The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-18
THE HOUSE WAS
WHOLE LEGISLA-
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Head that he could tell a vessel as far
away as the human eye could reach
and at once tell what ship 1t was by
the rig. This man, he declared, was
now walking the streets OF Honolulu
after having spent all his life. in the
service of the government. He said
that he had been removed without q
chance to defend himself from any
charges against him, and that his sue
cessor was too drunk TO be OF any SER
vice whatever. He spoke Oh one Time
prior to election that he had gone out
to Diamond Head with Diamond Head
Charley and a newspaper man, and
found both the keeper and LOOKOUT sc
drunk that they could not tell the name
of q vessel if it were stranded on the
beach He.declared that the govern
ment should find some way to super
wise the lighthouse sufficiently to know
whether it was receiving good service
or Door, for not alone the merchants OF
the city, but the seafaring men, de-
pended upon that lighthouse and look
out, and if the keeper and lookout were
to be drunk all the time, 1t was
shame and a disgrace, and might at
any time cost valuable lives. He said
that the Governor had only picked out
one or two to be pensioned, while there
were many who by all rights OF long
and faithful service should receive con-
sideration at the hands of the Leg
islature, if any were to be considered
at ALL Civil service reform is some
thing that must come to this Territory,
as it has to the States and Territories
and cities of the Mainland.
Earlier in the day a communication
was received from the Attorney Cen
eral, transmitting a copy of the opin-
ion of j. ]. Dunno as to the power OF
the Legislature to take up matters 9TH
er than the appropriation bills at the
extra session. This was in reply to a
~I,,%1 isat
was hoped would bring out different
view than the one submitted to the
Senate on the same subject. Instead,
Attorney General Dole simply sent a
copy of the communication he had ad-
dressed to the Senate, transmitting
DUNES opinion. The communication
read as follows:
Territory of Hawaii, Office of the At
torney General, Honolulu, H. l.,
May is, 1901.
Hon. j. A. Akina, Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Terrific
ry of Hawaii
Dear Sir-I have the honor to &C
knowledge receipt of House Resolution
6, which is follows:
Resolved, that the clerk of this
House be, and he is hereby directed
to address a communication to the At
torney General of this Territory, max
ing inquiry as follows: Is there any
thing in the Organic Act creating the
Territory of Hawaii which, in specific
language, bars the consideration by
this Legislature of legislation other
than appropriations? If no such spe-
cific restriction is created in said Act,
what should prevent the Legislature
passing on desirable other legislation
during this session"
The only provisions of the Organic
Act relative to extra sessions and the
power of the Legislature at such ses-
sions, SO far as I have been able to
discover are contained in sections 43,
So and 81. JNI3
I herewith send you copy of Mr..
DUNES opinion upon this question, to-
gether with my comments thereon.
regret that it is in somewhat soiled
and marked condition. 1t has been
used by one of the newspapers for the
purpose OF making extracts for publ
cation. 1t is the only copy I have, ex-
cept the letter press copy. / am, sir
E. P. DOLE,
Attorney General
The able opinion of Mr. Dunno covers
thirty-six pages of letter paper, and
has already been reviewed by this pa
per. It seems that the Senate had
confined itself to the question as to
whether a loan bill could be consider
ed at this session. while the House
whether the powers of the Legislature
were limited at special session I'M
. der the terms of the Organic Act. The
opinion of the assistant to the Attor-
ney General clearly holds that this par
ucular session of the Legislature is
priation bills, but leaves the question
open as to what another extra ses-
sion could do after this session has
passed the appropriation bills and ad-
journed. jsf3
On motion of Mr.. Paele Und.) the
entire communication, including the
opinion, was ordered spread upon the
journal, and on motion of Makekau
Und.), was ordered translated and
printed for the benefit of the new
lawyers of the House"
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House met again at 1920 and
consideration of the report of the com
mittee on the permanent settlements
was resumed The report was adopted
after short debate, and ordered in
serted in the bill when it came UP for
third reading
Mr.. Robertson (Rep.) secured the
passage of a resolution in line with his
remarks of the previous day, by which
the committee on finance was ordered
to bring in the balance of the Cover
nor's estimates for appropriations In
the form of an appropriation bill. The
debate on this resolution was princi-
pally between Messrs. Robertson and
Dickey, both Republicans, the former
remarking that If the committee un-
derstood the resolution and did what
they were ordered to do, instead of
exceeding their authority and cutting
down the recommendations, that the
bill could be gotten up in short order
and the House would attend to the re-
auctions itself. Dickey thought this
was a reflection on the brains of the
committee, and suggested that the Ho-
nolulu member might as well introduce
.he bill himself. or attach a preamble
and instruct the clerk to get up the
bill. He claimed that committee had
some discretion, and If a matter was
referred to a committee, they had a
right to make recommendations, and
those recommendations were entitled
to consideration. However, the reso-
luton passed.
At this point Mr.. Makekau Qnd)
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