Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-12
TOO MANY HOLES IN
TWO.COUNTY BILL
Deferred So KaWeWehi
May Patch Up
The Pukas
HOUSE..
Forty.sixth oay-Mornins Session.

Forty.Sixth Day-Morning Session.
Aside from the aftermath of the
trouble started last Saturday over the
resolution to increase the earnings Of
the official stenographer, there was
nothing of an exciting nature in the
proceedings of the House this morn.
ing. Most of the bills on the order Of
the day for third reading were de.
ferred for one reason or another. II
was expected that Kawewehi's bill to
divide the Big Island into two counties
would start something, but when the
matter came up some friends of the
measure discovered that Kawewehi
had by no means succeeded In patch.
ing up the structural work so that 1t
could withstand the shock of attack.
and they hastily had 1t deferred again.
Longs Laundry Bill.
House Bill 1879, the laundry bill in
troduoed by Long. had suspicious
look to Sheldon, Alfonso and Cohen,
who proceeded to attack 1t when 1t
came up on third reading. The bill
provides that license fee of s25 must
be paid by anyone running laundry
or dying and cleaning works.
Sheldon though this would work a
hardship on poor women in the couu.
try districts who make their living by
taking in washing. If this bill were
to be made to apply to them, he was
opposed to II.
Alfonso took the same view of the
matter, and moved that the bill be in
definitely postponed.
Cohen also considered II shame to
strike at the poor women whose only
capital is a washtub and u bar OF soap.
Long made the statement that he
had introduced the bill ut the request
of the chairman of the Finance Com
mittee, who had promised to stand for
the measure when 1t came to third
reading. Rice being absent, Long
moved that the matter be deferred un
III tomorrow. Rice, however, came In
at that moment, so Long withdrew his
motion.
Rice defended the measure. He stat
ed that the bill does not impose new
license fee on Taundries, that being the
fee under the present law, but merel>
takes the enforcement out OF the hands
of the Board of Health and places II II
the hands of the counties.
Coney couldn't see haw the passag,
of the bill could hurt the poor people
The present law works all right, hI
said, and the new law would work II
the same way.
The vote was taken, resulting II
the passage of the bill, IS to 10.
The House passed House Bill 1872
Makekau, providing that any city o
county or county sheriff, deputy sherii
or police officer who shall fail to en-
force the provisions of the Act recent
| ly passed relating to fishing with net
shall be bully of misdemeanor an
may be punished by fine OF from s.
to $500 or prisoned for from 80 day
to six months.
Too Many Holes.
The two-county bill, II. b. 1879, wa
taken up for third reading. Kaweweh
It's introducer, had been working o
the measure with a view to pluggln
a few OF the many holes In 1t. He o
fered batch of amendments, but b,
fore the Clerk had finished readin
them, Nawahine moved to defer a,
ton again to tomorrow. This wa
done.
The Senate bill to remedy the en-
, barrassing purching agent clause {
Act go passed second reading as
| special order of the day.
| To Pay for Pipe Line.
| Carley introduced bill to provid