The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-03-19

He said the statement was a slur upor
him and an insult which should be
wiped out by furnishing the offending
scribe.
THE article stated that l 'hitched VI
my trousers in true nautical fashion,
which is a slur and an insult to me
Mr.. Speaker" he exclaimed in a tragic
tone of voice. II don't know what they
mean by calling me Dick Deadeye' and
/ | know, Mr.. Speaker, that my pants
We're all right and l didn't have to
hitch them up"
| He had risen to a question of privilege
and read both the Dick Deadeye" and
the Interrogation Point articles and
denounced the latter as "damnable
| lie.'' He asked that the House take
some action to punish the offending
writer as he was upon the floor only
as a matter of courtesy, and several
of the members glared in the direction
of the reporters table. Kaniho arose
land protested against statements which
had appeared from time to time in the
advertiser and other papers about HIM
self. One paper, the Home Rula, had
Icalled him a jumping-jac and he de-
nied the soft impeachment. He said
that if such statements We're not stop
ped he would introduce resolution that
very afternoon to have all the newspa-
per men elected from the floor of the
House.
1Mossman, after reading section 25 of
the Organic Act. charged the newspa-
per men that they beware lest the
House enforce the provisions of the
section. The House should give warn
ing first and take action afterwards.
BY this time the House was in a tur-
p1oil of excitement and each Independ-
'ent member tried to say something
about the Advertiser. Several infam-
matory speeches We're made directed
principally against the Advertisers
representative, but not towards the pa
per itself, and Beckley then perceived
he had made foolish request He said
he did not bring up the matter to
threaten the members of the press with
any such punishment as that stated in
the Organic Act, but to show the limi-
tations of the power of the press as far
as the House was concerned. The
press. he said, had certain rights and
so had the legislators.
Representative Makekau thought the
reference relative to Beckley "hltching
ion" was nothing short of an insult and
he advised the speaker to put the ma
chinery of the authority vested in him
by the Organic Act into immediate ac-
ton. AS the speaker was the ruler of
the House, he should at least request
the reporter "to bundle up his notes and
leave the hall" or imprison him for
thirty days. He said the Interrogation
Point" article was outside the House
proceedings and had no claim to their
discussion. He then moved to have the
reporter elected.
Several members shouted "kokua,"
when Beckley again took the floor to
defend the reporter as against the fool
ish action proposed. He delivered him.
self of few remarks as to the pro-
priety of the House members carrying
out such a threat and advised them to
keep their heads cool, He considered
that when the reporter was ordered out
of the hall IL meant that the Adver-
tlser, as "A paper, was ordered out also.
1T is the Advertiser and not the re-
porter that Is responsible" said he with
some heat. He requested, however
that the speaker inform the reporter
that the statements made I'm the Adj
yertlser We're considered Objectionable
by the members and 10 reprlmand him,
and II the matter was repeated then
he advised taking summary action,
Aylett, who was elected as a Repuh-
lican from Honolulu, then began an
eNoitahle speech. lie advocated radical
courses lie went on 10 explain for the
benefit II the country members what