The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-21

o clock. Before adjournment President
Smith stated that the House of Repre-
sentatives had extended an invitation
to the members of the Senate to be
their guests tomorrow morning during
the course of exercises in the House in
observation of Washington IS Birthday.
President Smith requested Senators
Knudsen and Moore to speak in behalf
of the Senate tomorrow morning.
THE HOUSE.
Waiwaiole opened the business of
the House yesterday by introducing a
bill to provide for tenders for county
supplies. He tried to present his bill
without first addressing the chair, but
was promptly called to order for his
little break. The bill provides for ad-
vertising for county supplies quarterly
and awarding contracts to the low
est bidders. %
Sheldon offered an amendment to
Section 2 of Chapter of the Revised
Laws, this being bill instructing the
secretary to publish all the laws enact
ed in the Legislature in English and
Hawaiian papers and to prepare the
ed for $1,000 for a bridge across the
| junction of the Waimea and Makaweli
| rivers, Kauai.
Alfonso was bright and early with
his want list. Yesterday his desires
embraced $4,000 for Honokaa water
works, $500 for Jail building at
Laupahoehoe and 5000 for a jailer Is
cottage for same place.
! Salvation Army Home.
George H. Huddy presented resolu
ton to appropriate 10000 for the main
tenance of the Salvation Army Home
Hundred Thousand Bill.
| E. B. Carley presented three reso
buttons with the approving stamp OF
the Executive. The first asked fol-
| 100000 from the Loan Fund to es
tablish waterworks in Kula. Maui
Resolution two asked for $4,000 from
the Loan Fund for Kula courthouse
and resolution three for $4,000 for {
courthouse and Jail in Paia, Maui.
A wharf and shed for Hanalei, Ka
uai, to cost $4,000, were asked fo1
by Hubby.
/ Kealawaa was modest, asking for /;
$1,000 item for jail at Pahoa, Puma
Makekau gave notice of bill t.
amend sections 124S and 1249 of tn,
Revised Laws.
Notice to Vacate.
BY resolution, the House decided t,
use some of the rooms in the Capito
basement, now used by the License In
spector and the electrical departing nj
in addition to the committee room
provided on the lanais. The Superin
tendent of Public Works was notifie,
to vacate the rooms wanted.
Waterworks for Alewa.
Kaleiopu offered resolution to ap
, propriate $3o75 to lay a six-inch pipe
line to Alewa Heights, about $500 feet
He also wanted six-inch pipelin
from Reservoir to the Alewa lots, t
cost $4,000.
New Members Joshed.
Douthitt precipitated debate o.
the question of the opening hour o
! the House, presenting a resolution t
convene at 10 o'clock instead of G
until the business of the House de
manded the earlier hour The debat
waged long and furiously, Kaua
versus the new members from tn
Fourth. AS soon as the resolution wa
presented, thes chair ruled it out be
cause it was not signed. As soon as i
was signed, Coney moved to postpon
g consideration to April Fool s Day, an
this cut Douthitt off from asking fo
its adoption.
Conveys motion was lost Sheldo
e then appealed to the country member
: to vote down the resolution. Cohe
moved an amendment passing the 10
of naming the converting hour up t
!. the Speaker. Rice objected. while She
don found an photographed flaw j
5 the resolution and had it passed bac
to Douthitt to be fixed up Douthit
Q fixed it. while Cohen made a speecf
: Rice asked for a ruling on the matte
, of reconsideration. claiming the res
olution out of order Kaniho told tn