The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-05-14
CONCURRENT NONSENSE.

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~ the taualians " IN, House knew
what was GOOD for them and fof the
'sUnntfy thsy would refuse tu listen tu
1.-The endless TRADES 9i ~ Emmeuth
AGAINST Governor ptlr uf Co perform
tho empty rite. which be- inspires. ~
passing votes nf want nf confidence Doc
the Territorial Executive.
Bv letting NJ Emmoiutb have F1
much time Tor wrcaking his personal
apite. they simply emphasize the charge
that they. rather than the Governor
are responsible fur thu delays which
make Jest and by-Nord NJ their leg
islntufo And IN passing such rcsolu.
tions as those OF yesterday the Home
Rulers expose themselves Go destrhc-
/ tive ridlcule The resolutions amount
/ to nothing. achieve nothing and are
/ foreign to the scope of American poll
/ tics and statesmanship 4 vote ot
want Of confidence Is unknown In
/ American legislation, and In Hawaii Is
an unhonored survival Of the time uf
/ the discarded monarchy
The Emmeluth concurrent resolution
| Is not only alien in spirit and In the
worst OF taste but 81 shows that the
House that passed Il has no conception
Of the rights and duties OF the Cover
nor We quote 1t here as elsewhere
in full
Concurrent Resolution OF the Legislature
OF the Territory OF Hawaii:
whereas the Governor OF this Terri |
tory has communicated to the House of
Representatives the fact that he signed |
Senate bill 56, relating to terms OF the
Supreme Court, six days after the close
OF the regular session OF this Legislature
and
whereas II such action was considered
legal 1t would have been also legal for
him to sign the County bill, and the Pure
Food bill, both being of vital Importance
to the political and physical welfare OF
the voters of this Territory; and
whereas, the Governor failed to yield
! his signature to the bills named; now,
| therefore be II
Resolved, by the House of Representa-
tives, the Senate concurring, That 1t is
the sense of this Legislature that the
Governor of this Territory is not in ac-
cord with this Legislature and the voters
| II represents.
| Resolved That this Legislature, by its
vote on these resolutions expresses its
want of confidence in the ability of the
Governor of this Territory to properly
interpret the Constitution of the United
States. the Organic Act creating this
Territory, and the rights of the people
Hereunder. JOHN EMMELUTH.
The objections to this pronunciamento
are as follows:
L. 1t holds that because the Governor
signed bill he approved of he was in
duty bound to sign bills that he did
not approve of or which he found to
be defective. The absurdity of such an
argument need not be pointed out.
O. 1t holds that the Governor of the
Territory Is not in accord with the Leg |
islature and the people it represents,
admitting all OF which merely estab
fishes the fact that the Governor is true
to his party, and to the American ad-
ministrative idea. A Republican Pres
ident would feel ashamed to find him
self in political accord with a Demo
cratic Congress and the people 1t stands
for. The same is true of Republican
Governor, in his relations with n hos
tile Legislature and body of voters.
Governor Dole represents the Repub
lican idea of Territorial administration,
not the Home Rule idea; and II he aban-
doned the one to take up with the other,
President Mckinley would be justified
in removing him. We live under a
government of parties and the party
which controls executive functions in
Hawaii Is not that which controls and
incidentally disgraces the Legislative
powers of the Territory. From this
point of view Governor Dole may be
supremacy Indifferent as to whether
the Legislature has confidence in him
or not We assume that he Is, and we |
know that his party is. Neither could |
be benefited by a Home Rule vote of
thanks
g. The concurrent resolution Is n piece |
of impertinence, in that 1t assumes
right of the Legislative branch of the
Government to dictate to the Executive
branch in other ways than by the pass
age of n bill over veto. A Governors
right to sign or veto n measure Is not
restricted by the wishes of the Legis-
lature which passed the act, any more
than the right of a Legislature to pass
or defeat n bill is restricted by the at
titude OF the Executive. Each moves
in free zone.
on these accounts the passage of
the concurrent resolution by the House
was an impudent waste of the peoples
time. II the document ever reaches the
President 1t will either go into his waste
baskets or be kept merely as a curio.