Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-26
SENATE DEFEATS
BRIFOREXIRA
TAX ON AUTOS
Measure Providing Dollar Levy
8 TO Go Info Road Fund Is
HotB Fought.

- BY the cIese vote OF T. to Is ;he
hruse oI representatives today killci
NJ n MalSekau's II. Blot, to compel
. every person driving an automobile TO
nay an annual fee OF SO in addition
to all the present taxes assessed on
rector vehicles. i -
-Four other biI!s were coRs dcrcd on.
third reading, emily one H. b. 1913. pass
ing The lower branch. That enc would
give churches and other religious Or
gsniZaticns. the preference right to
purchase property adjoining their
I buildings and plainly is intended TO aid
them in securing land for burial
grounds. "-.-.@g ..s., I. /.
Makekam aided by enc or two OF
his colleagues, pct mp good fight for
his. auto, tax m easufe, competing tae
opposition TO call cut its heavy guns"
Norman Watkins. the mitraiileGse
OF the finance committee; Crockett, the
E42-centimeter orator from Maui. and
w. T. RawEns, one of the Oahu fore1i-
sic mortafs. Makekau replied brave
Ily to- the opening eannoaade Of Ia
wares and was able to answer the
heavy firing of Watkins, but when
Rawlins joined the fray and Crockett's
penetrating voice was brought in by
way OF reinforcement Makekau and his
friends were sileneed The wordy bat
tile ragged for a considerable time At
its close the bill was killed for the
lack OF three votes. z...., %.z... i. ri
Makekau thought everybody permit
ted to drive a car should be compelled
to pay a SO fee annually, this money
to so into the road fund OF the dis.
Htricf for the repair Of the highway.
Tavares declared. the aatoists5 are OPP
pressed by the present tax Of a cent a
pound on their. ears, and that II a
family man. having wife and two or
three children. were forced to meet
this new tax it would be burdensomes
requiring an additional tax payment to
such inan.cf $40 or $50 d, year.
Suppose You are sick at home and
in urgent need of q doctor, but haven't
taken out a license for your wife or
any OF the children. Are you going to
die for want Of q doctcr? queried
Watkins, You won't dare send out
amy Of your family IN the car, because
you haven't paid the fee1s
IF that occurs" retorted Makekau,
I'D use the. telephone 1. Il .-.s
Watkins moved TO table the bill,
bit the opposition was too strong and
his motion was lost. Norman X. Ly.
man announced he favored the meas,
.uFessrIf the naoneya were used to re.
pair the chuck holes in the roads ev.
cry driver would save several times
the t1ae,lz,t = OF the tax in broken
.sprin3 4 he Lid.
8 p. j. Goodness also started some
fling. today when ne declared, in
support Of his bill, to repeal one OF
The fishing prohiBiuon statutes, that
the measure enacted two years ago
had BEEN SUSPENDED by the governor
and vas really useless because it was
NOT IN effect. Lyman declared IL
the governor had such power then
IN l6sfeI might just as well ad.
ioGrni right now. After some discus.
sion a motion by Watkins was car
Red, declaring action Until March 81.
GoedleSs mean time to ascertain def
hitely Mbethe1s and by what authority
the territorial executive had suspend
ed law duly enacted and signed by
the governor.
r. j. Nawahine introduced a. joint
resolution authorizing tnes department
Of public instruction to appoint spe-
cial teaeherrfor instruction In Hawai-
i'm histpTS for the Normal School in