The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-23
GOVERNOR MUST
APPR0VE BEFORE
! s[g'B[ElRlT R[IEs|
Senate Amends houses Enter.
tainmeht BalBy suDpiemtnis
ling DIsbdFsOs's Discretion

Three house Bills were on the spe.
fetal. order Of the day for second read,
ing n the senate, yesterday morning
snd they we're taken 10 hand without
delay, all eventually passing
House bills and 3 sfeceived their
second passage without argument. The
former covers the expenses Of the reg
ilar session Of the house, while the lat.
ter meets the objections Of the New
York attorneys N regard to the chang
m the treasnfeship OF Hawaii Will
references 70, the disp n1ai Of territcfia.
bonds.
House bin 2, appropriating $4,000
Tor the entertainment Of congressional
sisit0fs to Hawaii became the subject
of discussion In committee Of the
whole. 81 fFt
COMMITTEES Of the whole
Senator Wirtz moved that the SEN
ate go into committee Of the whole on
his measure. Rice seeonded. Metz.
| ger eOnldn,t see the necessity Of TAX
ing thefmAttef into committee of the
| whole, he said, when il might just as
Ven DO discussed In open session.
Writes motion Prevailed and Preas
dent Chillmgwofth appointed WHIT
shiifnah Of the committee Of Che whole
fsSnAte. tstFr1s = ga Say Jg.t n
Chi8SIfgwsrtk from the floor, after
the house bill had been read by the
clerk, hJted that the term t'secfetaryi
81 Hawaii = was Used in the bill. He
wis Of the opinion that Il should be
,'secretary Of the Territory Of Ha-
jFAii. y Further hight on the subject
revealed the formal and authoritative
correctness Of the title with q Territory
OFF, eliminated.
MetsRor Gets the Governor In
I'm pr6kiasa for the expenditure Of
the s1D;000 ihSthe discretion Of the ter
ritorial secretary. He did not think
such disbursement should be governed
by the sole discretion OF an individual,
Most appropriation measures, where q
man was named 70 handle q fund, pro-
vided that his acts should be with the
approval Of the Governor. There was
no good reason TO- Weave the Governor
out Of this pfopositioh II was q mat
ter Of courtesy as well As precedent
tlht with approval Of the Governor
should be inserted after the title Of
the territorial secretary; and the sehaL
tor so moved. wv
Rice objected TO the amendment. He
reminded the senate that the territorial
secretary was adj appDfAte8 or th
President of the United states and com
firmed by the senate or The United
Etates; that IL was unnecessary TO
him to have tie appsO1Af Of the Gov
cfnor to his handling Of Tie entertain,
aeht thousands. Il \,
Metzger einphasized the fact that
the Governor Is the head Of the Ger
ritorial government, the chief Of thei
Islands, and that il WINS only courteous
m we'll az d matter Of safeguard IT.
was not a Question Of whether there
was any pfeeedent for IL. Why should
this legislature not establish its own
| pfecedents9 1t was ifdihaterial what
lother legislatures had done He Urged
| the amendment. '
Castle backed Rice. After all, he de-.
elnfed, II was more a matter of form
than anything else. Naturally, the
secretary would confer with the Cow
ernor in matters Involving expenditures
from the fund
The Metzger motion, TO insert the
words with the approval of the Gov
eFn0ro after words implying that the
secretary make expenditures At his own
discretion, was put to vote and the
amendment carried, to 8,
Makekau moved that the committee
Of the whole report TO the senate. Car
tied. 81. 81
Bills 10 Committees
The senate being again in session,
Chairman Robinson Of the printing
committee reported the printing and
readiness for distribGtion OF senate
bills 3, Is and 8. The first, being q
amendment 10 the assault and battery
law, was referred to the Judiciary com,
mittee. This was Coke's bill. Senate
bills 5 and 9, introduced by Desha,
went, respectively, to the finance ard
the ways and means committees. The
former relates to public Expenditure
and the latter seeks to. exempt holders
of homesteads from txation on improve.
ments prior TO receipt of title.
Carnival Spirit Appreciated
The president instructed the clerk to
communicate with Director General
Dougherty of the Mid, Pacific Carnival,
thanking him for courtesies extended in
the nature Of invitations and box
seats to various carnival events.>.
| Castle announced = meeting Of the
/ Judiciary committee to be held imme-
diately following adjournment.
Baker introduced bill Is. ID. 13) to
the effect that the Hawaiian language
shopld be taught In schools where
twenty proper signatures were Sc
cured to a petition to that effect,
Amending Section ell, Revised Laws,
as amended by Act AZ Of the Session
Laws Of 1907.
\ Announcement was made that the
ways and means committee would
meet az 9;S0a. m. Tuesday next
lRAt i0:40 the senate adjourned, 10
meet again at p, M. Tuesday.