The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-04
Two Maui Men
Defeat Woman
Suffrage Bill
Continued from Page One.)

wall moved hat the suffrage bill be
taken from the table and placed on
the calendar for April s. Representa-
tive Lorrin Andrews wanted the
measure to come up today. 1t vas
then suggested that the bill be taken
Up Immediately for reconsideration.
Representative Lyman was asked il
he would consent to this. After
h%esitating a moment, he said he would
Then, for some unknown reason, Rep
resentative Andrews Put the original
motion to defer u'.til April S, this
sFion being carried.
Up to yesterday afternoon the house
had been in a deadlock ver the suf-
frage bill. Motions to table and mo-
tions to pass on third reading result
ed in a tie Of Is to Is. Under the
rules, a motion must carry a MAORI
ty vote in order to pass.
After the argument yesterday NOR
ming, Representative Henry Kawewe-
hi of Hawaii was excused by the
b. speaker to go to the Big Island. AT
ter Kawewehi was safely aboard the
steamer, and the steamer well away
from the port of Honolulu, the opposi-
ton moved to reconsider the suffrage
bill then and there, knowing that it
was sure Of Is votes against the sup
porters' IA, Kawewehi's vote not be-
ing available.
All attempts to halt the steam roll.
er propelled onto the floor to the
house by the opposition were without
avail. On two occasions Representa-
tive Antoine Tavares of Maui moved
that the house adjourn, such motions
being in order at any time. Each
time they were voted down. The OPP
position had everything it's own way
from start to finish, and the measure
was laid to its final rest, with no
chance of being revived again. Rep
resentative Frank Andrade of Oahu
even went as far as to attempt to
amend the bill by providing that
women be allowed to vote at all cleo
tons other than those held by the
counties and the city and country.
The amendment was tabled.
There is now before the house an
+ amended plebiscite bill providing that
a special election, participated in by
both men and women, be held in the
several counties the latter part OF
this month to decide the question of
whether or not female citizens shall
have the right to vote. Those mem
DtIS VI III hOuoC III oOBPoi wv 'AS
suffrage bill are opposing the special
election measure. 1t may pass the
house. What the senate will do with
it is problematical.
Attacks Appropriation Bill
Speaker H. L. Holstein heaved
bomb into the rank and file Of the
legislators yesterday when, in a state
ment to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, he
-.- 1911 ..-,o, ~ tha n n
priation bill sent recebtly to the house
by the senate. This is the measure
which provides numerous salary in
creases, and which would pay the
heads of the departments, with the
exceptional Of the encouragement,
$500 a month, the head of the legal
department to receive $3.50 monthly.
The speaker scores the senate for
its action in eliminating the appro-
%priation for the territorial marketing
division, and declares that the money
shaved from the National Guard item
which was reduced from 800, 900 to
. $12, O00-will only be used to boost
salaries.
"The appropriation BILL" asserts
the speaker, fought to be amended to
read: An act to create a biennial
pension for the territorial favorites
who are office holders thereof"
The several salary increases are
attacked by the speaker, who charac-
terizes as a subterfuge the rider"
stating that a department head shall
devote his entire time to the duties
of his office, and engage in no other
business. He takes the occasion to
pay his respects to Sumner s.. Pax
son, president of the board of health,
who, he claims, is interested in a
local automobile concern. This is the
frst open attack that has been made
on the appropriation bill since the
introduction of the measure.
Talk OF Extra Session
There is talk in the legislative halls
now of the necessity for an extra
session, owing to the large number
of bills that have been introduced,
and the inability of committees, al
though they are working overtime, to
make any considerable Roadway with
. the measures. Both houses have been
urged to speed up. To date, more
than 800 bills have been introduced
in the house.
Refused To Confirm Ford
The senate yesterday declined to
confirm the governors appointment
of Alexander Hume Ford, of Pan
Pacific Union fame, as a member OF
the Hawaii Promotion Committee.
Ford says he is probably just as well
off devoting his entire time to Pan
Pacific work, and boosting Hawaii in
general in his own way.
No Segregation For Lepers
Members of the house and senate
returned Saturday night from their
biennial visit to the Kalaupapa settle
ment. AS a result of the visit it is
probably safe to say that the solons
will attempt no legislation looking
toward the enforced segregation of
the sexes or enforced sterilization of
males. Neither will any considera-
ton be given the recommendation
that the control OF the settlement be