Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-01
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Hold warn SESSION
To Entertain Visiting
Congressman -Salary
Too High

Waikiki. Maui. March 2g.-One Of
the most interesting and entertaining
meetings of the wailuku District I'm.
brovement Association was held Thurs
DAY evening. March rs. with Vice
President ID. n. Davis In the chair.
Nearly thirty members were present.
j. N. $. Williams. superintendent of
the Kahului Railroad Co. made the
announcement that he had been pri.
vately Informed that the one hun.
dred or more Congressional gentle.
men expected here shortly. will pay
Maui visit to see the largest sugar
plantations In the world and other
spots of vital interest to tourists on
Maui At his suggestion the chair ap.
pointed Messrs. J. N. s. Williams. W.
A. Mckay and c. ID. Lufkin as a com.
mittee OF three to arrange with a
committee Of the leading citizens of
central Maui to see that the legisln.
tive visitors are right royalty received
by Maui's sons and daughters.
II. NJ. Coke read the majority report
Of the committee to whom all the leg.
islative measures were referred to Elk.
anime and report. II follows:
We have found but Ave bills Of es.
pecial interest to this district. the
first of which is the primary law. s.
u. 10. We recommend the endorse.
ment Of this measure by the Associa-
ton.
Senate Bill 20. providing for the ere
alton OF the Office Of Registrar for the
various Counties, We believe should
be so amended that the work should
be done by the County Clerk. We fur.
Their disapprove of the exorbitant sal.
aries proposed to be paid to some OF
the County Registrars. as In some
cases the salary proposed to be paid a
County Registrar is greater than that
now paid by the Territory to the Off
Ger who now has the work of the en-.
tire Territory in charge.
We recommend that the Association
disapprove OF the passage OF Senate
Bill 81, known as the Standard OIL
bill, and believe that the Government
should furnish adequate storage for
all oils sold I'm the Territory.
We denounce Senate Bill SO as be.
Ing most unjust and vicious In char.
acter. This bill provides for general
appropriations lin name only while
II seeks to divert nearly all of the
funds to one locality. while the entire
Territory and taxpayers therein must
pay the bondholders who advance the
money. We recommend to the Asso
citation that It disapprove OF the use
OF public funds for strictly local pur.
poses.
We recommend that Senate Bill 90
County Treasurer OF all fines and for,
FIXTURES In the District Courts, have
the approval Of the Association. as we
feel that the Sheriff's department and
the County Attorneys department are
now hampered by the attitude OF the
Territory In insisting on receiving all
Nof these amounts while the County
must foot the bill In arresting dffend.
ers OF the law, pay expense OF bringing
them to trial. and their keep before
their conviction.
Respectfully submitted.
HUGH NJ. COKE.
ID. II. CASE.
Committee.
| l concur In the above report of the
majority OF the committee excepting
as regards Senate Bill 90. for l do not
agree with the majority Of the commit
tee In making wholesale denuncia'
ton OF the measures contained there
In. for some Of the items, being Of a
public nature, are absolutely. neces
sary. I likewise do not concur with
the majority OF the committee In rec