The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-30
EIGHTH SESSION
OF tEG|SLATURE
BEATS Them ALL
Resume Of More important
Measures which Prevail
-. and Some Failures
HALF OF THE BILLS -. {
a.. HAVE BECOME LAW
49,: .s' -
New Honolulu Charter Most In.
teresting To Citizens OF !.
a. Island Capital

When, at the close of the eighth
legislature Of the Territory Of Hawaii
the Governor aud various members of
the senate and house Of representatives
declared that the session of 1915 in
every way cxcclled preceding Ha-
waiian legislatures, their assertions
were not merely compliments that might
be expected when legislature Is ad.
journing sine die, but were backed by
the records and upheld by facts. The
Legislature of two years ago, according
to comparisons made in the test of fig,
ures, was way ahead Of the session Of
1911 in the matter Of accomplishment,
and now comes the record Of the 1915
session with still greater lead over its
predecessor. 10 . r. -. go
OF 49S senate and house bills intro
duced during the, sixty days, ending at
midnight Of Wednesday, 225 have be-
come law, this number lacking twenty.
four Of being half Of the measures en-.
tered. Out of 466 bills of the 1913
session, 40 were signed by the Gov
ernor. The greater proportion favor
ing the 1915 session is partly explained
by the fact that there were less dupli
cations.
Very Few Vetoes
The session of 1918 was the first Of
Hawaii s eight sessions in which veto
of the Governor was not overridden.
The 1915 session follows the precedent.
There were but three vetoes at the
close Of the last session, though the
Governor still has four bills in his
hands concerning which he has as yet
taken no action and which he may
pOcket-veto or sign in the next few
days. OF the three vetOes, one, pertain,
ing TO the bonding of foreign corpora.
tiops, was sent down for no other rea-
son that that of an error which con
sisted of the accidental omission Of a
few words, and the corrected bill was
, ,reiptrodiced, under a new number, and
became law. The two bills vetoed on
principle were senate bill, 81, having
TO do with filing vacancies on the
toard of supervisors, introduced by
Baldwin, and a house bill, 262, the
cbiropractic measure introduced by
Kupihea. "
Two important acts of the 1913 legis.
lature, namely the direct primary law
and the public utilities measure, came
in for several amendments during the
1915 session.
Harmony prevailed between the two
houses and the executive, all appear
ing to take particular pains TO get
through the session without friction,
Only Political Measure
Perhaps the only ont and out polit
ical measure of the sixty days of law
making was the bill providing for the
appointment of district magistrates by
the Governor instead of by the chief
Justice of the supreme court. This was
a senate bill introduced by Rice Of
Kauai and is now law. The measure
was introduced with q view to pre-
venting possible Democrat successor
to Chief Justice A. G. M. Robertson
FROM having the appointment of the
very numerous district magistrates.
Most Important to Honolulu
One of the most important of all
measures affecting the Island Of Oahu.
and the capital city, is the act provid
ing for charter convention to recon
ID to the next legislature a new
form of government TOR the city anG
county of Honolulu. This was q house
ILL and was introduced by Aiu, being
the creation of the Republican county
committee. 1t provides for a conven
ton of sixty-four members to meet on
the first Tuesday Of September of this
year, to continue in session not Longer
than sixty days and to prepare a char
ter or act to provide for the govern,
ment of Honolulu, which draft of a
charter is TO be presented to the terri,
Trial secretary for submission to the
legislature of 1917. The election of
Lenders of the convention win be held
on July under general election laws.
enc Of the Big Works
The passage of the workmen's com.
ICnsatiOn act was one Of the big, works
OF the 1915 legislature. Castle of the
nate introduced the measure early
IL was the second senate bill to be en-.
tored. The public was given an OF
lJrtunity 10 express Itself in regard h.
the bill, and there was much debats
ia both houses over the schedule which
t,OuId prevail for injured wOrkren
or the dependents Of wOrkmen losing
ir lives. The senate passed tho sill
cn basis of 40, so and go per cost
Of wages being paid under varying ION
Citious, during incapacity, or W depend
C1ts in the event of the empioyr !
dNRth. The house reduced this to so,
4 and so, but came back to the sen
ate's schedule in conference. While
t'e bin, az it became law, was not all
thRt the introducer and other cham,
rionS Of the original measure wanted
+ to be, ii is considered an accomplish
rent Of considerable note to have
"rkcd the measure through as it is.
j. is now law to he tested, and those
""H were its hackers declare that it
will prove, a great benefit to employees
The agitation for moving pietures
or Sundays attracted great deal OF
{ action hpd was also the subject OF
public hearings. The legislature com