The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-05-14


ita vote on these resolutions exptcs'
Us want OF confidence IN the apility oi
the Governor uf this Territory Il
properly interpret the Constitution vi
the United states, the Otganic Act
! creating this Territory. ard the ttghti
Wv JOHN EMMnLurH.
EMMELUTii BREAKS LOOSE.
mir. Emmcluth moved the adoption
OF the resolution, and MIR. Robertson
moved It's Indefinite pustpunemcnt. IL,
thought that the honorable member
imagined that he was back In the days
before 80, when the legislators amused
themselves by abusing the Cabinet. II
was no wonder the papers called us
simians. The Governor had his legal
/ privileges, and had acted upon them.
Mr.. Emmeluth once suggested that
certain members needed baths to thor
oughly AmericanIze them, and he
thought the same treatment might
agree with Emmeluth.
| Emmeluth-"rhe Governor needed a
bath six months ago, and then decen-
! tralization would not be 50 FAR delay
ed This is IA fight for the people. We
don't care what line we take II up on.
These are unusual things. but IL is
more unusual for the Governor TO re-
fuse the peoples rights that the Leg
islature has granted them. This mat
ter lies closely to my heart. Look at
Senate Bill &c, Il mensly measure. prof
iting three well paid well fed and well
cared for men. sitting on the bench
with practically nothing to do. Look
at the rest Of the people and how they
will live the next two years. These
facts, these pictures. should be written
all over the walls of this legislative
chamber, where the neXt members may
read that we tried our best to pass
what the people wanted.
IF the county bill Is delayed two
years, what will the condition or this
country be: what prospects for the
natives with the low-pred element now
being crowded in? Under the nag or
the free and the home of the brave,
no king can act as the Governor has
acted with this. That was all wiped
out in 1776
81 said that the record of the Gov
ernor. as assisting. us in annexation
was a black one In 1892 Asiatics and
aliens were numbered at 2T,66l. In 1895
1t was 1900 odd; in 1900 the record
shows $4,000 japanese and Chinese,
double the percentage of increase of
Chinese, and treble in Japanese for the
past four years over the four years
previous.
Now, mind you" continued Mr.. EN-
meluth, waving his magnifying glass.
"only $40 Americans out of $4,000 alien
immigrants, came here. The Governor,
as dictator, is to blame. In the last
was Az per cent. the Japanese 400. and
the Chinese go. On this immigration
the Governor stands convicted in the
eyes of all well thinking men, OF du-
plicity and assistance to the privileges
of one class, and no one on this floor
can deny it. On May Day look at the
children in the procession; nearly all
Orientals. In the last eight years the
Japanese school children nave added
ten times to their number: the AM
orleans have barely doubled. What a
record for people who say they have
been working for annexation
Robertson-"What kind of laborers
do you employ on your plantation"
Emmeluth-"I have no plantation.
The Governors gang took 1t out of my
power to have a plantation. Mr.. Speak
err, the countrys escutcheon under the
monarchy was besmirched for years by
the conditions we are now enjoying.
Talk about resolutions! / wrote this
one in fifteen minutes. If ] couldn't
write better one, I'd soak my head.
But fifteen minutes Is Ion genough to
inform the Governor that he mas to go.
All our extra expenses for supervision
have been caused by this immigration;
these conditions that have caused the
Life of the Land into the Death of
the Land" and all the Hawaiians in
it.
zone thing more. The statement that
is going the rounds of the newspapers
in the editorials of the Republican,
where 1t is stated that IL was unfortu-
nate that such conditions should ex
list, but that now property holders
should be considered. The Hawaiians
are not now property holders; they
have little, but it is vested in the soil.
Out of 1000 voters, $500 odd owned
property and were Hawalians and
half-castes. Let us give them their
due. Two years from now every man
M wit hn anh Of, ,,,f1J
better understand the principles
have voiced, and clashings will be a
thing of the past, but that cannot de-
ter us from our duty now. Let us en-
gender the principles of the constitu-
ton of the United States"
Dickey-"Governor Dole is not upon
the floor Of this House to answer the
malicious attacks of the late speaker.
BY his position he is powerless to an
swer the attacks of the public prints.
The Governor is always a good friend
of the Hawaiian; he has always IA
vored homesteads and small holdings.
Most of our offices are filled with Ha-
waiians: so is the police force. If the
Governor were opposed to this. Ha-
waiians would never be able to hold
these positions. Hawaiians, when com
petent, were always chosen. LOOK at
Judge Ballou. Assessor Robinson, OF
Maui; Curtis Iaukea. Deputy Marshal
Chillingworth. The only charge
brought against the Governor is that
of the matter of Asiatics coming here. !
He couldn't help that; II is the fault
of the laws of this country, helped to
be passed by the honorable member
who has just spoken. Japanese can go
anywhere. / support the motion to
postpone this resolution. 1t
is shame that this Legislature, two
thirds Hawaiians, should assist a reso-
luton to 'vilify. the man who has ever
favored them"
Emmeluth-"When we come to con-
slider the matter CT public LANDS I viii
talk on the homestead matters. In the
meantime let the members send TO
their native constituents and ask them
how many have been benefited by
Governor Dole's land policy"
The previous question was moved.
Robertson rose to a point of order,
stating that Emmeluth had evidently
made up his mind to waste the after
Moons OF this session in cowardly dla-
tribes on the Governor to avenge his
personal spite, and that such reso-
luton foreign To the matter for which