The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-03
SENATE HAS
GOOD DAY

tee on WAYS and Means, reported again
on the momentous question of oil stor
age. He stated that his committee had
been over both bills, the original anc
the substitute, and there was so little
difference in them that the report or
the first would answer for the second
The committee signed a unanimous re
port recommending that the bill be in
definitely postponed.
The report was tabled to be consid-
cred with the bill.
DEPARTMENTAL APPRoPRIA-
TIONS.
Senator Dowsett, from the same
committee, reported verbally on House
Bill 70, which is identical with Senate
Bill 81 Both bills were taken up but
the House bill was the one con-
sidered as some amendments had been
made to No. 81. The Senate resolved
itself into a committee of the whole
with Senator Knudsen in the chair.
PROMOTION ITEM.
An item of twenty-five thousand
dollars had been inserted in the House
bill and cut to $4,000 for promotion.
to the original sum as it would be
properly spent and would do the whole
Territory a great deal of good. The
money was for bringing in people,
tourists and others, who would become
financially interested in the Territory
by investing in lots and land. There
was a good deal of discussion and It
looked as though there was to be
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defer. Senator Makekau supported the
$4,000 item.
The item of $4,000 for a public eircu-
Iating library passed. Senator Smith,
in supporting the item said no portion
Of the population would be more ben
Gifted than the Hawaiians. Senator
Coelho supported and remarked on a
petition received from the Maui teach
ers for a supply of books for a school
library. The item passed.
An item of $T240 for the support Of
the military was recommended by the
committee and Senator Mccarthy ex-
planned the value of the services OF
the men and the fact that they were
not paid The item passed.
There was something of row of the
item of 1000 for repairs and addi-
tons to Government property. Sem
ator Brown asked that the items be
segregated so the senators might know
what they were helping. Senator Dow
sett said the buildings We're in bad re-
pair and gave some of the figures that
would be necessary for the work in
Honolulu. Senator Smith replied that
it would be better to have the items
stated, otherwise Oahu would get the
whole thing
s. Senator Bishop wanted to defer con-
sideration and take the item up at the
same time with that for promotion
work, adding that the best kind of
promotion work could be done right
here at home. The motion to defer
carried
The item of $4,000 for wharves
brought a whaek for Hi1o from SEN
ator Chillingworth who moved TO
strike out the 500, 900 for the island of
Hawaii. He said the wharf at Hilo
was CT no account and the business
was all done on the property of a cor
poration. 1t would be better, he
thought, to start right and give Hilo
wharf that would answer for all
purposes.
Senator Coelho swatted the corpora
ton in Hilo that had enabled the bust
ness men to get their freight In good
condition and at the minimum of ex-
pense and Senator Woods moved that
the item be changed to $4,000.
Senator Smith wanted the amount as
was in the bill saying that Congress
had just appropriated a large sum for
a breakwater and a good wharf was
necessary. Senator Hayselden put his
foot down on the item going on as
lump sum and cited the case of the
item in the last appropriation bill
.WaterWorks, General, $500, 000," nine
ty-nine and one-half per cent. of which
was spent right here on Oahu. If Hilo
wants a wharf, the Senator said, he
would advise them to get the bill item
lied, otherwise Oahu would take the
whole amount.
Senator Dowsett moved to defer
further consideration. This carried
and the item went over.
The item in the bill pilot, Honolulu,
$780,, was raised on motion of Senator
Bishop to 5000 without any apparent
reason but when the same thing for
H1lo, $3.50, was called, he moved that
1t be stricken out. It developed later
that he made the motion merely to
hear the objections from the members
from Hawaii. Senator Brown wanted
II fdiS6O 10 SIA3U So as TO allow Tor the
payment of a boat which the pilot had
bought. He was told that he might
introduce it later and he came back
with the remark that he had presented
a resolution days and days ago but the
committee had overlooked it. Refer
ence to the records showed such a
resolution and later the item was in
serted in the bill.
Another squabble was on the item
for rent of the land for the kerosene
oil warehouse. Senator Dowsett pour
ed some oil on the troubled waters
and the item was deferred.
Senator Coelho fought the item 'tex-
tension of sewers, s12,000,'' to the last
ditch. He could not see why the out
side counties should be asked to con-
tribute toward the Honolulu sewer. |
Senator Mccarthy and Senator Smith
put up a defense of the item. Con-
sideration was deferred, the motion to
strike out being lost.
Senator Chillingworth made a strong
appeal for $1,000 for Kapio1ani Park but |
both Senator Coelho and Senator |
Brown objected. Senator Chilling
worth was aided by Senator Mccarthy |