The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-01
THE HOME RULERS UNITED
STAND TOGETHER IN THE JOINT
SESSION.
They Have Decided 1t is Best to
Wait Before Choosing Long Term
Senators.

The Joint session of the House and
Senate adjourned this morning until
the 50th day of the session. after a lot
of debate about it's right to go ahead
and after downing motion to adjourn
sine die, by a strict party vote. The
Independents voted together as they
have not done for some time. DR.. Rus
sci was absent.
The Independents are no longer anx-
ious to make the choice of senators
who are to have the long term. They
would rather wait a while They have
been figuring that the men they might
choose would be Independent of the
party for the rest of the session and
that it will be just as well to keep the
long term plum hanging before 1.-THE
members to keep them on good be-
havior.
Cecil Brown introduced a resolution
ton to bring the joint session to an
both houses all references to the con-
current resolution. Browns resolu-
ton was as follows:
Whereas, by Section IL of the Or
ganic Act, the Legislature of the Terri
tory of Hawaii is to consist of two
houses, which shall organize, and sit
separately, except as otherwise provid-
ed in and by said Act and
Whereas, the said Organic Act does
not in any portion or part thereof
provide that the Legislature of the
Territory of Hawaii shall at any time
sit in joint convention. and
Whereas, the action of the Legisla-
ture in passing the concurrent resolu-
ton authorizing this sitting in joint
convention of the Legislature is con-
trary to law and the true intent and
meaning of said Organic Act, and is not
warranted upon any pretext whatso-
ever, now there, be it,
Resolved that the records of the
proceedings now had of this joint con-
vention, as well as the records of all
proceedings heretofore had in both
Senate and House of Representatives
by concurrent resolution ordered the
present joint convention. to apportion
the terms of eight senat ~s elected al
the last general election be, and the
same are hereby ordered expunged from
the record of the Senate and of the
House of Representatives. And said
expunging to be, by the total erasure
and obliterating of all that part of each
record of the respective House of the
Legislature that contains reference tc
or is the record of such joint resolution
and such joint resolution itself"
Brown also argued that the resolu-
ton calling the joint session stated its
supposed powers wrongly. ''The or
ganic act provides that the Legislature
shall select the senators who are to sit
for two years." said Senator Brown
"and not that it shall choose those
who are to sit for four years as the
concurrent resolution states" Brown
contended that the choosing should be
done by the Legislature in ordinary ses-
sion, the two houses sitting separately
Beckley seconded Browns resolution
and Makekau made a speech against
the joint session. Makekau attacked
the resolution because it had not been
signed by the Governor, seeming to
think that it was a joint resolution, re-
quiring such signature.
Kalauokalani moved an adjournment
of the convention till the 5Oth day OF
the session and it was carried by all
parties after the Independents had
voted down an adjournment sine die.