The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-05-02
VERY MUCH UNFINISHED BUSINESS
J. BROWN, KAoHI, kAiuE AND
WHITE WILL BE THE
HoLD-oyERs.
ksnuha and Russell Spoiled the Plans
Of the Members Of the Legislature
White Was the Rock On Which
They Split.

me HrsI session OF the Legislature /
VI TIE territory Vas concluded Al
midnight last ulgnI after q stormy /
Jofnt session OF the Two houses At
winch the moreover Senators were
named.
Inc session Was called Tor 10 O'Clock /
N me morning, but il was about 1870
before d quorum OF Dotn Oh the houses
had assemUled Al the chamber OF the |
nouse Oh Representatives. The iegls- !
Iators talked IOC nearly thTee-quarters
vi an hour before they got do~n 10 !
the real business Oh the session.
Senator !. Brown OF the FIRST Dis
tricJ was the Hrst name on the list
and when the question was put ana
voted upon, II was found that he mad
the unanimous support OF AL the mem
bers present ana received Is votes.
Next the name OF Senator kaohi was
proposed and he poiled the full
strength OF the joint session. At this
Juncture Senator haiue was put in
nomination but. before a vote could
be taken, kanuha arose and said that
he desired that Senator Russel's name
be acted upon at the same time that
the names Of Brown and haohi were
considered.
The President ruled that Kanuha
was out of order and before Kaiue's
candidacy could be acted upon Emme-
luth caught the eye of the President
and he moved that the session take
up the different districts and their
Senators in the order of the islands
from which they had been elected
Before this resolution could be acted
upon the Tumor was circulated that
Emmeluth would not vote for Senator
White for the long term in his dis
trict.
There was trouble in a minute and
after the % votes had been cast for
kaiue, White was placed in nomina-
ton and received % votes, as Emme-
luth had made his escape during the
confusion. Under the ruling of the
President, White was not elected, as
il was necessary TO have a clear ma
jority of the joint session of the full
strength of the Legislature in order
10 make an election of a Senator a
legal election.
The session then recessed until the
afternoon.
During the afternoon the fitful and
elusive quorum kept the members
guessing until il was time to quit. A
recess was then taken until 1880
O'Clock. 1t was about $3.50 o'clock
when the % got together again.
During the afternoon Emmeluth
used his advantage over the insur-
gents in such that he forced the pass
age by the Senators of a resolution
which originated in the House two
weeks ago. The resolution was by
Beckley and ted been shelved in the
Judiciary Committee of the Senate
by the grace of Senator White It was
all about Jacob Brown and the objects
OF his trip TO Washington and appear
ed at the time of its introduction in
the columns of this paper.
Senator Baldwin was nominated for
one Of the long terms and was turned
down by a vote of 3 TO 81.
Up TO 1850 o'clock nothing further
was done in regard TO naming the rest
OF the hold-overs. But there was a
dramatic scene in the session during
the evening.
Uncertainty as to the condition OF
White. as far as his right to hold
over was concerned. caused all the
trouble White had declared early in
the game that he would not vote upon
his own election, but later he thought
better of ii and On the first ballot he
voted for William White for a long
term. The vote was ordered recon
sidered and Emmeluth had agreed to
vote for him. White himself was not
nd L. -,N1 l.
Russell When il came to a vote It
was found that Kanuha had joined the
insurgents and when Russers name
was called he voted against White
The House stuck together and the re-
suit OF the ballot was % 10 . White
was declared elected under new rul-
ing OF. the President. when Kanuha
and Russell rose from their seats and
skinned OUT Of the hall For a per
Tod OF 10 minutes the air was full OF
superlatives and the Sergeant-at-Arms
Of both houses and the messengers
were dispatched in haste TO bring back
the recreant ones to the fold.
Nakookoo Of the House did not
make any effort 10 80 after the vanish
ing senators. bat Kahanlelio OF the
Senate numbered out after the nervous
Russell gsnd the trim-looking Kanuhs.
Russell seyaded the very qualified ef-
forts for his apprehension. but Kanu-
ha was brought hack in n very ex-
cited frame OF mind. They scuahbled
for a while longer and then dissolved
the Joint session without making any
further nominations
The session closed with general
period OF THANKSGIVING Emmeluth
gave thanks TO Robertson for his ef-
forts in the Judiciary Committee and
Mossman and Kaniho each had several
members OF the House whom they
thought we're particularly deserving
of their thanks. II ended with a little
speech by Speaker Akina in which he