The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-16

making Ieprosy a ground for divorce,
and number 128, imposing license fee
on livery stables, were all passed
without opposition.
Senate Bill %, which allows the pas
sage of sentence on persons free on
suspended sentence within thirteen
months of conviction, also met with
no noes.
Senate Joint Resolution No. 1, au-
thorizing the appointment of a Tax
| Commission by the Governor, passed
third reading without excitement
SENATE HEARD FROM.
House Bill 50 was returned from the
Senate, amended so as to provide Sc
crecy for votes in the polling booths,
the original bill having increased the
number of voting compartments in
polling booths to not less than three.
Consideration of the amendments was
continued over until the afternoon.
House Bill Y was returned, also
verbally amended. This is the truancy
law, which imposes a fine on the per-
son responsible for the nonattendance
at school of any child. The amend
ment provides for the presence of the
child at the trial along with the re-
SpOnS1Dle person.
KALEIOPU WITHDRAWS BILL.
House Bill $50, dealing with the crea-
ton of the city and county of Homo
lulu, was withdrawn by the introducer,
Kaleiopu. No specific reasons We're
given by the honorable member for
this move, but the House seemed to
understand and made no objection.
CONSIDERATION OF VETOES.
The messages from the Governor,
vetoing Senate Bill 4, dealing with fire
apparatus on Maui, was reread. The
objection of the Governor was that
this bill carried a transfer of Terri
torial property to a county, but Raw
Inns failed to see the force of this. Ev-
cry county was given the use of public
buildings, road-making plants and
other property and the transfer of this
fire apparatus would he the same. The
Territory and the counties are not fish
ing for lawsuits and would not go
into litigation over a hose reel.
Quinn moved that the Governors
veto be OVERRIDE, his motion carrying
without a dissenting vote, while the
whole House smiled.
The veto of Senate Bill IA, comforting
the right of married women to deal
with their own property, was, however,
sustained. Rice, who made motion to
override, defended the measure and
took issue with the contra arguments
of the Governor.
Correa moved to sustain the veto,
finding the bill lopsided, in that it gave
the wife more rights than the husband,
giving her absolute control of her
-1o hot NF fbn
husband. The law was one affecting
Hawaiians more than the whites.
Hughes objected to the application
of the law to Hawaiians more than
to whites. All are Americans and sub
ject to the same law. This law pro-
tected women married to worthless
men and should be passed. The Gov
ernor was not responsible to the peo-
pie and when the peoples representa-
tives wanted the law they should over
ride the veto.
Correa thought that any law which
gave so much of an advantage to a
woman over her husband was a good
law to be beaten.
Rawlins explained the provisions of
the bill, which gave to the judiciary
the right of decision in these matters.
While the judiciary may have been crit
isiZed at times, he wished to go on
record as stating his full confidence in
the good sense and integrity of the
Judiciary of the Territory. senator w.
O. Smith, the father of the bill, was
the best informed man in the Territory
on the question of dealing with es-
tates and he would never have intro
duced miscaievous measure on the
subject.
Kaleiopu confessed that SO much
counsel had made confusion in his
mind. He had been prepared to vote
aye on the question to override, but
had become fiustered. The protection
of the husband seemed necessary now.
If a husband were aged or paralyzed,
who would support him?
Mahoe also put in a good word for
the poor husband
The roll call showed ayes IL, noes
10, absent 8, sustaining the veto, the
smile vanishing from the faces of the
seventeen.
ALL FRIENDS OF WORKINGMEN.
The vetoing of House Bill 80. was
considered. This measure makes five
hours work on Saturday a legal day
for public laborers, a restriction of
private liberty thought the Governor,
as a fine for working overtime had
been provided
Sheldon felt that Notwithstanding the
sustaining of the Governor in the pre-
vious veto, the vote on this ought to
be deferred.
Quinn insisted on an immediate VOTE
which showed ayes q, noes 0, thus
overriding the veto.
A MINIMUM WAGE.
Senate Bill Z, making $3.50 the mini
mum daily wage for Territorial labor
ers, came up for final reading. Ma
hoe, in this connection, wanted to en-
phasize the fact that he had some bills
and petitions in on the same subject,
deserving credit for the same.
Rice objected to the amendment
making the wage compulsory in the
political subdivisions of the Territory,
which would make the county rate. He
thought the counties ought to establish
their own wage scale.
Sheldon supported the bill and drew
a word picture Of the road laborer out
in the sun all day, working for his lit
tie old dollar and a half per.
Kaleiopu explained that the special
intention of the law was to establish
a minimum wage scale for the coun-