The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-10-11
THE LEGISLATURE.
ONE HUNDREDTH DAY.

REPORTS or COMMITTEES.
Rep. Lucas from the printing com
mittee reported bill printed.
Noble Macfarlane asked Tor more
time for the select committee on tax.
alton bills. Granted.
ORDER OF TuE DAY.
Noble Baldwin, on Resolutions"
being called, moved the order of the
day. Carried.
Consideration of the majority and
minority reports of the committee
on postal matters.
Noble Baldwin moved that the
printed reports as laid on the menu
bcrs' desks be referred back to the
chairman of the committee, the mat
ter to he printed so far as ordered
by The House TO he printed. lie
quoted the rule of the House rclat-
ing TO the printing committee, which
provides that it has charge of the
seasonal printing. The course pur-
sued by the chairman was irregular
and contrary to the rule of the
House. Further, he had given to
the printer matter never ordered by
the House to be printed. The por-
ton headed "Remarks" was not
before the committee, not be-
fore the House, nor was it ordered
printed. He would not discuss the
reports under his mouOn, which was
simply to refer the reports back to
he printed rs ordered. While lie
would have a good deal To say when
the reports came up for discussion,
he thought the House could not af-
ford to stultify itself by rejecting
his motion. 1t would be establish
ing very dangerous precedent to
allow chairman of Il committee TO
print anything he pleased in an OIL
cial document of the House.
Rep. Marques moved that the
report be accepted. The objection
of the hon. Noble for Maui was only
technical. He as a chair
man of committee had a
right to publish an appendix
to his own report. The minority of
the committee had insulted the maj
GRITTY by re-opening the lnvestiga-
ton on their own account. The
documents appended to the report
were submitted to the House with
the report. They had gone to the
Secretary and from him to the print
ing committee. Nothing was heard
about the matter till the chairman
of the printing committee ordered
the publication stopped because the
report hit his friend, the Postmaster
General. If the chairman had not
the right to print collateral docu-
mcnts he was not free man. Who
knew what should belong to re.
port better than the man who wrote
it! Reclaimed that the schedules
were an integral part of the report
as they were mentioned in it, anC
he deticd any man to prove the con
trary.
The President said that some day!
ago he understood there was n dill
Guilty between the chairman of tho
committee on postal matters and TIT
chairman of the printing committee
He asked the chairman of the posta
committee if he was printing an,
matter not ordered by the House
and the chairman replied that HI
was not.
Rep. Lucas said the hon. mem
Der for the third district was no
content with insulting the printin!
committee. but he must insult tn
chairman of that committee as we'll
The hon. member SAID he objecte'
to the printing because the Post
master-G eneral was friend of his
Well, he was friend of his! Whe
f he received the report from the Sec
, rotary to be printed there were n
afiidavits or letters with it. Fl
only found out what was being ad
ded on returning to town after bein
absent on account of sickness in hi
family. The hon. member neve
, showed him the documents objecte
s to, and he had not read them whe
!. he made his protest. They wei
never in the House, they might hay
been in Rep. Marques house. Ii
4 had ascertained from the Secretar
j that they were never before til
I House, and the President had tol
him that nothing not coming fro
: the House should be printed.
:, was then that he ordered the print'
in the Elele Office not to have th;
4 matter bound with the official repor
lie had no intention of trying
cover anything up, but would e.
l. pose anything dirty if it was dor
Il by his own brother. The motion
): Noble Baldwin was the smoothc
r way to get over a dir
T. snag. Moreover, he had SUI
y eested TO the chairman
~ the postal committee that he shou
;, ask the House for orders TO print h
y, ~ matter. But he replied no, il won
- would be all right, lie told d
manager of the Elele office in I'll
building not 10 bind that matt
with the report, and as chairman
Y. the printing committee his lnslrn
lions should have been followe
30 The report should be sent back
the printer,
Rep, II, ", Wilcox WAS snrprls