The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-27
MANY BILLS BUT
0RATORY IS ABSENT
House Members Grind Out Laws
In the Making-0ne Measure
Reaches Third Reading

h The house of representatives trans
acted it's business expeditiously yester.
day and with entire absence of oratory.
In fact, except for the brief remarks
of Holstein when he was installed as
speaker, there has not been a single
speech made during the three days the
session has lasted. 'hn'. O..
This is not to say that oratOry Is
dead, however. There feally has been
no occasion for any speech making
most of the business of-the house hith.
ertO being confined to the introduction
Of bills and their pro forma reference
to committees on second reading. Only
one bill has reached third reading:
House Bill l, appropriating for the ex,
penses of the session of the house, pass.
ed third reading yesterday and went
TO the senate. The senate bill, appro,
priatihg for the expenses of that body,
passed its third reading in the upper
house and was received by the house
yesterday morning.
Steady Stream of Bills
A steady stream of bills has poured
in. In the natural course of events
most of these will be ruthlessly smoth
the house on recommendation of com
mittee will afford suitable opportunity
for bursts of language, and there are
several orators who are but waiting
their chance to deluge the world with
words.
Twenty one bills were introduced and
seven of those previously introduced
passed second reading. Andrews was
the star performer in the way of the
introduction of bills, he ending the day
with seven to his credit.
None of the new bills was of sensa
tional nature. Several were for the
appropriation of sums ranging from
$4,000 to 100000 for various purposes
more or less necessary.
Kawehiwehi had a modest little bill 10
appropriate 5000, 900 for roads in his
district in Hawaii. Brown, Of Maui
wanted to repeal the law which forbids
the taking of the Hawaiian fish nehu
and lao with nets. Miles introduced a
bill requiring drivers of automobiles
for hire in Honolulu to file with the city
and county treasurer bond of $500 to
cover damages to persons they may
injure.
travelling Matron Needed
The practise of sending girls to the
industrial schools under charge, of n
man is frowned upon in bill intro.
duced by Cooke which requires that
they be sent in custody of woman ap
pointed by the judge of the juvenile
court, Cooke also sponsored n bill ap-
making Hilo real city. One sets
aside public land for a hospital; an,
other appropriates 100000 for an auto
mobile road and bridge and the third
sets aside land for an agricultural and
botanical garden. His fourth bill is t.
grant n franchise to John Payne and
others, of HOnokua, for an electric com.
paRy.
Andrews, in one hill he introduced
would increase the punishment for kid.
mapping to five years and $1,000, He
had several others, relating chiefly to
court proceedings
SteVedoring Preferences
Kupihea, the well known friend of
the horny handed voter, threw into the
hOpper a bill providing that citizens
shall be given preference rs stevedOres
and lOngshoremen on all territorial
wharves. piers and other property, He
would kindly permit the employment Of
On-citiZens in emergencies where citi.
zen labor is not available.
Lvman's Farm Loan Credit Bill, to
which the Governor has said he Is so
bitterly opposed, passed second reading
and was referred to the agricultural
committee.