The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-24


Shingle addressed the House in sup
port of his joint resolution No. l, pro-
viding for a commission to inquire
into the private wharves and landings
question, after an amendment and an
amendment to that had been presented
to provide for disinterested persons be-
ing named on the commission The in
PRODUCER referred to the Republican
pledge to legislate on the matter and
stated that the referring of the matter
to a commission was a necessary thing
! and was not shelving the matter for
two years.
The vote stood 25 to 0.
Must Have Translations.
Two bills from the Senate came in
but were laid on the table until the
TRANSACTIONS came along. Without the
Hawaiian versions the House will re.
fuse to consider the Senate s legisla-
ton,
Economy Bar to Fame.
The desire of Kama to shine as the
, great one to father bill boosting road
workers pay was responsible for a
long debate. in which the Speaker,
| Rice, Correa and Others defended a
policy of consistent economy. Kama
roared because he could not have his
name printed on a bill. Kaleiopu de-
| MED the right of the Speaker or any
! body else to rule out any bin from
! print and Single spoiled the plain
eommonsense arguments of those who
] wanted common sense to prevail in the
4 hue ~ he Nv fb a +
"out of courtesy to Representative Ka-
MAJ his bill be printed.
| This debate arose over the fact that
| Nakaleka S House Bill 35, providing
| for minimum wage to public slaborers
of $50 had been printed and Kama IS
bill, an identical measure except that the
sum named was 5000, had not. Kama OBJ,
| jected to being shut out of the halo
| class. In long speech he endeavored
| to make some point, just what was not
clear. except that he felt aggrieved
| that Nakaleka should have swiped the
| laurels he expected to wear.
The Speaker stated that he was glad
| the matter had come up before the
House as he wanted some stand taken
on such duplicating bills. He had in
structed the chairman of the Printing
committee to use discretion in printing
such bills. "We must show consis-
tency and should use good Judgment
| and economy. I realize that we are
not here for self glory, but to work
in businesslike way for the good OF
our constituents. I appreciate the fact
| that the Printing committee has been
careful in this matter. We have no
rule governing this point and the mat
| ter is now before the House
Kaleiopu agreed regarding the mat
| ter of general economy but objected to
if in detail. He upheld the rights of
| the members against any Big Stick rul
| ing or whip-crackines from the chair
or the whims of the Printing com
tee. He for one would insist on his
bills being treated as sacred and not
sidetracked bv anyone.
Rice reminded the House that he had
pointed out the identical natures OF
the two bills when they were introduc
ed and there had been no kick ther
when the matter of printing one OF
both had been left to the discretion
of the Printing committee.
"Any bill that I introduce parallel
ing one already before the House.
want the House to table immediatel'
and not waste dollar of the publ,
money in printing" he concluded
Others Joined in the debate. the ma
iority favoring the exercise of business
sense in the matter of printing. Shingl
was one of the two or three who wa
; in favor of printing Kama s bill. NOV
ing that it should be done "out o
; courtesv to Representative Kama -
: On vote, after Sheldon had asked tn
: House to stop wasting time on trif1in
matters. Kama's bill was tabled an,
/ way pointed out for him to move a
amendment to Nakaleka's bill
, Single then moved that the Print
ing committee be instructed to prin
F, only the first presented of identica
measures. while Correa, chairman o
: the Printing committee announced tina
he was not looking for pilikia an
would heneeforth print any old thin
1 that was given him.
Sheldon told Correa not to get ma
and the incident closed.
: Alfonso Wanted to Know.
. Alfonso rose to inquire why his bill
K Nos 3 3. 4. ). 6. Z. and 8. introduce
r the first dav of the session. had nc
h been printed, while some bills as hig
as No. 4s were ready for committee
o The Sneaker thought someone la
been too busy to get busy on the Hill
= n,emher's voluminous stack and let
n 60 at that
f Conev incurred as to the fate of ii
a various things referred to committee
: He thnnght tho clerk ought to get bus
d and give the matters over for the cor
mittees to start in on.
Second Readings.
{ The following bills passed secor
, reading and were referred to the cor
mi+tees named:
Is TT. B. oa--To amend Act 90 of Il
u s T.. of 1905. entitled "An Act pr
u viding for the construction of roa,
: through and from public lands open'
u for settlement Referred to Publ
/ Lands committee.
Is Fl. B. 32-Relating to costs of cou
and transcripts of evidence in felor