The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-25
MESSAGE READ
BEFORE SENATE
Occupies Nearly all of the
Time and Body Transacts
Little Business.
at 10 o'clock the Senate
was called to order by Presiden,
ii Russell and the members listened

nROMPTLY at 10 o'clock the Senate
was called to order by Presden,
Russell and the members listened
to an opening prayer by the chap.
lain. delivered in the Hawaiian tongue
President Russell evidently thought
that 1t was not necessary to call the
roll, 30 omitted that duty, and so ia.
as the records Of the days meeting are
concerned there is nothing to show tina,
any of the members were present.
President Russell had evidently TAX.
en- advantage Of Washingtons birthday
and read up on parliamentary rules, for
he was able to render a decision with
a little more assurance than on prev-
Gus occasions. The House was not
alone in its intention To put Secretary
Cooper without the doors, for at the
opening of the Senate il was discovered
that the desk placed in the hall for the
use of Cooper's stenographer had been
seized by House Stenographer McMa-
hon and Assistant Secretary Coney.
The representative of the Secretary OF
the Territory was forced to take a seat
at the press table.
The question of translation from the
English language into the Hawaiian
and vice versa is very much of farce
in the Senate, as time after time the
motions were made in the Engllsn IAN
guage and Interpreter BUSH falieo !"
translate, or when he did only gave
what he considered the substance Oh
the motion and did not translate ltel-
a,Iv On one occasion this drew fortn
Ia vigorous protest from Senator
White. 49,,
The minutes of the previous meetings
were read by Secretary Caypless, o.
cupying twenty minutes. ana thirH
minutes more were consumed IN tnei'
translation by Bush. Senators brown
and Carter made some Suggestions igI
the correction of the minutes WHY"
wore accepted, and after severai ~
tempts were made to put a motion IN
correct form for their approval, the
chair finally ordered that the mihu'es
he anproyed with the corrections,
1t was 1I:15 o'clock before any OF "
business was taken up and seha"'
tKaiue moved that the minutes Oh ~,
first day be not included as part "
1.-The proceedings Of the session, as Wv
lSenate was not organized until the sec,
lond day. or Thursday. The. reading 9
the letters in the minutes was also op'
Itected to. and it was moved that IN wv
future they be omitted.
Senator Brown stated that the mo
ltion was out of order owing to the lae'
THAT the Organic Act specihed tha' a
journal be maintained, and his POM
was sustained by the chair.
communication from the lower
House was read stating that 1t was
lorganized and ready for business. Cec''
brown then moved that the commul
lcation from the House in regard 10 lne
lcommittee to wait upon the Governo'
lbe taken from the table and read INC
/ motion was carried and the secre'ar!
Iordered to read the communication
On motion of Senator Carter the cha'
Iappointed a committee of three 10 hou
Ify the Governor, composed OF the lo'-
lowing: Senators Cecil Brown, Geors'
lR. Carter and John II. Brown.
The secretary was also instructed "
notify the House of the appointment
lof the committee and Of its personI'eL
ICecil Brown then moved for receos
until l O'Clock to give the commute
thine to confer and report to the GOV
lernor.
When the afternoon session was ca,
led to order Senator Cecil Brown repo,s
led that the committee had waited upo"
the Governor and that the messaee
would be received by both Houseo
lshortiy after / o'clock. Even as ~
Ispoke Secretary Halves entered ".
lroom and placed the message on lne
liable. The report Of the committee was
lordered accepted.
| Senator White gained the moor an
moved that the message from "a
iGoyernor be delayed until after ne no
Tread a resolution which he wisheg ~
present to the Senate. but TO
browns objection and the support ''
1.-THE chair he was forced to yielu'
The reading of the message occuplse
NEARLY all OF the afternoon ana W. 49,
the secretary wanted to follow ~.
message up by reading a long artC,-
Ion estimates it drew forth sIrols
irrotest from the weary Senator'S az
lunon motion of Cecil Brown II w.
iplaced upon the table until such IN,
as the committee was able :" Ladv
lrules for the government OF the Il
continuing, he said that ne thous" and
Twas in order to print the message ,ha,
estimates In both languages 50 me
leach Senator might have copy %
. same. ,.ion to
Senator Baldwin made a mot'O" ~.
that effect but was Immediately he.
lowed by White, who said thal n
lneyed the message should be uAn'
ed at once. .o- and
The question was called ioI ,n "a
vote showed the Senators 10 DC had
vor Of Baldwin's motion, "n .ea, Of
been given precedence over nr,sinaf
white. who had Withdrawn his ORC
Imotion. .,s HOUSE
Senator Brown moved that the r ra
ad,ourn so as to give the CONT snnotor
On rules time to work, but his
white persuaded him to withdra~ r.so-
lnotion SO that he could READ No made
LUTON. A long speech was then and
IN the most fowery languas mt OF
when the substance was sifteo mo-
the resolution It was found ths' MAJ. that
ton had been made to the en-. a1ee be
the DECLARATION Of Indepen0e