Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-11

mittee, In supporting the motion to
ADOPT the majority report, ms well as
IN the debate afterwards, made a grand
night in favor of the tax bin without
, the limit desired by the minority, and
fought also In favor of the school bill.
! Badly handicapped by severe cold
at first he could hardly speak above
i whisper, but when the discussion be-
gan TO get hot. he forgot his sore
throat and made ringing speech Ia
favor of an untrammeled school sys-
! ten.
Where Schools Come In.
"if this bill passes with the one
and one-eighth per cent tax rate lin
1t that the minority seeks to impose,
! the schools are safe so far as the
appropriation goes, but II tax values
! should fall and the counties should
! lose part of their present income, the
! schools are not safe" he said. Then
! the counties and tho county workers
| would blame the schools and the re-
/ suit would he political squabble
! with the schools involved in It.
/ why shouldn't the Taxpayers be
willing to come up and pay for the
/ education of the children of this coun-
try? | am big Taxpayer. repre-
sent big Taxpayers. believe in the
work in, this Territory for schools
! But, gentlemen, | represent not only
the holders of property, but the lunaf
F, and the laboringmen. They want Ia
have good schools and good roads
! They want fair division. And
speak for them as well az for the
| propcrty-holders.
Want Safe Law.
- No money will he wasted on the
schools. We cOncede the tax-rato
may not so above one and one-eighth
| per cent. ! grant you that. But We
| want a law that We do not have to
monkey with, enc that will stand
81 grant you these corporation In
tcrcsts came up pretty well when they
| agreed to raise the limit from one
| per cent 10 enc and oHc-cigbth. Let
! them come up where the schools are
safe. They're trying 10 tie up this
| hill In the ono and onc-cighth limit. ;
Cooke, Watkins and Williamson
signers of the nXlority report spoke
In Its favor. Watkins and Rice got
into an acrimonious discussion imme.
diatcIy.
MIR, Speaker, the minority report
Is not adverse to the interests of the
| schools" declared Watkins. 81 want
To give you little history in cOnnec-
tiOn with the majority report. III
| TO last Friday afternoon, the finance
committee had not serious momen;
discussion of the measure. The ma.
jority report was showed up under ouI
noses to sign before we had a chance
to consider It,"
] Resent lmputations.
Corrca, one of the signers of tho
majority report. leaped to his fee
| hotley. "Mr. Speaker" he shouted
| 81 rise to resent those remarks. The
majority members of the committee
at least knew what they were dolne
when they signed the report"
Speaker ilOlstcin administered I
mild reproof to Watkins by saying
that the latter's, remarks were rails
ing "a point OF order as TO whether ht
| should tell what transpired In the
committee. Then Rise rose.
The gentleman knows, Mr.. Speak
| or" he said, that We met three Ol
-four times and the gentleman know,
| also that we did consider this bill
| carefully. AS chairman of the com
| mittee, | have tried to treat all mem
bers OF the committee squarely.
resent these remarks"
Watkins then declared that the mat
| ter had never come 10 vote in tn,
committee. Rice again rose, smiling
but plainly angry. why, Mr.. Speak
er," he said, talk about not comint
10 vote These two reports SHOW
the vote in the committee"
THE gentleman will please resume
his remarks N order" declared Hol
stein, referring to Watkins.
Il claim" shouted Watkins. "tha
the majority report was raIlroadet
! through"
| A Bit Of History.
This brought Rice to his feet again
his hoarsencss forgotten. Railroad!
he cried. The gentleman talks o
| pressure in the committee. VIVA
about the attorney for the lcgisla
! tive committee on the chamber of com
mcrce and planters association, yes
and the chairman of that committee
! coming to the finance committee o
This House and demanding that tn,
tax rate he limited to one and one
eighth per cent What about that"
Speaker IIolstein again asked Wat
kins to resume his speech in order
and the incident passed.
The Vote
. NuyCgllluu and KCIiiuOI spOk