The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-30
PUBLIC HEALTH AFFAIRS
To Be TURNED OVER TO
CONTROL OF COUNTIES
Senate Plays With the
Publication Bill and
Now Doesn't Know
Where 1t Is.

The life of the resolution placing the /
Legislature on record as favoring the /
appointment of citizens of the Terri |
tory to judicial Offices reached an /
abrupt end in the Senate yesterday |
afternoon by vote of nine to five.
Senators Smith and Chillingworth |
made determined attempt to convince
the majority that the resolution could |
be passed with propriety, both making
clear statements showing the wisdom of I
letting the Federal government know
what the opinion of the people of the
Territory is in regard to the filing of
government positions. But their ar
guments were without avail, the votes
of Senators Baker, Brown, Coelho, Har-
vey, Mccarthy, Quinn, Robinson and
Woods killing the resolution that was
designed to show that the Territory
wants to be governed by citizens of the
Territory.
The Senate devoted its attention to
the publication bill again yesterday,
and its work was SO successful that it
is impossible to tell what the parlia-
mentary status of the measure is at the
present time. The bill failed to pass
on tie vote, Senator Chillingworth be-
ing absent from the morning session.
Seven members of the upper house were
for it and seven s'agin' it; the motion
to pass on third reading being lost and
President of the Senate Smith ruling
that the bill was dead and no parlia-
mentary procedure could resuscitate it.
Senator Knudsen held a contrary view,
and, with the majority of the Senate
members, thought that the bill should
go on the order of the day and be con
sidered again on third reading this
morning. But it is understood that
President Smith is going to adhere to
his original ruling and that the paretic
and troublesome measure dropped into
oblivion when it failed to pass yester-
day.
The bill carrying an appropriation for
the payment of county claims arising
out of the act of 1908, held invalid by
the Supreme Court, passed third read
ing, Senator Makekau's affirmative
vote being stricken from the records
after he explained that he was claim
ant that would receive payment through
the passage of the bill
Bills From House.
Senator Chillingworth was not in his
seat when the roll was called in the
upper house yesterday morning. House
Bill No. 81, granting authority to the
Territory for the deposit of public
funds in banks, was received and pass
ed third reading. House Bill 1913, re-
lating to the payment of court officers,
was received and passed first reading,
as did also House Bill 164, regulating
the examination of persons alleged to
be insane and providing for the forma
tion of board of lunaey commits
sioners.
A communication was read from the
House, stating that it had sustained
the Governor IS veto to House Bill 1856,
the Cohen income tax law.
A letter was received and read from
President John Gilmore of the College
of Hawaii, asking that the Senate con-
slider the needs of the new educational
institution, and stating that the col
lege's field of usefulness had greatly
increased and was entitled to the care
full consideration of the Legislature.
President Gilmore also invited the
Senate to inspect the college at any
time that would be convenient. The
invitation was accepted on the motion
of Coelho, and referred to the Eduea-
ton Committee for the necessary ar
engagements.
Petitions were submitted by Senator
Baker, asking for appropriations for
various persons. One document was
signed by thirty-seven citizens residing
in the vicinity of Napoopoo landing,
South Kona, asking for money to build
a new wharf and wharf shed at Napoo-
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