The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-26

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( government having sort plenty ~ reg
would be % spend money that WIS
needed fof local improvements Tho
militia could not compare To efficiency
with the regular troops and he feared
that tn pass such a law would be an
affrnnt ~ the great United States and
an iniimhtion that Hawaii feared that
tho United States was unable 10 sup,
ply enough soldiers for her defense. He
feared also that the United States
would regard this bill as notice that
no more regulars were wanted here and
that Hawaii was ready and prepared to
defend herself.
The Cannon Ball was in great form
The gallery was filed and the audi.
enee seemed apprecative. Therefore
he launched out into long harangue
He rebuked the members who were
looking Mt the political side of the bill
and were ready to vote more money for
militia Just to curry favor with tho
N. G.. III. voters He intimated that
there were lobbyists about on this bill
and that some of the members had been
"seen.' Otherwise he did not know
why the Adiutant General was always
hanging around the way he did.
"Some of you might thing it is he.
cause / have no soldiers in my district
| am opposed to this bill, - he said.
"But this is not the reason. We have
now thousands of infantrymen, thou.
sands of cavalry and guns and bar.
racks. | feel safe under the wings of
the eagle and see no need to look for
protection to the tin soldiers of Ha'
waii. -
He rebuked the members for che lack
of appreciation of the work of the
Delegate as shown in the bill and drew
attention to the fact that he, Home
Ruler, was defending the Republican
Delegate while the Republican members
were actually snubbing him and the
rest of the government of the United
: States.
,, sin due respect to the Eagle, thu
! Stars and Stripes, the Mother Country
and the Delegate, | ask that this bill
be indefinitely postponed, " concluded
Kaniho.
Cohen asked him where the extra ex
$ pense to the Territory would come il
!. under the bill, as he had stated, Ka
e nho referred him to the Appropriation
: Bill.
o "What $ the answer to thatF' ask
$ ed Kaniho of Cohen.
:, Alfonso defended the bill and reat
) the law governing the War Department
!. to show that the bill was not agains
:. the dignity of he United States bu
t was simply bringing Hawaii inc line
o He cleared Colonel Jones of the alleged
o crime of lobbying, charged by Kaniho
Kaniho asked him if he had asked
q Colonel Jones "the tall man." to b.
r hanging around every day.
A Alfonso said that Jones was not thu
/. only man who could be seen in tn
!. House every day.
The bill passed, twenty-one to seven
q the dissenters were: Kama. Kamahu
a Kawaakoa, Kawewehi, Kaniho, Naka
n leka and Makekau.
. Senate Joint Resolution No. J., put
. ting the office hours of government
~ offices from $3.50 a. m. to 5 p. m. wa
y read.
Sheldon wanted the resolution re
. ferred to the Promotion Committee
u Castro moving that it go to the Publ
n Expenditures Committee. Sheldo
u agreed that perhaps that would be best
u The Expenditures Committee got it.
]. Referred to Judiciary Committee.
Rice asked for time on the resolu
|
% n child trying to tell his father wha
= it was proper to do. He moved tina
l. the matter be deferred. 1t was how
d ever referred to the Judiciary Commit
tee.
d New Bills.
A bill was introduced to amend tn
Municipal Act, which added the follow
/ ing section:
s. CAN deputies, appointees, clerks. as
e sistants and other employees of the Cit
1t and County must be citizens Of tn
s. United States of America, and mus
d during their respective terms of offie
lie of employment actually reside in tn
n City and County, and must have so II
n sided for one year next preceding thei
" appointment.
rs The effect of this bill, if it pass, wi
be to knock out of office Road Super
t. visor Wilson, some members of the pc
re lice force and others. 1t also limits tn
r right of the city to send outside of tn
m city for expert help of any kind.
in 1t is meek looking measure inspire
D. with deep ignorance and narrow
II ness of spirit. Kaleiopu, of course,
N the introducer.
n Alfonso presented n measure tn a
low Hi suNttHSlui piAii'i'S - ""N'O''
n for the recovery of wages or other CON
ar pensation for employment in distric
i. courts as a part of the judgment, tie
dollars for attorney fees.
r. Protection for Meme.
" The Agricultural Committee reporte
II favorably on Makekau' Is bill to prote,
ID beneficial birds, the committee recon
ID mending that an absolute prohibitio
lie of the killing of Hawaiian geese shout
" be enforced, The report also provide
ID a section for the bill to allow permit
in to collects birds, their nests and egg
a for scientific purposes. In part the II
n port said;
is "In course of consideration of thi
bin your committee has INTERVENE
,e scientists, sportsmen and others on tn
n. subject of the Hawaiian goose; the in
" formation gathered from these is tina
,e the bird is rapidly diminishing in, nun
al bers and unless adequately protecte
10 will soon become extinct. Being
II. unique bird, nothing like it existin