The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-06

Confined from rsge one ,
oonslast Election NH

No. ~ was TAKEN w w the rnnfni
Ice " The whole. Senator kuudsrn be-
ing rallied To the chair.
The second reading Of The volumi
nous bill had progressed 90 section 20
saturday Section ~. repeating All see.
iicns of the Revised Laws Ia conflict
with The intent Of the new bill. was
approved yesterday without comment.
Senator Mccarthy, chairman Of the se.
lcct committee on election laws, stated
that the repeating section of the mes
sure had received the careful attention
Of Secretary Mott.Smith and Attorney.
General hcmenway and was IN full con
formity with other provisions of the
bin.
Mccarthy explained that section IS
of the bill was simply intended to
amend the Municipal Act by dropping
the deputy sheriils from the ranks of
elective officers, the Legislature already
having passed bill which specifies that
deputy sheriffs shall be appointed by
the sheriff.
Section 81, providing for general
county register. was amended TO read
that "the clerk shall, before the first
day of July, 1910. and cvery two years
thereafter. visit all the principal towns
and places in his county OF city and
county for the purpose of registering
voters.
."He shall make as many visits as
may be necessary to enable him to
register the persons entitled to vote
and shall publish notices in English
and Hawaiian of all visits, in news
papers of general circulation in the
county, and by posting notices in mt
least three public places in such dis
trict The first publication shall be
not less than four weeks before such
visits, and the notices shall appear
weekly for at least three weeks. The
days and hours at which his visits will
be made Shall be stated in such notices
and his necessary expenses therefor
to be paid by the Territory.
Expense Is Covered.
All of the amendment except the
last sentence was submitted by Senator
Smith, who took the stand that the
essential subject of registration could
well bear all the safeguards and re.
strictions that could be placed about it..
Before the amendment was submit
ted Senator Makekau raised the point
that there was no provision made for
the travelling expenses of the County
| Clerk in the performance of his duties.
Senator Fairchild was responsible
| for the sentence in the amendment lin
iting the county clerk to his necessary
expenses. The Senator from Kauai OBJ
served that there would be nothing to
prevent the official taking several
clerks along with him to do nothing in
particular. Baker thought the county
clerk would be entitled to some assist
ance in the course of peripatetic reg
istration, but Fairchild replied that it
would be open to abuse and give loaf
ers a chance to get Government money.
Commenting upon the provision in
the bill as to the time of registration,
Senator Fairchild said that care should
be taken to prevent a county clerk
from interpreting the section as amend.
| ed to give him chance for an occa-
sionaln' week end'' at Government ex-
pense.
Senator Smith declared that while
economy was needed in the admins
tration of the Government, yet it
would be essentially false economy to
weaken the enforcement of the election
law in the slightest degree. He stated
general idea of county register, but
emphasized the need of every possible
attempt to frame the law SO it could
not be purposely misinterpreted.
Registration Notice.
"Notice of registration should be
given publicly in some FORM he said.
"People are apt to forget about these
| things. Governor Dole himself once al.
lowed the matter of registering to slip
his mind. Everyone is apt to do it.
The present law provides for public an.
nouncement and the bill under consid-
Grafton should certainly do so. 1t saves
| expense in the long rum
Referring to the registration section
| of~the Bill, Senator Baker asked if the
system proposed would be less costly
than the plan now in operation. He
| was informed by Senator Mccarthy
| that there would be decided saving
under the provisions of the new bill.
Senator Kalama was a trife doubtful
| about Section So, defining election
frauds. He asked for enlightenment on
the probable effect of paragraph 8,
which reads:
every person who shall pay at any
election, personally or through another,
|or by any ways or means on his behalf,
| directly or indirectly, give or provide
or cause to be given or provided, or
shall be accessory to the giving or pro-
viding or shall pay wholly or in part
any expenses incurred for any meat
| drink, entertainment or provision to OF
for any person in order to be elected
| or for being elected, or for procuring
| tba alaatiAp nf nan1i1ota