The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-04-28
END or SESSION
IN A FURRY
TODAY
Three Important Bills
to Be Reported on
by House.
LEGISLATIVE WORK
What Has Been Done as
Compared to Two
q Years Ago.
LEGISLATIVE WORK
[From wednesday,s Advertisor.l

With today the last of the session,
the Legislature of 1911 has reason to
congratulate itself for the work it has
accomplished as well as for what 1t
has refrained from perpetrating. Much
that has been done is sure to help the
prosperity of the Territory in more
ways than one. And one thing is GER
tain that in spite of a few disappoint-
ments, the people have every reason to
place the utmost reliance upon the Re-
publican party to do what is best for
the country and Territory at large,
even though treading upon few in
dividual toes.
In the house every pledge made by
the representatives before election has
been lived up to as a whole, and al
though in the senate it is asserted that
one or more of these pledges have been
broken by some, it is certain that
changed circumstances have had a
strong influence in this regard, and
that on the whole the legislature of
1911 will 90 on record as one Of the
most safe and sane as well as progress
sive gatherings by lawmakers in ter
ritorial history.
Three important bills are scheduled
for action in the house today; they
are the senate bill for public improve
ments, better known as the loan bill;
the senate bill for opening and widen
ing the streets of Honolulu, also known
as the frontage tax bill, and the senate
resolution petitioning congress to per-
init the Territory to lease its improved
public lands to plantations for growing
the sugar cane which is the backbone
of the Territory's financial prosperity
and devote the money to educational
purposes.
The loan bill, as amended by the
financial committee of the house, was
passed at second reading yesterday
and will undoubtedly pass at third
reading today without opposition.
Among other things it carries appro
priations for the counties, for building
of belt roads, of $1,270, 900, of which
100000 goes to Hawaii, 1870, 900 to
Mani. 5000 600 to Honolulu and $780,
600 to Kauai.
These appropriations practically
cover the pledge of the legislators for
money for roads and bridges.
One to Eliminate.
AS for the bill providing for control
of the streets Of this county by the
board of supervisors, it is probable that
there will be some sudden changes IN
its makeup before it gets through the
house, if it passes at all. 1t was sched-
uled for action yesterday, but at the
last moment it was deferred until today
to permit of certain amendments. At
least it is not expected that such great
Ia ha rutu nra
that they can penalize property owners
with impunity not that they would,
but if the bill passes they will have the
opportunity.
One of the most important, if not
the most important, measures to be con-
sidered is Senator Fairchild's plan to
utilize the public lands of the Terri
tory. The introducer claims that his
proposed Organic Act changes are to
reduce the tax rate by providing a
steady income for the schools of the
Territory, and more thoroughly Ameri-
canizing in this way the generations
which are to be the future citizens and
legislators of the Territory and State.
A strong lobby is working against this
resolution, and claims to have the vote
to kill it or materially amend it.
{. It is probable that one of the phases
of the fight which has been made
against this bill viii result in q reso
luton to submit the matter to popu
lar vote.
The Emergency Fund.
During the session itself a number
of bills have passed which will have q
good deal to do with the life of the
Territory during the next two years.
Probably the most important and far
reaching bill, so far as the future pros
perity of the Islands is concerned, ii
that providing for sanitary emsr
gency fund of $250,000, to be devoted
to the conservation of public health.
Over one million dollars more thar
this fund has been named by the legis
latnre for roads, but when that road
money has been spent the sanitary funt
will still be doing good work and live
will be saved, while it viii return ter
fold TO the prosperity of the Island
the pittance devoted to make of Homo
lulu real city, raise it from tn
sloughs and swamps and prevent reeuI
ring quarantines.
Education of Citizens.
In the same class with the sanitar
bill is the policy adopted as to eduea
ton OF supreme Importance Is III
education Of youth under all eireum
stances, but especially so where, as /
this Territory, the children of its eos
mopolitan population must assimllat
American ideas along with their edr
cation 10 1T them for their destiny q
citizens Of an integral part OF III
United States and make them credit
70 the Territory.
The work Of the school eommissio
IN this respect deserves all the eredi
and Hore, that II has received. viii
the legislature which hes made inl