The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-09

80 salaries Hsiaihsi from a 10 y.
iie Wa one Who wanted n tet these
salaries falfoi io pfupcf hgaft
sheldon also viewed with alarm an
cttfA no ply session and urged Holnr
ahead with The work Waiwaiolc madf
hi. maiden srrcth for ih~ session w
tsNof ~ waiting fut mVtf financial
light aud kAniho bad great acai 10
saw. lie wanted 10 defer because even
IN the items VI the Attorney General =
department there were sonic surprising
items fof one thing the pay Of one
Of the clerks showed a cut. Why was
the cut made.
sheldon spoke Of sitting around like
a bunch of bows cohen called him 10
order aud came to the defense OF the
Attorney General. who had to sit Ia
the middle Of the bear pit during all
the row. "Putting him In a delicate
position. Is what Cohen called II.
Out Of the mess. after kalciopu had
made another speech. Chairman Like
picked out one motion and put II. This
was the motion to get busy. which was
lost ON vote Of fourteen to thirteen,
On motion to postpone consideration
until the tenth. sheldon and Cohen
SPARED for few rounds with Corrca
as referee. Cohen took the count. lie
had announced. after sheldon asked IL
there was anything sure about the re
port of the Finance Committee, that he
would have his report ready today
Sheldon informed the House that he
didn't know Cohen was the Finance
Committee, whereupon Cohen said that
he never claimed he was, but was a
busy member of it.
After vote to rise and report
which carried. the debate still ragged
various members asking questions
rising to points Of order and other
things. For twenty minutes no one
knew whether the committee was in
session or not, and no one seemed to
care.
After an hour wasted in this kind
of thing the committee rose to report
A great calm settled down upon the
House when the Speaker reappeareC
and the routine grind recommended.
What Garage Is.
Just what a garage" may be, ac
cording to law, is explained in bill
introduced by Carley, the title of which
is can Act to define the meaning OF
the word garage as used in section
of Act 90 of the Session Laws OF
1907" The bill refers the investiga
gator to Webster's Imperial Dictionary
Afonso's Park Bill.
Having asked for cemetery and O
morgue, Alfonso yesterday put in bill
to provide Hilo with park, designat
known as block .. at the corner oil
Aalapuna and Kainehe avenues
marked by pipe and pile of stones.
Furtado presented measure regulat
ing the pay of jurors, viz: jurors re-
siding within fifteen miles of court, tc
receive 10 cents mile mileage and So
"A day for actual service; jurors outside
of fifteen miles radius, mileage and S.
a day from the first day of attendanc,
until discharged.
Fish Bill ON Debate.
Kelawaa presented resolution tC
prohibit the use of drag and seine net'
in Hilo bay, "A resolution which first ex
cited the suspicion of the Speaker that
it was another freak, starting off will
reference to the great loss in fish eggs
The Speaker scrutinized the resolution
before allowing the reading to be con
cluded.
Then, as this called upon the Judi
ciary Committee to draft q bill, Their,
was debate about this and the pro
prety of asking help from the Attor
ney-Gcneral. kawewehi thought tn,
Acknowledgement would consider tn,
House indebted to him if he did tina
kind of work. Douthitt finally volun
teered to do the work.
Second Readings.
House Bill 1903, amending the election
law, was referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee, The bin provides for the po
litical faith of the candidates to b,
specified on the ballot and also pro
vides for each voter getting sampl
ballot by mail from the Territoriu
Secretary.
House Bill 100, Kawewehi make
continued residential qualification nee
essary during term of Office as count,
| supervisor
Senate Bill As, Woods, amends sec
tion 259 of the Revised Laws. The bill
from start to end consists of only fifty
three words.
Honor to Lincoln.
Reporting on the bill to make Lin
coin Day "A public holiday each year
| the Military Committee said:
Your committee has given this bill
careful consideration and, believin
that the Territory of Hawaii shout
honor the memory of one of the fore
most statesmen of the Union. recon
mends the passage. of said bill"