The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-26


the powers of the counties. and that
taking health control from ,So county
governments was mistake, as II was
taking away from the power OF loca:
self-government.
Sheldon deeply regrets the killing Of
the belt road legislation and branus
1t as the legislatures worst blunder.
Representative Alfonso johngly re-
marks that he thinks about the best
thing accomplished by this legisla
ture is that It has kept out of trouble
with the newspapers; that it has APP
parently not done anything quite baG
enough to get roasted by the dailies.
Seriously speaking, he emphaticany
declares that the school and tax legis-
lation is such that If the legislature
had done nothing else in the whole
sixty days, It would have done enough
to earn it the, gratitude of the entire
population of the Territory.
Fairehlld's Views.
Senator Fairchild says that the pro.
visions for school maintenance, the
taxation legislation, the safeguarding
of revenue and the health measures
are works of great magnitude, simph-
flying all future legislation and Civ
ing the Territory almost perfect ma
chinery with which TO successfully
carry out educational and health
ideals. He speaks strongly for the
land measure, of which he is the
r father, and which will add funds for
, education and will also put home
steaders on undeveloped lands This
is the bin which provides for the leas-
ing Of government lands and the APP
/ plication of revenue to education anG
homesteading, looking to the profit.
a., able and businesslike leasing of gov
eminent lands instead OF waste or
i, good revenue.producing properties
through lack of any particular system
or care.
Good Judiciary Committee.
Fairchild continues. saying that the
Senate is to be congratulated on hav.
ing had a very good judiciary com.
mittee Judd, Makekau and Cecil
Brown. He feels that the emigra
ton laws have done much to safe
guard the Terrltory's best interestes
and concludes by declaring that the
d most important measures are school
health, tax and land.
n Representative Coney intimates tha
, the Legislature has done some things
s which 1t ought not to have done anC
has left undone some things which I
!. oought to have done, though he be
@ lieves there is still health in it.
s Automatic Education.
n Representative Long sums up hi
% opinion of the legislatures best worI
Ie by declaring 1t to be the automatic
appropriation legislation for the Der
q, eft of the schools In the House, h
n. adds, there has been lot of "ral
20 chewing" but he's willing TO forgive
lot since the school bill passed
-. Senator Makekau wants to see tn
Fairchlld land measures pass. 1T
l., the biggest thing of the session." h
says. "If that does not go through
-, then l shall have TO say that the las
-. session did better work than this.
lie credits much of the smoothnes
of work in the Senate to the ways an
~ means committee.
M Agricultural Items.
A concurrent resolution presente
IN. by the finance committee was adop
in ed, prescribing a schedule of expend
ch lures for the Board of Agriculture an
a Forestry during the coming bienni
IN period. For general expenses $25,5C
ne is put down, aid to Hawaii eXperimel
le station $4,000, Division of Forestl
y" $4,000, Division Of Entomology $4-
I'd 500, Division of Animal Industry 50.
200, each Of these totals for division
mt being itemized
to Much Waste Paper.
no. On recommendation of the finan'
We committee eighty resolutions, fou
On teen petitions and one concurrel
'se resolution we're tabled.
a petition against the Kau dit
franchise was tabled on recommend
ton of the public lands committee.
A resolution Of the Honolulu Boa
Of Supervisors asking that the Liliu
kalani premises at Kapalama be ma