The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-02

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That an appropriation of $4,000 b,
| made for roads in the County of Ka
| lawao.
+. That 5000 be appropriated for the
landing at Kalaupapa.
/ That $4,000 be appropriated fol-
water pipes for the settlement.
That the stipend of the assistant
superintendent, j. K. Waiamau, be
raised to $50 month.
Senate Measures.
Senate Bill 40 was presented for the
| consideration Of the House, kindly
treatment being assured from the fact
| that House Bills II and II came back
approved from the Senate and House
Joint Resolution l and House Concur
rent Resolution had been adopted.
New Bills Presented.
Rice gave notice of the following
bills:
A bill making it the duty of the City
and County of Honolulu to provide fol
the maintenance and support, from and
after July l, 1909, of the present dis
trict courthouses, district and county
iails and hospitals within the bounda-
ries of the City and County until suen
time as it shall provide other suitable
courthouses, jails and hospitals.
A bill under which each county shall
establish, maintain and regulate dis
trict courthouses, district and county
jails and houses of detention, punish
ment, confinement and reformation,
hospitals and almshouses, and shall
maintain and support, from and after
July !, 1909, the present district court
houses, district and county jails and
hospitals within its boundaries until
such time as it shall provide other suit
able jails, courthouses and hospitals.
= A bill to provide for the appointment
of jailers of the county jails. 1t states:
"The High Sheriff of the Territory is
responsible, and with the approval of
the Attorney-General shall appoint the
necessary jailers and other officers for
the safe keeping of all prisoners, ex-
cept those held in custody by the
sheriffs of the several counties and the
sheriff of the City and County of Ho-
nolulu, and those confined in county
jails or ,jails under the care and con-
troll of the counties or the City and
County of Honolulu"
Th1rd readings.
Castro's bill to encourage the birth
rate, House Bill 16, was up for third
reading, this being the measure to ex
empt from school, poll and road tax all
fathers of six legitimate children.
Kaniho moved the tabling of the bill
because of the loss it would entail on
the revenue. The burden would be, he
said, ON the shoulders of the childless,
who would be not only without the
satisfaction of having a houseful of
children but would have to pay to send
other people s children to school, add
ing insult to injury. If the law ex-
empted bachelors it would be sensible.
For myself, [ am not to be consid-
ered,' said Kanihe, as interpreted,
I" because l have no children, only FIVE
or six. The Portuguese and the Japan
csc are the ones who have the large
families and who would benefit from
the bill, because they would send their
children to school and have them
brought up to be support to their
parents. ] move that the consideration
of the bill be postponed for ten years. =
The speaker did not mention the fact
that his calling between sessions as a
clergyman exempted him from payment
of personal taxes.
Castro said he expected the bill to be
ridiculed somewhat, but he believed
that the bill was a just one, bill to
help the deserving poor. The intro
Queer resented the introduction of any
question of race in the matter, saying:
1.-THE man who would discriminate
against another human being because
he is a Portuguese, Chinaman or a
japanese is not fit to be considered in
the human family. But the bill is not
to help the japanese or Chinese as such,
but to aid the poor laborer who coils
each day to support the children born
to him.
The speaker referred to the existence
of such a law in the most advanced
countries in the world, in Switzerland
and New Zealand. He stated that
among the laborers of Hawaii the bill
would prove blessing and he asked
the members to support it.
Rice seconded Castro, stating that the
father of a family was AS much en-
titled to exemption as minister of the
Gospel or a member of a militia com
pany.
kawewehl stated that Hawaiians had
the same hardship of many children as
other races, but he desired to agree
with Castro that races should not be
considered in regard to this bill. He
had been asked by his constituents to
support such BILL He had no chill
dren himself, but was willing to help
others educate their children.
Sheldon favored the bill as an in
ducement to assisted immigration.
Kaniho couldn t see why lucky man
with the stork ought to have other
favors shown him, especially as chill
dren from ten up could assist their
parents. They did where he came from,
at any rate. He objected to getting
rid of fly on his nose by hitting it
with club. He also objected to Cas-
tro's remarks regarding any race issue
in his speech, His colleague was prob
ably correct in saying that he had no
children, but he himself had adopted
nine, some of whom were working to
help him. He thought soldiers should
be exempt, because they gave up their
lives for the country, and ministers
should also be exempt because they
brought righteousness into the country
and also prayed for an increase in the
birthrate.