The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-09
SOME DETAILS
OF LIQUOR BILL
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upon the Maui statesman IS request an
"ayeD and "no" vote was taken.
Those voting against the passage of the
measure were President of the Senate
w. o. Smith, Senators Chillingworth,
Fairchild, Knudsen and Quinn. Those
whose votes carried the measure
through are Senators Baker, Brown,
Coelho, Harvey, Kalama, Makekau, Nc
Carthy, Moore, Robinson and Woods.
So Coelhos diplomatic masterpiece
passed its second reading.
President of the Senate Smith took
the floor when House Bill No. 20 was
taken up on second reading. The bill
was introduced in the House of Repre-
sentatives by Douthitt and is intended
to give judges the power to grant fees
to lawyers. appointed by the court to
act as counsel for impecunious crimi-
nails.
President Smith introduced an amend
ment to change Section l of the Dou-
thitt bill to read as follows:
"Section 2Sl6-Assignment of coun-
sci for defense. In any case of felony
in which the party accused is unable
to employ counsel for his defense, the
Judge of the Circuit Court before whom
the case is heard may assign him coun-
sci from among the licensed practl-
TONERS, and in any case of special hard
ship may allow a fee Of no more than
800, discretionary with the court, to
be paid by the Territory of Hawaii.
The petitioner so appointed shall use
every lawful exertion in behalf of the
party accused upon pain of contempt
of court.
President. Smith said that he felt that
the bill was an unwise measure in its
entirety and feared that it would be
subject to imposition unless carefully
safeguarded.
Chillingworth Objects.
Senator Chillingworth objected
strongly to the last sentence in the
amendment offered by President Smith.
''This is slur upon every lawyer in
] the Territory" said Chillingworth,
"and l feel sure that sufficient thought
was not given to its real meaning when
| it was incorporated in the amendment. -
Chillingworth amendment was
promptly accepted by President Smith
and ON the motion of Senator Robinson
the measure passed its second reading.
House Bill No. 81, providing for
REIMBURSEMENT in taxation and school dis
| tricts produced a discussion among the
Maui Senators as to the proper name
for a certain hill in the vicinity of
Waikiki. Coelho discovered that the
government maps were a trifie astray
in the matter of spelling and when the
photography of the bill had been
properly and iudiciously amended the
bill passed its second reading
Blocks Resolution.
If was when House Concurrent Reso
luton No. was taken up for considera
ton that the debate on treaty rights o.
aliens occurred with President of thu
Senate Smith on the floor protesting
against carrying out the policy tina
had been inaugurated by the passag
of the Coelho fishing bill on secon'
reading. House Concurrent Resolution
No. ) asks that Congress be memorial
] lied to extend Federal condemnatio
of private fishing rights to the Teri
tory "for the benefit of the people a
J large But Coelho was not Statistic
with the broadgauged justice of tn
phrase "people at large" He instant
iv saw visions of an attack upon HI
3 constituency and moved that 1t 0
made to read "citizens or persons elig
n BILE to become citizens
1t was then that President Smit
y was forced to take the floor and tie
y the Senate in plain language the exa'
nature of the short.sighted policy the
were committing themselves to and I'll
Z necessity of careful thought and q
= avoidance of precipitate action in IL
u determination of any matter that WI
Il have direct bearing upon the treat
II rights of the citizens of foreign n
u tons.
y Asks for Delay.
;. avg should at least act with deli
,, Grafton in these matters" said Pres
!. dent Smith. ." For the sake Of Il
maintenance of our dignity we shon
consider with extreme care all mea
Z ures dealing with treaty rights. Her
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