The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-01
HOUSE HEARS HALF DOZEN BILLS
AND SENATE FUSSES OVER PROCEDURE

the aotiont Of the senate were = dis
grace TO . 'cry member In the senate
and that the body was the object OF
ridiculc from every person In Hsno-
lulu.
o. Brown thought that some time
during the middle Of the session would
! be time enough TO visit Nolokal and
proposed that they pay attention to
business for the next two days and
adopt some rules Brown stated that
he had at least twenty-six bills To in
troduce as soon as the Senate was in
shape 10 receive them. and feared that
II every Senator had the same. the
business could not he finished within
the ninety days allowed them. He then
moved that the resolution offered by
Senator White be laid on the table
Senator Kalauokalani is the first SEN
ator to realize that the time lost in the
house was due to the fact that each
Senator thought II his duty to say
something on the most trivial question
which might arise, and he urged more
b expedition i'm the transaction of bust
neess. He followed his remarks by n
passionate appeal In behalf OF the un-
fortunates at kalaupapa and urged the
adoption of Senator Whites resolution.
The committees" he said. "who have
gone there from the Legislature before
have made a pleasure trip OF It and
have come back knowing little more
Of the true condition OF the lepers than
they did before the visit / will give
my support to the resolution and
amendment proposed by Mr. Brown"
TO Carriers inquiry concerning the
present condition of the lepers, Sena-
tor Kalauokalani replied that he had
l.atN Lott Lao.
on last Friday appealing for aid and
describing their pitable condition.
a third amendment was proposed by
Senator Baldwin that committee OF
five be appointed to act with House
committee as a joint committee.
Senator Kaohi grew eloquent In his
support of the resolution and argued
that two days would be better than
one day. lie bitterly arraigned the
previous, expeditions to Molokai,
claiming that all they had ever done
was to ride horseback and in other
ways make a pleasure trip of the
whole. He urged that the trip be ex-
tended over three days, leaving here on
Thursday instead of Friday.
The amendment by Carter was car
ried by vote of seven to six. Carter
evidenced a desire for work by moving
iIul Iu itftSS bf lHhtll until Int rules
We're adopted but failed to satisfy his
brother Senators what provisions could
be effected for meals White moved
to adjourn to 1870 p. m. and the motion
was lost
g. Brown moved to proceed with the
rules and refused to grant permission
to Paris to introduce n resolution
adopting some special rules.
The rules of procedure were then taxi
en- up until the house adjourned to
meet again at $50 o'clock
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The reading Of the rules was resumed
at 1880 o'clock with but few OF the Sen
ators in their seats, the tardy ones
struggling i'm one at time until all
seats We're filed. The lobby was com
posed entirely Of Hawaiians, the white
people seeming to have lost interest in
the proceedings.
The rules relating to the appointment
of the various committees necessary
met with long debate and ended in
very few changes.
Two hours We're spent In passing on
twelve sections of the rules, making
only twenty-nine adopted out of a total
of l0i sections to be acted upon.
Senator White was the chief obstruc-
ZIONIST during the day and inspired
Achi to move that the rules be referred
White he annoinied .e cbairmar ~ Inc
same.
Carter moved that tbe ranort of tho
old committee no received ana Tho
committee discharged and that now
no oor,roead -, co,o,or.
was lost and the discussion Of the rules