The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-20
THE SOLONS
PLAY HORSE
House Adjourned and
Senate Took Recess
Yesterday.
SENATE-FIFTIETH DAY.

| counting Dy days Cne senate reach
ed its half century mark yesterday
and celebrated the event by passing
the Municipal act. Senator Lane has
shown an interest in this bill that is
profoundly eloquent, an interest that
speaks The words his lips would not
utter at this time, words which might
| signify a desire to become the first
| Mayor of the town. For two days a
| doubt has existed as to the final dis
position of the bill by the House and
the doubt may have been reflected on
| the Senate when the vote on the Prl-
mary law was taken. Even yet SEN
ator Lane shows a little nervousness,
for he called upon the gentlemen on
the second floor to pass the amendments
| tackled on in the House without taking
time to read them. This might in
dicate fear on the part of the father
of the bill that the Governor may not
look kindly on the measure and veto
it. To get it through yesterday means
that in the event of a veto it would
still have q chance to become law
by passing it over the Governor s OBJ
jections.
The House sent up number of bills
of more Or less Importance and these
were put through the usual course land
ing them in the hands OF the various
committees. A short recess was taken
to enable the clerk to get through a
little routine work in connection with
the Municipal bill and then the men,
bers got back to work. In less than
three minutes from the time the last
vote on municipality was polled the
House had been notified officially that
its amendments had been concurred in.
This is mentioned merely to show the
excellence of the Senate mechanism
and to show, also, the promptness with
which matters are attended to upstairs.
At the afternoon session it was found
advisable to declare recess so that the
tardy House would be given an oppor-
tunity to get through with enough work
to keep the mill going. The recess
continued until 7:30 in the evening.
A good deal of complaint has been
expressed in the Senate against the
action of the House in holding up bills
and making it necessary for early ad-
iournments in the Senate. Yesterday
the desks were clear shortly after
d. m. and but for the appearance OF
Joe Cohen on the floor the recess would
waiting business from the House Cohen
was given a chance to tell what ae
knew of the theatrical license busl-
ness. and he did it well, but could not
bring the fee below hundred dollars
year with the added amendment of
five dollars performance for tran
sients The bill was rather mixed and
took considerable work to get it into
an Ineligible shape, SO it is doubtful
if any fve-dollar licenses will be col
lected here.
Mr.. Cohen stated that in the first
wear of the life of the Orpheum he
had paid over eighteen hundred dollars
to the Government as license fees and
on occasions he had paid five dollars
and fifty cents and taken in less than
that amount. There was a feeling on
the mart of the Senators that some !
thing should be done, so Senator Bishop
offered an amendment making the fee
$3.50 per annum This made the IT.
repressible tCohen blink and the con-
tagion spread to Senator Lane who
moved that it be fixed at one hundred
dollars, together with the transient
clause. and the bill so passed.
Senator Kalama is mainly response
BILE for the prompt disposition OF the
matter for as chairman of the Mlscel-
laneous committee he allows no grass
to grow within twenty feet of MS
shadow. His committee has had more
bills to consider than any other ex
cent, perhaps, the Judiciary, and as
a. rule Kalama attends to the business
alone often deserting his pipe III order
that he may concentrate his thoughts
on the business in hand.
LABOR SITUATION.
The matter of immigration came up
again when Senator Hayselden, from
the Lands committee, presented the fol-
owing report:
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