The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-26
REPRESENTATIVES, ASK DOLE
FOl. TIME.
Robertson Tells the House What He
Thinks of the Legislature of Which
He is a Member.

Inc senate Ialleu TO get an extra SeS-
sion and now the house has decided to
try it's luck. A resolution was adopted
this morning, after considerable debate
during which Robertson very neatly
roasted the majority, asking Governor
Dole to extend the session for thirty
days, and providing for committee to
interview him.
The resolution sets forth that organic
act provides that the Legislature shall
reapportion the senatorial and repre-
sentative districts for which it is
stated the superintendent of the 18th
census has not yet issued the necessary
figures; provide an election law for the
election of territorial delegates; pass a
liquor law and decide what senators are
to have the long term, and that none of
these things have been done. Ii is also
sets forth in the resolution that public
revenue is lacking owing to the islands
having been deprived of funds formerly
received from the post office and GUS
toms bureau, the work of commissions
of all parties is before the house in the
form of bills prepared at great expense
of time and labor, especially in produc-
ing charter for the city of Honolulu
by remodelling the charters of Seattle,
San Francisco and Indianapolis and in
preparing a county government act by
re-modelling the laws of Nebraska and
Oklohoma and these bills, with many
others, are now up for consideration
and cannot be considered In the time
remaining to the regular session.
After the resolution had been in
troduced by Beckley Robertson moved
that it be indefinitely postponed. He
said the legislature had done nothing to
| entitle it to longer session and that
| the resolution failed to make mention
of the many measures ranging from
| ridiculous to vicious" that were up for
| consideration as well as the important
ones named. THE time has been spent
| in squabbles over points of order and
! how to proceed and not on debates over
| important acts" said Robertson. Z"
| There has been an entire lack of leader
| ship and organization in the majority
| and this has resulted in a lot of found
| ering about while no fixed policy for the
| good of the country has been developed.
| mo good will be accomplished by an
| extension of the session. 1t would SIM
ply continue the waste of time. The
| time would be given to the considera-
| tion of various measures that are pet
| schemes of members and no action
that would be of benefit would result
THE case of the county bill is an ex-
| ample. 1t was passed through this
| house with various acknowledged de-
| fects which, to save time, the house left
| to the senate for correction. 1 hear
now that the Senate has passed it on
final reading without ever reading ii
through NO one can expect the Gov
ernor to sign a measure in such shape
as 1t is and therefore the hours of hard
work on the bill may be all wasted
| MoSsman said the judiciary commit
| tee was responsible for the houses fai-
lure to do business and Prendergast re-
| ferred to a Legislature in the past that
took longer to do anything than this
one, and said that if the present legis-
lature should stay in session six months
it would not have a worse record than
the old one to which he had reference.
Beckley roasted the governor and the
family compact" He said that the
executive departments, through their
refusal to cooperate with the legisla-
/ ture had blocked business. "The fami-
| ly compact is anxious to show the world
that we are not capable of self-govern-
ment," said Beckley land 1t wants to
retain its power by shutting off the
first legislature of the people that has
been elected in Hawaii for seven years. y
Emmeluth rose to speak. but the pre-
viOus question shut him off. The reso-
luton was opposed on vote by Aylett
i Dickev Hoogs Kumulae and Robert
son. Monsarrat, the independent Re-
publican, voted with the Home Rulers
Speaker Akina appointed as a COM
mittee to see the governor about the
extension Prendergast chairman, Rob.
ertson and Monsarrat. Robertson and
. Monsarrat declined to serve and the
house took a recess before any other
selections were made.