Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-26
SENATE DEFEATS
BnlFOR EXTRA
TAX ON AUTOS
Measure Providing Dollar Levy
to Go Into Road Fund Is
HotIy Fought

By the close vote OF Is to Is he
house OF representatives today killed
NJ K. Makekau's H. b. 101, to compel
every person driving an automobile to
pay an annual fee CT so in addition
motor vehicles.
Four other bills were considered on
third reading, only Cae H. b. 1913. pass
ing the lower branch. That one would
give churches and other religious or
CARNATIONS the preference right to
purchase property adjoining Their
buildings and plainly is intended to aid
them in securing land TO- burial
grounds ~~
Makekau, aided by one or two ef
his colleagues. put up Il good fight for
his auto tax measure. compelling tne
opposition 10 call out its "heGvy guns"
Norman Watkins, the mitrailieuse
Of thefinance committee; Crockett, the
42-eentime ter orator from Maui. and
w. T. Rawlins, one of the Oahu foreR-
sic mertars Makekau replied brave
~ to the opening cannoHade 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 silenced. The wordy bat
tie ragged for a considerable time At
it's close the bill was killed for the
lack OF three votes.
Makekau thought everybody permit
tied TO drive a car should be compelled
to pay $l8 fee annually, this money
to go into the road. fund of the dis
trict for the repair of the highway.
sTavares, declared the autoists are op-
pressed by the present tax of a cent q
pound on their cars, and that II
family man, having wife and two or
three children, were forced to meet
this new tax It would be bilrdensome,
requiring an additional tax payment to
such man of $40 or $50: q year. =
Suppose you are sick at home and
in urgent need Of doctor, but haven't
taken out aoliEense for your wife or
any of the children. Are you going to
die for want OF a doctor?" Queried
Watkins. You won't dare send out:
any of your family in che ear, because
you haven't paid the fee." d. o.!
ST that occurs, >" !retorted Makekau,
."1'd use the telephone. .=-@ -
Watkins moved to, table the bill,
but the opposition was too strong and
his motion was lost. Norman X. sLy.
man. announced he favored the meas.
.ure. II. the money were used to re-
pair the chuck holes in the roads ev.
cry driver would save several times
1.-THE tfnount sof the tax in broken
springs, he laid. x -ats
P. j., Goodness also started some.
thing" today when he declared, in
support Of Ifs bill. to repeal one of
the fishing prohibition statutes, that
the measure enacted two years ago
had been suspended By the governor
and was really useless because 1t was
not in effect. Lyman declared IL
the governor had such power, then
the legislature might just as well ad.
tjourn right now. After some discus,
sion q motion by Watkins was car.
ried, defsrring action mtil March 81,
Goodness meantime to ascertain def
fnitely whether and by what authority.
the territorial executive had suspend
ed a law duly enacted and signed by
the governor, - ~ ~. 4sstsz.z.
r. u Nawahine introduced q Joint
resolution authorizing the department
OF public instruction to appoint a spe-
.cial teacher for instruction in Hawaii
ban history, for the Normal School in
particular. go. n