The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-19
An T|AI|EN FISHING
BILL PASSED AFTER A
CONTEST IN SENATE
House Marks Time on
Appropriations = A
Batch Of New Bills
Presented.

LIE tWenty-HItH Gay OF the session
yesterday found the House still pre-
pared to kill time on the appropriation
bill, the members indulging in CAB
fest in the afternoon for over an hour
without accomplishing a single thing
beyond to hold the matter of appro-
priations just where they found it.
The committee of the whole took up
one item, that Of the salary Of the
Territorial Auditor. When the COM
mittee rose an hour later it had not
decided what salary the Auditor should
receive, some clamoring to have it cut
down and others defending it as it
stood, at 1915 month.
Single presented three novel bills
just as the House concluded for the
day. All three deal with wireless tel
egraphy, one being to impose IL
cense ON all wireless telegraphy com
panies, another to make it an offense
to butt in with a wireless outfit when
messages were being sent by licensed
companies, and the third being aimed
more or less directly at those people
on the other Islands who eavesdrop on
the telephone and listen to the wire
less messages being relayed by wire.
A resolution to increase the perma-
nent settlement for Liliuokalani to
$4,000 for the biennial period and to
keep it .. that figure until 1.-the
Mother Country grants her claim was
presented by Kealawaa, who stated
that he presented it on the informa-
ton of the exQueen S advisers that
she needs the money.
During the discussion of a Senate
bill to change the personnel of the
Board of Education, Rice gave notice
that hereafter the other islands would
expect square deal in the matter
of teachers salaries and would no
longer submit to being ruled by a
board composed of majority of Ho-
nolulu persons.
School Inspector Cox came in for a
reprimand because of a trade in school
desks he had made with the Alnolani
College principal three years ago, the
trade not having been made matter
of record. The amount involved WAS
only twenty dollars, but the House de-
cided that it was the principle in
volved and not the amount that called
for the calling down of the inspector
and, incidentally, the department. The
twenty is to be held out of the inspee-
tor s salary.
Another petition against the amend
| ments to the liquor law was received
this one yesterday coming from Maui
while the Civic Federation also pre-
scented petition, asking that the
grants to schools be not cut nor the
| compulsory age lowered.
Before the House rose, a resolution
of coincidence was addressed to tbs
widow of the late David III. Kahaule
Ito, who resigned his position as as
sistant clerk in the House on Tuesday
| afternoon on account of i'll health and
who died suddenly yesterday morning
The resolution was ordered suitably
engrossed and copy forwarded to his
widow, while Nawahine, Moanauli ane
| Like were named a committee to rep
resent the House at the funeral.
More Money for the Queen.
Kealawaa was on hand. bright and
early yesterday morning with the res
olution he had tried to present afte,
| the House had adjourned the day be
| fore, this resolution being:
"Whereas by Act 126 of the Ses
sion Laws of 1907, and included in th'
term Permanent Settlements, in th'
sum Gf $4,000 was appropriated a
pension to Queen Liliuokaiani for tn
two years commencing July /, 1907
and ending June 80, 1909, and
! Whereas, it is now nearing to tn
end of the time the said sum was an
propriated. as as the said sum appro
priated was not quite enough in tn
two years for looking after her CLAIM
and interest, therefore
.sBe it resolved by the two House
of the Territory Of Hawaii, to again
appropriate for the Queen Liliuokalan
by inserting in the Appropriation Bill
| the sum of $50, 900 to be added to tn
1 former Bill now standing of $1,000
| making a total of $4,000.
ssThis Resolution shall take effee
| for paying each and every month iron
the general appropriation of the Tel
ritory Of Hawaii up to and until tn
time the Mother Country of the Unit
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