The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-13
HOUSE

The House saw some rather unusual
things yesterday, one being the sight
of all the members of the Judiciary
Committee voting in a body against
bill they had unanimously endorsed,
end another being Kaniho outdoing
himself. The bright particular stunt of
the member from Kohala yesterday
was the presentation of a petition
from number of voters and citizens
who worship while the sun shines and
keep discreetly quiet in their document
about what they do when the sun has
gone down. Another of his petitions
came from certain "citizens of Ma
noa.' whatever that means.
The House only sat for half day,
adJourning at noon after rushing
things, this being in respect to the
fact that the day was Good Friday.
a report of the Molokai trip was
presented, which made a number of
recommendations, one being that when
the trip is made next year only the
members of the Legislature, members
of the Board of Health and the repre-
sentatives of the press be allowed to
go. Another recommendation in re-
gard to this next trip was that the pail
trail be put into shape so that the
chartering of special steamer will be
unnecessary and the committee may
enter the Settlement by the overland
route.
The report also referred to the re-
quest made for money for hall in
which to show moving pictures, say.
ing: The idea is to have a building
not less than seventy feet long, with
stage ut one end, and planned to
protect the audience from rain and yet
allow free circulation of air. We do
not recommend that the Territory pro-
vide this, but that some baron who has
reaped rich barvests in these Islands
be philanthropic enough to help them
out. malihini, DR.. Wyllie, gave the
lepers a bandstand at his own expense.
and now is chance for some kama
alma"
Senate Communications.
Communications from the Senate
transmitted back to the House, Bill
| No. %, slightly amended, and inform
|
pointed special municipal building
committee, as per request of the Ho-
nolulu Supervisors. These were duly
received.
Pauoa Road Widening.
The Committee on Public Lands re.
ported on Kamanoulu' IS House Petition
63, regarding the widening of Pauoa
road, between Nuuanu avenue and
Fort street, favoring the work, but not
favoring the appropriation asked foI
of 10000 for the work. The commit
tee recommended exchanges of land in
stead and proposed instructing the
Land Commissioner and Superintend
ent of Public Works to make the nee
essary exchanges. The report was
adopted.
Health Committee Reports.
The Health Committee presented {
! long and detailed report on their triJ
of inspection to the Leper Settlement
much along the line of the press re
ports of the trip already published
There is some slight reference to tht
muddle made in the arrangements b,
CoelhO and a few natural touches il
the phraseology of some sections ap
pearing decidedly naive in forma
report
Statistics appended show that ther
are now S44 persons in all at the Set
Elements $50 lepers, As kOkuas, /
non-leprous children, and 80 other wei
persons. There are fourteen races REP
resented among the lepers-65S Hawai-
ians, 40 Chinese, 27 Portuguese,
e Americans, 6 Germans, japanese,
: Porto Ricans. and one each British
1 French Canadian, Swedish, Hollandel
= Filipino, South Sea Islander and Rus
] sian. During the past three month
4 there have been five births and eigl
i deaths in the Settlement and two di.
: charges.
Following this report came other
from the committee on the various bill
n and petitions before it dealing with tn
l. Settlement. Likes petition that good
/ be sold lepers at cost was tabled b.
e cause that is practically done at pre-
2 ent. Nakaleka Is resolution that the p'
A allowance be increased from 81 TO
!. pounds was adopted. while his pet
tion relative to the repair of cottage
is owned by lepers was tabled.
- The committee also commended IL
~ idea of a milk commission.
5. Cummins Bill Reported.
,r The Finance Committee reportt
Al favorably on Senate Bill 95. Coelh
Is which is to repay John A. Cummil
$5000 the amount he was fined by
le military court after pleading guilty
ic treason. A similar bill has been
ID every Legislature since 1908.
"a House Bill $50, Rice, relating
m taxation, was also recommended f
N passage.
1t Defeated on Third Reading.
,e II was 20 for the House Bill bearil
ns that hcodoo number when it came /