The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-31

Rice rose to question of persona
privilege. Single had no right to sa,
he was trying to mislead or deceive.
| Single withdrew the expression an,
continued his address, presenting
| number of strong arguments. He sail
| the Honolulu Library Association, witt
| $4,000 volumes, would not deal with tn,
county, but only with the Territory
their trust making this necessary. HI
scored Rice severely for not showing
the Governor the courtesy of seeing
HIM about the bill. and pointed ou1
also that the establishment of the Ii
brary would enable $4,000 to be saved
out of the next appropriation bill. He
stated that the bill had been endorsed
by the Governor, the trustees of the
library and the leading educators of
the country, bill that would bring a
quarter of a million here in donations
and be of benefit to the whole Ter
ritory.
What Carnegie Offers.
Rice asked Single if he knew the
terms of the usual Carnegie donations,
requiring 10 per cent. each year of the
donated sum to be spent in the up
keep.
Single said Carnegie would give ten
times The amount of the yearly up
keep. If the Territory would give
$4,000, Mr.. Carnegie would give $780,
900 on that; then the $1,000 of the Ho-
nolulu Library would make $4,000
more from Mr.. Carnegie. Mr.. Car
negie was taking chances on the an
nual appropriations being made by the
Legislature.
Rice feared that the Territory was
running the chance of blackening its
fame and disgusting Mr.. Carnegie by
not appropriating in the future.
Single said the Laird of Skibo was
over twenty-one and knew what chances
he was taking. What s the use of
talking about such things?' he asked.
Kaniho's Weighty Arguments
Kaniho resisted the temptation to
speak for some time but finally rose.
81 thought at first | was up against a
stone WALL, - he said, .'but / find it is
only DUST What he wanted was more
light on the proposal to have the Ii
brary part of the archives, or the
archives a paft~ef the library. He
wanted also to know how the general
outside public would benefit. Single
told him that if he wanted a book he
could write or wire for it and have the
same right to use the books as anyone
in Honolulu. Kaniho looked relieved,
only wanting to know if the books
would be translated into Hawaiian for
the use of the "citizens. Single re-
mil ho+ ,cb IL
in all the schools.
Kaniho then launched with his argu-
ment, which was against the bill. He
disclaimed all knowledge of any such
man as Carnegie, or whoever Single
was talking about, as a man who would
give big money. He also saw little
benefit to the public of library when
the books were not printed in Ha-
waiian. He suggested an appropria-
ton for the translation of the books
as something sensible
He talked along these densely ignor-
ant lines for some time, getting more
and more vehement in his denunciation
of libraries in general and English Ii
braries in particular. The only virtue
he could see in the bill was that the
library commissioners were to serve
without pay. If that be not fake,
then the salafied ones in the archives
could be fired and the free commission
ers could do the work The without
pay idea was, he feared, only fake
and he thought later on the members
would find the bill one to feed hungry
officeseekers.
The motion to table Correa s amend
ment was lost, and the vote on the
amendment was largely in its favor
The vote ON the bill as amended was.
ayes, %; noes, 6. The "noes' were
Coney, Hihio, Hubby, Kaniho, Nawa-
hine, and Rice.
Third Readings.
House Bill 173, Rice, which is a sec
ton taken from the Depository Bill and
put in bill by itself, carried on third
reading.
Tenement Veto Sustained.
Consideration of the veto of the
Governor on Douthitt s tenement house
bill, sent down last week, was taken up
Douthitt moved to sustain the veto.
Rice seconding the motion. The idea
is to introduce substitute bill. The
vote 20 sustain the veto was unanimous
Auditors Bonds Raised.
Senate Bills II and IS. raising the
amounts required in bonds from the
county and city auditors, passed on
third readings The new figures are:
Honolulu, $4,000; Hawaii, $40 1000:
Maui, $4,000; Kauai, $4,000 Seven
members voted against the changes.
Substitute Tenement Bill.
Douthitt introduced new bill. sub
stitute Tenement House Bill for that
vetoed
The bill is changed only by the adj
dition of a new section The section
objected to remains, this giving the
city government the right ITO enact
and to enforce all ordinances necessary
to protect health, life and property. to
prevent and summarily remove nui
sances and to preserve and enforce the
good government, order and security
OF the city and county and its inhabi
tants.''
The new section says: '.No ordinance
shall be held invalid on the ground that
IL covers any subject or matter en-
oraced within any statute or statutes
OF the Territory whether such ordinance
Is In eontiie! with any such statute or
| statutes or of herprisa