
cess but the result has proved that II
Is successful The same thing would
be found To be true in regard To the
election of road supervisors.
"rhC Honorable gentleman from
Maui says that there are no competent
mon In Maui TO MI the Office of road
supervisor. | want to tell the gentle.
man that Maui has no Nuuanu dam
where hundreds of thousands of dol
lars have been wasted"
Pail criticized the judiciary Commit
lee for making such report. III they
didn't like the shape the bill was In,
he asked, "why didn't they fix II M
instead OF throwing It back onto tho
House To have It fought out"
That made Rawlins warm under the
collar and he hotIy denied that the
"o1nnittee had been careless or negii'
gG in the matter. This bill WIS
thoroughly thrashed out in the Judi
ciary Committee" he said. No oil
goes through that committee without
careful consideration, and | want tC
say right here that | will never sign
It report on bill that have not haa
time to consider carefully"
The matter was finally deferred IN
III Tuesday.
CARE or INSANE
The House passed on third reading
Rawlins' bill transferring the immed'
late direction of the insane asylum Il
Il Board of Medical Directors.
Rawlins urged the passage of thC
bill, and as an illustration of wha
good might be done by Il measure de
signed to give better medical treat
ment TO the insane, he stated that las
night he and the chairman Of th'
Health Committee were walking dow
Hotel street when he saw maj
crOuchcd in the shadow Of a build
ing. He thought at first the maj
might be burglar, but in striking ,
match he discovered the man was on
who had two days before escaped iron
the insane asylum. On questioning
him, he learned that during those tw,