The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-05-03

Today VIII Witness she nnomaIuu.
feature OF Legislature which N
| ming ~ the plst performing rurli
| lutics which are iIirrNl and with ~
my force whatsoever
PROCEEDINGS or THE SENATE.
The last day of the session the Sen.
| tte wasted In talk. a. was expected
! md predicted by the Advertiser Dur
| ng the day only two thiuEs-bolh fool
! sh-wcre accomplished: namely, the
| 'assinE by n strictly party vote, OF
! he Liliuokalani t250000 pension bill,
/ which. as II provides for the approval
! II Congress. will keep that lady out
! Il her claimed rights for many years
! 20 come. The Republicans expressed
! sympathy for the cN-Queon, aud de .
sired to do something practical for her
/ by passing n resolution that the mat
ter be considered with the appropria-
! ion bill, and that she be allowed n
| pension OF $500 n month. But the bill
| passed by a strictly party vote of 2
to 6. The other foolish thing insisted
| upon by the Home Rulers, was the
| passing of the kanuha resolution. GEN.
surfing the Governor and demanding
that he prove his charges or bribery.
a message from the Governor was
received, appointing Fred Macfarlane
! 4. n. Kepoikai, Lorrin Andrews. Ar
7 thur c. Lovekin and Joseph @. Pratt
I rs commissioners under the fire claims
/ bill.
DAY SESSION.
| The Senate opened with the reading
| of a communication from Secretary
! Cooper, to the effect that the Governor
| had signed AN Act to amend section
| /, Act 81, of the laws of 1896, relating
! to gross cheat"
, munication from the House, announce
! ing that Senate Bill GO had passed the
House with certain amendments. The
bill relates to homesteads and house
holders. One of the House amend
ments changed the word person" to
citizen. The Senate refused to concur
in this, while all the other amendments
were agreed to. The change of the
word deprives foreigners of the right
to homestead. The chair appointed
Senators Achi, Kalauokalani and
White a committee to confer with the
House committee to adjust the mat
ter.
The debate of the day was over the
House bill appropriatng $250,000 as
gift to eX-Queen Liliuokalani. Sena-
tor Carter spoke sympathetically of the
eX-Queen, and desired to do something
for her. He deplored the prejudice
against him exhibited because he came
of a missionary family. II can't help
it if / am the rattoon crop of mis-
sionary," he exclaimed. He was in
favor of a resolution which could be
considered with the appropriation bill,
which would provide a suitable yearly
pension for the former sovereign.
Senator Achi spoke in the same vein,
expressing in touching manner his
heartfelt sympathy for the fallen mon
arch. But" he said, 'if we pass this
bin it will be a dead letter. There is
not enough money coming into the
treasury that is unappropriated, 10 pay
her. The matter will have to be re-
ferred to Congress, and she Will be
out of the money for a year at best"
He was therefore in favor of a regular
pension.
Senator Kalauokalani spoke of the
wrongs of the Queen, and was surpris-
ed that there should be any opposition.
He said: after being deposed by the
party represented by the Senators who
have expressed so much sympathy for
her the least they can do is to vote
for this slight recompense. The ex-
Queen had petitiOned Congress for
help, and Congress had referred the
matter back to Hawaii for considera-
ton, and this bill was the result" He
therefore moved that the bill pass.
c. Brown-"It is an old saying that
bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush. If we put pension Tor the eX-
Queen into the appropriation bill she
can get $500 a month. She cannot have
that and this lump sum both. l feel
that, under this bill, she will never re-
ceive any money, and If she does not,
it will not be the fault of the Republi-
cans"
The vote to lay upon the table was
party vote of 9 to 6.
A communication from Secretary
Cooper announced the receipt by the
Governor of the action by the Senate
concerning his appointments.
Bill 80, to amend sections 10 and IL,
n of Of ha To Of
Laws of 1896, passed second reading.
and Senator White moved that the bill
be set for third reading on May 2, thus
indicating that the Independents pro-
pose continuing the session for three
days further. The Senate then ad-
journed until 2 o'clock.
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion message was received from the
Governor, making appointments of the
commissioners under the fire claims
bill. The Governors. message is as fol-
To the Senate of the Territory of Ha-
waii
In accordance with a bill passed by
the Legislature of the Territory, enti-
tied, An Act to provide for the ascer-
tainment and payment ofall the claims
which may be made by persons whose
property was destroyed In the years
a. ID. 1899 and 1908, under orders of the
Board of Health, authorizing the Gov
ernor to appoint commission of five
disinterested and competent citizens of
the Territory of Hawaii, OF whom at
least one shall be an attorney of the
Supreme Court, to hear and investigate
all such claims, / herewith submit the
Following names for your considera-
ton: Fred Macfarlane, chairman; A.
N. Kepoikai, Arthur c. Lovekin, Lorrin
Andrews, Joseph G. Pratt.
SANFORD b. DOLE.
Executive Chamber. April 80, 1901.
The Governors message was set for
consideration at 1880 p. IN.
Senator kanuha then presented the
concurrent resolution given elsewhere.
Senator Kanuha made fiery speech
condemning the Governor lie stated
that II vas not necessary for him to
take tha report of the evidence OF
newspapers or committees of a mass
meeting to prove that the Governor Is