The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-12-04
Legislators Will Have Mass Of
Business Before Them AT Reg
uIar Session Not Permitted
Consideration During Summer
cONGRESSMEN MAY HAVE
TO PAY TAX ON SALARY
Lithicum viii Introduce Joint.
Resolution To Permit Men In.
Service Wearing Honors- -Suf-
frage and Prohibition Urged

socinted Press)-,After receiving the
President aud listening 70 the message
which he will deliver to joint ses.
sion Of the senate and house Of repre-.
sentatives early this afternoon, the
members of both house aud senate will
be ready to vigorously attack the
tremendous mass of legislation which
awpits them. This was evidenced yes,
terday despite the fact that only 1
small amount of routine business could
be transacted before both houses took
an ADJOURNMENT until today in respect
to the memory of the two members who
died during the short recess, 5i
Accumulate1 Business
At the extraordinary session of last
summer the policy Of permitting moth,
ing but war legislation to be eonsid-
cred piled up a vast amount of busi-
ness which would otherwise have had
consideration in c6mmittce at least.
This and scores Of other bills which
are 10 be speedily introduced means a
session that win be nearly as strenuous
and arduous as was the great war SEES
sion. ~ p FIX j." ..saR n#
One Of the first bills to be intro
duced yesterday was a measure TO pro.
hibit the manufacture of alcoholic
beverages. @.,
Suffrage and Prohibition ".a.4
The judiciary committee will meet
today and many Of its members are
anxious to take immediate action on
the prohibition and suffrage bills
which are in it's hands. Large numbers
of the representatives are urging upon
the members of the committee the
earliest possible reporting out of sluch
mea suTes. ..ff
Secretary Daniels has suggested TO
members of both houses the advisable.
ity of largely increasing the next en-.
/ tering class at Annapolis, and believes
that each member should appoint five
young men to bring up class that
will meet requirements. 1t is expect
ed that bill to permit such increases
will be one of those introduced early
in the session. .fa.. #@,
Make Congressman Pay /&r
In answer to the demands that ha We
been voiced from all sections of the
! lhul
tives should bear the income tax
as must the people whom they repre-
sent, and the loud criticism that has
been offered because of the action
taken in exempting the salaries Of the
peoples representatives in Washing.
ton from bearing their share Of the
wars cost financially, a bin is to be
introduced amending the Income Tax
Law provisions by the repeal of that
exception. 'c..,'
Permit Wearing Honors
Legislation to permit brave Ameri
cans who have served with the Allies
prior to the entry of the United State
to wear the medals and decoration,
which have been Won by and conferred
upon them if they enter the service,
of their own country and TO permit mel
| of all branches of the United State,
Service to receive and wear similar hon
orS will be introduced by Representa-
tive Llithicum, ne announced yesterday
This will be in the form of n joint reso
luton. stas-...'
Affects Enlistments
Members of the French aviation
corps especially protested against tn,
regulations which prohibited thei
wearing the decorations which they
had been awarded If they enlisted il
the service Of the United States, nov
in the war, as they desired.
Recent expressions of the wish O.
Great Britain to recognize especial ser
vices of officers and men In the destroy
er fleet and on the part Of France t,
award medals of honor, have adde,
to the demand for such legislation.
Following the President 5 address
when the two houses reassemble in thei
separate chambers the clerks of botl
houses are likely to be buried unde
the mass of bills which may be pre-
sented.
Power For Ship Board
One of the important departments
requests for legislation came from th
shipping board which has filed re-
quest asking that greater powers ma,
be conferred upon it in order to pre-
vent the charging of extOrtionat
freight rates and also to facilitate tn
transfer to American registration YES
sells of foreign registration which hav
recently been licensed to carry coast
wise freight and passengers only tri
lby trip.