The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-09

terday by the hand of Hon. Sam
uel Parker. Mr.. Parker sailed on The
Mariposa:
Honorable William Mckinley, Presi-
dent of the United States-Sir: We.
the undersigned, comprising members
of the Executive Committee of the Re-
publican party of the Territory of Ha-
waii, and Republican members of the
Legislature, have the honor to submit
the following statement:
A resolution having been adopted by
certain members of the Legislature of
Hawaii making charges against Gov
ernor Dole and asking you to remove
him from office, we feel that it is due
to you, to the Governor, to the Repub-
lican party in Hawaii and to the politi-
cal and material interests of this Ter
ritory that the following facts be laid
before you, VIZ:
Said resolution is very general IN
character and contains no specific
charges; the object of it is to excuse
the Home Rule party for it's failure to
enact substantial legislation, and to lay
the blame on the Governor. The facts
show that it is impossible for the Home
Rule party to escape from the respon-
sibility Of such failure. p,is 3s 'ssss
AT the last election the Home Rule
party elected over two-thirds Of the
House OF Representatives. and within
one of two-thirds of the Senate. Sew
eral weeks before the meeting of the
Legislature the members elected by the
Home Rule party assembled in Homo
lulu, investigated the various depart
ments of the Government, where they
were accorded every courtesy and facil-
ity, and agreed upon their legislative
measures.
THE COUNTY BILL DELAYED.
Rule members Of the Legislature natur-
ally took, on the organization OF the
Legislature, all the offices and the con-
troll Of the committees of both Houses;
they limited debate, adopted a rule for
the previous question, and thus OBJ
tained complete control Of the Legisla-
ture, and had it in their power to fully
carry out the program prepared by
them. Instead of promptly proceeding
with legislation, they delayed the in
PRODUCTION of bills which they regarded
as most important. For example, their
County bill, one of their main party
measures was not introduced until the
session was half over, and was then
found to be so full of errors, SO illogi
cal and incomplete in form and sub
stance that it was abandoned, and in
the closing days of the session sub
stitute bill was introduced radically
different from and but little better
than the first. This was numerously
and materially amended, and was
finally passed through the House with
many acknowledged deficiencies, which.
its supporters stated. would be remed-
led in the Senate. No complete copy
was made of the bill as it passed the
House, but a patchwork copy OF the
original BILL with sections, lines and
words erased or interlined with pen,
or stuck on with mucilage was sent
to the Senate No copies of the bill as
it passed the House were sent to SEN
ators; the single mutilated House bill.
filed with erasures, amendments and
additions, and covering some seventy
pages of legal-cap, was all there was
to indicate the intention Of the House
concerning bill which radically
changed the form of government of
the Territory. The bill was read the
first time by title; the majority refused
to refer it to committee; refused to
have 1t printed; refused to allow 1t to
be typewritten, or even to furnish Sem
ators with information as to what the
changes from the original bill were.
On the next day the bill was read
through, Republican Senators taking
down hurriedly the amendments as
best they could. The consideration of
amendments and all discussion was re-
fused, the majority members pledging
themselves that discussion would be al
lowed and amendments considered on
third reading.
On the third day. ignoring their
pledge, the majority suspended the
rules, read the bill by title, and thus
finally passed 1t, without the Senate
having any copy of the bill other than
the single patchwork received from the
House and without allowing Repuon-
can Senators an opportunity to amend
the same Other measures deemed I'M
portant by the Home Rule party were
similarly dealt with
APPROPRIATION BILL WITH
HELD.
pa,np the first session or the Leets