The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-24
SINGLE URGES HOUSE
To LEARN WHAT It IS
TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH
House Fool Time Away
on the Appropriation
Arguments---A Bad
Lunacy Bill.

Again the House marked time on the
Appropriation Bill yesterday, taking up
the greater part of the afternoon ses,
sion arguing as to whether they should
go ahead or not The "nots'' won on
points. During the discussion, for the
first time, it was openly stated in the
House that the members were working
on the bill with the intention of bring
ing it into conformity with the Fair
child scheme of county segregation for
the different branches of government.
The Judiciary Committee yesterday
submitted surprising measure. That
is bill to create lunacy commission
but allowing an appeal from the find
ings of the commission to a Circuit
Court jury In order to get this bill
into the House, the committee killed
a bill which did not contain the PERM
cious right of appeal. Such bill as
is now in the House would be no sur
prise if it came from the same source,
for instance, as the ridiculous KanihO
Leprosy Bill, presented the day before,
but coming from the Judiciary Com
mittee of the House, it was certainly
surprise.
Not a cross word was spoken to the
press representatives yesterday and it
is generally supposed that the last has
been said abe&t abridging the free
right of comment.
During the morning session the
House resolved not to agree with the
Senate amendments to the Enabling
Bill. turning its case over to a confer
ence committee.
Business Was Slack.
There were no resolutions, no petit
tions, no new bills and no reports from
standing committees when the House
daily menu was taken up yesterday
morning and the regular order of the
day was reached twenty minutes after
the chaplain had invoked the Divine
blessing upon the members. Between
minutes and order of the day, one item
of business was transacted, that being
the passing of a communication by the
Speaker to the Education Committee,
the communication being announced as
from the Christian Endeavor Society.
81 cannot see why all the individuals
sending these identical letters cannot
all sign one and get it over with instead
of each sending a separate letter. This
| is getting monotonous,' said the
Speaker.
Municipal Amendments Disliked.
, The first business on the order of the
dav was the consideration of the things
the House had done to the second En-
abling bill. There was no discussion
| about this matter, the House agreeing
| 6phatn 4
conference committee was named, con
sisting of Douthitt, Cohen and the intro
Queer
Senate Bill 81 was read third time
and passed. This bill validates what
ever invalidity there may be in the
charters of the existing transportation
companies in the Territory.
The second reading of House Bill %
was deferred on account of the absence
through illness of Waiwaiole, the intro
Queer This is the bill providing for
the appointment by the county sherltfs
of the deputy sheriffs of Maui, Hawaii
and Kauai.
This finished the order of the day.
Petitions.
A petition from thirty-eight citizens
of Kapahulu, Waikiki, was presented
| by Kamanoulu, asking for $3.50 to ex-
tend the Kiawe street water main an
| other one thousand feet.
Another petition from forty citizens
at Keanae, Maui. asked for $500 to
| build a stone and cement breakwater
zoos feet long al Keanae. "to prevent
the damage of flood TO taro, rice and
other agricultural land"
One standing committee got report
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