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man who failed to vote their way. The
vote stood seven to pass the bill and one
to reject it. President Kaiue promptly
declared the bill passed.
One of the reporters in the rear of
the room gave vent to a smothered
laugh at the tactics displayed by the
head of the Senate in declaring a bill
passed on a vote like that Senator
Kanuha, Senator Kalauokalani and one
or two others turned to locate the
laugh, and Secretary Caypless hastened
to inform the president that a vote of
seven would not pass the bill. hur-
yried conference took place in the native
language. The President and the mem
bers saw they could not force the bill
through and President Kaiue arose to
state that he had made mistake and
that under the rules to pass the bill
would require g vote of eight-a major
ity of the whole Senate. Another
smotheting laugh from the rear of the
room caused Senator Kanuha to in
quire of reporter:
DO you understand the native Ian
guage?" He received an affirmative
nod The bill was then declared to have
failed of passage.
Interpreter Bush was not present,
and as a result none of the Hawaiian
.utterances were interpreted during the
session. The sergeant at arms occa-
sionally explained to the native mem
bers the meaning of certain papers
which had been referred to the Senate
by the House. but no attempt was
made to comply with the provisions of
the Organic Act, which require all
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House Bill S4 relating to the fran
chise of the Standard Telephone Co,
Ltd, was read and passed for Its third
reading.
House Bill 80 was called, but was re-
ported yet in the hands of the judi
ciary committee.
Senate Bill 81 was called for it's third
reading, but was not taken up.
House Bill Is, defining misdemeanors,
was read for the third time, and pass
ed on a vote Of g.
Senate Bill 81, creating and establish
ing an agricultural college and model
farm was read for the third time.
ment which had been inserted on. sec
ond reading by Senator Baldwin.
which provided that the site of the COL
lege be chosen by the Governor. He
desired to have the section--number IL
remain as originally presented, which
was to establish the college at Puma,
Hawaii. His motion prevailed, and the
bill passed as amended by Russell.
House Bill Sc, relating to soda water.
ginger ale, and other bottles, was read
for the second time, and made the or
der of business for today, when it will
be read FOR the third time.
House Bill SO, providing for the main
tenance and control of the government
sewerage system, passed Its second
reading, and will be read today for the
third time.
House Bill 1O4, relating to the sealer
of weights and measures, passed its
second reading.
Senate Bill rs, relating to appropria-
tons, was laid to one side.
At this juncture sleepy Senator
said with a sigh:
Its too late to pass bills on second
reading, because there isn't time TO
send them to the House-it's too late"
Its too late for a. whole lot of
Them" added Secretary Caypless.
House Bill "a, providing for the ex-
tension of School street from Ldliha
street to Kamehameha ~. passed It's
second reading, and will be read for
the third time today.
The joint resolution passed in the
House to appoint a commission to ex-
anime the system of taxation in the
Islands, to be composed of five mem
bers, was adopted by the Senate.
The bill providing for the storage OF
kerosene OIL gasoline and other infiam-
mable materials, passed third reading.
Secretary Caypless announced that
this concluded the business for the
evening, and on motion of Senator J.
Brown, the Senate adjourned until 10
o'clock this morning.
An important joint resolution having
it's initiation in the House was to have
been presented during the session, but
owing to the fact that the House failed
to secure a. quorum, there was no OPP
portunity to present it. Representative
Emmeluth brought a copy of the
resolution to Senator Kalauokalani.
and gave very definite instructions as
to what should be done with it. 1t
was passed on to Senator Russell, who,
after reading it, shrugged his Shout
ders and whispered to Kalauokalan1,
What's the use?" Speaker Akina, of
the House. personally came to the Sen
ate, to state that the House had held
no meeting, and the resolution went
into Kaiauokalanis desk. Just what
it's contents were could not then be
earned.