Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-14
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The House is trying the experiment
now of getting along without stcnog.
rapher. so far as the minutes are con.
cerned, the experiment seems to be
successful, though, of course, there Ia
no reporting of the eloquent speeches
of the various disciples of Demosthe.
mes.
Single introduced concurrent res.
olution that 1t Is the sense of this
Legislature that the Auditor of the
Territory shall, semiannually. make
public advertisement for tenders for
furnishing current supplies to all de.
partmonts of the Territorial govern.
ment for the next ensuing six months
period, and shall notify the heads of
such departments of the name or
names of the bidder or bidders whose
tenders are deemed by him to be most
satisfactory, and that for such period.
so far as practicable, the current sup
plies shall be purchased only from
such bidder or bidders in accordance
with such tenders"
Single stated that this resolution
Is designed to take the place of the
purchasing agent clause of Act 81.
which the House yesterday voted to re.
peal. II have seen the Governor" he
said, "and he approves of this resolu.
ton"
81 have not seen the Governor" in.
tcrjected Coney, but I think 1t Is a
good resolution and ought to be adopt.
ed"
The resolution was adopted unanim.
ously.
Kamanoulu introduced resolution
| calling upon the Board of Health to
cause a denomination of William Mai.
wi, formerly a printer by trade, who
has for some time been confined at the
leper settlement as leper suspect
The resolution sets forth that the
symptoms supposed to indicate lep.
rosy are shriveled fingers, carried by
Naiwi from birth. no other symptoms
having developed. The resolution was
adopted. Naiwi is an old man who
for many years worked in the various
printing establishments of the city.
For three years he has been at Mole
kai, though he has nothing OF the ap.
pearance of a lepcr except the shriv.
eled fingers of one hand. and, AS Shell.
don, Like and Kamanoulu stated this
morning, he was born with the de.
formed hand. Kamanoulu stated that
he had worked with Naiwi for years,
and did not believe him to be a leper.
Sinking Fund.
A bill was introduced by Hubby to
establish a sinking fund with which
to pay off any present or future bond
ed Indebtedness of the Territory. The
bill provides that each year the Treas
lrer shall transfer to this fund suffi
cient OF the current revenues of the
Territory that the aggregate of the
sums so deposited will, compounded
annually, amount at the expiration OF
the term for which the bonds are is.
sued, to the full face value thereof.
Fines and Costs.
Senate Bill 80, Robinson. to turn
over all fines and costs collected In the
district courts. and all bail forfeitures
10 the counties, was taken up on spec.
ial order of the day at II o'clock and
passed its third reading without de.
bate.
MutiIated Show Bill.
The muoh'amendod "show BILL" In.
troduced hy Furtado, but commonly
known and spoken Of as Cohen's show
bill, came back from the Senate. Cohen
promptly moved that the House do not
concur In the amendments. Furtado
moved to defer until afternoon. This
carried
A Close Vote.
Consideration of tho Governors veto
of House Bill 30, raising the pay of
road laborers to $3.50 a day was taken
up at 1880. Single moved to sus,
tain the veto.
| kamahu moved to override, on the
grounds that the reasons given by the
Governor for refusing to sign the bill
are insufficient.
| "''''Pu SupHolltu inc Governor,
and said that the passage of such n
law as this is simply an attempt to
blarney the voters. There is no use
promising them that they shall be paid
more than the counties can afford to
pay. That would be hurting more than
helping them. The Governors reasons
were good. Kaleiopu commended. and
the veto ought'to be sustained
The question was argued loudly and
long. Rice finally cut short the debate
by moving the previous question, there
by farcing vote. The Governors veto
was sustained by the close vote of Il
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