The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-23

cohdemnlhg 10 De done or praise . De
handed out or any attempts made %
get from under ne wanted to hear both
sides of the questions
Hughes said he could not promise the
report more definitely than at the earli-
est possible moment The committee
was as anxious to get the dam matter
of its hands as the House was.
Sheldon put extra emphasis on the
dam" in his remarks, possibly be-
cause ne had tried ia vain TO catch ire
Speakers eye and butt in to the de-
bate He wanted particularly to see
the dam and suggested that the mem
bers go to the famous spot and look
at it themselves.
The matter was finally laid over for
the day.
THE VETOED INCOME TAX.
The consideration Of the measure
raising incomes exempted from taxa
ton up to $500 resulted in another
wordy debate. Rawlins wanted 10 de-
fer again until House Bill "a got
through the Senate.
II that bill failed the vetoed bill, Il
oyerridden. would result in a loss OF
revenue 'of ten times the $4,000 We
had figured on" There was no time
limit on the overriding Of a veto and
ne cautioned against hasty action. In
answer to Rice, who suggested that
the Senate might turn down House
Bill 234, not knowing If the veto was to
be overridden. he said:
The assumption is thar the Senate
/ is made up mostly of intelligent men,
/ a motion TO defer until Wednesday
afternoon, by which time the Senate
/ can have acted. was carried
/ RECONSIDERATIO
/ Senate Bill 9. relating to changes in
/ judicial. educational and taxation dis
1 rr,cts. was brought forward on the
4 calendar from the 9th TO today.
EASY TIME PROMISED.
/ The Speaker drew attention to the
4 fact as the calendar for the day was
+ finished. that owing to the assiduity
/ of the House during the early part or
1 the session the calendars from now on
would be very light I'VE are only
waiting for the conference commit
tee reports on the appropriation bills,
he concluded.
THE SENATE'S FAULT
Rice. the chairman Of the House con-
/ ference committee, rose TO explain that
il was owing to no fault Of his that the
reports were delayed
Il have been trying again and again
4 to arrange for a meeting of that COM
m;ttee and have only just been able To
arrange the first meeting tomorrow.
have written letter after letter but
could not get any better promise tnau
that
PERHAPS they have been too busy.
suggested the Speaker, and the whole
House laughed at the whimsical
thought
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session was a shOr'
one. two taUyhos pulling up outside
before the House came to order ant
they looked good to all
Senate Bill 10s. making special appro
priations for the use Of the Territory
was reported on by the Public Expen
dftures committee, the report beinl
adopted
DAMAGE BILL REVIVED.
: Correa made a motion TO reconside
the vote on House Bill 90, the bill q
limit the time IN which action for com
pensation for damages to person o
property may be brought to one year
and the bill was put on the calendar
, for today This bill had failed 10 pas
its final reading. the vote being four
teen TO fourteen.
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF HOUSE
Speaker Holstsin presented a repor
| Of the finances Of the House IN
/ expenses up to and including April Z
were shown by the report to have beel
$25, 1850. Of which SO. 744-72 was from
the Federal appropriation and Sl4.442-o
from the amount appropriated iron
the Territorial treasury
The amounts have been expended a
: follows:
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