The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-21
A FINANCIAL S1AIENENT'HOUSE MEMBERS MEET.
CALLED TOGETHER BY SPEAKER
KAULUKOU.
The Theory Upon Which the Published
Notice This Morning Was Given-No
Call to Senator's

Call TO senators.
The House of Representatives, |
Speaker Kaulukou in the chair, met at |
2 o'clock this afternoon. Present were
Attorney General Cooper and Members
A. G. M. Robertson, A, V. Gear and A.
T. Atkinson.
The Speaker said the meeting ives
being held because the order of .2resi-
dent Mckinley of May 13 last conti-
| nued the legislature and the Hawaiian
| Constitution provided a meeting for
the third Wednesday in February.
Mr.. Robertson agreed that the posi-
tionof the Speaker was correct In view
of letter to President Mckinley ask
ing for instructions he moved to ad-
| journ to third Wednesday in March.
| Mr.. Cooper stated that President Dole
! had also written on January II con-
cerning the matter and a reply might
| be received any day. He thought the
adjournment should be from day to
day
Mr.. Atkinson moved to adjourn to 10
a. m. Saturday. Carried.
Representative John L. Kaulukou,
Speaker of the House, this morning
published the following notice:
THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
of Representatives are hereby request
ed to meet at the Legislative Hall, Ex-
ecutiVe building, at o'clock this
Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 21st, 1900.
j. L. KAULUKOU,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
This notice was published after
Speaker Kaulukou had consulted with
a number of the members of the House.
EThe theory on which the members of
1.-THE House are called together is that
this is the constitutionally appointed
day for the legislature to convene.
. ! President MpKinlnU in calling off ha
election for members of the legislature
last September gave it to be under
stood that the members of the last leg
tislature remained the legislators, and
that the constitution and laws of Ha-
wall remained in force except so far
as specifically modified. From his fail
ure to answer specifically the question
whether there should be a regular ses-
sion of the legislature or not, it is in
ferred that he assumed that question
answered in the statement that the Ha-
waiian constitution and laws are still
in force. 1t is the idea of those favor
ing the meeting of the House today,
that there shall be direct correspon-
dence with President Mckinley on the
subject. If he approves the meeting
. of the legislature all the constitutional
qujrements will have been complied
with and the acts of the legislature
cannot be questioned on that score If
, 1t is not President McKinleys wish
that the legislature shall meet, no harm
will be done
w. C. Wilder, President of the Senate
said he should not call the members Of
the Senate together.
Il know of no law authorizing the
, President of the Senate to issue a call
for the Senate to meet" he said. 81
Know of a law authorizing the presiding
officer of the Senate to call special
session of the Legislature when re-
, Quested in writing so to do by two
thirds of the members of the Senate.
! AS matter of fact there are very
= few of the Senators in Honolulu" he
continued. "There are Senators Wright,
Kauhane, Northrup, Waterhouse, Ian
= sing, McCandless and Wilder. 1 don't
\ see that there is any need of a legislc-
: ture If the Council of State can ap
propriate $350000 for the extension of
a sewer system. If it can do that il
!, can appropriate money for any purpose
] l don't object to it's appropriating for
the sewers l would like to see the
= sewer system completed I am just
= | wondering where the Council of State
= got its authority. think a good deal
y as Senator Brown expressed himself
: that If the Council hasn't authority un-
: der our laws to make this appropriation
= the President Of the United States can.
!, not give 1t authority.
y y 'I can see TO objection to members oi
- matter, meeting every day and dis
cussing any matters they choose, Il
they want to waste their time tha
:, way. But If they are going to NEE
u and adjourn every day until they finC
o out from President Mckinley whether
e it is all right or not, they may get ole
e and gray headed before they find out.
II II In neither branch of the legislator.
II are all of the islands represented in the
81 city Kauai, for instance, has but on,
man here, p. d. r. Isenberg, in tn,
e lower house. Senators Rice and vii
cox and Representative Kaeo and OF
their native soil Maui has no senator
here, Baldwin, Hooking and Kepoika
all being at home. Representative
Ic Pogue and Kaai are on Maui. Kahal
=, lelio is thought to be some where oil
the island of Oahu.
Y Hawaii has two senator's here-J
Kauhane, of Kau, and F. Northrup, o
Hamakua That island also has
r. Representative in town, w. c. Achi c
Kona. Senators Lyman and Holsteil
! are absent. Representatives Loeben
J. stein, Richards and Paris are the alb
"a sentees in the lower house.
= Oahu has on the island, and availabl
e. the following; Senators-President w
D. c. Wilder, t. F. Lansing, Henry Water
If house, J. A. McCandless and j. N
le Wright. Senator Brown left by tn
/, Australia yesterday for the east. II
" the House are: Speaker ]. L. Kaulu
w kou, A. G. M. Robertson A. V. Gear
of A. T. Atkinson, L. L. McCandless an
" S. G. Wilder.
n, 1t would be impossible therefore 70
IN the Senate to muster seven, whicl
would not be a quorem. The Hous
could meet with eight and, counting
J. Kahaulelio. would muster nine.
10 The provision of the Hawaiian con
stitution regarding regular sessions o
10 the Legislature is as follows: "The frs
IV regular session of the legislature shal
,e be held on the third Wednesday in Feb
ruary, 1896, and biennially thereafter, i
Ie Honolulu.