The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-03-29
IN
A TANCLE
NORTHUMBERLAND DAY.

lwENTY.NINTH DAY.
Tho two measures upon which the
House had expected to spend much Of
its time yesterday had to 90 over, the
appropriation bill for the payment of
salaries OF territorial officials being
still in the Senate and the bill pro-
viding for the election of road super
visors leading the House into such a
maze of reports, amendments and mo-
tions that the whole thing had to be
dropped to allow the members to un-
tangle themselves.
There was large amount of routine
work done and bat little debating, the
main issue threshed out being the
tabling report on bill prohibiting the
wanton cutting and injuring of grow
ing trees and shrubs on public lands.
Several of the Hawaiian members saw
in this bill some features that would
work hardship upon poor Hawaiians
and attacked it bitterly. Even the sup
porters of the measure, which had come
down from the Senate, saw plenty of
flaws in it as it stood and wanted to
get at it to put it into shape. Chair
man Rawlins, of the Judiciary commit
tee, declared that the more he looked
into the bill the more amendments he
saw it needed, having perhaps in mind
some satisfaction in sending back to
the Senate one of their own bills
amended to "Look like Supreme
Court decision" The opponents of the
bill refused to consider it at all, how
ever, and tabled it.
Morning Session.
| The House began it's work in good
humor yesterday morning, the first mat
ter before it being a communication
, from the Secretary of the Territory
, announcing the signing of a number OF
t it's bills. These were:
, House Bill 1s, Act 27, amending Sec
, ton ], Act "a, relating to attachments
House Bill 81, Act 3S, authorizing q
verdict for lesser off ,nse than the one
/ charged.
t House Bill 81, Act 20, relating to the
r publication Of statements of copartner
ship.
r House Bill 105, Act 80, amending
, Section 235, of the Revised Laws, al
. lowing commitment to- the Industria
school of boys under eighteen years old
House Bill 100, Act 81, relating tt
the registration of copartnerships, ant
e Senate Bill 80, Act 32, increasing the
punishment for carnal intercourse will
a female under fourteen years of age
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The Public Lands committee recon-
mended putting in the Loan bill item:
: of $4,000 to extend Queen street tC
!, Sheridan street, and $4,000 to extenC
School street from Kalihi street to Ka
mehameha ~. road.
The committee could not recommend
any action to be taken on Petition 81
from the VIM. Keliinui Land Settle
ment Association, Pepeekeo, Hawaii
!, asking for cutting up of the govern
ment lands at Kulaimano. This land j
, under lease until 1909 to the Pcpeeke,
Sugar Company and the government cal
u do nothing until the expiry of the lease
= TABLE FOR SMITHS BILL.
a Senator Smith s bill authorizing hotel
v keepers to hold their guests baggage
q as security for unpaid bills was recon
n mended for the table by The Healtl
and Police committee, Concy dissent'r g
a In explanation Coney said that the bil
q was intcrd ded to protect innkeepers f. on
dead bets as IS done in tn mainland
Pail thought Hawaii had better grow
up to the United States size before j
= passed United States laws.
The report was adopted and the bill
was tabled.
p Alawa' IS bill to provide a medica
u u school inspector for each county wa
" tabled, Kaleiopu's s bill covering tn,
same thing being recommended 20
= passage. Both reports were adopted.
u Moanar'i's bill to appropriate none.
to pay the claims of the Hawaii polio
u during 1905 was recommended and tn
F" report accepted.
o WHARF COMMISSION.
: The Joint Resolution appointing
u joint commission to examine the condi
ls tion and maintenance of al the govern
ment wharves on all the islands ear
ried for its second reading. Rawlin
objected to it because it carried no pro
vision for paying the expenses of tn
N commissioners. He also wanted t
8 know what members of the House wer
N sure of being there next session to max
L. their report.
!, The resolution passed.
lie SENATE BILLS DEFERRED.
% Senate Bills &C, 67 and % were o
l. the order of the day for third read
'r ing.
If The first read, number 66, dealt wit
d the status of public school, and nun
/ ber 81 provided that English shall b
l. the language in which all public school
shall be taught. Both of these wer
deferred until today.
IN GENERAL DEBATE.
o. Senate blil -, provides for the pur
v shment of those wantonly injuring Q
cutting growing trees and shrubs. kf
IN leiopu moved the indefinite postpone
Of ment of the bill AT the present tim
III persons are allowed to so ON konohil
is land and cut wood for actual necessar
oy use. but this would now be prohibited
1t Poor Hawaiians, who now get glu
ed bushes ror firewood, would suffer. n
one under this law could get mai
ne or ferns from the mountains to sci
" Is il right to cut Off the means of liv'
is lihood from these peoplei Now, b
en- getting permit from the Superinten'
us ent of Puulic Works, these people ca
As get these, but this law would shut thel
he out.
he The measure should be carefully col
st sidered as it seems to protect onl
he the rich man against the poor. I'll
man NVhn ha1 intrn1ucal this hill Sal