The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-16

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tain consideration. generally called
stake money, for, the same"
The bill provides for the appointme
by every legislature of three commits
sioners of gambling" who are to look
after the licensing and regulating of
the various 'joints."
This means the ripening of three
choice plums for somebody's picking.
Taro, tan, fan tan. monte, craps and
che ia will be perm ssible in the Ter
ritory, in fact the carrying of gaming
and gambling throughout the Territory
of Hawaii will be wide open to the pub
lie, providing that the Organic Acts
prohibition of lotteries does not prevent
its passage.
The report fayoring the passage of
the bill is signed by Makainai. Make
kau, Nailima and Puuki; Gilfillan, the
other member of the committee, dis
senting.
The question regarding the prol1ibi-
tive power of the Organic Act against
gaming was referred to the Attorney
General.
Through the special committee on
Bribery Investigation, Editor Like of
Ke Aloha Alma, figuratively "mopped
up the floor with himself" in abject
apology for the untrue statement pub
lished in his paper that $500 had been
used to bride members of the House.
The committee thereupon 'vindicated
and exonerated the Home Rule Rep
resentatives of this Island of Oahu from
having any completely in taking
bride"
Kaniho did not think that his wound
ed honor had been sufficiently salved,
and said that he had received a letter
from his constituents in Kohala stating
that rumors that he had accepted a por-
ton of the $500 were rife in the COM
munity, who were heaping rock pile
which would serve as a basis for a
series of greetings upon his return.
Kaniho further conceded that the
editor should be made to bend the sup
pie knee for pardon on the floor of the
House and then go to jail for thirty
days
1t looked like close call for Like to
interview a rock pile, rather than Ka-
niho, Monsarrat being also after the
editorial blood, but Mahoe's gentler
pleadings prevailed and the commit
tees report was adopted. Likes writ
ten apology goes into the journal.
House Bill 50, relating to the pro-
mitigation of laws, raised a storm of
discussion from the native side of the
House, Ewaliko, Kaniho, Keliikoa and
Haaheo feeling that if it could not be
printed and published in Hawaiian, as
we'll as English, the bill ought to be
thrown out
n a
ton of the measure, scored Attorney
General Dole and Judge Frear for not
giving the Hawaiians due representa-
ton in the Organic Act, knowing at the
time that the majority of the natives
did not understand English.
Robertson thereupon got sarcastic
and then indignant, saying that the
position thus taken by the members
who had just spoken, would render in
operative every act that had been
passed. Every Hawaiian is now a citi-
zen since the precious boon or the bal
lot has been granted to them. The
color line should not be drawn here,
nor should there be any ranting about
native rights. English is the official
and only recognized language of the
American citizen.
1T is probable that both Mr. Dole
and Judge Frear gave credit to the Ha-
waiians for having more sense than
has been just shown by some of the
members 1t is pity that they can
not rise to the occasion ana show that
they are patriotic citizens. There are
taxpayers who can neither speak Ha-
waiian or English, why, then, should
not the bills be published in the Ian
guages of those taxpayers?
''At present there is no officer whose
duty it is to publish the laws passed,
and it is vital that such an officer
should be appointed
Talr al- IN IiSh he
bills in both English and Hawaiian
finally passed
/ Senate Bill So, relating to the ap-
pointment of bailiffs, gave rise to over
an hours discussion as to whether the
bill under consideration consisted of
six sections, or had been amended to
five. Recourse to the journal showed
that section 5, relative to the appropria-
ton of the bailiff's salaries had been
stricken out
In the midst of the discussion Rob
ertson moved to adjourn.
The show of hands disclosed about
Eve in favor of the motion, as against
over twenty to the contrary. Despite
the evident disparity "Autocrat Akfna
declared the House adjourned and
started to lock up his desk. prepare
tory to departure.
The majority of the House rose
simultaneously in indignant question OF
the vote, Emmeluth's usually Tranquil
baritone sounding above the rest.
Akina, however, took no notice, be-
yond remarl>ing that if any one wants
the chair they can take it, and van
ished out OF the door.
Vice Speaker Beckley was prompt
to see the evident feeling of the House
and grasping the situation, took the
chair and called the House 70 order.
The question on the previous vote fol
adjournment was put, and rising vote
declared tbe motion lost.
Prendergast then moved the rejection
of Gilfllan's bill. but the House was
still too wrought up over Akina's ar
bitrary ruling to get down to business
The abrupt methods of the Speaker
have been getting more pronounced OF
late and today's action seemed sug.
gestive of a desire to block genera
procedure.
Makekau introduced a resolution
which was not interpreted. but wa:
evidently a strong objection to the
Speakers actions.
F,mmeluth. Mahoe and Dickey. the
latter of whom voted on the minority
side for adjournment deprecated the
resolution, while agreeing that Akina':