The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-03-26
THE SENATE
HAS SPEED
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DAY

read the senate would he out OF JOINT.
just as regular as the clerk reads these
interesting records 50 regular is the
Senator from the Fifth in having them
made permanent.
The continued absence of President
Bishop is causing alarm among his
friends. His promptness in acting mp
on the reports and bills has much to
do with the record for speed which
the body has made. His successor
has the same characteristics and seems
to be we'll up in rules parliamentary so
that there is little lost motion.
Referring to motions Senator Coelho
has lost his hold ON them. 1t is only
a short time ago that he was counted
on to make every motion to adjourn or
for recess but as the session proceeds
he seems to fall back. Rumor has 1t
that early in the session he required
time in which to post himself on divers
and sundry matters and as chairman
of both Health and Education commit
tees he communed frequently with the
heads of those departments.
The Senator's friends aver that the
result of the frequent intercourse with
Babbitt and Pinkham has prepared
him to teach school or practice medi-
cine. For himself, however, it is safe
to say that he would rather be a SEN
ator even without the extra session.
Maui by the way, is pretty well repre-
sented by men who have had the ex-
perience that gives them the power to
grasp subjects and handle them as.their
Importance demands. AS chairman of
the Miscellaneous committee Senator
Kalama has done well and there is no
such thing as delay with him. There
is no doubt if he had had to do with
the Appropriation bill it would have
been disposed of over night the same
as the bills referring to livery stables
and what not that his committee has
handled recently.
Senator Hayselden, chairman of the
Committee on Lands, is known as
careful, conscientious man who will take
time to settle in his mind any i'm
portant question that may be presented
to his committee; the Pounds bill, for
instance, has had consideration on his
.a,t co. A,,p1 ba m
ports on the bill it will be found that
he has conserved all interests and not
worked one against another.
The report of the Ways and Means
committee on the Appropriation bill,
No. 80, relating to salaries was accept
ed on Saturday without much stir. 1t
seems that the report is merely a
foundation on which to make further
cuts or increases in salaries. The House
has promised to make a noise like a
cyclone in handling the bill on Monday
and the Senate will not lie back. Some
alton now that the members realize
that they were influenced entirely by
n member of another committee. The
rumor that Assistant Superintendent
Rowland is to be made an engineer of
the Public Works Department at an
advance over his present salary lacks
Now that the Governor has his hand
in he is willing that the statement of
Senator Smith, to the effect that the
privilege of the veto is a good thing,
without any perhaps to it, be put on
the record and he is keeping up his
lick.
Veto No. 5 hoped in on Saturday
on the hand of Secretary Atkinson and
was read at the morning session just
a few minutes before the expiration of
the time limit. This one is against
the bill which provides hospital for
the INDECENT sick in Kohala. Perhaps
before nightfall these same residents
Of Kohala will make change of two
letters III Ine WOTu anu DecOlie III
dignant; it's not far cry where the
sick and infirm of a district are con-
cerned. The message will have con-
sideration during the day and it may
be there will be a change, for there
is still time to override.
The Senators are not blowing be-
cause the last two are House bills, theyl
think their turn may be the next.
The only new bill introduced Satur-
day was that by Senator Makekau
which relates to trusts in connection
with transportation. There is n posi-
bility that this is aimed at the steam
ship company plying its vessels between
Honolulu and the other islands but
that fact has not been brought out.
BILLS SIGNED.
The Secretary reported that the Gov
srnor had signed Senate Bill No. IS,
Act is, relating to suspension of sen.
tenre in certain cases.
House Bill No. SO, Act 10, relating
10 elections.
The House reported passage of House
Bill 81 and 1t was read in the Senate