The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-09

matter TO be held over until the A.
tsrnoon.
A WARNING VOICE.
The Speaker sounded a note " warn
.ng. This was the fortieth day OF the
session and there are f1rty-0ne HOUSE
bills in the senate. hsty-two House bills
in committees OK the House. nine sen
ate bills in the House and fourteen
House bills in the hands o. the Gov
ernor. Twenty-Five House bills had
become law.
It was necessary 10 make haste and
he warned the House against having "a
hold night sessions. which were IN
satisfactory He suggested cutting the
noon recess short. but this was OBJ
jected 20 as the committees needed all
the time they could get al noon.
sHELDON's DAILY BILL
Before recess sheldon presented a bill
10 encourage al companies formed Tor
irrigat-ng purposes and the sale OF
water.
Afternoon Session.
House Resolution 2 was returned
from the Senate. having there received
the seal Of approval This Is the reso-
luton dealing with the Waikiki recia-
nation scheme and empowers the Cow
ernor 20 appoint a commission 70 look
into the plans Of President Pinkham.
To protect the public on the public
streets and other public grounds. from
animals and vehicles is the title Of a
bu fathered by Sheldon, which makes
il unlawful TO leave horses united along
the streets.
BACK OK SALARY QUESTION.
The committee Of the whole then
took UP the Territorial salary bill.
Castro in the chair.
The salary Of the District Magistrate
OF Honolulu. which was being fought
over when the committee rose on Fri
day. was taken UP again Action was
again deferred. which was also done
with an item for the second district
magistrate
Kaleiopu wanted 10 raise the pay OF
the clerks and interpreters OF the dis.
trict court all around and there were
varieties OF amendments. Two items
finally passed. the first clerk at s12s
and tas second at 500. An item Of So
for an interpreter was deferred because
unspecifc.
Rice opposed the items for japanese.
Hawaiian and Portuguese Interpreters
These are now paid by the County OF
Oahu. II would seem that the bill
was beng padded and an attempt 10
To-. o azh Il wr1nrraA
the items be struck out
Rawlins explained that the practice
at the district court was. as Hughes
would say. "a pernicious system"
where the prisoners cases were pre-
scented through the Interpretation Of the
very police who arrested them The
matter was wrong and should be
changed. He asked the HAWAI- an
members to put themselves in the
places Of some Of the Porto Ricans and
others arrested
This is not creating new jobs but 81
is simply giving the people under trias
. q square deal"
Rice stu persisted in his remark that
the items We're intended to provide nice
fat Jobs for new men.
ECONOMY HAS sLUMPED.
( Paoo asked for a boast 10 800 OF the
Eva district magistrate he had
had boosted the deputy sheriff Of that
district by quoting figures and had
E figures to quote again. He compared
I the rece pts from Lahaina and Eva %
4 show how much more profitable 20 the
( Territory was the Eva beak-
Rice was sorry all the magistrates
were not around to hear the able argu-
u1ent for then there would BE- no more
/ Imprisonment but only fines 80 that
TIRE revenue would BE- swelled and the
sa.aries boosted accordingly
after loaE speeches by kaniho and
. sheldon the item passed at 500.
There were more raises 10 follow. the
nag .strates al Honuaula, Makawao
and Hama al be ng boosted b. friends
on the floor
The district magistrate Of Lanai
was doubled from SO 10 go oct OF
respect 10 the Office as sheldon re-
marked that he had had only one case
in years.
The boosting continued. the few who
had been opposing the grabs getting
DISCOURAGED evidently, as they did not
even vote against the raises. Hughes
alone raised a warning voice and re
minded the grabbing members % the
conference committee, where the knife
work will have TO be done. kaniho,
who wearied everyone In a driveling
speech about the hardships Of the ko-
hala magistrates. brought out a cues
ton from sheldon a. 20 the where
zbouts of the ak which was used 80
- -ae-zrr-F~v ~ ire bill.
There was a fight over the salary %
The clerk u the Fourth Circuit Court.
South Huo. which Akau boosted %
800. seconded BY Kahana- Rawlins
tEitted the latter with having moved
The adoption OF the report % the com
rnittee. which fixed the amount az So.
The raise went through al right
ONE AMENDMENT LOST.