Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-11-22
What HAWAII
county WANTS
Some Of the Things That
Will Come Before
Legislature.

Legislature.
Especial Bulletin Correspondence
HILO, Nov. misrepresentation
elect Julian Yates spent few days in
liilo last week. He gave an interest
ing statement of what the people on
the kona side of the island expect
will be accomplished in the coming
session OF the Legislature. Yates and
the other newly elected legislators
on tne lccward side are at present
busy sounding public opinion in their
districts a to what Is wanted in the
way of row legislation, and they in
tend TO LO.d some public meetings in
chance to express their ideas on the
subject
Yates stated that there was one
thing which the "leeward people" par
ticularly want, and that is the estab-
li3hment of boards of equalization
in each taxation district There has
been general complaint that the tax
assessments are not pioportionate,
and that the large property owners
are not assessed as heavily in pro-
portion AS the poorer ones. la,es
says that as far as he has been able
to learn the majority OF his consti-
tuents favor the new plan, although
some Of the larger taxpayers are
against IT, ,.
Method Il Problem.
One question which has arisen In
connection with this bill Is that of
how = board of equalization should
be created II is contended that II
the appointment of the members
croof is placed in the hands of the
Governor. there might as well be no
board ~ all This sentiment Nigh,
be expected from the lceward side
were the majority of the population
Is quite frankly nJ.a'lministration in
its sentiments. Another plan, namely
that of making the supervisors APP
Point the members OF the equalization
AOird, has been criticized on account
OF tie fact that the counties are di.
rCit!y int rested in taxation, and a
Board oil Supervisors which found It.
self in the hole financially, might try
to appoint Il board which would make
assessments too high all around.
Yates is also figuring ON the plan
which has been suggested in Homo
luu. ia place the police departments
under civil service rule, making ev-
cry police employe pass an examina-
ton before he could be appointed.
W 10 the Education Of Aliens.
One matter which Yates Is par
ticrlarly interested in Is that OF
| lm'ndinE the present laws on the
subject of compulsory school attend
'"c2. lie points out that the attend
tnce of japanese in the public schools
is excessive, and that the children of
citizens are very often crowded out
of q q schools on that account. While
he admits that II would be absurd TO
try TO keep the Orlentals out of the
schools, he argues that 1t Is lust as
absurd to 'g.re taem to attend, and
re plans to introduce bill W ich wr
do away with compulsory educatio
of the children OF Aliens, and which
viii repeal the law making compul-
cory attendance at scrouls where
English Is the medium OF education.
There Is also, says Yates, consider.
able sentiment in Kona in favor of
amending the registration law. II has
been proposed that the present law
be so amended that the registration
of voter will hold Good for five or
six years, so that he will rot have To
go before u registration board every
election. All these boards would have
TO do then would be to register voters
who had arrived nj the age % ma
jority since the previous election. and
to change the registration of such
voters who had moved into new pre-
cincts. The wedding out OF dead
voters should be attended to by the
registration board, which should ex-
anime the mortality records kept by
the board of Health for that purpose.
County Division Up Again.
Yates says further that Rawewehi
is sure to introduce his old favorite
bill for providing for the division of
the County of Hawaii into two coun-
ties, but Yates Is not In favor of this
bill, nor does he believe that II will
receive enough support to make II at
all dangerous, One thing which the
Kona delegates will work for as a
unit is an appropriation for hospital
to be located in Kona.
An Interesting statement made by
Yates Is that Representative Holstein,
who is generally figured as GER
tainty as speaker of the House, will
come out frankly as an anti-adminis-
Taiion man. Yates says that Hol-
stein has CON openly out as such
during his cUaipaign In letters and