The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-10-14
One Hundreth Day.
SATURDAY, Oct. IL.

Rep.White, on suspension OF the rules,
presented 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 22d, the minority
report was ordered by the House to be
received and printed. The record is
plain on the subject. | make this mo-
ton under rule II OF the House, which
regulates the duties of the Printing Com
mittee. All matter ordered printed I'M
der that rule must go through the Print
ing Committee. The majority report
passed through the chairman's rep.
Marques) hands to go to the Printing
Committee. He also got the minority re-
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-first page and extends
through to page 80. That was not or
dered printed by the House. That por-
ton, pages 5S and 50, is 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
committee can take a report and append
anything 10 it he chooses.
Rep. Marques move as before that
the report be accepted as printed. The
point is whether the chairman of a 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 chairman of COM
mittee not right to put in collateral
documents and remarks? Yes or noP
say yes, especially as there is minority
report. claim and | defy anyone TO
say 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 l
had the absolute right to lave them
printed.
President Walker Some days ago L
understood there was a 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 of
his When he received the report from
the Secretary to be printed there were no
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
objected to, and he had not
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 to
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
lirty snag. Moreover, he had suggested
% the chairman Of the Postal Committee
hat he should ask the House for orders
% print the matter. But he replied no,
t would be all right He told the man
lger of the Elele Office in this building
lot to bind that matter with the report,
md as chairman OF the Printing Com
nittee his instructions should have been
ollowed. The report should be sent back
o the printer.
Rep. R. W. Wilcox-I am surprised {
hat person who was leader of the
reform Party, the son of a missionary,
m angel, should come into this House 10
nv to hide the truth and shield thieves.
Rep. Rickard-I rise to point of or !
Ter. Missionaries are not before the
House
President Walker ruled the language,
N it being interpreted, as entirely out
i order. Neither missionaries nor angels
we're before the House.
Rep. Wilcox, continuing, said it was
Tery strange to see an effort made in this
iou-e TO cover up misconduct in Office.
/ they could not do better than this,
ct them hoist the American flag and
Innex the Islands to the United States
Rep Nawahi-I signed The majority
ounrr alfh1uoh .va mt attended any