Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-13

by a worthy desire to benefit the la
boring class, but results are not al
ways what they are intended to be,
and in this case true friendship for
the laboring class can best be shown
by looking at the real rather than
the appaI ent effect. The bill might
benefit some laborers, but IL would be
against the interests of the laboring
class as a whole, for it would prevent
many from obtaining employment.
Moreover, less would be accom-
4, plished in maintaining roads and 9TH
err public improvements in good con-
dition and in constructing new ones,
and that would be to the detriment
of all people in the Territory and
tend to lessen or prevent an increase
of taxable values and therefore tend
to diminish the amount would be OBJ
tanned by taxes in the future with
which laborers might be hired.
Further, the financial status of
the Territory and the several Counties
. is such that the rate of wages cannot
safely be raised arbitrarily at the
! present time even II It would be wise
to attempt TO do so under better fin
ancial conditions"
The bill, appropriating money for
the Library of Hawaii, passed sec
ond reading without any opposition.
Senator Fairchild, as chairman of the
\ Ways and Means Committee, returned
the bill with a verbal recommends
tion that II pass.
Appointments Wait
| Action on Governors Message No.
2, relating to appointments, which
was due for further consideration,
was called up and action deferred
until the appropriation bill shall
have been disposed Of. The names
of the Commissioner of Public Lands
and the Surveyor General yet remain
to be acted upon and little can be
done in this direction until 1t has
been decided whether or not the two
Offices will be consolidated.
Coelho's medical practice bill, pro-
viding that persons I'm eXtremi.'
may call any person. whether licens-
ed physician or not, to treat them.
passed third reading without any OPP
position.
Senator Moore introduced n bill
providing for the assessment of land
in Honolulu benefited by the water or
sewer works.
Depository Bill Through
There was absolutely no opposition
when the vote was taken on House
Bill No. 81, the depositary bill. Sew
eral changes have been made in the
bill since 1t came up from the House
but, in intent, IL is not radically diff.
ferent from the shape in which IL was
received. The amendment, fixing the
maximum rate OF interest which the
prevailed.
The amended show bill blouse Bill
No. 157), in its original form gener.
Tally attributed to Joe Cohen, passed
its third reading, amended so as tC
suit the ideas Of the members of the
Upper Chamber.
| Why a moving picture theater
charging 10 cents admission should
be assessed higher tax than n the
ater charging 81 is something thai
the Senators were unable to compre
bend, and that the bare presence o.
a paint frame should reduce the tax
seemed ridiculous to those members
: of the Upper Chamber not skilled II
the fine points of impressarioism.
Therefore moving picture show!
: will pay $3.50 per diem in the form
of license fee. Aristocratic play
J houses, and prize-fght pavilions, viii
, be mulcted in the same sum.
, Coelho's loan bill has shrunk unit
, none but its closest relatives coulC
well recognize 1t.
, Originally there were items, com
+ prising something more than $1,000.
5 900 worth of expenditures covered by
the bill. Way down low somewher,
, was Il provision for the Kula pip,
: line on Maui, 100000.
Kula Still There
This morning, when the bill wal
lcalled up, Coelho moved that all o
the provisions other than the Kul!
pipe line be stricken out. Such wal
done, and the bill passed second read
ling. Maui Is on the high-road to hel
= pipe line.
How the jailors shall be appointed
Is a matter on which the authoritie
differ. Whether they shall get thei
jobs from the High Sheriff, or iron
the County Sheriffs is matter tina
will require little Strengthening on
a on the part Of the judiciary Commit
c zee before an intelligent vote can b.
taken. The bill is back in the hand
Of that committee.
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