The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-01
DEPARTMENTAL HEADS
REBUKED FOR RUNNING
GOVERNMENT IN DEBT
Senate Doesn't Like It---Intends Also to Question
Governor---The House Works Hard
Between Talks.

line ways ana means committee OF
The Territorial Senate gave the heads
of the government departments some
thing to ponder over Saturday. The
members of the committee with their
strenuous chairman, Senator Fairchild,
of Kauai, rendered report that states
e plain language that the Legislature
shonlG not be called upon to rectify
matters growing out of the actions of
certain departments in unlawfully in
curing obligations. The report recon-
mends that proper system be inaugu-
rated whereby Indebtedness can only
occur upon the written consent of the
proper authority. The report quotes
the specific provisions of the law on
the subject.
The Senate decided yesterday to sit
as a committee of the whole Tuesday
and request Governor Frear to appear
before the body and explain the Pro-
posed amendments to the Organic Act
that. in the form of bill, are now
pending before Congress. The action
was taken upon the consideration OF
the Coelho resolution, which calls on
the Legislature to forthwith inform
Congress that the amendments dealing
with the public lands are distasteful to
the people of the Territory in that they
tend to .evest an unusual and arbl-
trary authority respecting the same IN
the Governor of this Territory and the
Commissioner of Public Lanfls, neither
of whom are responsible to or subject
to control by the people OF the Legs
iature of the Territory
President of the Senate W. o. Smith
stated that he thought it would be bet
ter 10 have the resolution referred to
"a committee for consideration with the
provisions of the Congressional bill.
He said that it had not been the prac-
tice for the Governor to appear before
a committee of the whole, but the Sen
ate thought more light could be shed on
the subject by general discussion.
So ~on Tuesday the Governor will ex-
plain to the members of the Senate his
views on the subject of land law amend
ments to the Organic Act.
Several measures passed their third
reading in the Senate yesterday, IN
Guiding Senate bill A, intended to re-
move an inconsistency between section
so of the Organic Act and section 39l
of the Revised Laws. The Organic Act
PROVIDES that commissioners appointed
bv the Governor shall hold Office for
term of four years, while the Revised
Laws contains a "good behavior
clause. which is held to be inconsistent
in view Of the specific statement of the
Organic Act
On a resolution introduced by Baker,
when the Senate adjourned for the day
it was in respect to the memory OF
Joseph o. Carter.
The House was in session Saturday
only from nine clock in the morning
until noon. but into that three hours 1t
managed to cram more business than
in anv one day of overtime last session.
Fioht bills were read a second time,
four went through their final reading,
four were introduced, and a number OF
resolutions received and reported on,
while. in the odd moments, there were
two spirited debates. The warmest ar
pument eentered about the bill placing
a maximum license fee of $25 year
on any business doing gross business
of less than $4,000 a year. kaleiopu
led the opposition and grew angry at
what he characterized the foolish talk
of the other members.
Prior to this time Kaleiopu had been
sat on generally by members and the
Speaker. and there was blood IN his
eye when he started in.
One of the new measures presented
requires assessors to make lists of all
in their respective districts eligible to
bear arms ashore or afioat. The bill
intimates that in time of peace some
one wants to prepare for war.
THE SENATE.
President of the Senate Smith stated
after the upper House was called 10
order yesterday morning that Governor