The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-12


Store sites Not Farms
The same committee recommended
the tahling Of resolution from Ke.
alawaa, which asked for the opening
Of the public land at Makaoku, South
hilo, MS homcsteads. The report
stated that these lands "are more
adaptable for manufactures and store
sites than homcsteads. The report
was adopted.
Municipal Bill Amendments.
The Judiciary Committee reported
favorably on Douthitt's bin to
straighten the Municipal Act, the re-
port being practically AN explanation
Of why the bill is necessary.
Third Readings.
On the order of the day, for final
reading, were House Bills ll2 and los,
and Senate Bills and IL.
Debate on Holiday Measure.
House Bill liz, Keaawaa, was the
Lincoln Day Holiday bill, amended by
Like to also make public holiday of
March IL.
Rice opposed the bill, stating that
there were enough holidays already.
The only ones who benefited were the
government officials and the men under
regular salaries. An extra holiday only
meant another day on which the In.
borer had to lay of and get nothing
for it.
Coney and Kaleiopu backed up Rice g
arguments, while Kawewehi argued to
pass the bill so far as Kamehameha
Ill. was concerned, and drop Lincoln
day if something had to be dropped.
Sheldon suggested adding few more
holidays to the list, including his own
birthday
Kaniho expressed a strange desire to
talk and Rice withdrew previous
question motion to let him relieve him.
self. Kaniho supported the bill, the
presence in the gallery of a class of
Kamehameha students being the mo-
tive, evidently, of long and supposed.
ly eloquent harangue on the greatness
of Hawaiian statesmen. As in the case
of Kawewehi, his argument for the bill
was based on the claim to honor of
King Kamehameha ILL.,, Lincoln being
overlooked in the shuttle. Kaniho said
he saw no reason why Kamehameha
Ill. should not be honored by the cele-
bration of his birthday in the same
way as George Washington.
Kealawaa made whrlwind speech,
eulogizing the memory of Lincoln, the
rail-splitter president. He agreed, how
ever. that the Hawaiian king was
equally worthy of honor.
There were mysterious winks ex-
changed between the Speaker and the
Interpreter during the heights of Ke'
alawaa's Grafton.
Like agreed with Kaniho that it
seemed that the Hawaiian amendment
to the bill was probably the reason
why the bill seemed about to be killed
He urged the passage of the bill and
wanted to shift the crime of killing it,
| if it had to be killed, ON to the Senate.
Sheldon rebuked both Kaniho and
Like for the race line suggestion in
their speeches and expressed his regret
that such suggestion could be made
on the floor of the House.
"Let us put aside such ideas. Let
us work on broad and liberal lines for
ALL said Sheldon. "'Let us not bring
up ideas of race and color in this
House,
Killing by Amendment.
Correa moved in amendment that
November 16, Kalakaua Day, be added
to the list.
Sheldon moved in further amend
1ndependen Day.
On roll call the bill passed along tt
Senate execution by sixteen to twelve
The roll call showed:
Ayes-Affonso, Cohen, Hihio. Kama
hu, Kaniho, Kawaakoa, Kawewehi, Ke
alawaa, Like, Long, Makekau, Moana
uli, Nakaleka, Nawahine, Sheldon, Mr.
Speaker-16.
.Noes-Carley, Castro, Coney, Correa
Douthitt, Hubby, Kaleiopu, Kamanou
IN, Kinney, Rice, Shingle, Waiwaiole-
H..
Warm immigration Debate.
House Bill los, Castro, the now ia
nous immigration Tax bill, which hal
become a bone of keen contention, wal
called by the Speaker.
Castro asked that the considerat ioI
be postponed until eleven O'Clock, al
hour later. Cohen objected and state,
that there were as good arguments t.
urge on the immediate consideration
of the bill as there had been the da,
before
The Speaker allowed the postpone
ment, stating this was matter of cour
tesy, the chairman of the Agricultur
Committee being unaceountably absent
The bill was taken up on time.
After the third reading, Castro NOV
ed the final passage.
Kaleiopu stated that he had alread,
warned the friends of the bill that i
was in a dangerous position and h
wished to repeat that warning. If thu
matter were taken up now, the bill
would die a natural death. The name
4 in which this was being taken up mad
the bill, If passed, an unconstitutiona
law. 1t had been introduced into tn
House in Hawaiian, which was a direc
violation of the Organic Act. The bill
had no business in its present shap
before the House.
Rice stated that this was only Al
attempt to cloud the issue and calle'
upon the clerk to read the history o
the bill in the House. This readin
showed the course of the bill to hay
been the same as any other.