The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-22
kAWEWEH| DECLINES
To BE MADE A FOOL
Of BY ANY MEMBER
The Senate Refuses to
Act on the Direct
Primary Bill Passed
by the House.

There was some rather strong crit
cism in the Senate yesterday of the
actions of the House of Representa-
tives when the direct primary bill
passed by the House was taken up
for consideration on second reading
Senator Mccarthy raised the point as
to whether the Senate could take up
another direct primary bill after it
had already expressed it's official opin-
ion by indefinitely postponing the bill
introduced by Senator Chillingworth.
President Smiths opinion was that
under the rules of the Senate it could
not take up the direct primary bill
as it was received from the House.
it being copied verbatim from the bill
as it was amended by the Senate, the
only change being in the title.
II wish to say" observed the Pres
ident of the Senate, chat it is unbe-
coming the dignity of the House of
Representatives to take bill that has
been indefinitely postponed by the
Senate, copy it verbatim and pass
it,
Senator Chi1lingworth is not going
TO admit that the direct primary bill
is hopelessly lost, for he gave notice
yesterday of moving for a change in
the Senate rule that prevents the con-
sideration of a question which has
once been indefinitely postponed. The
Senate would dearly like to return the
direct primary to the House, for it IS
we'll known that there is strong anti
direct primary sentiment in the lower
branch of the Territorial Legislature.
The bill providing for a lunacy COM
mission received the final Endorsement
of the Senate yesterday and Senator
Palmer Woods cast the vote that pass
ed the sewer assessment bill.
The bill providing fer raise in the
salary of officials of the City and
County of Honolulu--the Supervisors,
from $50 to SIS per month-was ia
bled, only to be later reeonsidered on
the motion of Quinn. Amendments
were inserted making the salary of
the Auditor s2100 and the City Attor-
:,ey' $4,000 a year.
House Bill $50, the tax~bill, was laid
on the table, the sentiment of the SEN
ate being THAT it would be impossible
to do anything with the bill as it
stood. Senator Fairchild gave as his
opinion that the tax. commission,
which was expected to codify the tax
alton laws and recommend any
changes it thought necessary, had
failed signally in the performance of
its task.
The bill providing for a system Of
medical inspection in the public
schools was passed on second reading,
President Smith taking the floor and
urging that some such measure was
necessary to safeguard the health of
the public school children.
Accept Amendments.
Senate Bill No. 10, fixing license fees
for hotels and restaurants was returned
IN an amended form and referred to the
Ways and Means Committee. Senate
Bill No. ., providing a penalty for
making false statement in securing a
marriage license. was also received on
final passage and the amendment con-
cured in by the Senate.
Senate Bill No. ia was received from
the House in the form of an amend
ment to Act 81 of the Session Laws of
1909. relating to the treatment of Iep-
rosy, providing for fee for physicians
not in the Territorial employ called up
on to examine persons supposed to be
affected with the disease.
Senate Bill No 123, the loan bill,
was returned from the lower House,
with an amendment providing for the
insertion of 100000 for Honolulu wharf
construction and repairs. in addition to
the other item of 100000 for the Kuia
pipeline. The amendment was con
CURED in with unanimous vote.
The judiciary Committee reported
favorably on Senate Bill No. 147,
amending the law on the records of
births, marriages and deaths, and it
passed second reading on the adoption
of the committee report.
Senate Bill No. 146 also passed second
reading on the adoption of the report
of the judiciary Committee.
The object of the bill is to turn over
TO the officer of the City and County of
Honolulu, making sale or conveyance
of property, the fees received, when
not in excess of $50.
The judiciary Committee submitted
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