The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-29
NO QUORUM
FOR WORK
Senate Blocks the
Adjournment
Plan.
HOUSE DONE
With LABORS
Passes Brown Bill Finally Without
Dissenting Vote-Expectation
That Session Ends Today.

With the end of the special session of
will the two Houses be able to adjourn
in order or will the session simply die
Twice has the Senate been without a
quorum, on Friday and again on Sat
urday, and it was this shortage which
perhaps prevented close of the ses-
sion at the latter time.
to provide for the unpaid bills was the
order in the House and it was without
any talking that this ceremony was ac-
complished. There was no one who
seemed anxious to make any remarks
upon the subject, all that was said be-
fore having accomplished the purpose
Of setting forth the various objections
to the items. As it was, however,
there was a bare vote for passage Sc
cured after personal action upon Beck
ley and Paele, who do not like the pass
ing of $4,000 for bills which have not
been put into the departments as yet
When the vote was had on the bill
there was one vote shy of the number
required to pass the measure. Beckley
and Paele were the only DIRECTORS to
the bill and one vote was needed to get
it through, but both, after some talk
ing, decided that there was no good In
defeating the hopes of an early ad-
journment, and a result there were
seventeen ayes and no negatives when
the measure was passed.
Everything was in shape for the clos
ing of the session. The copies of the
bill were made and one furnished to
Acting Governor Cooper, who had
looked it over and made the COMPARE
sons so that there would be no delays
should the Senate get action on the
bill at once. But it was not to be that
way. Despite the message of approval
having been written and the letter of
transmission with the list of amend
ments ready for the Senates consider
alton, the inevitable delay came and
the session was forced over into this
week.
The House, when it passed the bill
finally, took recess until the afternoon,
having got down to business about IL
o'clock. The Senate was to meet at 2
o'clock and the next move in the game
was to come from that end But when
the Lower House learned that there
was no quorum at the bungalow an adj
journment was taken until this morn
ing.
The Senators who got together were
not sufficient in number to do business,
and even the wait of an hour failed to
show enough in sight, though a dill
gent search was made for the men
who were thought to be in the vicinity.
The Home Rulers were most of them in
evidence, and spent the hour in discus
sion of the various topics which an
early adjournment made uppermost. 1t
was the practically unanimous opinion
that there would be no objection to
meeting the House and passing the bill
when it was sent over and full Senate
was there to consider it. Finally the
waiting became monotonous and the
Senate adjourned until this morning.
There is no reason why there should
not be adjournment quickly this morn
ing. All the plans which had been
made for quitting work on Saturday
will come into play this morning, and |
there should be not more than two |
hours consumed, provided there is a |
quorum present.