The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-23

sEMi.wErKfY.
ptnalae before ne Hupfeaie Court, Or
shsll be snatle " attend from sish
hcss. accident. absence. or any other
reason bis ~ their place o. places for
the trial and determination Of sucn
tause shall be hlled by ore o. more ~
the circuit Judges who has OF have hal
no connection with the said cause
either ne counsel or In an official ca.
pacity and who h or are not other.
wise disqualified. and who is or are not
unable TO attend from sickness. ncci-
dent, absence, or any other reason,
thereun,o authorized by the written
consent Of the remaining justice or
justices. "
Deals with Archives.
The other measure introduced by Sen.
ator Knudsen that was approved by the
Judiciary Committee and passed to its
second reading yesterday provides that
certified copies of public archives shall
be receivable as evidence. In referring
to the measurs Senator Knudsen said
that some such law had been found
necessary because some of the records
that were sometimes used ms evidence
in legal actions were so old that they
could not be handled without the liabil-
ity of being torn. He said that the
courts had declined to accept certified
copies of the documents as evidence.
Senate Bill No. II, introduced by
Coelho providing that all employees of
the Territory should be American citi-
zens, came up for second reading in the
Senate yesterday but Knudsen and
Fairch;ld showed that If adopted it
would deprive the Territory of the serv-
ices in any capacity of even persons
eligible to become citizens. By KI nd
sen Is amendment the words 'or eligible
to become ctizens'i were inserted and
in the amended form was passed. to Sec
und reading.
AS it now stand this act is as follows:
| "Section /. All officers, depaties,
clerks, assistants, interpreters, police,
laborers and other persons employed in
the service of the government of the
Territory of Hawaii, or in the service
of any county or municipal subdivision
of said Territory, must be citizens or
eligible to become citizens of the United
States of America; except that in cases
where it is not reasonably practicable
to obtain citizens competent for sush
service, persons other than citizens may
be employed
The direct primary act appeared in
all the dignity of printed form yester-
day and it was referred to the judiciary
Committee for consideration and report.
The measure appears to have been care
| fully drawn up and covers the theory
and practise of nomination by direct
vote.
One of the Introductory paragraphs
states "this statute shall be liberally
construed so that the real will of the
electors may not be defeated by any in
formality or failure to comply with the
provisions of law in respect to the CIV
! ing of notice or the conducting of any
primary or the certifying of the results
thereof"
THE HOUSE.
The opening business of the session
of the House for the third day was the
apportioning of the different sections
of the Governor IS message, the com
mittees being given for consideration
those particular parts belonging to
their branches. This disposed of the
| special order of the day.
| A communication from the Promo
ton Committee invited the members to
an exhibition of R. X. Bonine' IS NOV
ing pictures of Hawaiian scenes, to be
| given in the makai pavilion of the
Young Hotel ON the evening of Thurs
day next.
Entitled TO Courtesies.
els this free show?' demanded
Kaleiopu. ~ think we ought to find
out if they expect US to pay. The last
time we went out to the baseball
grounds on an invitation we had to dig
down in our pockets. This committee
will be asking us for something before
J long, and think ought to treat us with
courtesy"
Even the Speaker smiled, although
he made no reference to Kaleiopu' IS re-
marks when he instructed the clerk to
acknowledge the receipt of the invita-
ton and extend the thanks of the
House for the same.
Petition No. /.
Petition No. l was presented by Ke-