The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-11-05

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house has passed motion to confne
business 20 the special matter in the
Governor 5 message. II / were
member Of the house I would vote
against all these bills -
After general conversation. much
Of Il in the nature OF chatting, Baker 5
amendment carried on the Affirmative
votes Of Baker. Brown, Coelho. Har-
vey, Mccarthy, Quinn and Robinson.
There was no need to count the op-
posing hands raised. with but thirteen
members in attendance.
Coelho Wins and Loses.
Kundsen moved that the senate 60
into committee of the whole 10 con.
slider the proposed amendments to the
! Organic Act.
Coelho moved in amendment to I'm
ish the business on bills on which COM
mittees had reported. This was car
ried with eight votes.
The fish-selling License bill passed
second reading, TO 3.
The bill providing for the payment
of the inheritance tax was lost on the
| casting vote of the president, who gave
as the reason for so deciding that this
matter of the finances Of the govern
ment was settled at the regular session.
Amended by the committee OF WAYS
and means to'reduee the amount appro-
priated from $4,000 to $5OO0 the bill
for the relief of persons released from
the leper settlement passed with Rob
inson alone dissenting.
A report of the Judiciary committee.
was adopted, TO 3, to lay on the table
the bill TO enable persons attaining the
age of twenty-one years on or before the
day of any general election TO register.
So far as action has gone, Coelho car
ries three and loses two of his general
! legislation bills, the Maui County salary
bill having passed second reading at
the morning session
The Organic Act.
Knudsen was called to the chair OF
committee OF the whole to consider the
proposed amendments to the Organic
Act. He proposed that the bill as
amended by the house be first read.
which was done.
Sections !, 2, 3, 6, :, and 2. which
had passed the senate yesterday with
an amendment TO the proposed increase
of salaries Of Legislators the same as
the house made, were all passed with
out discussion.
Mccarthy moved his amendment Of
fered yesterday TO section 4, relating
TO public loans, saying 1t was in line
with the joint resolution passed by the
house which passed first reading in the
senate at the morning session.
Baker offered the following amend
ment to the amendment, which Ne
Carthy accepted as being IN better
shape than his amendment, and Smith
supported it:
Provided, that, subject to the ap-
proval of the President Of the United
States, the legislature of the Territory
may provide for loans of public moneys
or guarantees Of private loans on
proper security to settlers on the pub
lie lands for necessary permanent i'm
provements of their homesteads and for
loans, subsidies, or guarantees TO per
sons or corporations for the improve
ment and increase of transportation ia
eilities.
Coelho asked if the proposed amend
ment was not opening the way for
people not already here TO obtain ad-
vantages over present citizens of the
Territory.
Smith pointed out that the matter is
left to be legislated on by the Ter
rito-y of Hawaii, with the approval OF
the President.
Coelho started to speak on the abo-
lition of The Office of high sheriff, and
was informed that the provision had
been eliminated from the bill
The Education Amendment.
Mccarthy called up the amendments
offered yesterday for the aid Of eduea-
ton.
Smith thought either proposal would
be Objectionable tackled on TO amend
ments TO the Organic Act. One pro
vided for receiving the income only of
onethird of the customs receipts. which
would be only about $4,000 a year.
The other was for one-third of the
customs receipts, which would be some
thing like 100000. If they tried to
make an amendment to the Organic
Act giving us 100000 or 100000 q
year, the passage of the bin would be
endangered.
Coelbo-"Do you Withdraw your
amer dmeptf''
Smith-"Ye do"
Coelho-''I hate TO LET it 90. but for
the sake of harmony I withdraw my
amendment
The Land Laws.
Smith moved that Section 5. relating
to the land laws, pass as passed by
the house.
Coelho moved the following amend
ment:
"strike out all of the words from
the word mo in line 3 of Section 5
down TO the end of the section, and
insert in lieu thereof the following:
'The legislature of the Territory
of Hawaii shall have power 10 alter,
amend or repeal the land laws appli-
cable TO the Territory
Mccarthy seconded the amendment,
and asked for a vote then, so that if
a majority was against II the senate
could take up the section as passed
by the house.
Woods considered the amendment a
good one, but they would be taking
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