The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-02


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Territorial insifiw iht. bui, ~ ths
ri0Hrdt ~ iht Dap.ial tf uaB nf
fhe tfshvfs Rice had iuud 30 mis
lead fhf mrmtrfs into ihIutirq that
~ hu houua future ieaisininf,s
hiff foss io question ~ prrnonsl
privilege shlnfis had no tight 10 say
he WHs trying a. mislrad on deceive
shngic riihlffw iho expression and
continued bic nddress. presenting n
number of strong arguments iie said
ihe Honoluln Lbrnr, Association. with
$4,000 volumes. would not deal with the
county. but only with the Territory.
their trust making this necessary. lIe
scored Rice severely for not showing
the Governor the courtesy ~ seeing
him about the bill. and pointed ont
also that the establishment of the li.
brnry would enable $4,000 10 be- saved
ont of the next appropriation bill He
stated that the bill had been endorsed
hv the Governor. the trustees of the
library and ;hc leading educators Of
the country. a bin that would bring a
quarter Of million here in donations
and bo Of benefit to the whole Ter
ritory.
What Carnegie Offers.
Rice asked shngle IL 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.
shingle said Carnegie would give ten
times the amount of the yearly up.
keen. IL the Territory would give
$4,000, Mr.. Carnegie would give $lO0,.
600 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 10y
not appropriating in the future.
Shingle said the Laird of Skibo was
over twenty-one and knew what chances
he was taking "What IS the use of
talking about such thingsl' he asked
Kaniho's Weighty Arguments.
Kaniho resisted the temptation to
speak for some time bus finally rose
81 thought at first l was up against q
stone wall, - he said, "but ! find il is
only dust" What he wanted was more
light on the proposal to have the Ii.
brary a part of the archives, or the
archives a part of the library. He
wanted also to know how the general
outside public would benefit. Single
told him that if he wanted book he
could write or wire for it and have the
same right to use the books as anyone
in Hnpnlnlt, EaY,fhn lnAlyaI
only wanting to know if the books
would be translated into Hawaiian for
the use of the "citizens.' Shingle re-
minded him that English was taught
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 Shingle
was talking about, as "A man who would
give big money. He also saw little
benefit to the public of a library when
the books We're not printed in Ha-
waiian. He suggested an appropria-
tion 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 IL
| braries in particular. The only virtue
lie could see in the bill was that the
library commissioners were 20 serve
| without pay. If that be not fake,
then the salaried 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 10 feed hungry
ofiiceseekers.
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, Huddy, Kaniho, Nawa.
! hine, and Rice.
Third Readings.
! House Bill l73, Rice, which is sec.
tion taken from the Depository Bill and
put in a 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 a substitute bill. The
vote to sustain the veto was unanimous
Auditors Bonds Raised.
Senate Bills II and rs, raising the
amounts required in bonds from the
county and city auditors, passed or
third readings. The new figures are
Honolulu, $4,000; Hawaii, $4,000
Maui, $4,000; Kauai, $4,000. Sever
members voted against the changes.
Substitute Tenement Bill.
Douthitt introduced a new bill, sub
stitute Tenement House Bill for thai
vetoed.
The bill is changed only by the ad
dition of new section The section
objected to remains, this giving tn,
city government the right "'To enac
and to enforce all ordinances necessar,
to protect health, life and property, t,
prevent and summarily remove nui
sances and TO preserve and enforce tn
good government, order and securit
of the city and county and its inhabi