The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-25

Clothier and Haberdasher.
guard the interests of themselves, their
wives and children, and the election
of road supervisor would be move
in the way of progress, an evidence of
the guarding of best interests. The
county system was growing and the
ideas of the people were progressing
through having the power placed in
their hands. By the present Jaw no
incompetent man will be elected, but
it will take away from the supervisors
the power they now have to appoint
their favorites He would like to in
form the House that if Maui had no
man fit to be a road supervisor, she
had neither any open, leaky one hun
dred thousand dollar dam. If the Judi
ciary committee did not like the bill
why did the members not fix it up in
proper shape and not send it back for
tabling? The chairman of that com
mittee was usually ready to put on
amendment after amendment
Rawlins resented this remark and
expatiated on the good, hard work his
committee was doing over all its bills
and this one in particular. The square
deal was what he tried to hand out to
all members not the throttling of legis-
lation nor the throwing of any uncOn-
sidered bills back on the House.
Kaleiopu closed the debate by a
whirlwind speech demanding equal
privileges for Hawaiian speakers with
English speakers in the bill.
Sheldon moved that the matter be
deferred until Tuesday, this motion car
rying.
MORE MONEY ASKED FOR.
A Financial committee report recon-
mending the insertion of an item of
$4,000 in the appropriation bill for
the erection of breakwater at Ka-
luanui, Koolauloa, Oahu, was ruled out
of order but admitted on being amend
ed to read "Loan BILL The report
was adopted.
committee reported on House Petition
80, asking for $4,000 for the Kapoho
homestead road, Puma, recommending
that the matter be tabled to await the
reply of the Governor regarding the
Road Loan appropriations.
The Finance committee returned Peti-
tion %, asking that it be translated
into English, Rice withdrawing the re-
port because it dealt with increasing
the salaries of supervisors from $50 to
800 a month, already before the House.
Two of Sheldon's bills We're reported
for tabling, one relating to the adoption
of children and the other to the pay
ment of commission to deputy asses
sors.
NEW BILLS.
Hughes presented a petition relating
to certain lands at Hamakua, to which
the Pacific Sugar Mill wants title. The
matter will be looked into by the Judi
ciary committee.
Sheldon introduced bill asking for
$4,000 for the Waimea breakwater,
asking that the same be rushed.
Kaleiopu passed in a resolution ask
ing for $4,000 for the completion of
Puuloa road, between Moanalua and
Puuloa station.
THIRD READINGS.
House Bill III, providing for the
funding of money received from the
sale of improvements on lapsed public
lands for the future purchase Of the
same. passed its final stage in the
| House.
House Bill 1874, dealing with the ere
alton of a board of medical advisers for
the territorial asylum, was passed
Rawlins related an instance showing
the necessity of such a bill, he and
some other members of the House hav
ing found an escaped lunatic on The
streets the previous night, a man whose
reason would perhaps have been re
gained if the proper attention could
have been given him. lie did not
criticize the present asylum staff, but
| deemed three heads better than one
Senate Bill 6s was sent down from
the Senate and carried through the
first reading.
GOVERNOR IS MESSAGE.
Shortly after the House had beer