Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-03-08
SENATORS AGAIN
ON A RAMPAGE
Majority Expunges Cecil
Browns Statements
From journal.
SENATOR POINTS With
FINGER OF WARNING
White Introduces 3 Resolution Re-
qussting Governor 10 Name His
AppOintees-Bills Read
First Time.

| hth TIE othutt tohNVhNu oitNi 'hV
regular lunch hour yesterday after
noon, Senator Kalauokalani arose at
once and seconded the motion Of Sem
ator Kaiue made in the morning to the
effect that the statement Of Mr.. Brown
be expunged from the journal OF Tho
Senate. He said that such a motion
was perfectly proper. In the opinion
bf the Senator who made the motion.
there was conflict Of two matters
which appeared on the record OF the
house.
Mr.. c. Brown arose again to speak on
the question and prefaced his remarks
by asking the Senators II every state
ment as It appeared on the journal Of
the day was not fact. He said he had
looked into the law regarding the ex.
punging OF records and he had found
that In all the history Of the United
States, there had been but one case and
that was during the time President
Jackson was Senator. Even this was
| hot Tie tApuhsihk VI a stdtVhSht outh
as his but 1t was the record Of reso-
luton passed by the Senate censuring
Senator Jackson. This was done on
the ground that the thing had been
done during the heat Of debate and that
It was unfair, unjust and improved.
Mr.. Brown ended his remarks by say
ing: "If the majority chooses to do this
thing, they are not as honorable as
thought they were and would not dc
as they would be done by II they were
in the same position. II makes no dit
tersnce to me personally but. in this
the first Legislature under the Terri
tory Of Hawaii | should not like to
see proceedings in this house which
might lead to grave results.
The chair called Mr.. Brown to order,
saying he was casting a reflection.
Senator Carter said that. II the state
ment Of Mr.. Brown were to be expunE-
cd from the journal, there would be a
record the next day that such thing
had been done and even IL this second
record were wiped out, there would he
the same thing the next day and so on
Indefinitely. II people were to look
lat the record In the future they would
be likely to say that the President was
wrong because there was only one
side OF the matter shown. II 1t were
possible to expunge the journal from
one end to the other, he would be very
glad.
In passing, Mr.. Carter said that the
, President on the previous day called
for the sergeant-at-arms to remove Mr.
Brown from the Senate chamber. Ac
cording to Rule n, he did not have this
! right as the sergeant-at- could not
be summoned unless by a two-thirdi
vote of the Senate.
, The ayes and noes were taken on the
question Of expunging the statement OF
MIR. Brown from the journal Of .ht
previous day and 1t was found that the
Affirmative had 1t by vote of 8 to &
Mr. Brown, being an interested party
refused to vote.
Mr.. Brown asked how the clerk wal
going about II to expunge the state
! ment from the journal. Did he intend
to tear 1t up or was-it HIS intention &c
rub 1t out. II the former, he woulf
have to tear up the whole journal as
the statement was part Of II. He
moved that the clerk be instructed L
write across the statement. the words
"Expunged by order OF the Senate OF
March 7, 1901" This motion was los
and the journal was adopted, minus the
statement that had created so murt
talk.
House bill No. again made its ap
pearance on the scene, this time witt
the names OF the Speaker OF the Hous,
and the clerk, appended. Senator Ach
wanted the bill sent back for the thirC
time because the clerk had not com
piled with the law in regard to In,
matter of certifcation. However, tn,
President declared that the bill was Il
due form and so 1t went through. Or
motion of Mr.. White the bill was laic
on the table for consideration today.
A communication from the Hous
submitting a certain Joint resolution
was read by the clerk. Mr.. C. Brow
moved that the communication be re
turned to the House on the ground tina
It was not in proper form. In place o
the original document was a certified
copy He said It was disgrace h
send such a document to the Senats
Evidently there was total ignoranc
of the fitness of things somewhere