The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-09
HOUSE SURPR|SEDAT
UPPER HOUSE ACTION
Sixteen New Bills introduced BY
Representatives, Mostly For
q Appropriations
Kelekolio Introduces Measure To
Regulate MidWiyes and Sets
Down Fast Rules s.

Sixteen new bills were introduced in
the house yesterday, most of them seek
ing appropriations for roads. public
buildings and wharves. Two resolutions
found their way in, as did two petit.
tions. The senate got active and trans.
mitted TO the house four of its bills.
some of which were passed as early as
March ]. Three house bills also came
back from the senate, slightly amended,
the house readily eoncurring in the
Surprise was manifested when the
senate Informed the house that IL had
failed TO concur in the house amend.
merits to y. 3. 2, which appropriates
$4,000 to entertain visiting national
lawmakers and other distinguished Wis
itors. The bill will now 60 to confer
ence for an adjustment Of the differ.
ences between the two houses. Presi.
dent Chillingworth appointed senators
Shingle, Castle and Hind as conferees
for the upper house, while speaker Hol-
stein appointed Representative Cooke,
Walsh and Ahuna for the lower house.
Surveyor wall Explains IS
Walter f.. Wall, territorial surveyor,
forwarded q list containing data bear.
ing on the number of tracts of public
lands surveyed by his department dur.
ing the past two years. lie said it was
not possible for him to make compari.
sons between these tracts and those
placed on the market by private indi-
viduals, as the latter had opened no
tracts that could in any manner com.
pare in area with the government ones.
Some One Mentioned Fish 'E'f
! Fish was mentioned in the house yes
terday and several fifth district mem
bers, all Bourbons, immediately took
an interest in the proceedings. The
agriculture committee reported on three
of Wilder's fish bills. Immediately
Mossman and Kupihea wanted the re-
ports tabled, as they recommended the
passage of the bills in question, all in
the line of protecting young fish. Twi'
of the reports were, deferred for later
consideration, but the fifth district in
no case got the satisfaction of having
any of them tabled In one case Moss
man and Kupihea. hotlld not stand foi
The protection OF Holsters. Representa-.
tive Wilder seemed panied at this. b.,
There was a spirited fight put up on
H., b. 147, introduced by the Judiciary
committee as a substitute bill, when the
measure came up for third reading. The
bill would prohibit the attorney. gen
eral, his deputies, and the several coun.
~ attorneys and their deputies from
appearing as counsel in cases other than
governmental. h.. $780,.
Lyman Has Tears In Voice
Lyman. of Hilo painted fearful word
picture of how some county attorneys
almost starve on the salaries they re.
ceive and if they were not allowed to
engage in private practise, why, how
could they livef He moved to strike
from the bill all reference to county
attorneys and their deputies. @'
Silva moved to table the motion to
amend. He believed in the bill as it
was in its original form. Lyman re-
turned to the fray, impassioned and elo,
quent. Andrews agreed with Silva.
The people s interests we're at stake.
If certain county attorneys were not
getting enough salary, why, "'let us
raise them, but let us also tell them
that they have to attend strictly to the
business Of the people and leave alone
outside work" b." Gtt@'. rF.' :. ..
Walsh agreed with Lyman. Every
man is worth what he can get, he
claimed. Lyman came back strong with
the Good Book, which says, he told
the representatives, EDO unto others
as. you would have them do unto you
Andrews Quotes Bible, Too =.
"And the same Good Book says,
Andrews sailed, " Render unto Caesar
the things that are Caesar SIT The
house was reminded of Governor Pink
hams Biblical quotations in his first
message this session and laughed
nightly. g.. ..1
Tavares told how he knew that Ger
tain county attorneys went out of theil
way to impair their official usefulues,
by accepting outside law work.
con Maui people are arrested fol-
adultery and similar crimes and the
cases never go to trial" he said, They
are dropped in the long run. And why
Because those who are paid TO prose
cute undertake to represent the prin
eipals in divorce cases. And that il
the end of it all"
Motion To Table Lost .. ~
The motion to table the deletiou o.
the county attorneys and their deputie,
from the provisions of the bill was lost
announced Speaker Holstein. 1t wa
"A close vote, which ever way it did
really go.
Before the motion to adopt tn,
amendment could be put, however, Ly
man moved to defer further considera
ton of the bill until next Monday
OF the sixteen bills introduced yes
terday, eight call for appropriation
of total of $665, 900, mostly on bonds
to be repaid to the Territory by tn,
counties seeking the money. Josepl
leads off with $500 900 for a permanent
public road in Maui; Paschoal want
$50 900 for county building at Wal
luku, and $4,000 for the lao Vale,
Road; Lyman would take $4,000 TO
filing and building streets in Ponaha
wal, Hilo, and $4,000 for two road
elsewhere in the Big Island; Tavare
wants $50 900 TO line the Olinda reseI
vOir, Maui; WaiahOlo seeks $40 900 TO
a sea-wall at Lahaina, MRui, and Kawe
wehi would have all of 100000 TO CON
plete the construction and extension O
tba wharf at Honuano Kama uauoi