Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-30
HOUSE PAU With
APPROPRIATIONS
Current Expense And
Salary Bills Are
Up To Governor
HOUSE
5Sth Day Afternoon Session

room of the conference reports on the
two principal appropriation bills. the
House practically concluded its la
bors There will be little more to
do yet, principally in the way of act
ing on the vetoes of the Governor.
and there are one or two unimpor-
tant bills not yet passed on to the
Senate, but these are not expected to
take much time, nor is there liable to
he any very animated debate on the
vetOos. From now on the members
will kill time and wait for IL o'clock
legislative session will end.
When the conference report on the
salary appropriation bill was read,
kaniho was Mortified to discover that
the item for u bacteriologist and
I,athologist. which he had so careful
~ knocked out. had been rcinscrtcd.
lie nearly had u fit. When he got
over the first shock, he made a deter
mined effort to prevent the adoption
Of the report and to hold up the work
of the Government and the Legisla-
ture by killing the appropriation bill.
He cried for an extra session, so an
appropriation bill could be passed
which would not contain this obnoX-
ious item. While most of the MEM
bers looked bored and disguised. he
stamped his feet and pounded his
desk and filled the air with discord
ant sound.
But II was all to no purpose. Six
of the members who usually follow
his lead voted with him, but the re-
mainder Of those present voted in ia
vor of the adoption of the report. Ka-
lciopu made sensible speech In
which he outlined the difficulties that
had been encountered by the Con-
ference Committee and told how
close had been the call on Il hung
Jury.
Those who voted against the adop-
tion of the report were Kaniho, Ka-
hama. Kalana, Keouli, Mahoc, Maj
lima and Nakaleka.
J'1flll , fllbl w 'ul lsNh'Nh'l puN
ol his job as librarian of the Arch
ives and to putnin some friend of his
failed. the Conference Committee
knocking out the amendment making
the Librarian also Hawaiian transla-
tor.
Chester Doyle. the criminologist of
the Attorney Generals Department,
also wins out over his enemies in the
Eouse, the item for his salary being
Io-inserted in the bill.
II. b. pa. the Governors leper
bill was returned from the Senate
with amendments. The House con-
Cured.
The same action was taken In re-
gard to the amendments to II. b. 20i.
A resolution came down from the
Senate calling for the appointment of
q Land Commission to deal with the
land laws and report to the next Leg
stature such changes as II shall con-
cider necessary. The resolution, pass
Cd first reading.
SUBSTITUTE BILL
$. Il. III. substitute bill for one
vetoed by the Governor, was read
throughout on second reading. This
bill gives to the County 80 per cent.
ot the school, poll, property and In
| come taxes and of the fees collected
in criminal cases. The Governor
picked some flaws In the first bill.
The Senate bill Is intended to remedy
| the ambiguity Of the vetoed bill, 1t
passed second reading.
! STANDARD OIL BILL
The Finance Committee reported
on s. b. 81, the Standard Oil Bill,
recommending its passage with
amendments. The report was adop-
ted.
RELIEF BILL FAILS
The judiciary Committee made It's
report on II. Il. 239, to compensate
Esther X. Baker and David X. Baker
for damages resulting from trespass-
Is committed by officers of the Gov
crnment of Hawaii under the advice
and instructions of the Attorney Cen
eral of the Territory and for the re-
! lief of the estate of A. 7. Atkinson,
4. NJ Brown and Geo. p. Kamauoha.
The committee felt 1t inadvisable
TO recomwend the passage of the bill,
as the matter is pending before the
Territorial courts and there is at
present no judgment against the Ter
ltory, The report was adopted,
CURRENT EXPENSE BILL
The Special Conference Committee
on II, Il. a, the current expense APP
preparation bill. recommended the
passage of the bill ms amended by the
Senate, with certain amendments.
The report was adopted.
The amendments reduce the total
SSi,150, The $4,000 for Govern
hent physicians was cut out, as this
same item is included in the Terri
torial appropriation bill. The Asso-
Ciated Charities was given only ST.,
400, half what 1t was in the bill as
PASSED by the House.
The pXDpnseS connected with the