Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-02-28

h'uuu NY any ptEty IHONSn WHlCn tuey |
did not consi.ler proper.
So far as ths remainder NJ the make
up Of the House is concerned, nothing
much has so far been notiSed An after
noon paper of the city lias come out
from time to time with the words
Dem" and "Dem-Ind." after the
names of sonn of the native members
Of the House. There is nothing
that makes these same natives more an
CRY. The majority Of the House man,
bers are Independents. With the ex-
cepuon Of Mr. Emmel'uh, they are
all natives ami not single one of them |
is anything but straight Indepen-
dent. The next in line are the Repub
Iicans. Monsarrat is bipartisan, and
Wilcox is put down as Democrat al
though he liz not one by any manner Of
means.
From the present appearance OF
things 1t would seem as II the line be-
tween the independents and the Hepub-
leans. although quite sharply drawn
now. will become more so later on.
The Independents are not for trusting
the Republicans and vice versa. Then
again there have been things done by
the minority of both houses that will
not tend to bring about switching OF
the Independent party even the slight
est bit. These indications have been
closely watched and tendency Of the
natives to stick together more closely
has become more and more apparent
every day.
As soon as the bills begin to come In
there is going to be a detuge Senator
Brown. according to his own statement,
has twenty-six bills to introduce. Sem
ator Achi has about one-half that num-
Der and all the Independents have
legion. with such bills as the ones
relating to municipal government, tho
liquor question, SINCE tax and many
more of almost equal Importance, the
Senate will have its hands fun and, al
ready the Senators are beginning to
express their doubts as to the compile
tion OF the business of the Senate in
the sixty days assigned by the Organic
Act and are asking anXiously as to the
possibility of the recommendation by
Governor Dole Of the thirty day extern
D sion.
The appropriation bill Is one of the
most important measures to be con-
sidered by the Senate and House and
this bill will undoubtedly take up a
e great amount of the time Of both. The
a appropriation bill always has taken
e up a great deal OF time but the change
g OF the whole horizon Of the affairs OF
n the Islands during the past two years
: will tend toward a still greater change
S in the makeup Of the various items OF
e the appropriation. Salaries are
S to be cut and others are to be raised
:. Offices are to be done away with In
d places where In the past, they have
r. been considered necessary, this by {
d refusal on the part Of the independents
It to vote the money; inquiries Of al
IS kinds are to be made into the recon
!. mendations before any action Ia TAX
IS en- and everything will tend towarc
s. the cutting down OF expenses. Their
n will be no end OF fight for. II Is un
II derstood, the Republicans will vote oil
e the side of continuing the old state o
If affairs, while the Independents viii
ID vote to make the appropriation bill &c
n cord with the changed condition in tn
+ very best way they know how.
Ie In the House. the number of bill
Or will also be legion and, as in the Sen
ate. there are many Of the Representa-
l. tives who are sure they will not b
IS able to complete the work In the sixt
70 days assigned. They feel that, shout
re the Governor refuse to recommend tn
re thirty day extension, the work Of tn
rs session will fall to the ground.
There is just now an important mat
~ ter that is in the minds Of the Republ!
AZ cans and that is the use Of the Hawa
a, lian language in the proceedings Of tn
;, Senate and House. They feel that Their
= is possibility Of every act Of the Legi
-, lature being annulled because one @
40 the provisions Of the Organic Act ha
h. been violated. In their minds, the sec
4 tion referred to cannot be interprete
~ In any other way than to produce tn
"A meaning that only the English Ian
~ guage must be used. II the matte
NJ should come before the courts and tn
T. action OF the Legislature In appoint
N ing interpreters. declared unlawful, tn
n whole work OF the Legislature will z
a for nothing. This Is why they hav
A It in their mnds to, as soon as possible
N get the ear OF Washington and have tn
~ section stricken out or changed SO a
IN to allow the use Of the Hawaiian Ian
n suage.
q The Governors message Is not locke
70 upon by the Independents as YER
N capable document. They feel that tn
in Governor has said great many thing
IN In the air and that there Is very littl
worthy of more than a passing glance
-, This feeling has been expressed open
-, ly by not only Independent member
Of the HOuse and Senate but by other