The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-23
SENATE POSTPONES ITS
CONSIDERATION OF TIL
EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
(From Sundays Advertiser.)

ing OF select committee on the all
important question of taxation, were
the features of the upper house pro-
ceedings yesterday. The postpone
ment of the appointment message took
the form of five days notice reso.
luton, and it was earned by a uiani-
nous vote The sentiment of the
upper house is in favor of letting con-
sideration of the matter go for about
forty days. The most general accept
ed explanation of this course is de-
sire to wait until it is known what the
Governor s recommendations may be in
regard to the suggested consolidation
of departments.
The committee which will have the
important responsibility of consider
ing the taxation measures of the pres
ent session is composed of Senator
Fairchild of Kauai, Senator Robinson
of Maui, Senator Woods of Hawaii,
and Senators Harvey and Quinn of
Oahu. President Smith announced the
names of the members of the commit
tee shortly after the Senate was call
ed to order yesterday.
A resolution was received from the
House of Representatives requesting
that all Senate bills be translated into
Hawaiian before being transmitted to
the lower house. This policy has al
ready been agreed to by the Senate,
the members voting to translate all
bills on the third reading.
Four bills passed their third reading
in the Senate yesterday morning, the
first being Senate Bill No. 4, which
provides for biennial reports to the
Legislature of the Territory by the
counties Senate Bill No. Z, to facili-
tate the giving of bonds required o.
permitted by law, was the second act
to pass third reading, and was follow
ed by Senator Knudsen' IS measure pro-
viding that certified copies of public
archives will be receivable in evil
dence, Senate Bill No. II, providing
that all employees of the Territory must
be citizens, or eligible to become cit
izens,- also passed its third reading on
unanimous vote.
When Senate Bill No. Is came up
for its second reading yesterday, Sen
ator Knudsen moved that 1t be re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and
I Means, because it deals with the man
ner of license issuance. The Senate
took Knudsen's view of the matter
and Coelho's measure is now in the
hands of the committee named. Sen
ator Snudsen, chairman of the Judi
ciary Committee, consistently stands
for the supremacy of the Ways and
Means Committee in all matters that
have a connection with the Territory's
that the committee should not be
handicapped by having other commit.
tees consider measures that have any
bearing upon finances.
There was little sensational in the
House yesterday, the one enlivening
feature of the session being the tilt
between the members from Kauai and
the new members from the Fourth over
the question of setting the hour of
in the morning instead of o. The
Kauai men, better versed in tactics
than the Honolulu Representatives,
pestered the introducer of the resolu-
tion and his hacker and finally ont
voted them.
The Cohen tax bills came up for
second reading and went to commit
tee, while host of other bills and
resolutions, none of them startling in
their nature on the faces, were intro
ilueed.
In moving that the bill appropriat
ng $4,000 for the excuses If the
Senate for the session, being Senate
Bill No. /, be passed for the seccnd
ime, Rice intimated that the Finance
Committee would have some sugges-
Va NcohomJ w thc VIII
carrying the same amount rs required
by the House and twice as much as
recommended by the Governor.
THE SENATE.
The Select Committee on Taxation,
which viii be referred all measures
ffecting the tax revenues of the Ter
tory, was announced by President
NTH shortly after the upper house
onvened at 10 o'clock yesterday
3 porning. The members are Fairchild,
johnson, Wood, Harvey and Quinn.
: Under suspension of the rules,
enator Baker Of Hawaii gave notice
the introduction of bill to pro-
ide for the service of process in ju--'
ieial and administrative suits and
rOceedings brought against corpora.
ons
Senate BiII No. A. introduced by Co.