Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-18
HOIMESIEADERS
PRINTING BILLS
WILDE CUT BY
UPPERCHAMBER
Senator Castle Introduces
Workmen's Compensation
Act Based on Model

Apparently economy Is to be tn,
watchword OF. the 1916 senate. Thil
was strongly indicated several time'
during the brief morning session o
the upper house today. causing |
minor clash In which Senator Quinn
was defeated and plainly showing tina
a number Of time and money-wastint
legislative frills are to be eliminated
this session.
Rice first raised the point when thu
senate clerk began reading number
Of communication from the terrific
rial secretary. the Chamber OF Com
merce and other public officials or in
terested persons who desire extra
copies Of an bills and senate measures
printed for their benefit. Rice pre-
scented q motion, which was adopted
that all such minor communication
be referred by the clerk 10 the presi
dent, 90 that the text of the requests
need not 60 n the senate minutes and
be incorporated IN the senate journal
Senator Wirtz added further sug
gestion that captions be deleted from
the printed communication -ofs the
Journal declaring that IN the last jour,
! nal of two years ago he found these
captions filed total Of 2S pages, ex.
ira printing be deemed unnecessary.
The B0Dt1C( NE4in c11l0 EofWuI4
when the clerk began reading the bl-
opnial n1es1aEt of the mayor of. Ho-
noI1Iu, The message Is q bulky doc.
ument Rice moved that the first and
final paragraphs be read and II then
be referred to the printing committee,
each senator later receiving a sepa,
rate copy. Quinn objected He thought
the reading should be deferred and the
message made q special order Of busi
ness later. when IN an hour. or q half.
day the senate could wade through II
and dispose of It. Thus, he argued,
the expense of printing It would be
avoided.
President Chillingworth explained
that It contained large number OF
subjects on which the city and county
Of Honolulu desires legislation.
.Such being the CASE said Metz
ser, It requires lengthy and careful
deliberation BY every member Of this
body. and we cannot give IL due con-
EideraEion on mere casual reading
BY the clerk Each member should
have copy on his desk for reference
and study"
IL seems to me- added the senator
from Hilo. verbally prodding the Ho-
noluln senator who objected to fits
printing, that II IL contains matters
Of such Weighty Importance to the city
and county Of Honolulu, then the city
and county should rightly bear the
expense Of getting It properly before
the senators. instead Of making the
territory bear the printing cost"
Seven new senate bills were intro
duced at the morning session. s. n.
No 2, introduced by A. L. Castle, is
another workmen's compensation act
topic that caused considerable de-
bate at the last legislature. Castles
measure Is more modern than the old
one, however. being based on the Uni.
form Workmen's Compensation Act
approved by conference OF commits
sioners on uniform state laws, pre-
pared only last October and recon.
mended 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
rs private corporation employees.
The Rev. s. L. Desha, senator from
fCOntinued on page twOl