The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-11-22
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The House re-assembled at l:45 PM.
Rep. S. X. Pua favored the adoption
of the resolution, or else of referring
it to a special committee to report i'm
mediately.
Noble Peterson would like to sup
port the resolution, but thought it UNI
wise to do so. 1t would be instructing
Cabinets to do something which they
have no right under the laws to do.
The only way to effect anything would
be for the House to pass a law legaliZ-
ing whatever might be done under
that election proclamation. Some no.
tice, however, should be taken OF the
matter, and he would offer the follow
ing amendment to the resolutions:
Whereas, according to information
and rumOr, it is charged that there
has been q gross neglect of duty on
the part of Hon. +. S. Lyman, J. p.
SissOn and G.. w. III. Hapai, Inspectors
of Election for the Third Precinct of
the District of South Hilo, Hawaii,
in refusing to act in their capacity as
such inspectors, and thereby Obstruct-
ing the special election to be held in
said district on the Doth day of Nov
ember, 1892.
Therefore, be it resolved, that the
Acknowledgement cause strict and
impartial investigation into the cir
cumstances and facts concerning the
same, and, if found and proven cor
rect, to take such steps towards prose
cutting the parties as may be neces-
sary.
Noble Williams sympathized with
the motive of the resolution, but he
could not support it for the reasons
just stated. Moreover, the resolution
was an interference with the eXecu-
| tive functions of government.
Noble Thurston did not see how the
resolution could be adopted, and if it
were, an election held under it would
| be necessarily void and the House
would have simply stultified itself
and wasted its time. The election
must be held according to the provis-
| ions of the Election law. He knew
nothing of the merits of the dispute
and had heard nothing of the facts
until he read them in this morning
ADVERTISER. But the remarks of
the member from KOOlaupoko were
utterly uniustified, considering the
high and unimpeached character of
Judge Lyman, Judge Hapai and Mr..
Sisson, and members of the House
should not make charges of dishonOr-
able conduct against people of such
standing on so little proof. He did
not believe any of these men would
do anything dishonorable at the bid
ding of anyone in Honolulu or else
where. 1t had been charged that this
was a put up job to prevent Nawahi's
election. On the other hand he had
been informed that there was put
up job to get the election so early that
no one could get in q petition except
Nawahi. He did not know whether
both charges were true or neither, but
the inspectors were entitled to fail
play and an investigation before being
attacked here in the House or else
where.
Rep. Bush said the resolution was
simply based on the fact that they
had resigned without reason. There
was devils work around somewhere
No excuse could be offered for the
conduct of these gentlemen. He was
always ready to comment frankly ano
openly on the conduct of every one
especially when the rights of the PEG
pie were concerned. To maintain
principle he had assisted the Reform
party, and it had not been main
tanned. He could not support any
such Cabinet as this. There was :
God of Justice above who would
avenge these wrongs. He would ac'
cept the amendment offered by Noble
Peterson.
Rep. R. w. Wilcox did not know
what to think. The inspectors shoulC
not have resigned, then the faul
would not have been theirs. 1t wa!
not proper to dictate to the Cabinet
He saw no use in referring to n com
mitttee. 1t would be composed o
lawyers, and they were like hirl
flying to tree-no knowing wha
position they would take. The in
spectors had received the papers il
time.
Minister Brown opposed the resolu
ton as an interference with the exc
cutive functions of the Cabinet. Thu
election proclamation, etc, had no
been forwarded to Hilo until the 18th
Noble Thurston did not wish t
prolong the discussion any longer, bu
it had Just come to his knowledg
, that Mr.. Nawahi's petition was all II
one handwriting. He would move t
, amend by providing that this peti
, ton be Investigated also, to ascertain
| whether there was any fraud in con
| nection with it.
Rep. Kamauoha thought tina
should be made the subject of a sepa
rate inquiry.