The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-21

H. /. HOLSTEIN
IS SPEAKER
(Continued from Page One

(COnIlDueO from rage On6-t
Loan Act of 1905 which have been ex-
pended.
2. The sums appropriated under the
Loan Act of 1905 unexpended.
g. The reasons why in each case
the said sums appropriated have not
been expended.
4. The works contemplated, connp1et-
ed and to be completed before June
80, 1907, under said Loan Act.
The school question is to be gone in
to thoroughly, Representative Sheldon
introducing a resolution asking that
the matter of teachers salaries be re-
ported on in full by the Superintendent
of Public Instruction. The rent rolls
for property on which schools are at
present situated will be looked into and
determined if public lands near by
might not be used.
During the session it is probable that
the Committee on Health will visit Mo-
lokai and investigate conditions at the
leper settlement. A resolution to that
effect was passed by the House yester.
day.
The Rules Committee submitted their
report on the old rules at this time
and there followed a long and rather
sharp debate. The report was finally
adopted. but not until after nearly
every legislator had had his say.
The rules by which the House will
be governed this session are the rules
OF the session of 1905 with few amend
ments. In former sessions of the House
it has been the custom to have the
interpreter be responsible for the writ
ten translations of bills when they go
to the printer. This year a committee
will take this responsibility. The Com.
mittee on Public Lands, Internal I'M
provements and Reference viii all be
one committee, as it is thought that
this will expedite work. The Commit,
tee on Public Expenditures and the one
on accounts will be merged, as their
work is similar. The Committee on
Forestry and Promotion will combine
with the Committee on Agriculture and
Manufacture, as their lines of work are
similar. The Police Committee has
been made one with the Committee on
Public Health, as police matters are
not of much Importance since the adj
vent of County Government. The
committee concluded it's report with the
paragraph:
with these amendments, we recon-
mend the adoption of this report. We
have simplified matters by cutting out
and iessening the number of commit
tees, believing there will be a better
method of procedure of the peoples
business. Freed from the inconvenf.
ence of numbers, it can study qCes.
ton, obtain full information and put
the proposed action into proper shape
for final decision, as it is well said
the committee is the eyesand ear and
hand. and very often the brain of the
assembly, In considering our rules for
guidance we have been led to ask the
Representatives to recognize the Inn
portance of their standing committees
and that each of them can have the
honor of being member of two such
if the Speaker will SO adj
just the same.
The following are the standing com.
mittees of the House as named by the
Speaker:
Rules-Sheldon, Joseph, Quinn, I4ele-
iwi and Moanauli
Finance-Rice, Kalana, Hughes, Akau
and Nakaleka.
MISUNDERSTANDING, Sheldon, Long,
Coney and waiwaiole.
Public Lands and improvements
Kaleiopu, Akau Rawlins. Nakalika,
Silva, Castro and Nailima.
Health and Police-Coney, Kaleiopu,
Pail, Rice and Kaniho.
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