The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-20
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THE LEGISLATURES BRILLIANT
FINISH.
Just a Slight Chance Left for Action
Next Week-Home Rulers Not Even
Able to Adjourn.

It was brilliant finish. The Legis-
lature of a thousand speeches didn't
know whether to quit or not this morn
ing, but the result of what it did do is
expected to be an end of the business.
1t is the present general opinion among
the members that the First Territorial
Legislature of Hawaii has passed into
history. The House yesterday inde-
finitely postponed all the business it
has before it and it will not meet again
till Wednesday, which is too late for
a vote to reconsider. while the Senate
finally tabled the business some tim,
ago.
1t was later than usual when mem
bers of the House. which was supposed
to be the only body that could take
up the Acting Governors messages be-
gan to arrive. BY 10 o'clock however,
there was quorum present, consisting
of natives and two whites Emmeluth
and Gilfllan. 1t was decided that the
House should not be called together un-
til the Senate had been heard from. The
last thing the House had done was to
notify the Senate that it was ready to
adjourn sine die and there was moth
ing before the House until the Senate
responded. This was just what the Sen
ate didn't propose to do, for the Repub-
licans didn't want to give the Home
out further fight for action upon the
unpaid bills and the Loan Act.
I'VE will stay away and prevent them
from getting a quorum, to ADJOURN
said a Republican Senator yesterday
and today the Republicans carried out
this program. The House waited and
waited, and finally when news was
brought of the departure of Senators
Cecil Brown, Paris and Crabbe. leaving
nnIx yof,
lani and Kanuha, the House came to
order for the purpose of adjourning. It
was announced that the Senate had
adjourned till Monday morning.
Speaker Akina stated that the Senate
was going to pieces and that there
was nothing for the House to do. Beck
ley moved to adjourn till Wednesday,
mornin0. Puuki, Kauimakaole and Ka-
niho insisted upon an adjournment sine
die, in spite of repeated rulings by the
| chair that this was impossible without
the consent of the Senate. Beckley's
| motion carried, and the mornings ses-
| sion, which may be the last one, came
| to an end.
! To the last the Republicans kept up
! the fight for action on the unpaid
| bills. There were many caucus discus
sions While the House was waiting for
| the Senate, in which efforts were made
bills. The Loan Bill matter was drop
ped in these discussions, but the Home
| Rulers were not to be changed. They
held to the idea that if the bills We're
not paid the responsibility was upon the
Governor for not extending the regular
session, and they were determined to
| adjourn sine die.
There was great Indignation in Home
| Rule ranks against President Kaiue of
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| ing there We're enough Senators about
the bungalow to make "a quorum, but
| they We're not brought into the Senate
! chambers. Kaiue was uroed to send
| the sergeant-at-armS after them, and
| did so, but without result Then he
| was asked to issue warrants for their
arrest, have deputy sergeants appoint
| ed, and use his authority to see that the
| absentees were brought to their seats.
The Senators whom the sergeant-at-
| arms found 1aid no attention to his or
ders that they take their seats.
The doubtful end of today's session
| leaves just a chance of action next
week, if the Home Rulers change their
| minds. The Senate will meet on Mon
| day and if there is not a quorum, as
| there Will not be if the Republicans
stick to their program, it can only ad-
| journ for another day A minority has
day" under the Organic Act, and un-
less President Kaiue is able to -eXer-
else his authority and bring in the
| members who refuse to attend, the ses-
sion may drag along for its fourteen
days and then expire by limitation.
The House cannot adjourn without
| the consent of the Senate, and the Sen
ate cannot adjourn without the consent
of the House. One is to meet on We'd
nesday and other on Monday. The
| Senate has not much chance of getting
quorum except for work on the bills,
and many members of the House state
that they will not attend again.
Members generally are packing up
and preparin" to go home. The dream
of Proportional Representation and
| Single Tax, and $40 a ton on Sugar,
County Government, the price of fish
made ten cents a pound by law and
Home Rule oeniusses taking the places
of present officials from Dole down, is
| over, and now the members are going
to tell their constituents how 1t happen
ed. They passed none of their bills and
now it appears that they are not going
| to be able even to adjourn.