Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-01
SESSION Of I9Ol
IS IN LAST LAP
Legislature Concludes Its
LabOrs This
Evening
HOUSE
HOUSE.

The legislative session is on it's last
lap. The finish comes tonight, prob
ably about $3.50 O'clock though it may
be later The work is practically fin
lshed, the House winding uD nearly
everything yesterday afternoon except
the consideration of a bunch of vetOes
that it had on hand Others will prob
ably come down from the Executive
Chamber today to be acted on before
the formal close of the session comes.
A large part of the time yesterday
afternoon was put in by the House
waiting for otiicial communications
from the Senate. The Standard Oil
bill, which created so much discussion
in the Senate, went through the House
without word Of debate but with
some amendments which were recon-
mended by the committee to which it
was referred. AS soon as the bill was
passed by the House, it was returned
to the Senate. That body promptly
refused to agree to the amendments, so
Ia conference committee was appointed
from the House to confer with the
Senate conference committee and en-
deavor to find some common ground
of agreement
The first business CT the afternoon
session was the roll call on Senate Bin
lii, giving counties half the taxes and
criminal court fees collected by them.
The bill had been read in the morning
and the vote postponed
Kaleiopu said he couldn't see any
sense or reason in introducing such a
bill, as one like it had already been
vetoed by the Governor The Cover
nor's principal objection was that the
Territory could not afford to let the
counties have the money, and the new
ILL didn't remedy that any He thought
It would be better, on account OF lack
Of time to get the bill through, to over
ride the veto on the previous bill and
defer action on the substitute bill.
Rice stated that the trouble with
House Bill 213 was that it gave to the
counties all the license fees, and would
mean a loss to the Territory of $40.
600. 1t was the idea of the Senate to
pass this bill and hold the other one
over the Governors head, to make
him sign the new bill But he couldn't
see that the House could very well
override the veto on House Bill 213
and give the counties all their license
IIeeS.
Sheldon thought the bill ought to
PASS and so moved. The vote was talk
en- and resulted in the passage of the
bill by 10 ayes to Z noes.
STANDARD OIL BILL PASSES.
The Standard Oil Bill, Senate Bill 81,
was taken up on final reading, and
passed without debate by vote of Is
to $.
The veto of McCarthy's Senate. Bill
10, changing the election laws SOFAS to
favor straight ticket voting, was taken
up and Pail moved it be sustained.
Sheldon wanted the matter deferred
and asked Pail to withdraw his mo-
ton. Pail did so.
But Long objected to deferring ac-
I ton. He said he had some matters
before the Senate that he wanted
passed, but he was willing to take the
| chance. He moved to sustain the veto.
Quinn wanted the matter deferred,
as he understood the bill might con-
tiict with the county act.
Rawlins seconded the motion to de-
Ter, and it carried.
VETO DEFERRED.
| When the veto on House Bill 213 was
taken up Rice said he could see no
reason for acting on it at that time,
as the House had just passed Senate
Bill III, covering the same subject
matter. On motion of Pail the matter
was deferred until tonight.
WAITING ON THE SENATE.
| The House took recess for half an
nour awaiting communications from
the Senate. When it was again called
to order, a communication was read
stating that the Senate had passed
House Bill 215.
! HOUSE CONCURS.
House Bill 216, relating to insurance
corporations and companies, was re-
turned with amendments. The House,
on motion OF Rice, concurred
House Bill 242 was also amended
when it came back home, and again
the House concurred. This is the Sill
providing for the disposition of the
| profits of the Lahainaluna Seminary
10 FIX UP STANDARD OIL.
The Senate informed the House that
| it had refused to agree to the House
amendments to the Standard Oil Bill,
Senate Bill 81. The Speaker appointed
q conference committee consisting of
kaleo, Long and Coney, to try to patch
up the differences with the Senate
Committee
HOUSE CONCURS.
House Bill 131, the much repaired
Governors bill making special appro-
priations from the Loan Fund, was
cent back from the Senate materially
amended. On motion of Kaleiopu the
House concurred by vote OF 20 to 6.
The amendment includes items in
creasing the amount of the appropra-
ton about $6600O
ELECTION BILL DEAD.
The veto on Senate Bill 10, McCar-
thy's election bill, which had been de-
lerred until today, was taken up on
kaleiopu's motion to table the motion
to defer.
Pail moved that the veto be sus-
Iained. The motion prevailed, only 2
voting against it,
As a wind-up to the business of the
day, Leleiwi introduced a resolution to
allow the members to retain the copies
OF the Session Laws of 1905 which they
have been using during the present
session. This looked good to the men,
hers, who voted in favor of making
| themselves this little present.