The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-05-03
JARED O. SMITH"
FIRST VETO SUSTAINED.

JRhEb ", SmlIHs
FIRST VETO SUSTAINED.
The vetoed Lepcr Suspect bill wal
the first Of the three vctoes TO be dealt
with, knniho making the motion :,
override. The bill was, thought the
Kohala member, the most important
bill ever introduced in the House. /,
was much better measure than ths
substitute bill prepared by the Gov.
ernor. Two matters Of importanc,
touching leprosy had been brought up
resolution, introduced by Moanauli, the
other the present bill.
"Our resolution regarding DR.. Wal.
lach was turned down and refused by
the Board of Health" continued Ka.
niho, "for the only reason that the
members resented our being anxious TO
do everything possible for the lepers.
(Which is most important, measures
helping railroad companies or measures
helping the poor and helpless wards Of
our Territory On the stump we prom
ised to do all that is possible for these
people and we must live up to our
promises and our oaths. ] move that
we override the veto of the Governor. "
Sheldon, the father of the bill, ex-
planned how the substitute bill had been
i hrnr in nd h. hoa 1,ta ~
for it. He warned the members, speak
ing in Hawaiian and addressing his re-
marks principally to the Hawaiian rep
resentatives, that the whole leper ques-
tion must be handled carefully and
judiciously or the matter would be
taken over by the Federal government
and be wholly out of their hands.
Kaleo wanted the original measure,
not the substitute, under which bill
anyone can be cited to appear by who
ever may have spite against him.
There was no need for any such law
regarding suspects as anyone could tell
from appearances whether a person had
or had not the disease. What was re-
quired was a law to allow those who
had the disease to appear for hear
ing before a magistrate.
The veto was sustained on rollcall
by vote of ID to -.
RAWLINS AROUSED.
The Medical bill came back from the
Senate but its own father wouldn t
own it. Rawlins had introduced it but
moved that the House give him unani-
nous support in refusing to concur in
the amendments.
"That bill passed in this House early
in March and was sent to the Senate.
Here it got thirty straight votes. L
wonder what the Senate thinks the in
telligence of this House is, when they
send back bill with fifteen sections
cut out when the bill only had sixteen
sections and then try to softsoap the
House by amending something that
never was in the bill Here they have
held that bill for forty-two days. They
killed it once, then brought it to life
and send it back in this shape on the
last day of the session.
Rather than see the bill pass as
it is 1 would see it killed. The bill
left the House with thirty straight
votes behind it and 1 ask for those
thirty straight votes to refuse to concur
in the amendments.
Rawlin's motion carried and con-
ference committee was named.
COUNTY POUNDS ESTABLISHED.
The veto of the bill establishing
county pounds was overridden by a
vote of 81 to l and it is up to the
Governor to sign the bill abolishing
Territorial pounds or leave the country
with two sets of pounds in existence.
COUNTY REVENUE VETO.
Rice spoke on the veto of the first
bill dividing licenses and police court
fines between the Territory and the
counties, favoring sustaining the Gov
ernor. If the bill were made law as it
was it would be a blot on the work
of the session as the provisions of the
bill were indefinite and confusing. He
could not support the bill even at the
risk of pocket veto of the remedying
bill.
Kaniho objected and wanted to over
ride roughshod so that the counties
could get their money. He was just
launching into TRADE against vetoes
in general when the sergeant-at-arms
butted in with his megaphone to an
nounce the arrival of another veto.
The veto of the license and fine bill
was sustained.
LAND COMMISSION.
The Senate joint resolution, calling
for the appointment of Land Commits
sion was carried through third read
ing, the Democratic.Home Rulers op'
posing.
TWO CLAIMS DISALLoWED.