The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-03-12

House. ItlNiflNk Olltu 10 n uukt Nulhtut
OF the rules OF the United States House
] OF Representatives. satisfying himself on
several kuutty points Of parliamentary
law which were brought out In the pre-
vious days discussion.
Dickcy arose at the conclusion OF the
reading of the journal. to have certain
matters corrected. lie called attention
to an amendment which he offered and
which was ruled out OF order, which he
thought should have been spread ON the
minutes.
Makekau thought as Dickey had been
ruled out of order, the clerk had per
fact right to drop the amendment out
of the journal Dickey took exception
to this statement and called for the ste
| nographer's notes. While Stenographcr
Avery was looking over his notes to finl
the passage asked for, Dickey arrived at
the conclusion that the matter was not
very important after all, and asked to
let the affair rest where II was.
| Under the call for reports of the
Standing Committees, Emmeluth handed
in a corrected report from the Finance
Committee on the Dow reimbursement
application. The corrected amount was
placed at Si3995 instead of $40, as asked
for by the High Sheriff's clerk.
Prendergast moved to table the report
to be considered Monday with the mi
nority report
Makainai wanted to consider both We
an important day to the committees aud
| 1t should be set over until another day.
Robertson agreed with Mahoe. lie SAID
| there were several bills which had not
yet been referred to a committee, and
| the committee should devote the after
noon to a consideration of these bills, and
he therefore favored setting the consii
Grafton of the report over until Mon
| day. Upon vote this was done.
Makainai, for the Committee on Pub
| lie Lands, reported favorably on the pc
tition introduced a few days since, ask
/ ing for an appropriation of $3.50 for the
construction of warehouse at Hoopuloa,
| South Kona, Hawaii.
Kaniho moved to adopt the report of
! the committee. Dckey moved to have
| it considered with the appropriation bill.
Makekau thought it should be adopted
at once. The warehouse should be butt
at once, as goods recently shipped from
Honolulu were badly damaged by the
rains. He was one of the committee in
favor of having the appropriation made
available as soon as possible.
Emmeluth said if this motion was
adopted he would like to have the last
member say how many more such petit
tons would be sent into the House from
people who believed they were similarly
situated. 1t mattered little whether it
was petition or resolution. If the
petition was granted inside of ten days
there would be fifty more such petitions
pouring into the House. The Speaker
ruled Emmeluth out of order.
''Oh, I've said all 1 want to- anyway"
said Emmeluth as he sat down.
Dckey said the money could not be
made available before the appropriation
bill was passed, so he did not believe it
would make much difference whether
the report was adopted then or at some
future time.
you can't get the money now, no mat
ton hat do
the member from Maui. Upon a vote,
the report was adopted to be considered
with the appropriation bill.
kaniho asked for information. He
wanted to know what had become of
House Bill II, which was to abolish per-
sonal taxes.
Kaniho said he intended to ask for
reconsideration of the report of the
Committee on Finance, instead of the
bill.
Robertson then took kaniho to task
for asking for reconsideration after 1t
had been debated for several hours the
day before and adopted.
kaniho said he had not come to the
Legislature to fall asleep in his chair,
but to watch every point. According to
what he heard the day before, that the
bill be referred to n special committee
on taxation, and he wanted to know
where his property" had gone. Robert
son said the Chair had ruled that there
was such committee. Kaniho then
practically admitted he had gone to sleep,
by stating he had heard no such ruling.
Hot-air debates then began in the
House and the irrepressible Makekau
took a hand in it, as usual. Makekau
wanted to have the report reconsdered.
Robertson said the gentleman was at
sea and didn't comprehend the matter
at all. There was joint committee-one
from the House and one from the Sen
oil
charge of the report He said the min
utes show and the Speaker had ruled
that the House did have such a commit
tee, and he deplored that fact that so
much time should be wasted
Speaker Akina ruled that in future
when such questions as Kaniho had ask
ed We're desired to be put they could
ascertain their information from the
clerk
Still Makekau couldn't understand He
had one idea in his head and no arg l.
ment could knock it out. Between Kani-
no and Makekau the House wasted much
of the time of the morning session. and
the progress of the proceedings was
often blocked, He chung to the idea
that the joint committee procedure was
out of order despite the Chairs ruling
Robertson said il was only the day be
fore that Makekau called meeting Of
"A joint committee of the House and SEN
ate, and he submitted that Makekau was
entirely out of order, at sea, off his base
and he delivered "A few more bouquets
of this kind, which settled Makekau for
a few minutes.
Paele was of the opinion that all such
matters should be discussed on days fol-
lowing the original discussion of reports
and he moved that the report be taken
up and reconsidered He advised Kani-
no to ask the clerk in future as to what
had become OF his bill.
Upon the request OF the Speaker the
clerk read the minutes over again. Ma
hoe, Kaniho and Makekau were all ~
the opinion that too much time was being
wasted In unnecessary discussions, but,
like the ostrich which hides itself ov
hurYlng MS head IN the sand, they for
got they were the whole show them.
selves, Kaniho then withdrew his mo.
ton 90 reconsider bin II, and the House
resumed business on other matters
Beckley then presented a strong reso-