The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-05-03

House and he regretted that now the
time was too late.
The Speaker asked II the measure
would not be- violation OF tho Con.
sii,uiion Of the United States, to which
hawlins explained that II was the con.
siiiution Of man that the committee
had been consulting.
Hughes said that IL anyone had a
Kick coming In the matter II was he.
He had fought single.handed at first
for Local Option, while his colleague,
Mr.. Long, hao sat by like a clam. Now,
too late, he burst forth as an ardent
temperance advocate.
Several other members took occasion
to josh Long, who blushed bashfully be-
hind his newspaper. The report of the
committee was adopted.
The Education committee cleared its
hands of bills by recommending the
tabling of the bill to abolish the Office
of Commissioner of Public Instruction
and by presenting report on the Had
ley School incident, the same that had
been presented in the Senate.
SUPERVISOR IS MILEAGE.
Rawlins reported on the legality of
paying mileage fees to county super
visors, the opinion of the judiciary
committee being that the supervisors
could vote themselves mileage if they
/ fplt IicnoaaI hut hn
be properly tested in the courts.
SENATE'S MONDAY WORK.
A veto of Senate Bill lis, the bill
abolishing the Territorial pounds, was
presented. Rice moved that the bill
become law in spite of the veto and
Kaleiopu moved to sustain the veto.
cit is the Senate that did all the
monkey work in these bills,' he said
in explanation.
The veto was overridden by 81 votes
to 8.
SOME SALARIES VETOED.
A veto was presented of Senate Bill
30, the Territorial Salary bill, the Gov
OihoI iSPcdtihS Ills dSoeIIlO IudL lut
appropriations are much in excess of
the estimated revenues carrying $685.
972 more than the present period. The
bill had raised in all SO salaries, the
ones objected to being those for night
librarian of the Supreme Court library,
medical inspector at Hilo, government
physicians under control of the Board
of Health, Portuguese interpreter in
the Circuit and District Courts, Health
and Sanitary Inspector, Honolulu.
Kaleiopu asked to defer. He did
not want the House to act and then
let the Senate sustain one or more items
and cut out the rest.
Kaniho moved to override and do it
now. He thought the House ought to
60 ahead and let the Senate take what
ever action it wished.
The vote was deferred however.
MORE yEToES ARRIVE.
The Maui County Bond bill got the
axe, the Governor expressing an opin-
ion that it was improper to require the
Presidents approval of any bill passed
by the Territorial Legislature. This
matte. went over until the evening.
HOSPITAL ITEMS OBJECTED TO.
Another veto affected several items
in House Bill "A. One of these was
for the repair of the Judiciary build
ing, $4,000, which the Governor
thought too much to spend on an old
building. The House passed it over
his veto. Other items were those for
the proposed Kalihi hospital, and the
hospitals at Mauolani, Lihue and Eleele.
These items also passed in spite of
the veto.
THE THOUSAND LOOKED GOOD.
Kaleo moved to reconsider the vote
on the Senate resolution to make the
sessional pay an even thousand. On
first vote the motion was lost but
standing vote being called for thirteen
were found ready to reason about 1t,
while only twelve stayed put. Five
members did not vote. This matter also
went over until after dinner.
THE LAST RESOLUTION.
Kaleiopu presented resolution au-
thorizing the Speaker and the chair
man of the committee on accounts to
pay all claims against the House and
to approve vouchers which shall be
paid by the clerk out of the balance
of the legislative appropriation. This
was sdopted.
RETURNED IN SILENCE.
The Judiciary and Health committees
handed in their last bills, briefly ask
ing that they be tabled One was to
prevent Territorial and County officials
from practising law and the other to
abolish the compulsory vaccination law.
RECONSIDERATION OF VETO.
There was warm fight preeipitated
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