The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-08-05

that is a matter for the House. and / do
not see what III the matter With the re-
port
Rep. Brown-The gist OF the resolution
was that the hon. member IRON Waialua
should be removed or resign, and the
ground OF the request vas that the hon.
member Was hindering the committee
hence the resolution. The committee
find as a matter OF fact that the hon
member was not hindering the commit
tee in their examination. Now after
this finding / think the committee should
have directly recommended that the
resolution be not adopted. 1t seems to
me that the committee have shirked the
responsibility and tried to throw it on
the House. III the House is in accord
with the committee it will adopt ii not it
will reject their report. | move the re-
port be laid on the table and the COM
mittee be discharged
Noble Mccarthy think the hon
member is right in some Of his remarks
but not in others. Ii the resolution had
merely alleged that Mr.. Rosa hindered
the work OF the committee the gentle
mans remarks would be TO the point
The resolution also called for his re-
moval because he had already served on
committee on the subject. We thought
we could not recommend his removal
because that would have seemed to be
finding him guilty and he is not guilty.
Rep. Bush-The committee have not
done their duty. They find that there
was some evidence.
|. Noble Mccarthy beg your pardon.
There was no evidence at all as / have
already stated.
Rep Bush-I understand from other
members that there was some evidence.
| As it is | favor tabling the report, and
| letting the committee go ahead and find
| out more.
Rep Rickard--I think If the report
| goes back to the committee something
can be inserted which will satisfy the
| House.
Noble Baldwin-The committee find
no fault with Mr.. Rosa, but they think
that he ought not to serve on the same
| subject on different committees. l do
not think this is reasonable. 1t is not
according to precedent, and l do not
think it would be desirable to establish
such precedent. 1t would be unjust to
Mr.. Rosa to remove him when nothing
can he found against him.
Rep. White-I have always been OPP
| posed to the hon. Mr.. Rosa being on the
committee. l happened to be examining
the witness when Mr.. Rosa cautioned
him. l Immediately stopped examining
the witness.
Rep. Rosa-I did not intend to SPEAK
upon the subject, but after the remark:
of the last member deem it my duty tt
answer. He says that if | were gentle
man would have resigned. They wer,
not gentlemen enough to express an,
desire to have me do so. | would have
done so at once. But no-after two Sit
. tings they bring in this resolution. Th,
first intimation that / had that l wa
asked to resign was when l read tn
newspaper. was naturally very mucl
surprised. 1t was said that had blocke,
, the investigation. The committee foun,
that had not blocked the investigation
| would have resigned if it had not beer
for the two statements of the membe
from Hilo, that / had been asked t
/ resign and had refused, and had blocke'
| the work of the committee. Those re
, marks would have been insulting eve
if they had been true. 1t is time tina
repeating street talk in this House shout
be stopped. They cannot prove it, an
it only reacts upon themselves. believ
the motives of the member from Hill
were not personal, but they were puerile
If he had. been such person as he dc
scribes he would have privately request
ed me as gentleman to resign, but in
stead of that he brings this resolution
, The remarks which have been made ar
, not only an insult to me, but to the who'll
committee. We are all, it must be SUI
posed, susceptible to bride of a fe'
, hundred dollars-Noble Baldwin, ReI
, Brown, Mobiles Muller and Marques-an
r myself. Those who make these charge
) do not address the House, but the mo
behind them. They do not believe them
The House does not, but the mob may
The House took recess