The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-02
SAY
HOUSE
WAS
FOOLED
MEMBERS DECLARE WORD WAS
SENT AROUND THAT SUBsTI-
TUTE BILL WOULD BE SIGNED.

SEMI AROUND Thai oOb0 IL
TUTE BILL WOULD BE SIGNED.
Speaker Holstein stated this morning
that there was no question but the
House had been led to believe that the
Governor had agreed to sign Senate
Bill H. provided the House would sus-
tain his veto of the House Bill 213, the
original counties revenue bill.
Holstein further stated that he be-
lieved that the Governor acted within
his rights in refusing to surrender the
notification of the House of its action
on the measure, when the House decid-
ed to reconsider, after it was learned
that the Governor intended to kill both
bills. "Of course" he said, 81 presume
there will be a lawsuit to decide wheth-
er or not the bill as reconsidered and
passed over the veto is all right The
Governor will no doubt direct the Ter
ritorial Treasurer not to accede to the
demands of the counties for a division
Of the collections The Governor is
looking after the Territory, rather than
the Counties, and I think he has taken
the right stand"
Representative Hughes said: THE
House was buncoed. / don't know ex-
actly how the tip was passed out, but
1 know I considered it authentic. We
had no need to get ourselves into any
such position. All we had to do was
to have held up the original bill until
sure that the Governor did not mean
to sign the substitute and then pass it
over his veto as We did on reconsider
alton. / am sure that the impression
that the arrangement was authentic
was generally believed. Anyhow
think the Governor was wrong in the
stand he has seen fit to take about the
first action of the House, inasmuch as
the measure had not been acted on by
the Senate at the time we decided to
reconsider it,"
Mr.. Hughes also expressed his opin-
ion that the matter would have to be
threshed out in the courts, but believed
that the act of the Legislature would ul-
timately be sustained
Other members, among whom the
| action of the Governor was a live topic
today, expressed substantially the same
opinion as Hughes, relative to the
crooked steer having been handed ou
to the House. but there was some diff
| ference of opinion over the refusal OF
the House tofreconsider its actfonAup
der the circumstances, and as to how
the matter will be decided in the courts
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
the Governors appropriation bill, wal
received from the Governor. 1t was thu
item of $11,00O for wharves and land
ings for Kauai. This is the item tina
was originally for school purposes IL
Kauai, but was changed after a harC
fight by the Kauai delegation.
Coney moved to sustain the Gov
ernors action Rice also approve,
such action and the veto was sustained
| PAUOA WATER KILLED.
The Governor also vetoed two item
of House Bill 131, the General appro
priation bill. One of these items wa
for $40 900 for purchase of the Pauo
water rights the other $500 for tn
extension of the Kamuela, Hawai-
water works.
Kaleo, who has been backing the Pa
uoa water business all through tn
session., made a lengthy speech agains
the Governors action. Kaniho second
ed Kaleos motion to override the vet
on the item.
A vote on the first item stood IA t
H. and not receiving a two-thirds ma
jority, failed to override the veto.
On the second item the vote carrie
1t over the veto.
MEDICAL BILL KILLED.
The Conference Committee on Hous
Bill "a, the Medical Examination bill
= which was held up by the Senate for
S days and reported on the last day wit
e 10 out of 16 sections stricken out, r,
i ported that it had been unable to agr'
e and recommended that the bill be t;
e bled. The report was adopted.
n PRINTING COMMITTEES GOOD
WORK.
= The Printing Committee made i
e final report. Out Of 244 bills intr
s duced 24O were translated and printer
besides Joint resolutions, reports,
Ii message and Senate bill; a total
r 251
= In the session of 1905 there were b
It 200 such measures printed. The tot
Il cost of this work was $5,717.44; the co
$ in 1905 was S7,O94.O o. or a difference
IS S1,37655 in favor of the present col
mittee, notwithstanding that 81 mo
i Bills were printed. The report was /
l. ceived and fled
a, GOVERNOR FLAYED.
N,IF ~ or.