The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-30
SENATE


fOuf.f0om schOulhoutc. Another rel.
tion asks Tor an appropriation to com
pletc The last link Of the belt roads boo
the Island Of Hawaii, between Keamu,
ku aud the Volcano House In kau. a
distance Of about five miles The
fourth peti.ion asks for an appropria
tion 10 build new courthouse and jail
Mt waiehenu. Kau.
Senator Fairchild observed that pr6h
vision for Jail at Waiehenu had al
ready been made in Senate Bill No 1913,
and said that 1t was making more work
20 receive petitions for appropriations
already included in Bill 1913.
Petition From Women.
Senator Coelho submitted petition
from twenty-five women, residents of
Kaunakakai. Molokai, asking for va
riots legislation, including n prohibit
ton against the intermarriage of Ha-
waiian women with men not of their
own race.
Consideration of the Governor IS veto
message, No. IL, on House Bill No. II,
came up on the order of the day. Sen
ator Mccarthy said that he had been
Informed by Representative Douthitt
that the House had deferred considera-
ton of the veto message until today
and the same postponement was made
by the Senate on motion of Senator
Mccarthy.
Senate Bill No SO. Senator Chilling
worth s measure, relating to the ac-
acknowledgement and execution of writ
ten instruments, passed third reading
after an amendment to the title. Pres.
ident Smith, following the reading of
the bill, called attention to the Ian
guage of the title, which stated that
tire purpose of the bill was 'to pro.
vid, law uniform with the laws of
the other States and Territories. )"
President Smith said that this would
be open to misconstruction, granting
that the law was not uniform with the
laws of all other States and Terrific
ries. Senator Knudsen said that the
law was the same as the laws of about
ten States. He agreed with President
Smith that the clause 'uniform with
the laws of other States and Terrific
riesn should be stricken from the title
and his motion to that effect was ear
ried The bill passed third reading
without dissenting vote.
Regrets Veto Necessary.
President Smith took occasion to ex-
press his regret that the Governor had
found it necessary to veto bill solely
because of technical defect due to an
oversight upon the part of both houses
of the Legislature.
"Bils should be vetoed because of
difference of OPINION said Presi-
cent Smith, "and / am mortified that
House Bill No. 1876 was vetoed lac
cause of an oversight on our part. W.
should be more careful in considering
bills in the future.
Senator Chillingworth s Home Rule
resolution came up on the order of the
day, but because of the absence of its
sponsor, Senator Robinson moved to
defer action on the resolution until
Senator Cb'l'ngworth was present.
House Bill No SO, the threadbare
publication bill. was considered on
third reading. The absence of Senator
Chillngworth and his note caused the
ensuing parliamentary muddle, and al
though Cushing Manual proved
stout supporter of the attitude taken
by the President of the Senate. it did
not agree with the opinion of the Sen
ate majority.
When the bill came up, Senator Ma
kekau moved an amendment so as to
state specifically that the session laws
must be published in newspapers pub.
lished in the Territory of Hawaii. -
This wise provision was inserted and
will prevent the session laws being pub
lished in New York or Chicago papers
Makekau then moved to pass the bill
on third reading, seconded by Senator
E Woods. Senator Robinson offered an
amendment to lay the bill on the table
seconded by Senator Fairchild, but the
motion was lost The vote on the mo
ton to pass on third reading produced
a tie, seven to seven, Senators Fair
child, Harvey, Moore. Mccarthy
4 Quinn, Robinson and Smith casting
] their vote against the passage of the
4 measure. The Senators thinking that
& the Secretary of the Territory should
3 have wider latitude in the publish
ingsIof the session laws We're Baker
4 BrS9E, eCoelho, Kalama, Knudsen, Ma
kekau and Woods.
nan Pass Claim Bill.
sHnate Bill No. lO5, providing fol
theapagment of county claims caused
through the act of 1908, was passed
on ethird reading without dissenting
vote hut Senator Makekau immediate
ly asked that his affirmative vote be
changed to the negative. Following
some discussion as to the propriety OF
Makekau's request, he was excused
from voting after he had explained
that he was one of the claimants tt
be paid under the appropriation in the
s bill. While President Smith was hest
tating over Makekau's request, Sena
tor Coeiho stated that Makekau woud
"place himself in a position of criti
cism and censure" by having his vote
recorded on a measure in which he was
interested in pecuniary way. Make
Klaus request was finally granted b,
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