The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-05

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HOUSE.
Kaleiopu's hurry-up bill, to pay tbs
Supervisors road workers from Janu
ary 4 until date, for what actual work
they have done and to authorize the
city fathers to pay for what work may
be done before March Is, was up on
special order of the day.
Kamahu got the floor first yesterday.
beating Kaleiopu by an eyelash. He
desired to offer an amendment. which
included the Mayor s employees actually
employed.
Kaleiopu wanted to know who these
might be and demanded a direct answer
upon being informed that it was up
to the Supervisors to learn who these
We're This induced the father of the
bill to give an opinion about men who
hung around doing nothing while other
men were at work sweating for the
public He moved the tabling of the
motion which cut Kamahu off in the
middle of a sentence. The Speaker
stated that he would like to see further
debate but the motion prevented that.
Sue the Supervisors.
Kamahu advanced the theory after
his amendment had gone a-glimmering,
that the men the Supervisors had hired
ought TO be paid out of the bonds of
the Supervisors He stated that ten
of the present members of the House
had been members of the House which
passed the Municipal Act, knew what
that act was and ought to know better
now than to pass the bill under con-
sideration. To pass such now would
be to encourage disregard of law. He
moved the indefinite postponement of
the bill.
Nakaleka moved that the bill pass on
third reading, just as Like arose for
his maiden speech. Like favor
ed Kamaku's motion and reviewed
the trouble between the Mayor
and Supervisors and the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court declaring the
Supervisors appointments illegal and
void He also wanted to make the
members of the Board and their sure
ties responsible for the mistakes. He
had no objection to paying the men
who had worked, but they had a rem
edy and that was properly to proceed
against the bondsmen of the Supervis-
ors. He wanted to have the bondsmen
tried out first.
Kaniho also favored the indefinite
postponement. The Supervisors got the
people into trouble and now want to
unload the pilikia on the Legislature.
The whole trouble was that there was
a political fight on. The portion of the
statute dealing with the responsibility
of an official and his bondsman should
not be just a joke and this bill was
making it such. He favored the IN
definite postponement of the bill and
an effort to induce the Honolulu poll
ticians to stop their quarreling, get
down to business and compromise their
differences He was sorry for some
of the people but thought the lesson
was a good one, if the people had only
voted the straight ticket they would
not have had the mix-up. They didn t,
though, and the trouble they are hav.,
ing is their own fault
Kaleiopu harked back to the Legisia-
ture of 1907, when the House was peti-
toned in regard to the trouble on Ha-
waii. where Home Rule sheriff and
Republican Board of Supervisors had
falling out. All the counties then vo-
ted to pay the Hawaii police, now it
was up to the members to let Oahu
pay her laborers No Territorial money
was asked He had not brought IN the
bill as a political measure but in order
to help the laborers who were up
against it. He did not deny the right
of the Mayor to appoint and kokuaed
the Supreme Court on that, but blamed
him for not first getting the approval
of the Supervisors. The question is,
shall the men be paid or allowed to go
hungry?
Sheldon had something to remark
about pilikia. He agreed with Kaniho
that there was politics at the bottom
of the trouble but this. did not alter
the fact that work had been done, Oahu
had benefited and the workmen had
not been paid.
Kawewehi told about the lobby work
he did in the last session when he was
ON the payroll as sergeaGt-at-arms, this
being in regard to the Hawaii police
bill. Personally he benefited from that
bill to the amount of 5000 and knew
the bill was a good one. He favored
the bill.
Nothing Stopped Kaniho.
Rice moved the previous question,
which carried and roll call proceeded,
Kaniho speaking to the last and asking
leave to verbally amend this bill. Rice
rose to point of order and was over
ruled. Kaniho wanted to state his
amendment before the rules were sus-
pended and there were parliamentary
precepts lying a foot deep all over the
House.
The Speaker tried to stem the tide
of Kaniho s explanations about some
thing, finally succeeding The motion
Co suspend the rules was about to be
put when KaIeiopu had to be put
straight on the matter of rules and
ruling. The motion to suspend was
lost and for the third time roll call
was reached. The vote stood twenty
FIVE to FIVE, those voting no being Fur.
tado, Kamahu, Kaniho, Kealawaa and
Like
Third Readings.
House Bill 81, Long, establishing a
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