The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-12

brOuhnt into the itouNts ne-n"t" ~ "
would prevent poor natives from get
ting hrowood from konohiki lands.
The bill was killed.
Afternoon Session.
Various communications from tho
Senate occupied the attention Of tho
House after the noon recess. Senate
Bill 81. relating to amendments In tho
County Act. was presented and given
first reading. The amendments which
the House had made to Senate Bill 81
were concurred In by the Senate and
the conference committee report on
Senate Bill 30 had been adopted In the
upper chamber
RUDE, CURT OFFICIAL
A severe calling down for Subagent
Williams. of the land department. HI
10. was included In a report from the
Public Lands committee on an inves-
tigation carried on by them relative
to the right of purchase lease OF Mrs.
Sarah B. Henry. OF, Kaohoe, Puma. The
committee reported having found Mrs.
Henry's case neglected by the sub
agent The report adds:
1.-THE Commissioner Of Public Lands
mittee feels that Mrs. Henry will be
given every assistance by the Public
Lands department to obtain her rights.
Your committee. from the testi-
mony. find that Mr.. Williams has not
a proper understanding of the duties
Of his office and his acts and manner
indicate that he does not accord those
having business relations with his Of
flee the courtesy and consideration due
them. In fact, he Is rude, curt and
unmannerly and we recommend that
the Commissioner severely censure him
in that respect, and instruct him that
he is a servant of the people and
should politely answer questions ask
ed by landholders and others hav-
ing relations with the department;
that he is there for that purpose and
should encourage the business of his
office by explaining to tenants fully
their rights and duties and to assist
them by so doing in perfecting their
claims under the law"
PASSED WITHOUT DEBATE.
House Bills 1856 and 1872 passed with
out debate or opposition and Senate
Bill Ga, granting another electrical pow
err company franchise to a Maui COM
pany was deferred for a week, after
some desultory discussion. Senate
Bill 76. prohibiting the digging up or
obstructing of any public road met
with no opposition and is ready for the
Governor. Senate Bill sS. regulating
the Importation of bees and protecting
also carried.
GENERAL ELECTRIC BILL.
A bill authorizing the manufacture.
maintenance, distribution and sale of
electricity in the Territory, a general
law, was up for second reading and
went to the Commerce committee.
A bill distributing whatever funds
Maui may receive from the Loan Fund
by the County of Maui, amounting to
100000, went to the Expenditures COM
mittee and bill appropriating $4,000
for translating and printing the ses-
sion laws of 1905 and 1907 in Hawaiian.
was referred to the same committee.
The Judiciary committee received
House Bill 202. relating to the holding
of real estate and corporate stock by
banking corporations.
A resolution criticizing an appoint-
ment of the Board of Commissioners Of
Public instruction for the government
school at Lahaina was presented by
Joseph. The resolution states that the
appointment was made contrary to the
best interests of the school and con-
trary to the recommendations of the
inspectors, and that the House requests
a special meeting of the Board to dis
cuss the appointment and furnish the
House with reasons why it should have
been made. The resolution further re-
solved that the House be represented
by n committee at the meeting. The
resolution passed and the Education
committee asked to look after it.
LOCAL OPTION BILL KILLED.
Hughes tried to sidetrack the con-
sideration of his local option bill for
the day. moving first that the matter
be postponed. This was not agreed to
and the bill was taken up in committee
of the whole with Correa in the chair.
After the bin had been read he moved
the committee rise and report progress.
This aroused Kaleiopus ire. who
thought Hughes was testing with the
members. He wanted the bill taken
up and discussed on its merits. Raw
Inns thought the same thing.
Hughes therefore spoke on his meas
ure, which he had introduced as gooc
bill. Being one to curb the sale OF
liquor it was of necessity a good one.
He urged the advantage of temperance
legislation and pointed out the curse OF
intemperance in Hawaii.
He deemed 1t an insult to the lntelli-
gence of the House for anyone to have
to defend the local option bill in the
House. for everyone should see the
need of passing It.
WOULD PROMOTE DRAM SELLING,
Kaleiopu confessed that he did not
know before the real merit of the bill,
which the introducer had explained as
something to stop the promiscuoua
selling of liquors. but in his opinion
the passage of the bill would rather
promote the promiscuous selling of in
toxicants. IL the missionaries lived
n all the precincts the bill might have
good effect, but in the Fifth district
he hesitated not To say that everyone
OF the thirteen precincts would vote In
favor of the sale of liquor, The law