The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-22
LIGHT DAY
IN SENATE
Good Salaries Provided
for Attaches of
the House.
sENATE-sEcoND DAY.
Morning Session.

morning SeSS1On-
There was little activity in the Sem
ate chamber prior to the hour when
President Bishop called the members
to order. Discussions over trivial mat
ters occupied the spare moments of
some of the members but none were
sufficiently important to attract atten-
ton There was the usual invocation
by the chaplain, reading of the roll,
which brought to light Hayselden's
continued absence, and the reading of
the journal and the approval of the
contents These are all matters of
daily routine which receive only pass
ing attention from anyone; the real
business comes afterward in chunks
Clerk Savidge read an invitation
from the Superintendent of Public Ir
struetion for the members to call at
the Promotion rooms and view the
paintings by Artist d. Howard Hitch
cock and to be presented to various
public schools for excellence on Arbor
day.
A concurrent resolution calling for
five members from the Senate and one
at large who viii investigate the mys-
teries of the Nuuanu dam stirred the
members, or at least three of them,
into action.
Senator Dowsett objected to the
adoption of the resolution for the rea-
son that there is now permanent
committee to whom such questions
should be referred and he believed this
should go to the committee on public
expenditures. He felt, he said, that
it is too early in the session to take
up matters 10 be referred to special
committees. In this he was support
ed by SsnIrurGhillingwo who stat
ed that he had heard of the inten-
tion of the House to appropriate the
sum of two thousand dollars for the
expense of the investigation. Sena-
tor Lane moved to table the resolu-
tion, but this was opposed by Sena-
tor Smith who expressed the belief
that it should have better treatment
and stated why. Senator Lane with
drew his motion and the matter was
placed on the order of the day for
Saturday.
The clerk read report from County
Clerk Kalauokalani showing the work
of the Board of Supervisors during
the year. This was ordered filed,
President Bisnop remarking that there
was no law compelling the report which
had been submitted merely as mat
ter of courtesy by Mr.. Kalauokalani.
Senator Woods made a verbal report
on the Kalaupapa breakwater matter
and stated that it was the intention
of the Superintendent of Public Works
TO survey the place and report to the
Senate within twenty days.
Senator smith gave notice of his
intention to introduce a bill for the
appointment of committees on eduea-
tion in the different counties.
An Act to amend See. 90 of the
Session Laws.
An Act to amend that section of
the Session Laws so that appeals may
be made from the Court of Land Regis
tration.
An Act to provide for direct prima-
~ law.
BY Senator Dowsett:
A bill providing for the .appropr1a-
tion of funds for the compensation OF
Senators for the session of 1907.
BY Senator Coelho:
A bal providing for the approprla'
tion of money for the pay of tax
commission for the Territory. Senator
Lane then read the bill creating the
commission but as it had embodied
in it provision for the payment OF
the commissioners, it created dis
eussion and was finally sent to the
Judiciary committee. The rules were
suspended in the others and they were
read by title and passed first reading
and were referred to the printing COM
mittee.
Senate Bill No. Is, appropriating the
sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the
expenses of a selected delegation from
Congress to Hawan passed'second read
ing and as there was nothing for fur-
1her consideration, Senator smith
moved a recess uutil , D. m.