Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-27

names of all sea.faring men. and oi
all men engaged in the construction
and management Of ships and crafts
the names of ship owners and theli
employees, yacht owners, members oI
yacht clubs and all other association,
for Aquatic pursuits.
The Finance Committee recommend
ed the passage of House Bill q. to re
duec the price of the Revised Laws e
So. The committee thought IL would
be a good idea to reduce the price &c
that the Secretary of the Territory
would have a chance Of disposing o'
the 100 copies he now has on hand
which are rapidly becoming obsolet,
and hard to sell at the present price
of $40 a volume.
Lawyers Win Out.
The legal members OF the House
won decided victory this morning
after voluble fight. House Bill IS
introduced by Sheldon. passed its third
reading aud goes to the Senate. The
bill provides that all district magis
trates shall have passed an examina
tion for admission to practice In the
District Courts OF the Territory. Shell
don in urging the passage of his bill
said that he had often found that dis
trict magistrates were gnorant of law
and II was often necessary on that ac
count to appeal cases which SHOULD
have been properly decided.
Kaleiopu thought this another efror
on the part Of the foxy lawyers to gel
something for themselves. He sale
that at present the appointing power
would be transferred from the Gov
ernor to the Chief Justice--althougl
the fact is that the Chief Justice al
ready appoints the district nagis
trates. This looked like an effort L
do some OF the present district mag
istrates out. Some men who had bee,
district magistrates for 40 years woul,
lose their Job. He moved the indei
inite postponement OF the bill.
'If they have been district magIs
trates for 40 years and don't know
anything about law, they ought to los,
their Jobs said Coney. II know Of
number OF instances lately where mel
have been appointed district magls
trates who are not fit to hold the posi-
ton. II Is simply a matter OF favor
itism. Why, Mr. Speaker, know o
one district magistrate In my owl
county who isn't At for his job. II,
never tries TO find out the facts In
case himself; he Just goes out an,
asks the deputy sheriff II the prisone
IL guilty, and II the deputy sheriff say
he is, the magistrate goes back an,
finds the man guilty. Such thing 1
on imposition on us.
Nawahlne was Of the opinion tina
lawyers would make no better distric
magistrates than anybody else. Lot
of lawyers. he said. are not at to b.
magistrates. This bill looked like a,
enort to get some Of the Hawaiian
cut of job. Whenever the flnancia
AFFAIRS OF the Territory would stan,
the tax he thought district magis
trates ought to be elected by the PEG
pie.
Furtado called Kaleiopu's attentio,
to the fact that he was mistaken II
saying the magistrates are appointe,
by the Governor; II Is the Chief Jus
tice who has the appointing power. III
thought the clause requiring that dis
trict magistrates be residents OF tn
district wise one,
kaleiopu insuited.
Kaleiopu considered himself insult
ed by an innocent remark of Furtado'
and rose to point of order, but wa
not sustained by the Speaker.
Sheldon said he realized that some
times the shoe pinctes on the wron
foot. I'VE are here for the common
good" he said. Because some of II
have uncles or cousins or grandfatl
ers who are district magistrates an
are not fit for the positions is no res
son why we should kill this bill. LIE
us pass 1t for the common good
The motion to pass the bill was pu
and the bill passed by vote q
90 to 6.
80 Inches a Fishing Boat.
| Correas Bill, No. 22. to amend tn
law imposing a license fee of IS o
all fishing boats, was taken up on thir
reading, This measure. Of course, !
aimed at the orientals, who have 4
virtual monopoly of the fishing bus
ness, There was no debate on ~
measure, which passed the House b
vote OF y to 3, The amendmen
provides that any boat used for fishin
which has a beam of 80 inches shal
be deemed a fishing boat under IN