Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-27
REPRESENTATIVES
IN SHIRT Sleeves
Members Ct House Take
Off Coats And Get
To Work
HOUSE.
Eighth oay-Aftrrnon Session.

| The House held tie first Shir. sleeve
session Yesterday afternoon. going in.
to Committee of the Whole TO cupsid.
cd tho hill to make tho taxation. rdu.
cational and judicial districts the
same The members took Of thel!
coats cooked their feet on ,tc desks
and their cigars at an angle of As de.
grees and settled down TO solid com.
fort and debate There seemed TO be
a large Ignorance of what Il WAS all
about the bill being introduced for
the benefit of only a few of the mem.
hers. No great amour, of light was
shed on the subject. though the Com.
Imittoe resolved to recommend the mas.
sage of the measure.
The principal feature of interest was
the moi row. as related I'm the Buiie.
ltIn yesterday afternoon. Although
the excited debate over this occupied
much Of the afternoon. the House man.
aged to get through with fair amount
of work before adjournment was TAX.
on at o'clock.
The poi row endangered the fate of
the bill to appropriate $25OO0 for Ha.
wallis exhibit at the Seattle exposi.
ton. This bill had already passed the
House, but some OF the more rabd
members wanted to recall II and re.
consider the matter. evidently think.
ing that the Promotion Committee was
responsible for the rude jar to their
tender scnsibilities and esthetic feel.
ings. The wiser counsels Of Rice and
Coney aud Of the Speaker prevailed.
however. and no such drastic action
was taken. But there is still trouble
In sight for the $4,000 item for the Pro.
motion Committee In the hppropria.
ton Bill although the offending pol
pictures ba'ong to Mr.. Bonine person.
ally and the Promotion Committee has
nothing to do with them.
The resolution asking Mr.. Bonine to
destroy his films is a big advertise.
ment for the moving picture man.
All For County. ...
Moanauli gave notice. of the intro
duction of A bin ia designate al, Amos
and costs collected by any district
magistrate as County realizations. AT
present the counties get M mart of
the fines and costs. the bill passed nv
the last. Legislature TO give them balf
the costs and fines having been de.
clared unconstitutional
Alfonso gave notice that he would
Introduce n bill TO reserve marcel of
land at Hilo for n public mark
A resolution was introduced nv Cor.
rea TO appropriste 500 600 for tho erec.
ton of adeauate buildings for the ka.
piolani Girls Home Kalibi Oahu. and
that the Board of Health bc directed
to make the necessary investigation re-.
garding the adyisabiI,ty Of carving ont
this appropriation.
! [ snds COMMITTEES Renort.
The Committee on Public Lands re.
ported on House Resolution n Inv A.
fonso. 10 appropriato 40 GOO for water
works at Honokaa. $1,000 for n four.ceIl
iail at Laupahoehoe and $500 for n
iaIlor's cottage nj the same ploce Tho
committee recommended tho inser,ion
OF the items I'm the appropriation hill
Carley introduced a hin giving tho
Judge or magistrate of anv court an.
thority, on motion of the ATTORNEY Gen.
eraI or his depu,v or other oS,Iised
prosecuting officer tn suspend the sen.
tence of any person convicted Of n
crime or misdemeanor
The Public Lands Committee report.
Ing on sheldon's House Resolution 40
to appropriate $4,000 for a bridge over
the junction of the Waimea and MaRa.
well rivers, stated that I'm its opinion
the amount asked, for IL n great ne.
cessity TO the residents Of Waimea and
especially 10 school children attending
school acros. said r,vo.. " The com.