The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-30

| place House Bill No. 90 on the order
of the day today.
Pass Claim Bill.
Senate Bill No. 105, providing for
the payment of county claims caused
| through the act of 1908, was passed
on third reading without a dissenting
vote. but Senator Makekau Immediate
w asked that his affirmative vote be
changed to the negative. Following
some discussion as to the propriety of
Makekau S request, he was excused
from voting after he had explained
that he was one of the claimants to
be paid under the appropriation N the
bill While President Smith was hest
tating over Makekau s request, Sena-
tor Coeiho stated that Makekau would
cism and censureo by having his vote
recorded on measure in which he was
interested in pecuniary way. Make
kan s. request was finally granted by
Knudsen 3 motion to have his vote
stricken from the records.
Senate Bill No. 10, encouraging di-
versifed industries through tax ex-
emption, was passed on third reading.
Senate Bill No. lis, measure de-
signed to prevent persons wearing the
badges of various organizations unless
entitled to do so, passed second read
ing through the favorable report of the
judiciary Committee. The committee
commended the idea of the bill be-
cause it was obviously intended to pre-
vent imposition and fraud.
Resolution Is Killed.
At the afternoon session of the Sen
ate a communication was received
from the House of Representatives stat
ing that it had passed Senate Bill No.
As, relating to covenant renewals of
certain government lands at auction,
in an amended form. On motion of
Senator Mccarthy the amended bin
was referred to the Judiciary Commit
tee for consideration and report.
Then Senate Resolution No. A, de-
ferred from the morning session, came
up for consideration and produced
debate on the problems of Home Rule
and the stand for the appointment of
citizens Of the Territory to public Of
fees.
into action with motion not to adopt
the resolution. In stating his reasons
he said:
~ agree with the spirit Of this reso-
luton, but I do not approve of it's
present form. This would be an APP
propriate resolution for bar associ-
alton or some other similar civic body,
but / do not think it would be proper
for us to send such resolution to the
President of the United States. I am
in svmpa thy with the idea itself. but
l can not approve of sending such a
document to the President It would
not be in keeping with the dignity of
the Senate
Senator Mccarthy called attention to
the wording of the resolution, which,
in the first paragraph, referred to a
newspaper report as being author
ity for the belief that an outsider was
to be appointed as the new Federal
Judge.
Senator Chillingworth agreed that
this was a rather frivolous construc-
ton and his motion to strike out the
inflammatory word newspaper" was
carried.
w. o. Smith Favors It,
President of the Senate Smith called
Vice President Kalama to the chair
and took the floor in support of the
81 can see no improperly in petit
tioning the President or Congress in
matter of this kind he said. off
we present our views in a respectful
manner and show that we are opposed
to Territorial offices being filed by
non-residents, it is well within our
rights. Strangers are apt to come here
with preconceiyed ideas - sometimes
it takes period of resi-
dence to remove. On the other hand,
there is no lack of capable men here
who are perfectly able to fill public of
fees IN manner necessary to the
proper administration of government.
The people here are just as patriotic as
the people resident in any portion of
the United States. [ have often con-
tended that the Hawaiians are Amer
leans by force of association. The
extension of the American school sys-
TEN to these Islands was an important
factor, and the people were Americans
in sympathy and habit long before the
days of annexation. In New Zealand
the native Maoris have absorbed the
spirit of English institutions; in Ia
hiti the natives are French in manners
and life. and the German influence is
prevalent in Samoa.
t1n these Islands for seventy-fve
years the life has been based on Amer
lean principles. The judicial system
was based on that of the United
States; the business system was Amer
lean by reason of the close trade re-
lations maintained. There is no i'm
TO express ourselves on this
subject. We are now a Territory, try
ing to show that we are able to gov
ern ourselves on American lines. Other
Territories are jealous of their righs
in matters of this kind, and I see
no objection to this resolution on prin-
ciple. It might be better worded; I
think it is little too long, and would
suggest that the preamble is unneces-
sarily long
Senator Mccarthy was next recog-
nized by the chair, and he said that
he had no objection to the resolution
being sent to the Delegate to Con
gresS but he reiterated his view that