The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-02

That $4,000 be appropriated for
water pipes for the settlement.
That the stipend of the assistant
superintendent, j, X. Waiamau, be
raised to $3.50 month.
Senate Measures.
Senate Bill 40 was presented for the |
consideration of the House, kindly
treatment being assured from the fact
that House Bills IL and IL came back
| approved from the Senate aud House
Joint Resolution l and House Concur.
rent Resolution had been adopted.
New Bills Presented.
Rice gave notice of the following
bills;
bill making it the duty Of the City
and County of Honolulu to provide for
the maintenance and support, from and
after July /, 1909, of the present dis
trict courthouses, district and county
jails and hospitals within the bounda-
ries of the City and County until sucn
time as it shall provide other suitable
courthouses, jails and hospitals.
A bin under which each county shall
establish, maintain and regulate dis
trict courthouses, district and county
iails and houses of detention, punish
ment, confinement and reformation,
hospitals and almshouses, and shall
maintain and support, from and after
July l, 1909, the present district court
houses, district and county iails 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 iails. 1t states
. "The High Sheriff of the Territory,is
responsible, and with the approval of
, the Attorney-General shall appoint the
r necessary iailers 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
, iails or jails under the care and con
= troll of the counties or the City and
4 County of Honolulu.
!. Third Readings.
+ Castro bill to encourage the birth
rate, House Bill l6 was up for third
f reading, this being the measure to ex-
e empt from school, poll and road tax all
d fathers of six legitimate children.
/ Kaniho moved the tabling of the bill
IL because of the loss it would entail on
y the revenue. The burden would be, he
j. said, on the shoulders of the childless
who would be not only without the
d satisfaction of having houseful OF
IS children but would have to pay to send
other people IS children to school, add
l. ing insult to injury. If the law eX
IS empted bachelors it would be sensible
'e ''For myself, | am not to be consid
x ered,' said Kaniho, rs interpreted
m 4 I 4
n or six. The Portuguese and the Japan.
IL ese are the ones who have the large
% families and who would benefit from
u the bill, because they would send theil
children to school and have then
brought up to be a support to theil
1. parents. / move that the consideration
4 of the bill be postponed for ten years.
The speaker did not mention the fact
D. that his calling between sessions as {
y clergyman exempted him from payment
r of personal taxes.
ID Castro said he expected the bill to b,
N ridiculed somewhat, but he believed
le that the bill was just one, bill tt
help the deserving poor. The intro
SO Queer resented the introduction of any
m question of race in the matter, saying
e. 1.-THE man who would discrminat,
20 against another human being because
Il he is Portuguese, a Chinaman or ;
a. Japanese is not fit to be considered il
the human family. But the bill is moi
isl to help the japanese or Chinese as such
d. but to aid the poor laborer who tolls
y each day to support the children borr
a. to him.
The speaker referred to the existenc,
IS of such law in the most advanced
to countries in the world, in Switzerland
s. and New Zealand. He stated tha'
2; among the laborers of Hawaii the bill
would prove a blessing and he asket
lie the members to support it.
he Rice seconded Castro, stating that thu
y father of family was ms much en-
n titled to exemption as a minister of tn
le Gospel or member of a militia com
III pany.
n Kawewehi stated that Hawaiians ha,
n the same hardship of many children a
other races, but he desired to. agree
Do with Castro that races should not b.
a. considered in regard to this bill II,
TT had been asked by his constituents t.
st support such a bill. He had no chill
ne dren himself, but was willing to hell
III others educate their children.
IN Sheldon favored the bill as an in
Id ducement to assisted immigration.
he Kaniho couldn t see why a lucky maj
Sc with the stork ought to have othe
favors shown him, especially as chill
o. dren from ten up could assist thei
10 parents. They did where he came from
n. at any rate. He objected to getting
u rid of fly on his nose by hitting i
70 with a club. He also objected to Cas-
g tro s remarks regarding any race issu
T. . in his speech. His colleague was prob
VI ably correct in saying that he had N
children, but he himself had adopte'
u nine, some of whom were working t.
rs * help him. He thought soldiers SHOULD
u be exempt, because they gave up thei
lives for the country, and minister
should also be exempt because the.
ne brought righteousness into the countr,
and also prayed for an increase in thu
of birthrate.
IN The bin passed by % to 5.
storm on Sewer Rates.
Kaniho objected very strongly t.
oil ba Ion,