The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-22
ALFONSO DECLARES
WAR ON SENATE BILL

A setta. the Hilo Portuguese organ,
has announced itself opposed to the bill
cutting Hawaii into two counties. As
its editor is here on the spot to fight
the passage of the bill in the House,
the chance for a good Hawaii family
scrap is excellent. A Setta says:
A select committee of the Senate
members from this county wants to
divide this island into two counties and
has introduced bill for that purpose.
It's main object is to make two Demo
cratic or Home Rule counties out of
the Island, which it certainly will do
if it becomes law. The chances are
that it will get through the Senate all
right. but the chairman of the Military
Affairs Committee in the House win
marshal his forces and attack the
enemy from all sides, routing it hip and
thigh and driving it to its last resting
place in the waste basket.
The bill provides no more revenue for
the two counties than there is for the
one county. But the expenses will be
increased by the second set of county
officers and their outfits at the county
seat, if not in other ways. By just
that extra amount at least, there will
be less money for improving the Big
Island. for road work or any other
needed purposes. And God knows that
the roads need every dollar that can
be wisely spent upon them.
Not that the roads have been i'm
proved much during the last two years
for they have not, And there are
many people who say they are now in
a worse condition than when they were
under territorial government, and some
will 60 back even to the days of the
monarchy.
There is one section of the proposed
select committee law that looks peculiar
and it is this: While all the records
of other offices may be Inspected at
any time by citizens, the sheriff can
keep his records under lock and key
if he wants to do so. The whole of
this select committee can go on JAM
boree if it wants to and leave no trace
of its deeds or misdeeds rather, except
trail of empty bottles or other relics
to show the variety of its orgy.
What model counties they. will be!
No notice records to read, no DRINKS
and disorderlies, no blind pigs, no as
saults and batteries. Why not abol1sn
the police force altogether, from sheriH
down and do away even with the farce
of locking up the records?
Give us two wide open counties al
once. Let the gamblers run loose, start
lottery games, the pea and shell
swindle. turn the wheel of fortune. Al
this will bring prosperity to Hawal
and start the money circulating.
NAV not be strictly conducive to gooe
morals. but what matter so long as the
select committee of the Senate can gef
couple of good Democratic counties
and lock up the police records.
There is one great joke in the BIZ
| where it provides for transferring "a
balances in the road funds from th'
| old to the two new counties VINO eve
| heard of balance in road tuna
Transfer nothing. It is to laugh,
| Now for the auction! All the prop
| ertv belonging to the present county
10 be sold at auction to the hlghes
bidder. How much am [ bid for Treas
| nrer Lalakea IS safe and all there IS /
it9 Here s fine roomy chair. former
" occupied by Auditor Mcguire, hoy
much for it, Your last chance for
| snittoon used to hold the juice expet
torated by worthy supervlsor1al {
bacco chewer. with the remnant OF tn
Mug at the bottom thrown in. IN
relic. gentlemen, of pristine glory
worth millions. Dom be afraid I
speak. What shall 7 say for this roa
erusher. boxed as it came from the MAJ
ufacturer IS hands. never been opene
vet and thoroughly acelimated by D
| ing exposed to wind and weather T.
three years, how much2 Now | WI
offer second hand fly wheel store
away at Olaa. worth its weight as Oh
. iron. the choicest lot of bargains gel
tlemen, that have ever had the pea
J ure of submitting to such lnteliigei
, buyers. = !,
And what will you give me for II
select committee Senate bill $ ehan'
of becoming law?
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