The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-17
To Hurry Organization.


believed that he will indorse the ideas
of Governor Frear.
To Hurry Organization.
No time viii be lost in organization
this morning. Speaker Holstein will
try to have all OF the committees IN
| working order by noon, and establish
| record il this connection. A great
| deal depends upon the rapidity with
which the house is organized by the
that the 1907 rules will be adopted,
although there is a chance that some
of the committees will be dropped.
| Tue senatorial committees have been
| decided upon in caucus and the per.
! sonnet will be as follows:
Public Health -Coelho, Fairchild and
Harvey.
Education = Robinson, Brown and
| Mccarthy.
Enrolment, Revision and Printing
Brown, Quinn and Mccarthy.
| Accounts = Quinn, Robertson and
| Woods.
| Rules-Kalama, Knudsen and Baker
| Ways and Means-Fairehild, Coelho
and Moore.
judiciary = Knudsen, Cbillingwortf
and Makekau.
Public ExEenditures-Cnil lingworth
Kalama and Makekau.
Public Lands-Kalama, Knudsen anG
Woods.
Solid for Holstein.
Robert Single, who was mentioned
| for Speaker, has not been a candidate
for the place. and the Republican mem
| bers of the lower house were almost g
unit in the desire to see Holstein again
in the chair. The prelegislative pre-
dictions have turned out to be about
right, and changes in committees prom
Use to be the exception rather than the
.ule.
In accordance with the plans of the
executive officers of the Territorial
government to reduce expense and as
| sure simplifcation in the administra
| tive departments, one of the matters
| that will be presented to the Legisla
ture this session will be the subject ei
| Hawaiian birth registration. 1t is be
| lieved that the work could be profit
ably transferred from the Territory L
the immigration Bureau of the Depart
| ment of Commerce and Labor. 1t j
argued that the birth registration
comes well within the province of tn
Federal government and that it wonlt
serve the purpose of reducing expenses
"We expect that the Legislature
will assist in getting the working fore'
| of the government down to the low
est possible figure says Secretar.
Mott-Smith, ''and this is enc of thu
small economies that will be called tt
their attention.
The Hilo Courthouse.
One OF the subjects that will b.
awaited with interest in connection
with appropriations is that of the Hil'
courthouse, which the lawmakers from
the Big Island have come determined
to secure, but not in the form of thu
plans drawn up by the Board of Pub
lie Works. It is understood that Mar
ston Campbell has written a phillipi
10 the Board of Supervisors of CHI
County of Hawaii in connection witt
their criticism. The Superintendent o
Public Works replied that their crit
cism was " destructive, not construc
tive,' and that he was glad to be re
lieved of further responsibility IN tn
matter. So the matter is ended as ia
as the Public Works Department !
concerned, but will undoubtedly h
heard from when Hawaii s representa-
tivcs go into action.
All of the departmental appropria
ton bills are ready for the Legisla
ture, and the Public Works Depart
ment has drawing of every improve
ment for which a bill has been pre-
pared.
The fifth Legislature of the Terri
tory of Hawaii is ready for business