Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-05-09
RESOLUTIONS, MEMORIALS
AND RESULTS.

The memorial to President Mckinley
prepared by Republican members OF
the Legislature and some members OF
the Territorial committee is in many
respects a two edged sword in its
bearing on the Governor. Curiously
enough the Republicans have brought
out the pith of the Home Rule charge
against the Governor. namely. that
majority OF the legislators came to
their duties prejudiced against the
Governor or his record for the previous
seven years. This is to all intents
and purposes the position taken by
those Republicans referred to in the
expression: Among them are men,
bcrs of the party who. during the cam
paign and since have differed from the
Governor upon matters affecting party
policy" The Republicans. who differed
with the Governor, held that legisla-
tors would come to their duties pre-
judiced against the Governor. Then
the memorial goes on TO state that the
Governor has come to time and Is in
harmony with the party. All this
leaves a renewed opening for attack.
The memorial Is indeed plain
statement of fact. The majority Homo
Rule party is unQuestionably RESPONSE
bic for the delays in legislation dur
ing the early part of the session; II the
text of the County bill Is in the condi-
ton 1t Is asserted to be no Governor
would be justified In signing It; the
Home Rule resolution contains no more
specific charge than that members
Were preiudiced against the Governor
and he in turn is preiudiced; the Home
Rulers refuse to 20 ahead with Dole
In Office and the Governor acting upon
the advice Of Republican members OF
the Legislature refused to allow them
to take as much time as they wanted
Comparing the two documents the
Republican memorial expresses less
force and enthusiasm Of utterance than
the Home Rule resolution. The en-
dorsement of the Governor is negative
rather than positive. Had the Repub-
Leans closed their memorial with a
straightforward request that Governor
Dole be retained in office, they certain
ly would have added positive strength
to their petition.
The force or effect In Washington
of either the resolution or memorial Is
eminent has little time for petty de-
tails. 1t views the situation by results.
This is the view taken by the Ameri-
can people. II Is the view taken by the
people of Hawaii. The Bulletin be-
lieves the Republicans would have bet
ter met the wishes of the people by ac-
cepting an extension Of the session.
rather than stopping to squabble over
the Governor or Home Rule methodS
and mistakes. BY such program L.
would have been impossible to load
responsibility for failure to pass i'm
portant laws upon any other party than
the majority party.
The past Is gone. The people now
clamor and rightly clamor for re-
suits, progressive results. The Legis-
lature is called upon to appropriate
funds when sufficient funds are not In
sight. There may be some way OF
whipping the devil around the stump
and lacking provision for bond is
sue on the end of the Appropriation
bill. II this can be done in such a
manner that the bonds will be saleable,
well and good. A measure that sug-
gests any question as to the legality OF
the bonds will be worse than useless.
Rather than produce such measures 1t
would be far better to call an extra
session, for be it known to executive