The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-04-16
THE SENATE.
FIFIIETH DAY.

FIFTIETH DAY
A veto message from the Governor,
giving reasons for refusal to sign
Senate bin amending the game law,
was the first matter to come before
the Senate this morning 1t was as
follows:
TERRITORY OF HAWAII,
Executive Chamber,
Honolulu, April 16, 1909.
To the Legislature:
l herewith return, without my APP
proval, Senate Bill No. g. entitled
An Act to Amend Chapter 81 of the
Revised Laws of Hawaii, relating to
game, by adding thereto a new section
to be known as Section 459A."
The object of the Bill is to make a
! close season for wild deer for five
months each year. 1t would operate
lokai on which island alone such deer
exist.
l have carefully considered this
Bill and have heard much for and
against it-by those who desire a close
| season for the huntsmans sport and
those who either as owners of forest
| lands or otherwise interested in the
preservation of forests desire protec-
ton from the depredations of the
deer.
| No doubt it can be said with much
FEASIBILITY that the Bill, while pre-
serving deer for the sake of the hunts
man, would prove comparatively
harmless because the deer on the ISL
and of Molokai are at present so few
in number as to do little damage, and
yet it seems to me that this argu-
ment is unsound.
The preservation of forests on that
island is a matter of the greatest i'm
portance to agricultural and grazing
interests, both large and small. The
evidence is Overwhelming that the
deer have destroyed much of those
forests. Owners and lessees of vari-
Gus tracts of land have gone to the
expense of killing off most of the deer
and constructing fences to protect the
forests. Huntsman for sport did not
keep the deer from multiplying in
ruinous numbers.
1t does not seem right that deer
should be protected during part of
the year for the benefit of sportsmen
to the detriment of others who would
have to destroy them during the rest
of the year in order to protect their
property interests.
If the argument were sound that
the deer should be protected for the
benefit of sportsmen on the ground
that there are now too few to DO
much damage, it would seem equally
sound to introduce few deer and
protect them in the same way on each
of the other islands. on the ground
that a few could not do much damage. !
WALTER f. FRBAR,
Governor of Hawaii.
Quinn, introducer of the BILL de-
Tended it against the veto He did
not consider the argument that the
deer destroyed the forest was sound. /
The Governor was evidently influence
cd by personal reasons. He moved
that the bill pass notwithstanding the
veto of the Governor, which carried
on the following vote
Ayes-Baker, Brown, Chillingworth,
Coelho, Fairchild, Harvey, Kalama,
Knudsen, Makekau Mccarthy, Moore,
Quinn, Robinson, Woods-11.
No-Smith-1.
BILLS NOW LAW.
Secretary Mott-smith by letter in
formed the Senate that the Governor
had signed bills as follows:
House Bill to Provide for the Es-
tablishment and Maintenance of the
Library of Hawaii.
House Bill to Provide the Territory
into Districts for Election, Taxation,
Educational, Judicial, City and Coun-
ty and all other Purposes.
Senate Bill to Amend Act 62 of the |
Session Laws of 1909, Relating to the
Expenditure of Public Money, Re- |
pealing Section and Amending Sec
ton O.
House Bill to Further Safeguard
the Taking of Property by Railroad
Companies under Power of Eminent
Domain.
House Joint Resolution relating to
the appointment. of a Milk Commits
sion.
CONFERENCE ON BILL.
The House notified the Senate It