The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-10-13
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
One Hundreth Day.


Chaplain. Minutes read and approved. |
Rep. White, on suspension of the rules, |
presented a petition from Lahaina, pray !
ing that Mr.. d. D. Baldwin be kept at
Lahainaluna Seminary
Referred to Education Committee.
Rep. Lucas reported the Governors bill
as printed.
The House proceeded to the Order OF
the Day. Special order: Consideration
of the reports OF the majority and minor
ity committees on Postal matters.
Noble Baldwin, move the report as
laid on my table yesterday be referred
back to the chairman to be referred to
the Printing Committee to be printed as
ordered by the House. The motion OF
the House, on September 18th, was that
the report OF the majority be received
and printed. On the odd, the minority
report was ordered by the House to be
received and printed. The record is
plain on the subject. l make this mo-
ton under rule Il OF the House, which
regulates the duties OF the Printing Com
mittee. All matter ordered printed I'M
der that rule must 60 through the Print
ing Committee. The majority report
passed through the chairman's (Rep.
Marques) hands to 60 to the Printing
port. That was irregular and contrary
to the rule of this House. Further, the
chairman took to the printer, without
the knowledge OF the chairman of the
Printing Committee, lot of matter that
was not ordered printed. That begins on
the twenty-tirst page and extends
through to page SO. That was not or
dered printed by the House. That por-
| ton, pages So and SO, is a sort of APP
pended report by the chairman of the
| committee. 1t was not before the House
and it was not ordered printed. l move
| it be referred back to the chairman and
the reports be printed according to the
motions of September 18th and 22d.
| This House will stultify itself if it does
not adopt this motion, which is accord
lngly to the rules of the House. This
House cannot afford to establish pre-
cedent like this. Any chairman of a
committee can take report and append
anything to it he chooses.
| Rep. Marques move as before that
the report be accepted as printed. The
point is whether the chairman of COM
mittee has right to append any re-
| marks to report. l contend all these
documents were presented to the House.
The chairman of the Printing Committee
ordered the stoppage of printing the re-
port, he was afraid it might hurt his
friend. These documents are alluded to
in the report. Has a chairman of COM
mittee not a right to put in collateral
documents and remarks? Yes or no2 |
say yes, especially as there is minority
report / claim and l defy anyone to
saw to the contrary. claim have the
same right to print an appendage to the
report as to embody anything in it. All
these documents are necessary to my re-
port, not to the minority report, and
had the absolute right to have them
printed.
President Wal :er- Some days ago 1
understood thee was difficulty be-
tween the chairman of the Committee on
Postal Matters and the Chairman of the
Printing Committee. | asked the chair.
man of the Postal Committee if he was
printing any matter not ordered by the
House, and the chairman replied that he
was not.
Rep. Lucas said Rep. Marques was not
content with insulting the Printing Com
mittee, but he must insult the chairman
of that committee as well. The hon
member said he objected to the printing
because the Postmaster General was a
| friend of his Well, he was friend o
his When he received the report from
the Secretary to be printed there were nc
affidavits or letters with it. He only
found out what was being added on re.
turning to town after being absent on
account Of sickness in his family. The
hon. member never showed him the do.
cuments objected to, and he had moi
read them when he made his protest
They were never in the House, they
might have been in Rep. Marques house
He had ascertained from the Secretary
that they were never before the House
and the President had told him that no.
thing not coming from the House should
be printed. 1t was then. that he ordered
the printer in the Elele Office not to have
that matter bound with the official re.
port. He had no intention of trying tc
cover anything up, but would expose
anything dirty if it was done by his own
brother. The motion of Noble Baldwin
was the smoothest way to get over a
dirty snag. Moreover, he had suggested
to the chairman of the Postal Committee
that he should ask the House for orders
to print the matter. But he replied no
it would be all right. He told the man
ager of the Elele Office in this building
not to bind that matter with the report
and as chairman of the Printing Com
mittee his instructions should have beer
followed. The report should be sent bach
to the printer.
Rep. r. w. Wilcox-I am surprised
that person who was leader of the
I Reform Party, the son of missionary
an angel, should come into this House tc
try to hide the truth and shield thieves
Rep. Rickard-l rise to point of or
der. Missionaries are not before the
House.
President Walker ruled the language
on it being interpreted, as entirely ou
of order. Neither missionaries nor angel!
; were before the House.
Rep. Wilcox, continuing, said it wa:
very strange to see an effort made in this
5 House to cover up misconduct in office
If they could not do better than this
let them hoist the American flag ane
: annex the Islands to the United States
Rep. Nawahi--I signed the majority
report, although have not attended any
of the meetings. have done so because
| have read the sworn statements.
, think the printing OF the documents al
right, and if the report is not adopted,
shall not consider myself any longer {
, member Of the committee.
Noble Baldwin said he could not under