The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-03-15

terday, although the prlnclPal sPcaheia
had gone into eclipse for the time be-
ing. The regular appropriation bill was
not taken up, the committee of the
whole failing TO materialize, in place
of which the members visited the offices
of DIR. Mcdonald, in the Young Hotel,
TO look at bacilli through microscope.
Morning Session.
The House, at the opening hour yes
terday morning, had sadly depleted
appearance, the grip having made
many gaps and stilled some orators
that no other power could have silenced
Kaleiopu was home nursing himself
back into shape, Rawlins was not in
his place, Correa IS chair was cold,
Quinn was quieter than usual, being
absent, Kaniho's voice was stilled,
Castro was absent and Waiwaiole re-
NAMED on the sick list. But the wheels
kept turning and reports, resolutions
and bills found their way as usual into
the clerk IS records and in and out of
committee. In announcing Kaniho g
illness the Speaker facetiously remark
ed, as well as he was able with stiffen-
ed bronchial tubes, that the honorable
member from Kohala had at last joined
the majority.
PETITIONS AND COMMUN1CA-
TInNS
A petition to boost the monthly sti-
pend of county supervisors from beg
carly fifty month to a living wage
of one hundred dollars month came
in from forty voters, all natives and
doubtless all ready to sacrifice them
selves on the altar of public duty in
the way of apprenticeship when the
same is made worth while. Represen-
tative Mahoe endorsed the petition,
which went to the Finance committee.
Another petition praying for mini
mum wage of $3.50 day for laborers
on public works was also presented by
Mahoe. As a singular coincidence the
signatures of the petitioners were the
same as in the previous petition. What
is sauce for the supervisoral geese is
also good for the road working ganders,
evidently.
To change the location of the court
house of the district of Koolauloa from
Hauula to Laiewai was petitioned for
by forty-three voters of the district
and endorsed by Mahoe. This petition
also bears the names of those who de-
sire certain pecuniary changes from
the Legislature, as above.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
The Public Lands and Improvement
committee reported favoraby on House
Resolution 1913, introduced by Mahoe
which provides:
"That six thousand dollars be in
serted in the appropriation bill for the
purpose of building wharf at Kai-
huaha, district of Waianae, County of
Oahu, beg leave to report that they
have investigated this matter and they
find the intention of the introducer of
this resolution is for an appropriation
for new bridge across the Kaihuaha
stream.
cat the present time there is no
bridge over this stream and in rainy
weather it is dangerous to cross the
same, we therefore recommend that
an item for Erection of New Bridge
Across Kaihuaha Stream, Waianae, &c.
OOO," be inserted in the appropriation
BILL"
Rice objected to the appropriation
because 1t was for matter not in
the control of the Legislature. Too
much of the time of the House was
taken up in the consideration Of these
kinds of resolutions.
"Where is the money to come from
to pay for all these things recommend
ed by the Committee on Public Lands
and improvements We have had
enough in to run our appropriations up
to two or three Millions said the
member from Kauai.
Mahoe thought the honorable mem
ber's ideas of retrenchment came in
pretty late. Resolution after resolu-
tion had gone through without objec.
tion until this one from Waianae came
up. Waianae had asked for nothing
before and was entitled to these two
items, amounting in all to only $4,000.
There might have been small mis-.
take in calling a bridge wharf, but
what was the Judiciary committee for,
If not to slick up such thingsf
Hughes thought that most the reso.
lutions passed were done to give con.
stituents the idea that every member
was strenuously fighting for them. Some
of the resolutions were drawn up with
out sense or reason and nine.tenths of
them would be cut out in making APP
preparations, The present one might
as well be adopted and later dealt
with.
Other honorable members shed their
light on the motion to adopt, Akau