The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-05

house which passed first reading in the
senate at the morning session.
/ BaGer offered the following amend
ment TO the amendment. which Ne
/ Carthy accepted as being in better
( shape than his amendment, and Smith
| supported II:
| Provided, that. subject to the APP
prevail OF the President of the United
| States, the legislature of the Territory
may provide for loans OF public moneys
or guarantees of private loans on
proper security to settlers on the pub
| lie lands for necessary permanent i'm
provements Of their homesteads, and for
loans, subsidies, or guarantees to per-
sons or corporations for the improve
ment and increase of transportation IA
cilities.
Coelho asked if the proposed amend
ment was not opening the way for
people not already here to obtain ad-
Territory.
Smith pointed out that the matter is
left to be Iegislated on by the Ter
ritory of Hawaii, with the approval of
the President.
Coelho started to speak on the abo-
lition of the office of high sheriff. and
was informed that the provision had
been eliminated from the bin.
The Education Amendment.
Mccarthy called up the amendments
offered yesterday for the aid of educa-
ton.
Smith thought either proposal would
be Objectionable tackled on to amend
ments to the Organic At One pro-
vided for receiving the incoml only of
one-third of the customs receipts, which
would be only about $4,000 a year.
The other was for one-third of the
customs receipts, which would be some
thing like 100000. If they tried to
make an amendment to the Organic
Act giving US 100000 or $500 900 a
year, the passage of the bill would be
endangered.
Coelho-"Do you withdraw your
amer dmeGts''
Smith" Yes, I do
Coelho-"I hate to let it go. but for
the sake of harmony withdraw my
amendment -
The Land Laws.
Smith moved that Section 5. relating
to the land laws, pass as passed by
the house.
Coelho moved the following amend
ment:
Strike out all of the words from
the word mo in line of Section 5
down to the end of the section, and
insert in lieu thereof the following:
50 The legislature of the Territory
of Hawaii shall have power to alter,
amend or repeal the. land laws appli-
cable to the Territory. -
Mccarthy seconded the amendment.
and asked for vote then, so that if
majority was against it the senate
could take up the section as passed
by the house.
Woods considered the amendment a
good one, but they would be taking
chances in passing it. They must re-
| member that all territorial property
was vested in the federal government.
He believed it was the desire of the
federal government to give the Terri
| tory free hand, but yet it might want
| to retain some little control in ease
| might destroy the chances of the pass
age of the bill by congress.
coelho Opens Fire.
Coelho said not a word had been re-
| ceived from Washington to advise the
| Territory on this point, nor a word
from the members of congress lately
visiting the Islands. AS a member of
the legislature, he had right to be
advised. He believed they were being
imposed upon.
A law was passed in 1850 prohibiting
Hawaiians from going abroad without
special permission. The object was to
prevent Hawaiians from being educated
for fear they might get the upper hand
Had they the interests of the Hawaiians
at heart they would have educated
them, but all they did was to encour
age them to become sky pilots
If those good people felt an interest