The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-04-20
CHARTER BILLS
Being Considered
BY THE governor
Belief Current Ia Legislative
Circles that Executive win
Veto Measure


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The Governor il stiIl considering the !
Honolulu charter bill2-by proxy and II /
he follows th8 earnest advice 81 the |
proxy, ne win veto il. The proxy, BY |
the way. is wade Warren Thhyef, sec
rotary Of the Territory.
1t n the confident expectation Of both
houses Of the Legislature that the Gov.
: ernor will veto the bill. Also IL - their
Arm intention to pass'i II over the veto.
Statements indicating a. much were
made on the noor Of tho senate yester-
day, and Speaker Holstein Of the house
indicated a few days ago that there
would be no di1icuily IN overriding the
veto Ia the lower house. 1tf
M. Thayor has discovered all sorts 1
Of things the matter with the bill ac-
cordiho to statement made by him
vestnrday. In fact, he said that he
alroady Ind ten pnges Of o report on
the measure written, and he appeared 20
be still going strong. He refused TO
say when he would make his report TO
the Governor 30 the latter would know
what the chief executive thinks Of the
moasureS
~ have strongly advised the Gov
ernor not to sign the bill, = said Ihayor.
81 certainly wouldn't sign Il II were
Governor. But Of course, i I'M not the
Governor and it is not for me to shy
what HEN do. ~
Pacheco Attacks Bill
Senator Pacheco, on the floor Of the
senaie,}made bitter attack on the
charter bill yesterday, and on all who
had Supported IL. He denounced mem
bors Of the municipal government, who,
he said. had logged the steps Of the
senators and lobbied for the bill In a
stahdalous manner when they should
have been down town attending to their
duties He declared,that there was no
popular demand for the bill; that he
hadn't been able 10 find q single man
Of any promiuence who believed in, 4,
and that the press was "uhanilhous'' in
denouncing the measure.
senator Shingle, from, the floor, and
President Chillingworth, from the dais,
refuted Pachec0's declaration that the
whole matter, including the Emergency
Enabling Bin, was aTvilc Republican
7 plot to keep the present city admins
tration In oiices
At the time that Pacheco was de.
nouncing the municipal officers who, he
said, had been lobbying Hscandalous
w., for the charter bill, Mayor Lane
occupied 4 seat beside President Chill
ineworth, while in the gallery were
Harry Murray, superintendent OF watef-
works; deputy city attorneys, Garden
and Cfisty and other Representatives Of
tho city government.
There Is. as q matter Of fact, a strong
possibility Of the present city ami
county administration continuing in
Office for two years more. If the Gov
ernor vetoes the charter bill, as he al
most certainly wiz and the legislature
PASSES the enabling emergency act, de-
signed 10 clear up technical error in
the original bill, and, the Governor Is
stubborn enough toapoeket veto the lat
ter measure, II may be impossible, ac-
eordipgto certain municipal officers, in
Guiding Mayor Lane, to hold any cleo
tion at all. In that event the present
administration would remain in Office.
Senators win Fight
Both President Chillingworth and
Senator Shingle, however, declared in
the senate yesterday that such q thing
would not be permitted.
Secretary OF the Territory Wade War
rem Thayer, who is.examining the chars
ter bill, said yesterday TO Mayor Lane
and Harry Murray that one fatal de-
feet OF the measure Is that il does not,
repeal the present charter and that If
the Governor were to sign IL, Honolulu
would have two charters and the mayor,
for instance, wouldn't know under
which charter he was mayor.
The next TO last section Of the bill
saws; IAN acts OF parts Of acts incout
sistent with this act or any portion Of
this alt either directly or by implicR
tion, are hereby repealed. Moreover,
the Revised Laws provide that even
when laws superseded by new ones are
not directly repealed they are repealed
by implication.
Murray suggested to Thayer that il
the latter would hurry up and make, his
report to the Governor SO the iegislas
ture could know what was really the
matter with the. charter bill, and the
Goyernor would hurry up and send il
back, the defects might be amended IN
another emergency measure. Thayer
scoffed at the idea, however 1T took
ffty-six days 10 pass the original char.
ter bill, di,ln Z itfn he said. 'sWhat
chance would there be to get new bill
through nowf"
Harry Murray said II was hardly con,
ceivabie that the Governor would
pocket veto this Emergency Enabling
Act that passed second reading in the
senate yesterday and thereby deliber.
ately throw the municipal government
into chaos. ftIf he does, said Murray,
IT will prove that he has been acting
all along from policy and Is not sincere
IN the faults he says he finds with the
bill't
Most Horribly Dead
A soon, as senator Castle : life say
lug measure--drawn to permit the COM