Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-08
SEVEN new BILLS
ARE INTRODUCED
Government
Retain Private
Practice
HOUSE
HOUSE
AID Day-Afternoon Session


remainder of their supply of new
bills SO as to get them rushed through
and up to the Governor in time so
that, II he disapproves of the meas
ures, the Legislature may still have
have an opportunity of overriding the
vetoes. Seven bills were introduced
yesterday afternoon, and It is prob
able that the flood will continue for
another day or two before 1t subsidies.
Several important measures are yet
to come before the House before the
last day of the session comes, among
them being the election law bill,
which has already come down from
the Senate, and the primary bill, with
which the Upper Chamber was strug-
Cling yesterday. Both these meas
ures will probably occasion sessions
of heated oratory and undoubtedly
both of them will have close
squeeze to get through even II they
are not summarily killed on second
reading.
Lawyer Bill Killed
The unfinished argument over the
adoption OF the report OF the Judi
ciary Committee ON Afronso's bill to
prevent Government LAWYERS from
engaging I'm priyate practiee was
| resumed
\ Sheldon who did not concur in the
report Expressed the opinIon that
the hin ia n good one II Is not right.
no said for an Attornev GeneraI mr. n
Countv Attorney tn take civil cases
and Use the stenoprapbers of the
Government. Government paper. and
Government Tina for bis own mr.
noses II ia not fair To the other at
torneys who have tn nav their own
lexpenses and who are struggling 10
make n living
Furthermore, the Government bus.
mess cannot but suffer TO a greater
or less extent ~ the offlcials engaged
to look after n are putting in mart
of their time I'm private practice.
As to whether or not good LAWYER,
can afford tn take Government posi.
tions and not engage I'm private prac,
tice. Sheldon said that they know
what the salary is when they run TO,
Office and SO have no kick coming al
what they receive.
Coney favored adopting the report
of the committee and tabling the bill
II is impossible to get competent mer
unless they are allowed to engage II
outside work. A man like Smith O
lHilo or Cathcart of Honolulu woult
not think of taking the Office miles
lallowed to engage I'm priyate prac
tice. Il practice in the courts my
self" said Coney. land | am not zeal
GUS of the work these men do. As (,
, the charge that the Attorney Gener
, al uses the Government stenograph
1 ers to do his private work, tina
!. should be looked into, They hav
no business to do that"
Douthitt stated that for two year
and a half he was a Deputy Attorne
General, and one term he was Count,
Attorney of Oahu, He did not be
Iieve that his private practice eve
r linterfered with his duties. 81 do no
D believe" he said, "'that the enormou
Z amount of stationary, the enormou
number of pencils, used for privat
, purposes by the Attorney Genera
will bankrupt this Territory" Dou
, thitt stated that he refused secon
term as County Attorney because h
could not AFFORD to take it again 70
|. 5000 month without engaging 1
= private practice. A competent ma
I could not be secured for the Office
he had to depend upon the paltry sa
I(ary paid by the County. why nj
say to Mr.. Trent, the Treasurer {
the City and County of Honolulu
| 'You shall not engage In private bu
mess so long as you hold Office
III WHY nick out the ATTORNEYS? VIII