The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-01
A SESSION RECORD
TO Be PROUD OF
Continued from Page one.)

pressed that another fifteen, or fifty
days would not result in any material
changes being made, except for the in
creased expense account which it
would cause.
The Governor has not been silent re-
garding his dlsapproval of the manner
in which the appropriations have been
made. He declares that the appropria-
lions have been on erroneous estimate
of the revenues of the Territory for the
next two years. The financiers of the
House show a convincing bunch of fig
ures, and have pointed out to the Ex-
ecutive that if there is mistake it
lies in the item of $271. 1888 a. the
amount available from the present
biennial period as taken from the Gov
ernor's own report.
AS a matter of comparison the
amount of work done by the present
Legislature, and the time and money
required in which to do it, is away
ahead of any Of the other terms Fol-
low some data on the subject:
Session 19O1-Time, 100 days; number
of bills passed besides the appropria-
ton measures, %; cost. $92, OOO
Session 19OS-Time. 30 days; number
of bills passed besides appropriation
measures, So; cost, $4,000
Session 19O5-Time, SO days: number
of bills passed besides the appropria-
ton bills, 1903; cost, $4,000.
Session 1907-Time, so days: number
of bills passed besides the appropria-
ton measures, ia; cost, about $35, OOO
About dozen measures at this writ.
ing are in the Governors hands. a
number of which will likely become
law.
The House yesterday cleared it's cal
endar so far as the regular course of
bills are concerned. although there are
number of vetoed measures which
have yet to be passed upon. It is like
ly that up to about 9 o'clock tonight
the Governor will continue to return
various measures in his hands, and
they will be acted on as fast as they
are presented
Tonight the House will closets
work in blaze of oratory and love
feast pOw-wow. 1t is one of the en-
couraging traits of human kind that
differences of opinion which loom like
mountains at the time they occur can
grow so small in perspective when
compared with the general results ac-
complished in the advancement of the
race. Obstacles that seemed insur-
mountable become so small as to al
most escape observation. A visitor in
the House today would never imagine
that the beautiful harmony in evidence
had on number of occasions been
strained to near the breaking point
during the past eight weeks, and that
predictions of hopeless strife were not
uncommon a number of times. But a
| strong hand at the helm, and an inhe-
| rent spirit of fairness in the members,
ispired the members to a sportsmanrike
! give and take policy, which safely car.
| ried the Legislative craft over the mud
banks which threatened to ground her.
To the outside observer, who has not
had his sense of proportion distorted
by too close scrutiny of the various de-
tails, the situation of Hawaii TODAY is
bright. Considering the troubles of the
previous legislatures, the present rec
ord shows long stride ahead in the
| IF 70
can be the case. in territory where
the population is so diverse in charac-
ter, and is yet able to pull together in
running successful popular form of
government, speaks eloquentIy for the
character of the mass of the people,
and for the future of the islands.
Despite the claims made by the
House during the session of the legis-
lature, that the Senate was holding 10
House bills and not conducting it's
work rapidly enough. the work done by
the Senate was of a very effective
character. The membership of the Sen
ate was more limited than that of the
House and the material to serve on
CoihLiiltSSS was, IN consequence scar
Ger. The result was that the members
of the Senate had to double up on COM
mittee work and practically all of the
members were on at least two COM
mittees. The work done by the Senate
committees was of an especially cred
liable character and the Senate as a
body gave more time to the delibera-
lions of the various measures than did
the House.
There were introduced in the Senate
1T bills. OF these SO reached the Gov
ernOr and were approved. while So new
err were passed. dying either on vote or
by some other process in the Senate.
The Governor vetoed six Senate meas
ures and of this number two were pass
ed over his veto. On the remainder
the veto was sustained. In the last
Legislature there were ia bills intro
duced in the Senate.
l f. -