The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-19

President Smith announced his ap-
pointees to the Committee on Ways
and Means in conformity to the amend
ed rules that were adopted at the first
day S session. There are five members
on the committee, Senator Fairchild
of Kauai being chairman, with Brown,
Coelho and Quinn the other three Re
publican members and Moore the Lone
Democrat.
Senate Bill No. IL, providing for the
division of the island of Hawaii into
two counties, was referred to a com
mittee of four, consisting of the Sena-
tors from the big island, Woods, Make
kau, Brown and Baker. The bill was
introduced by Baker and he moved
that a special county committee be
named to consider, and on Senator
Woods motion the personnel of the
committee was named to include the
Senators from Hawaii.
President Smith repeated his admo-
nitions to the members of the Senate
to adopt a systematic method of COM
mittee work and that nothing could be
gained by letting their duties aceumu-
late.
In the House.
The land question hung heavy over
the heads Of Representatives yester-
day. and while there was nothing spe-
cifcally presented there were resolu-
tions in the matter and requests for
information, indicating that the legis-
lators are clearing off the ground for
a scrap with the Executive for his
I. IL
mittee that the members of the Legis-
lature had not advanced to that state
of perfection when it would be advls-
able to turn the matter of land legis-
lation over to them. An attempt was
made by the Kauai members, except
ing Sheldon, and some Oahu mem
bers. to sidetrack a resolution com
mending the Kuhio land bill, now
before Congress, but the majority
voted them down. Then further at,
tempt was defeated and the resolution
passed second reading.
Representative Cohen, who has pro
nounced views on land, presented 3
request for much information from the
Executive, which was passed, the in
formation embracing variety OF
points concerning all the public land
CT the Territory and it's value agricul
turally and otherwise.
4 large number of bills were pre-
sented, Kaniho fathering batch sent
down from the Senate by Senator
Baker, while resolutions for appro
priations for about all the islands and
totaling a quarter of million or so
were introduced. To save money and
time. Rice wanted these referred with
out debate or motion to the committee
having in hand the appropriation bills
but the members of the various com
mittees did not intend to be shut out
of having hand in the items in this
wav and Rice withdrew his resolution
under fire.
Mary Ateherley attended during the
noon recess and carried on an active
lobby among the Hawaiian member:
of both Senate and House.
THE SENATE.
When the Senate was called to orde1
yesterday morning at ten O'Clock, Sen
ator E. w. Quinn was the only member
of the upper house not in his seat
After prayer by Chaplain John Kahio
| Clerk Savidge was instructed to reac
the minutes of the first days session
and they were adopted as read on the
motion of Coelho.
A message was received from Gov
ernor Frear, recommending that com
pensation be allowed by the govern
ment for buildings that it was necessary
! to tear down at the Leper Settlement
| The message was as follows:
Another Message.
:sI recommend that the sums SCI
| forth in the schedule transmitted here
with, amounting to 1920, be appropri
ated to compensate for the taking by
the Board of Health during the yea
| 1907 of the property of certain persons
on the Federal reservation in the Coun
! tv of Kalawao. The circumstances un
der which the property was taken owe
are as follows:
CYLINDER an act of Congress approved
March 8, 1905, provision was made TO
the establishment of a leprosarium a
| the Leper Settlement upon the land Il
be eeded by the government of Hawai-
! to the United States. There was upol
| the required land certain building
which had been constructed by certain
persons residing at the settlement. |
| became necessary for the Territoria
government to remove the buildings i
{ order to clear the land for the leprO
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