Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-18
PRINTINGBILLs
WILL BEGlJIBY
UPPERCHAMBER
Senator Castle introduces
Workmen's Compensation
Act Based on Model

Apparently economy IL to be the
watchword OF the 1915 senate. This
was strongly indicated several times
during the brief morning session Of
the upper house today, causing q
minor clash in which Senator Quinn
was defeated and plainly showing that
"a number OF time and money-wasting
Legislative frllls are 10 be eliminated
this session.
Rice first raised the point when the
senate clerk began reading n number
OF communications from the terrific
,faI secretary. the Chamber Of Com
merce and other public officials or in
terested persons who desire extra
copies Of all bills and senate measures
pI ated for their beneat Rice pre-
81 rsted a motion. which was adopted,
thu all such minor communications
be referred By the clerk to the presi.
dent. so that the text of the requests
need not 60 In the senate minutes and
be incorporated in the senate journal.
Senator Wirsz added q further sug,
gestion that captions be deieted from
the printed cofhmnnications of fi1e
Journal. declaring that Ia the last Jour.
nal Of two years ago be found these
captions filled i total of 90 pages. ex;
ira printing Ne deemed nnnecessasy.
The subjeet again came forward
when the clerk began reading the BIZ
ennial fneEsake of the mayor OF Ho-
nolulu. The message Is a bulky doc
ument Rice moved that the first and
final paragraphs be read and 1t then
be referred to the printing committee.
each senator later receiving a sepa.
fate copy. Quinn objected. He thought
the reading should be deferred and the
message made a special order OF b1si,
ness later, when in an hour or haif.
day the senate could wade through IL
and dispose Of 1t. Thus, he argued,
the expense Of printing It would be
avoided.
President Chillingworth explained
that II contained large number Of
subjects on which the city and county
uf Honolulu desires legislation.
Such being the case. said Metz
ger. 1T requires lengthy and careful
desiberation by every member of this
be ~. and we cannot give 1t due con
s asatiOn on mere casual reading
!, the clerk Each member should
p: = copy on his desk for reference
ana study
4 seems to me" added the senator
frolF Hilo. verbally prodding the Ho,
nolun senator who objected to its
printing, that II it contains matters
OF sbch weighty importance to the city
an county OF Honolulu. then the city
. county should rightly bear the
expense Of getting it properly before
THIS senators, instead Of making the
territory bear the printing cost"
Seven new senate bills were intro.
Eaced at the morning session. s. b.
No. 2, introduced by A. L. Castle. is
another workmen's compensation act,
a topic tha. caused considerable de-
bate at the last legislature. Castles
measure is more modern than the old
one. however. being based on the IIni.
fern gWorkmen's Compensation Act
approved by conference OF commits.
kicners on uniform state laws. pre-
pared only last October and recon.
mendedA for adoption in all states.
The present measure proposes the
appointment of industrial accident
boards IN each county by the govern.
or and. says Castle. applies to terri.
torial, county and municipal as wen
as private corporation employees.
The Rev. S. L Desha, senator from
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