The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-30
HOUSE WILL
RECONSIDER
Ask Senate to Return
the Salary Grab
Measure.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DAY.

| HOUSE-THIRTY-S DAY.
| That a reconsideration of the Salary
Grab bill was agreed to by the House
yesterday with only four dissenting
votes shows that a spirit of reason has
| returned among the members and that
the matter has by no means as yet
| been settled, even if the bill had been
rushed to the Senate and there passed
a first reading. 1t seems practically
certain now that when the bill comes
up again it will be so amended as not
to look like the original measure and
the more glaring of the grabs will be
cut out. The raising of the salaries
for the county of Hawaii will be, it
| is stated, limited to one official; there
will be general pruning down of all
| the Oahu salaries and Kauai and Maui
| will be satisfied now to limit their
boosts to only those offices which really
need it, while the supervisors go back
| to $780,
The vote to recall the bill from the
Senate was carried yesterday morning,
but there seemed to exist some little
doubt as to how the Senate would act
on the request, considering that there
the first reading had been passed. The
matter came up in the afternoon, Ka-
leiopu wanting to know how about it.
He was assured by the speaker that
now that the House had decided to
reconsider within the twenty y-four hour
limit there need be no fear of the
matter. The clerk informed the House
that he had sent in their request for
the return of the bill and it is sup
posed that Monday will see the matter
again under discussion among the
members.
1T is expected that this mornings s
session will be a short one, the mem
bers desiring time to make all arrange
ments for their three days. trip to
Molokai Those who will take this trip
the members of the Board of Health
and the press representatives, about
one hundred in all.
An interesting report was presented
yesterday by the Committee on Agri-
culture, dealing with the proposed ex-
emption from taxation of lands de-
voted to certain diversified industries.
The committee recommends cutting
down the exempted lands to areas of
forty acres and then only when the
entire area is in actual cultivation.
Morning Session.
One indication of the lengthening of
the session of the Legislature towards
its close is the daily shortening of the
invocation delivered by Chaplain Lono.
In the opening days he took full five
minutes to ask for wisdom to descend |
upon the members, now a brief half |
minute suffiees for the reverend gen
tleman to include all his wants The |
members have either received their
share of wisdom or the chaplain has
SENATE SURPRISES RAWLINS.
A communication from the Senate
the House that the report
of the special joint committee on House
Bill 80 had been adopted in the Sen
ate. The speaker asked what the
House members of the committee had
lone about their report, which drew
IN explanation from Rawlins.
It appears that the joint committee
lad adopted a report, which at the
asst moment had been found not to
.over the ground, an unconstitutional
,oint having been unearthed in the
ill. Accordingly the report was to :
lave been held up and not presented.
That the Senate had received the re-
'ort was a surprise.
While Rawlins was speaking note .
vas handed him, which explained that
he presentation of the report in the {
enate had been a mistake. /
FILIPINO LABOR.
A resolution was presented by Castro a
skiing that the Secretary give the ,
louise whatever information was in his !
ossession regarding the intention of
he Planters Association TO import Z
filipino labor into the Territory The
passed. This information is q
-anted before any discussion of immi- !
ration matters is begun.
Long moved his expected Grab Bill J
lotion to the effect that the Senate be a
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