The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-09
HOW TO PUNISH EDITORS
THE HOUSE SEEKS TO FIND THE
RIGHT WAY.
Representative Makainai is Exonerated
by a Committee Report-Scriptural
Quotations Enllven Discussion.

Today was another funny day in the
House. Inc representatives nrst en-
Joyed themselves over proposal TO
send the educational committee to KoO-
lau to look at the proposed new site
for the reform school, ending by re-
solving to ALLOW the committee to 90
on Sunday at it's own expense, and
then a report on the disappearance Of
the concurrent resolution calling the
joint session started several members
on hunt for journalistic scalps. What
should be done with offending editors
was discussed at some length and the
members finally began quoting Scrip
ture. They hurled texts more or less
accurately quoted at one another until
Speaker Aklna mildly told them they
were not in church.
Even the speaker gave way once TO
the quotation craze. "The pen is might
Ter than the throat" he said, though
orator Kaniho naturally didn't think
so. A written apology thought the
Speaker was a better one to get from
an editor than one given orally.
The committees report was as fol-
lows
Your committee to whom was refer
red House Resolution No. So, beg leave
to report that they have investigated
the charges made against Representa-
tive Makainai and found that the state
ment made i'm the Honolulu Republican
and purported to have been made by
Mr.. Caypless, charging Mr.. Makainai
with having had possession Of the con-
current resolution supposed to have
been lost at the meeting of the Joint
session of the Legislature. Mr.. Gill,
editor of the Republican, admitted that
the article in his newspaper was print
ed upon a misunderstanding caused by
a misinformation furnished by one Of
the officers of the Senate, John f.. Bush,
and that he would publicly make note
and correction Of the same in the Ho-
nolulu Republican. We therefore fully
exonerate Representative Makainai
from having any completely in the sup
posed disappearance of the concurrent
resolution. F. w. Beckley chairman,
c. II. Dickey, S. X. Mahoe."
Publication of the report in all the
papers was proposed, but Prendergast
suggested having the editor write an
apology and publishing apology and re-
port together.
Kaniho didn't think a written apology
enough. He wanted editor Gill brought
before the House to apologize in per
son and the Rev. Hihio said that the
published statement was IA conta-
minating worm crawling about the
House and communicating all the mem
bers," and he urged that the House do
something the editor would not for
get" without specifying what terrible
punishment he favored
Robertson gently demonstrated, call
ing the reverend representatives at
tention to Biblical commands TO for
give.
The preacher legislator responded
with with what measure We mete il
shall be measured unto you" and then
he got into an argument with Dickey
who had forgotten his Bible and
thought that the quotation was from
the Old Testament
After the Speaker had told the mem
bers they were not in church and could
look up the quotations on Sunday, the
matter came to a vote and the commit
tee report was adopted