The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-26
HOUSE

HOUSE
Yesterdays session IN the House was
marked by a vehement attack on the
part of Kaniho against the two bills
dealing with the militia, in the course
of which he attacked Adjutant Gen.
eral Jones as lobbyist and referred
to the soldiers of the National Guard
of Hawaii as tin soldiers in whom he
had no great confidence, and by the
declaration of Shingle as to what he
considered the proper thing to do in
extending the power Of the counties.
Shingle went to the limit in what
he favored. He wanted not only to
give the counties the right to levy
taxes and issue bonds, but he desired
also to turn over to the various boards
| Of supervisors III matters "A connec.
ton with sanitation and health, quar-
antire, ia;ls md hospitals, waterworks
and sewers and the question of food
inspection. Single even suggested
turning over the care of lepers and
their children to The counties, but this
met with a very emphatic negative
! from the other members.
| The same member outlined the plan
on foot to combine the offices of the
Land Commissioner and the Surveyor
I General and pointed out a way in
which the Organic Act could be got
around in the combination.
Douthitt entered a very emphatic
protest against putting the cost of the
aid in maintenance of the Queen IS Hos
| pital upon the county of Honolulu, as
suggested by Rice. Douthitt stated
that the institution was one used for
the benefit of the whole Territory and
not simply for the people of Oahu
Among the other amazing things
which took place Yesterday afternoon
when the House was in committee of
the whole was the apathetic way in
which the Hawaiian members received
a proposition that the time was com.
ing when all health matters would be
made joint Federal and Territorial
concern. Not one raised his voice in
protest.
During the Queens Hospital discus.
sion, Kamanoulu referred to two in.
stances where the hospital authorities
had been neglectful in the care OF pa.
tients.
Shingles Declaration.
It was during the discussion of the
Board of Health items that Shingle
made his position clear in regard to
transferring at present Territorial mat
tiers over to the counties. The COM
mittee had taken up the items dealing
with sanitation, when he said:
al think that this is a fitting place
for me to put myself on record re-
garding this whole mix.up in regard
to the powers of the counties and the
changes that are proposed. / do moi
agree with Mr.. Rice that the time has
not yet come that the counties should
be given the power to levy taxes AM
issue bonds for loans. / am in favor
of any measure that will give the
counties those powers now, bill thai
would come into effect in two year!
from now, but at this session We have
not the time to prepare and pass such
an important bill. But this important
matter must be taken up and we must
60 ahead with the working out of this
County Act We must proceed care
fully but without delay and leave il
for the next Legislature two years
from now to put the finishing touches
upon this business. am willing IL
vote and to work as much as / can
to turn over to the counties now every
thing else but the right to raise taxes
I he in
of the bonding powers now if it could
be given by an amendment to the Or
ganic Act, but according to the deci
sion of the Supreme Court the coun
"But we can proceed along the line:
ties can not issue bonds until given
the right to raise taxes.
as if the counties had this power to
raise taxes and on this basis / have
estimated that the counties should have
as their share of the Territorial rev,
enues sixty.six and two.thirds pei
cent, leaving thirty.three and a third
per cent. for the uses of the Terrific
rial government. / think that it Is
safe for this Legislature to work along
these lines and TO turn over to the
counties the two-thirds of the revenue
and the control of the jails and
schools, the matters of sanitation, pure
food inspection, quarantine and quar-
antine supplies and other things.
believe that We should turn over ia
the different counties the matter Of
the license inspection under the board,
IF liquor license commissions. In this
bill we have an item of $4,000 fol-
the work of the license commissioners
am in favor of cutting that to 5000
for the uses of the boards and let the
county sherifs look after the matter
of inspection and the enforcement OF
the liquor laws. | think this House
ought to declare itself one way OF the
other son the broad issue of what we