The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-29
The SENATE
AND HOUSE
DR.. Russell Is Back
In His High
Chair.
LEGISLATORS
GET MONEY
Many Amusing Bills Come Up in
Both Houses..-The Usual
Amount of Friction.


A ND the cat came back: That is,
"A Senator Nicholas Russell was in
"a the chair of the president of the
Senate this morning and looked
as If everything was serene. as If he
had never resigned, and more especial
iy as If he had not attended that eau
Gus last evening, which, as newspapers
would say in their advertising columns,
was personally conducted by Senator
White.
Mick" who was reported late last
night as having joined the Republican
members, had evidently got cold feet
and a dressing down. There was a
time when even his political opponents
considered him of some consequence,
but when at the meeting of the Senate
yesterday morning he took the chair
after his utterances on Wednesday. he
was simply classified with political
.time-servers and humbugs..
But there he sat and, after a long
debate, which was of rather mild ma
ture, the discussion of his resignation
was put over until Monday next
On Tuesday, as 1t will be remembered,
the medical politician stormed and
roared and swore that the Senate could
table his resignation ION, under or
above" the table, as long as he had the
floor, and yesterday morning he had
his fiery resignation postponed and
took the chair which Senator Kaiue
likes 80 well.
| 1t was not difficult to find the reason
of the whole trouble. 1t was simply a
row between Russell and White in re-
4 90 ha or words
seconds called, duel arranged, arms Sc
lected, Scotch and Sauerbrunnen (mix-
led, no blood shed, shake hands. cuss
dispensary bill and any other old bin
ftexcept those due to the contestants)
Friendship forever until next row. That
: is about the way the Associated Press
sent telegram In regard to the due1lo
between Castellane and the editor of the
Figaro and so far our local sparring
between Russell and White has not real
ly amounted to much more than a big
bluff Where Kaiue comes in is seri-
Gus and sad puzzle for that unhappy
vice president who, in spite of his init
mate knowledge of Whites tactics
Thought he had got the easy chair Of
the president of the Senate.
Notice had been given that the -00(
been signed by the Governor, and tina
all the Senators needed to do was t.
press the button and the treasury de
partment would do the rest.
Senator Baldwin, who knows his Ha
waiian compatriots, succeeded in max
ing them do little business before ad
journing and through his exquisite
tact, he held them together until II So
was taken. Senator White wanted t
have the Senate meet tomorrow at e:3
a. M Senator Carter saw Oily Bill
folding his salary draft and, shakin;
his head, moved to make it 10 a. M
because he felt sure the Lahaina mai
wouldn't think of being around befor
that hour Lahaina smiled and sal
"kokua" and it will be 10 a. m. befor
what is left of the Senate appears thi
morning.
! In the meantime the following bust
ness had been done:
Mr.. Kalauokalani reported for tn
printing committee that Senate bill
had been printed and was ready TO
distribution.
| Then the moment of peace came an
the glad hand was the order of tn
y
wreathed in smiles, announced that tn
following communication from the Sec
rotary of the Territory was received:
IT have the honor to inform you tina
the Governor signed, this day, Act
entitled, IAN act to appropriate none
for the purpose of defraying the ex
penses of the session of the Legislator
of the Territory of Hawaii of the yea
The dignity of the Senate was pre-
served, however, although some of tn
> honorable gentlemen seemed to be seat
ed on uneasy chairs, but in spite G
the itching" Mr.. Kanuha gave motto
of his intention to introduce can &C
to provide for and to regulate the send
ing of the Hawaiian youths to tn
United States to be educated" Unde
suspension Of rules it was read the frs
time by title and referred to the print
. ing committee.
. Under suspension of rules, Mr.. Pari
presented the following report of tn
public lands committee on Senate bi
Al:
We find said bill amends section ~
of the Penal Laws so as to allow IN
use of explosives in fishing on reefs an
waters of the Territory, but fails to re
peal or amend sections 1853 and 146
which would conflict with the sectio
as amended in the bill.
Your committee considers that til
present law in regard to the use of e2
plosives in fishing should not
changed.
Whenever explosives are used in fist
ing large numbers of young fish a,
unnecessarily killed Of which no US
can be made.