The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-23
v Risky BILL
GENERALLY
OPPOSED

The great voice Of public opinion
4 throughout the Territory continues to
be heard in opposition to the enact.
ment of any law altering or amending
. the present liquor law.
On Saturday. in both the Senate ami
f House, came more petitions from the
+ outside districts, one and all informing
f the representatives of the people that
4 to properly represent them they must
+ kill the Moore whisky bill.
In the House was read n petition
from Hilo the strongest worded petit
4 tion as vet presented; in the Senate
came petitions from Hilo, Kohala and
I other sections of the Big Island.
'But, - as one member sagely re-
marked, "talk is cheap and it takes
money to buy whisky"
A Cox Is Docked.
A number of routine communications
f from the Senate and heads of depart
4 ments were read as the first order of
n business in the House on Saturday, in
. GluOlnH one lGOm
ing that he had proceeded to dock
school Inspector Cox $21, as instruct
ed by the House.
Another Hilo Cemetery.
Kealawaa supplemented Alfonso S re-
quest for cemetery in Hilo by max
\ ing one Saturday for a cemetery at
a Waiakea, explaining that there was
4 considerable public land there used for
<'no particular purpose" and that some
of this could be set aside for the very
particular purpose of burying the dead
n in. The resolution went to the Public
Lands Committee.
Teachers and Statehood.
A petition from thirty four teachers
on Kauai was presented by Rice, the
request contained being that the Leg
islature "make ample appropriations
4 for the needed progress and efficiency
of our schools
The petition said, in argument: "We
beg to remind you that officials from
A Washington evince a deep interest in
4 the work of our educational system;
that statehood must await the success
full Americanizing work of the schools;
that in the inslilar possessions the u.
sideration."
Eilo Against Whisky Bill.
A petition signed by seventy-eight
citizens of Hilo was presented by Mo
anauli, which said:
"Believing that the present liquor
4 law has met the conditions for which
it was framed, and that it has been
fairly and satisfactorily executed; and
believing that any change at this time
is most undesirable: We, the under
signed citizens of Hilo, Hawaii, do
& most urgently petition your honorable
body to take no action looking toward
any alteration, change or repeal of the
present law.
Statute Wanted
A petition presented, signed by
forty-fve women, prayed the Legisla-
ture to pass an act appropriating money
to erect statute" to the memory
of Kauikeaoui, whose beneficient -
4 rule has been a blessing to Hawaii.
Another similar petition, signed by
sixty-six persons of Hilo, was also pre-
scented.
Third Readings.
House Bill A, Single, came up on
third reading, but was deferred through
the introducer being absent. Single s
a vacant seat brought forth some caustic
remarks from the chair about one mem
Der who was blocking public business
by not attending to his duties. A
little while before this the Speaker
had had occasion to have the Hobbies
searched for Single and Douthitt, Civ
ing the sergeantat instructions to
notify these members to present them
selves.
Douthitt presented himself in short
while.
Grab Bill Debate.
House Bill 1872, Kinney, the Homo.
lulu Grab Bill, was up for final read
ing. Kamahu was the first speaker,
rising in opposition to the bill. He
stated that he was surprised at the
support the bill seemed to be getting.
The officials knew what they were to
get in salaries and he had not noticed
4 any trying to escape election on ac-
count of insufficient salaries for the
offices. He moved to indefinitely post
pone.
Castro seconded the motion. He
said the increases called for amounted
TO $4,000 year, enough . to employ
4 eleven extra men for year on pub
lie works, supporting eleven families
and accomplishing work for the good
of all. He referred to the great num-
4 Der of Territorial boards working for
nothing as an argument against in
creasing the Supervisors pay, boards
composed of men whose time was quite
as valuable as that of the members
of the supervisorial board.
He said the County Act would never
have been passed if the Legislature
of 1905 had thought the Supervisors
salaries would ever be put at 5000 a
year. He had consulted city officials,
who told him there was no necessity
for the raises, while there had been no
endorsement of the bill from the gov.
eminent of the city "Why,' he ask
ed, "should the Legislature increase
the cost of the city government when
y there had been no demand for such2n
Cohen talked in favor of the bill.