The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-19
bills 70 THE GOVERNOR THE HOUSE A FORTY CLUB
THE SENATE FINALLY DECIDES
ON A METHOD.
Not Much Business Transacted by
Home Rulers-They Expect to Put
In Hard Licks During Special session.

Home Rulers-They Expect to Put
In Hard Licks During Special session.
The Home Rulers" In the Senate did
not accomplish much today There
was more or less useless discussion,
but of actual work, there was not
great deal White proved to be very
democratic in his ideas about form.
He thought 1t was not necessary TO
have a committee 20 wait on the Cover
nor with passed bills, he thought a
messenger boy would answer. lie did
not think that the governor would
stand for any great iormahty. Who
knOWs2
The lack of work i'm the Senate is
explained I'm this way. IF the Home
Rulers do not pass any important bills
during the regular session, they viii
make up for their lack of energy dur
ing the special session. This is good
news for the taxpayer: il the wise
men are granted an extra thirty days
they will legisl2te on matters outlined
by the governor. They will not have
any chance to Introduce freak bills
or to restore the Queen.
At the opening of the Senate this
morning the clerk reported receipt Of
report of Board Of Health for past
biennial period.
DR.. Russell called attention to the
lack Of a Passed Bills Committee. He
had been informed by the Speaker OF
/ the House that the Legislature expense
bill, though passed by both houses,
was tied up because there was not
passed bills COMMITTEES DR.. Russell
recommended some action at once.
Senator Baldwin moved that the COM
mittee on joint rules be requested to
confer at once with the like commit
| tee of the House and formulate such
rules as might be necessary. Senator
kalauokalani thought the House should
attend to the matter of the bill getting
! before the governor, 1t having originat-
ed in that body
Mr.. White thought that the Senate
could send a clerk, a messenger or any
one else Ii might choose to the COVER
nor with passed bills. He did not be-
lieve the governor would object to any
one that might hand him a passed
bill, provided the bill was signed by
the heads of both houses. Senator
White recommended that the matter be
deferred until the recess hour when the
joint committee on rules could meet and
discuss the matter.
The matter was discussed at length
by Baldwin, Cecil Brown, Achi and
others.
Mr.. Kalauokalaui's motion, making
the clerk or his assistant the passed
bills committee, to act with the secre
tary or assistant secretary of the Sen
ate to present bills to the governor.
Just here there appeared the utmost
confusion as to what should be done.
Cecil Brown contended that each house
should appoint a committee of three to
become a joint passed bills committee,
to submit all passed bills to the COVER
nor, report back to the two houses and
keep a record of the same. He said
this was custom in Congress- in most
a M several States
the custom with the Legislature of the
late Republic of Hawaii. Mr. Kalauo-
kalani and Mr.. White said that the
Senate could appoint anybody to deliver
it's bills to the governor. Mr.. White
said the governor would return a bill by
a clerk or another understrapper and
he did not see why ethe Legislature
should put on any more fangles before
the governor than that official dOnned
in approaching it.
Mr.. Achi thought the clerk could not
/ act as a committee under both law and
rules, because a report was necessary
/ and If made able to make such the
clerk would be given authority coequal
with elected members of the House.
| DIR. Russell overruled this point.
There was some smart slashing back
and forth, when both sides lapsed into
a kind of slough from which neither
semed able to eXtricate itself. For
nearly a minute nobody had anything
to say. The Senate was in hopeless
tangle. Some members knew what to
do, but what appeared to be majority
did not want to do it.
Mr.. Carter: 81 move that we take a
recess until half past one" Senator
White seconded. Only nine out of four
teen senators voted, and the noes got it
by one vote. That extra vote was by
Senator Kaohi, of Hawaii, who voted
both yes and no on the question.
Mr. Carter: "Then, please excuse me
We are hopelessy blocked, and l viii
go outside"
Mr.. Carter went to the veranda. Mr.
Paris followed him. In a minute mos
of the Republicans and several of the
Home Rule Senators were outside. In
side the chamber Mr.. Baldwin arose L
speak You are out of ORDER said th'
chair. This put another quietus on tn
house.
Soon after Mr.. White moved that tn
, clerk of the Senate and the clerk of tn
House, or such committee as the Hous
might see fit to appoint act together ii
, presenting passed bills to the governor
Mr.. Carter asked If 1t was eXpecte,
= that a committee of House member
would consent to act with the clerk o
any other ordinary officer of the Sen
ate in this or any other matter. TIL
i reply was that such would probably b
. all right.
senator KalauOkalanis motion In
y structed the clerk of the Senate to &C
! with the clerk of the House in presen
> ting passed bills to the governor TIL
motion did not state how the Senate aC
quired the right to direct the clerk {
the House in this or any other matte
and also did not state what proces
II would be followed in case the Hous
had appointed passed bills committe
: in place of delegating such power
: its clerk.
d AS the matter now stands the Hous
& must appoint its clerk to act with III
/ clerk of the Senate on all matters
passed bills or the whole thing wi
have to be gone over again.
On motion, recess was taken to 1:3
al GET THEIR COMMISSIONS.
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