The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-09-16
THE LEGISLATURE.
NINETIETH DAY.
FRIDAY, Sept. 16, 1892.
Morning Session.

err The minutes of previous meet
ing were read and approved,
President Walker rose to a ques-
ton of privilege and said that his
ruling had been commented on by
paper as a weak one. Granted; but |
If the other way, would it have been
strong one9 He had had the mat
ter under consideration for some
time, and had legal advice that %
was the necessary number Noble
Thurston had also referred to that |
number once or twice in his remarks !
on the question. He had since look !
ed up authorities and could not
reach decision therein. He did
not wish any Office and had no inter
est in the vote. He had ruled i'm
partially and had given the defen-
dants the benefit of the doubt
Noble Baldwin, under suspension
of the rules, presented the following
resolution:
Whereas, there was introduced
into the Hawaiian Legislature on the
18th day of September instant,
resolution expressing want of con
fidence in the Cabinet, and
Whereas, A vote was taken upon
said resolution on the 18th day of
said month, when, upon call of the
ayes and noes of the elective mem
bers of said Legislature, there voted
for said resolution "a of said mem
bers, and there voted against it n
of said members, and
Whereas, AT the time of the voting
upon said resolution, there were in
esse but As members of said Legis-
lature who had been elected by the
people, and other than said members
of the Cabinet, and
Whereas, The President of the
Legislature, upon said vote, declared
and ruled that said resolution had
failed to pass, for the reason that the
same had not received the votes of
majority of all the elective members
of said Legislature, as provided by
Article Al of the Constitution, and
Whereas, Said ruling has been
protested and appealed against, and
the interests of the country demand
an authoritative decision as to its
correctness, or incorrectness, now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That this Legislature
does hereby respectfully request their
Honors, the Justices of the Supreme
Court, to give their opinions upon
the following questions:
''The Hawaiian Legislature, being
composed of 4S elected members
and four members of the Cabi-
net, and two of the AZ elective
members provided for by the
Constitution having resigned their
seats being now vacant, no per-
sons having been elected to fill such
vacancies, or either of them-how
many of the 46 elective members of
the Legislature are required to vote
for a resolution of want of confidence
in, the Cabinet, before the same can
be legally declared carried, or pass
ed, in accordance with the terms OF
Article Al of the CONSTITUTIONS
"a resolution expressing want OF
confidence in the Cabinet having re-
. ceived "A votes for its passage, out OF
a total of As elective members in
, esse of said Legislature, did said
resolution fail of passage, or was it
carried, within the terms of Article
Al of the Constitution"
Resolved, That copy of this
resolution, attested by the President
and Clerk of this House, be at once
forwarded to their Honors, the said
Justices.
Noble Baldwin in support of the
measure said that he brought the re
solution in without any bias or feeling
against the Cabinet. There are
those amongst the opposition who
favor appeal to the House.
+ Noble Williams favored the reso
< luton in the interests of peace anc
Y harmony. If debate continued
s. wrangling would be again INDUCED
: in which would bring up bad feeling
: and occasion tie recurrence of the
e disgraceful scene witnessed in tn,
S House yesterday.
!, Noble Neumann said that it wa
a very desirable that the matter SHOULD
) be brought to the Supreme Court
= he approved of that but not in til,
manner submitted. The Hous,
e should first act on the appeal from
S the ruling of the President, anC
then the matter might be very pro
perly referred to the Supreme Court
but not before. He did not pur