The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-02-25
THE SPEECHES ON THE BECKLEY
RESOLUTION.
Independents Stand Solidly for the
Resolution-Robertson Never Said
"Bayonets' or Troops

The expulsion of Secretary Cooper
from the House of Repre- entatives on
Saturday afternoon was not accom-
plished without vigorous protest, in
which the Republicans stood together.
When it came to vote the Independ-
ents and Democrats arrayed themselves
against the Republicans and the re-
corded vote of 20 to is a sample of
what the Republicans are up against
for the whole session.
w. II. Hogs (Rep) began the dis
CussiOn by renewing his motion for sus-
pension of rules and appointment of a
committee of three to investigate the
Cooper matter. Kaniho protested and
the chair said the Beckley resolution
was the order of the day. Hoogs asked
that his motion be put and the chair
was ruling that it was out of order,
when the arrival of the governors mes
sage interrupted the proceedings.
After the message had been announ-
ced the chair made the ruling Mr..
Hogs said he would rise to appeal
from the decision but he realized lit
would do no good" He thought the
house made grave error in not APP
pointing a committee and making a
thorough investigation.
Dickey (Rep), offered a resolution
that as the laws provided that Secre-
tary Cooper should keep record of the
proceedings, he be given a place on the
floor of the House. In support of his
resolution Dickey made an address in
which be referred to the BeCkley TesOlu-
tion as "gratuitous insult to Cooper.
I'VE all want to appear well at wash
ington," said DiCkey land certainly a
gratuitous insult to one of the chief re-
personalities of the Federal govern
ment would not look well as one of our
first acts, to say the least The right
of Mr.. Cooper to be present is a matter
of honest doubt. Able jurists in Homo
lulu differ. The resolution 1 offer adj
mits no right but grants a privilege.
The original resolution is to an extent
an insult to the Secretary of the Ter
ritOry."
Emmeluth QndO moved that the ORR
ginal BeCkley resolution pass. Wilcox
Oem) seconded the amendment.
Robertson Rep) rose to oppose the
BeCkley resolution and to explain his
references in a former speech on the
subject. Certain remarks | made on
this subject" said Robertson, have
been misunderstood and misrepresent-
ed. l have been accused of threaten
ing that armed forces would be used to
maintain the secretary where he is,
and of. urging him to call upon such
forces. Neither of these charges are
correct. In the first place I am not in
the habit of making threats l cannot
carry out and in the second l should be
the last to advocate such course how
ever much 1 might disapprove of the
resolution.
"If it is the view of the members of
this house that no separate record
should be kept by the secretary of the
territory, it can accomplish its object
of preventing such a record in a gentle
manly and proper way and without Of
fering on insult to the secretary. While
Congress ordered that the record be
kept, it made no appropriation to pay
for it, and the House may refuse to
appropriate funds for Mr.. Cooper'S re-
cord"
Emmeluth Ond.) replied. He argued
that the Organic Act, the recent letter
from Secretary Hitchcock at Washing
ton and general precedent as followed
in other territorial legislatures all sup
ported the Osition taken in the Beckley
resolution. Emmeluth quoted from the
statutes of the United States and from
secretary Hitchcocks letter published
in the Star He asked the members
who opposed the resolution "to point to
any territorial Legislature in the Unit
ed States which permitted a secretary
of the territory to take up a permanent
position on the floor of the Legislature
for any purpose what ever.
Il see but one course for the secre-
tary to pursue" continued Emmeluth
land that is to take up his nOsition in
his own Office and wait for this body,
in due time, to transmit to him a report
of it's proceedings"