Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-03-28
SALARY GRAB Bill
PASSES THE HOUSE
judiciary Committee
R0aStS KanihO OF
Kohala
HOUSE

HOUSE.
3lst Day-Fornuun Session
The House this morning. by A ,otp
OF 20 ayes tO 9 noes. passed the salary
grab bill.
When the bin was called up for third
reading. Quinn moved to postpone I'm.
definitely. There was no debate ON
the motion. which was put and lost
COney then asked the House Ia al.
low him To OffeT verbal amendment
10y vote the request was granted. AID
ne moved To put the figure for Super
Visors salaries back from $500 to the
original 5000 The amendment was
lost and the bill went through rs re-
ported from Committee of the Whole
ANOTHER GRAB BLOCKED
There was an attempt on the part Of
several members Of the House To make
u grab box of the treasury Of the conn
~ of Hawaii. The attempt was made
In connection with the bill to appro-
PIRATE money for the purpose of paying
the claims of police officers of the
county of Hawaii
When the bill was introduced. Il was
items In the bill were absolute. and
represented only the real and lawful
claims OF the police officers specified
for their services during the interval
between the passage Of the first Coun-
~ Act and the time II was declared
unconstitutional.
But when the bill came up on third
reading this morning. Moanauli. the
father Of the bill. offered an amend
ment increasing from s3j to slGS the
amount to be paid to one officer.
Other members FASTENED to get In
on the ground floor and offer amend
ments, raising other items, until Ii
looked as II there would be nothing Of
the original bill left but the title.
Then Rawlins and Coney proceeded
to sit on these praiseworthy efforts of
certain members To provide for the
future events of their constituents. Il
was supposed they said. that these
items represented actual claims, but IL
appeared uncertain now what they
represented. ~, -,SDni
Rawlins moved that tho bill DO post
poned for a week, to allow the clerk
To write to tho county clerk Of Hawaii
Tor certified copy of the actual and
legal claims Of the police officers. ,~.x
Zone! suppOrtSu ,...s ..iV..o., Lying
that he did not propose to see the
treasury OF the county of Hawaii made
grab box. The motion was carried
and the matter deferred for a week.
COMMITTEE ROASTS KANIHO.
The Judiciary Committee this morn
ing handed out a beautiful collection of
choice roasts for Kaniho and his
measure, House Bill IA, amending the
election laws. The committee In re-
porting on the bill. said that II would
In no way improve the present law.
except for the section which provides
Tor the transfer OF u voter from one
precinct to another. whose residence
has been changed In the interval be-
tween the date of registration and
election day. But that same section
the committee said. contains Il provi-
sion which allows the person registered
TO retain In his possession the affidavit
signed and sworn to before the Board
of Registration. This provision. the
committee felt, is obnoxious In that Il
removes from the Board its principal
record
Two other sections of the bill, the
committee reported. are conflicting and
contradictory In their terms. Alto
gether the committee failed to find any
merit In the bill, and recommended
that Il be tabled.
MAHOE FIGHTS FOR KANIHO.
kanihos henchman, Mahoe. who
always constitutes himself Kaniho's
mouthpiece when the latter IL absent.
did not think II fair tn the member
IRON Kohala To consider the report OF
the committee, as Kaniho was not pres
ent TO defend his bill. He moved that
the report of the committee be tabled
until Kaniho returned.
Rawlins opposed any such action,
and In doing so handed the fiamboyant
member from Kohala roast concern
Ing his disregard of the committees
requests.
MIR. Kaniho," said Rawlins. some
two weeks ago, stood up In that seat
of his and roared about two bills of
his that were In the hands of the Ju-
dietary Committee. That very after
noon | went to him and asked him To
appear before the committee In refer
ence to this bill. He did not appear.
went to, him the next day and tho
next, Gnd he did not come. Next thing
! knew he was sick. We waited until
he was of his sick bed. went To Mr.
Sheldon and got him tn write u note
in Hawaiian to Mr.. Kaniho, asking him
10 appear. We have been fair with
MIN. We have been fair with every
body. | would not stand for any I'M
fair work In the committee. | would
resign first.