The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-13

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Senator rair,hiid said that be- wish
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/ loan bill
Hirchild said hat the Territory had
been sAddird with a debt ~ about
ff.uOuOun. uf which nearly one half
had been spent on the Island Of Oahu,
adding that 70 had not been ALWAYS
spent wisely" Replying to the
statement that the Governor had stated
that a county could not tax itself IN.
der the provisions Of the Organic Act,
Senator fairchild said that the bill
offered by the committee majority ear.
ried the necessary power He argued
that II was wrong to bond the Terri.
tory as whole for improvements in a
single county.
Robinson favored the minority re.
port. only indorsng, however, the ap.
| preparations for the Kula pipeline and
the Hilo waterworks He added that
the Republican party of the County OF
Maui was pledged to support an APP.
preparation for the construction of the
kula pipeline.
Senator Chillingworth said that he
had visited the Kula district last Feb.
ruary and had then seen the necessity
of q pipeline. He agreed with the
general principles of public finance
enunciated by Fairchild but added
that no one would be tempted TO loan
money 10 county by virtue of a law
that might be repealed at the next
session of the Legislature. Fairchild
replied that the obligations would not
be repudiated, whether the law was re.
pealed or not, and that everyone would
be amply protected.
w. o. Smiths Views.
Senator Smith took the floor and
disagreed with Fairchild's views. He
said that the time had not yet come
when each county could care for it.
self. He took issue with Fairchild Is
statement that the Territory had in
CURED a bonded indebtedness of So
100000, great portion of which had
been spent unwisely. He said that the
plan might work well for Kauai, but
that il would work grievous wrong
upon the County of Hawaii. Senator
Smith said that the view taken by the
Kauai advocates of the plan was es-
sentially selfish, which brought re-
ioinder from Senator Fairchild that he
was a heavier taxpayer in the counties
of Oahu and Maui than he was ON the
Island of Kauai.
Opposes Bonding.
Senator Moore opposed the idea of
promiscuous bonding, and declared that
the problem of responsibility should be
brought home to the countieA He said
if the present rate was maintained it
would take one-fourth of the Terri.
tory's revenue to pay the interest on
the bonded Indebtedness, and that it
would soon be necessary to issue bonds
to pay interest on bonds.
"Let us make an attempt to or.
ganize county government as it should
be organized,' concluded Moore.
When the discussion concluded, Vice
President Kalama stated that there
were about twenty-five motions before
the house. The motion to defer the
loan bill until Tuesday was finally car
ried.
Third Readings.
Senate Bill No. 13l, relating TO the
qualification of pharmacists, passed ON
third reading. Senator Chillingworth
argued in favor of the bill, stating
that the law that prevented man not
graduate from college becoming a
licensed physician was unfair and that
the provision for an examination was
sufficient protection to the public
Senator Knudsen moved that House
Bill No. l3S be laid on the table be-
cause it was intended to provide an
unnecessary job for somebody. The
bill prohibits the sale of "re-iced'
fish Of a number of varieties and final
! ly passed on its second reading.
House Bill No. l64, providing for the
appointment of lunacy commission
and the care of insane persons, was
: deferred to be taken up in the commit.
tee of the whole.
, House Bill No. 1S9, amending the
County Act by providing for an in.
crease of salaries for officials of the
County of Maui, was referred to the
Ways and Means Committee.
Senator Baker was prompted to move
! for the reconsideration of the vote
postponing the loan bill. Senator
K,nudsen did not think it was n good
parliamentary precedent to move for
the reconsideration of bill after a
definite date had been agreed upon
, President Smith consulted Cushing and
Endorsed Knudsen's view that unani-
nous consent would be necessary. The
motion to reconsider was lost
Financial Statement
Senator Fairchild, in support of his
views on the general principle of q
loan bill, read statement as follows
Financial statement, assuming that
one-half of the liquor licenses, al
other licenses and all fines and costs
of district courts will be turned over
, to counties, and that the appropria
5 tons in the general appropriation bill
, will not aggregate more than is sci
forth in Senate Bill No. 1872: