The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
HOUSE VOTES AFTER A LONG
DISCUSSION.
Emmeluth Roasts and is Roasted and
Opponents of Military Finally Garry
the Day.


The House had a very torrid discus
sion over military this morning. EN-
meluth was well to the front looking
after the rights of the people" and
! some queer statements were made
about the usefulness and uselessness of
soldiers. Emmeluth thought that CON
sututional rights" made soldiers un-
necessary and he was stirred to the
depths when Robertson referred to him
as an x-oligarchist."
The discussion was opened by EVA
liko, who moved that all the items
under the head of military be stricken
out, with the exception of ianitor. lie
SAID that the only position that this
bureau really needed was the one that
provided the care of the property.
Dckey seconded the motion. He was
| followed by Monsarrat, who said that
| the military property now in this ter
ritory was the property of the federal,
and not the territorial government.
Dickey followed this by an amend
ment, doing away with the officer of
captain and adjutant, with a salary of
$1,000, and instead creating the office
of adjutant at $780, This and the
janitor should be preserved he said,
and the other offices should be oblite-
rated Dickey censured the military
mildly for extravaganza.
Aylett suggested that the positions
| of armorer, Janitor and one clerk be
| preserved. During the early part of
the session, he said, that he had been
in favor of cutting out the entire ap
! preparation. Upon more mature con-
| sideration, he felt that there should be
| someone in charge of the armory, to
enable the members of the national
| guard to drill when they wished. While
| he was aware that money had been
I lavshed upon the military department
+ with an eXtravagant hand, he thought
! the department should not be entirely
dispensed with, and that there should
| be a military organization in Hawaii,
! to sustain the law. The speaker cited
| the instance of a stowaway on Maui,
who was arrested by the sheriff only
| when the latter had called upon the To-
calmiitary to help him. Had it not been
! for the handful of soldiers, the captain
of the schooner would have effectually
prevented the officer from coming on
I board "Colored people and Porto Ri
cans are coming into the country
| said Aylett. They are not the best
| class of people. Soldiers from Camp
| Mckinley and policemen cannot be eX-
pected to preserve the peace of the ter
| ritory under such conditions There
are eight islands whose peace must be
/
force of men on the side of law and
1 order, on the ground. The declaring of
| martial law is but a poor substitute
| for a military organization. Every
state and territory in the Union has it's
own military force.
| when the trouble with Spain and
the United States arose. it was from
the national guards that the larger por-
ton of those who answered the first
call for troops came. In case of war
we must be ready to do our duty. We
should leave something for the mill
i tary." In translating this last SEN
tence, Wise inadvertently used the
| word 'missionary" for military" The
u result was a hearty laugh from the In
dependent side of the House
| Aylett said that the expenses of the
companies were divided between beer
and cartridges. The Hawaiians should
be better prepared for execution than
l they were in 1887, when they had moth
/ ing but rice bird guns, and the natives
put the powder in the barrels of their
guns without opening the paper socks
which contained the powder
Emmeluth answered the speaker who
had sustained the military. He said
the day of force had gone by, and the
age of constitutional rights had come.
The day of legislation not coercion had
arrived. A Porto Rican, Emmeluth
said, asked him for aims. The condi-
tions are unholy that these immi-
grants are bringing to pass Rather
vote $780, 900 for the school fund than
81, 900 for military support The mill
1 tary had backed up the oligarchy for
!, the past seven years, and now the very
men who had suffered at its hands,
Hawaiians by blood and by birth, were
: doing everything in their power to per-
petuate this state of things.
Representative A. G.. NJ. Robertson
! said, at the conclusion of Emmeluth'
speech. that "the speech of the Honor
able "ex -oligarchist was a paralyzer.'
Aylett, Robertson continued hao
J reviewed the matter intelligently. The
age of militarism is not yet passed
These companies are composed OF
young men who need the physical
exercise that is derived from them. The
amusement is wholesome, simple and
, benefits both the individual and the
!, state.
, Emmeluth was evidently bit hard by
I the appellation X-oligarchist' for nC
, sooner had Robertson taken his seat
than Emmeluth sprang to his feet, anc
e stood there until Wise had finished In
= terpreting Then he began;
There Is not a state or territory IL
. the Union today that has had the mill
! tary forces called out except for th'
Spanish war, but what the poor hav'
> been killed by the military in orde
that the rich might be protected. Thii
is the history of every strike" Emme
Iuth said the territory of Hawaii wa
. rapidly drifting into this condition o
things. Illiterate immigrants wer'
n causing a rapid change. of affairs, AM
n that change was not for the better
: There would be a peaceful revolution
J. by the ballot box, or there would be
revolution of force i'm which the mill
tary forces would be at the beck AM
call of the sugar barons
The speaker then reviewed the Cou
9 d. Alain strike. the Albany strike, an
q several other labor uprisings, in sup
: port of his theory.
Q Hoogs replied by saying that Emme
!, luth wanted change of agriculture