The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-09
JUST A HINT
OF UNHAPP|NESs
SENATE THIRTv.EIaHTH DAY.
Morning Session.

Morning Session.
The House had n shamefaced mp.
pearance yesterday morning, following
tho debauch of reason OF the previous
night AZ member after member en-
tered he would quickly scan the faces
of the others to see what the result
of n night 3 sleep and chance to
think had been, while the principal
conversation before the fall of the
gavel was the vote on the Wallach
matter and the necessity for explain
ing the reason which had prompted 1t.
Yesterday morning the majority of the
members were again willing to declare
Wallach faker but advanced the plea
that their votes had been given in de-
ference to the demand of the people.
'The voice of the people is the voice
of God,' you know, said John Hughes.
UNPAID CLAIMS SWOLLEN.
The committee of the whole present
ed report as the first item of bust
ness. This dealt with House Bill 161,
the unpaid claims bill, and recommend
ed the passing of the measure with
grand total expanded to $l4,376.71.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Three House bills aud one Senate
bill were on the order of the day for
third reading. These were:
House Bill 164, granting charter
to manufacture and sell electrical pow
er and light on Maui to G. b. Wells,
Geo. II. Robertson, NJ. p. Robinson, d.
II. Case and II. B. Penhallow;
House Bill 116, the school teachers
pension measure;
House Bill 1876, providing for the
payment of the claims of the Hawaii
police prior to 1905, and
Senate Bill 81, the Hawaii railroad
bill.
For second reading was the unpaid
claims bill, held over to allow report
from the committee of the whole, and
Senate Bill 80, the territorial salary
bill
TEACHERS PENSIONS.
Sheldon moved the indefinite post
ponement of the School Teachers Pen
sion bill, and Long moved the passage
of the bill, the rollcall being taken on
the last motion without debate. The
result showed, ayes, IS; notes, s; abb
Action regarding the Hawaii police
was deferred, pending report of the
committee on the figures submitted.
House Bill 164 was called and action
deferred until Tuesday.
AN IMPORTANT BILL.
Sheldon wanted to defer the gen.
eral railroad tax exemption bill again,
Rice objecting.
"This is an important bill. 1t is
a bill of great benefit to the country.
We need these railroads on Hawaii
and Kauai and / think the bill ought
to be taken up and not deferred again.
said Rice.
Sheldon said he only wanted de-
ferring until Monday, not that he was
against the bill but because the bill
had been amended so in the Senate and
enlarged that he wanted more time.
There was another bill in the Legisla-
ture which went even further, taking
in bitches as well.
The vote to defer was lost.
Rice then offered an amendment
which clarified the classification of the
exempted railroad property FUSED sole
ly and exclusively in the operation of
railroads used as common carriers.
Kaleiopu called for light. He neith-
err understood the amendment nor Rice IS
explanation of it.
Rice further explained his amend
ment. AS the bill came from the Sen
ate all the property of railroad COM
pany would be exempt from taxation,
but the amendment limited the prop
erty to only what was actually used
for the rallroad.
"The railroads could buy up land
and plantations and pay no taxes un-
der the act.,T want to protect the tax
payers of the Territory. We don't
want to exempt everything railroad
company wants to buy" he concluded.
The amendment carried and the
amended bill was ordered printed to
allow the members to digest it. 1t
was put on the order of the day for
Monday
BILLS REPORTED.
Coney's bill to protect wild birds in
the Honolulu judiciary district was
favorably reported by the Health and
Police committee.
| Correa Is bill relating to granting per-
| mits to hunt with firearms in the Ter
| ritory, was recommended for passage.
A bill introduced by the Judiciary
committee relating to furious and heed
less driving was also recommended by
the same committee. The original bill
applied only to Oahu but was made to
apply ON all the islands.
A BAS LES MONGOOSE.
A bill "to encourage the extermina-
tion of mongoose'' was presented by
Quinn. The measure puts bounty OF
| ten cents head on the pests,
ASYLUM GUARDS WANT A RAISE.
A petition was presented by Kalei-
opu on behalf of the seventeen guards
of the Oahu asylum, who ask that their
pay be raised. At present they re-
ceive $S5 month and put their modest
demand at $40.
SENATE STILL AMENDS.
A communication from the Senate
came down with House Bill l02, which
had been literally amended, This bill
| leals with the manner of drawing