The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-01
THE HOUSE REFUSES
TO CLOSE ITS SESSION
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case the penholders are missing.
Concurrent resolution 5 was by the &C
ton OF the judiciary Committee indefi-
nitely postponed, the committee thinking
/ that the additional judgeship already
provided for would meet the exigencies
Of the case
/ Senate bill 81, relating 10 petroleum,
was passed by third reading.
Senate bill relating TO the Furnishing
of receivers Of stolen goods was passed
/ Senate bill relating 10 the redemption
Of property held IN adverse possession
/ within FIVE years, was taken up. Beau
Brummel Mossman objected to the bill,
making the startling and interesting an
nouncement that bills passed by this
| House relating TO civil matters would be
retroactive over bills previously intro
6uced.
/ Robertson pointed out Mossman's er-
ror, where that member had read the
! z5-year limit as twenty years. Robertson
agreed that the eminent jurist from the
Fifth District (Mossman) was correct in
his idea from thei 2o-year standpoint
/ Whereby in the previous state, according
( 70 the Statute of Limitat tons, there was
/ & period Of five years TO be bridged over.
Robertson added that he was surprised
that the Senate should have passed a
bill making the period Of limitation
( twenty-five years, when ten and in some
/ cases five years is the time allowed by
! the Legislatures of most of the States.
Emmeluth, during the speech, was
stealing, with catlike tread, between the
/ Speaker and his desk, finally disappear
ing through the doorway with Delegate
wilcox.
Makekau said that the bill was intro
duced to prevent the plantations from
taking land away from the poor native.
Mossman then repeated his previous
speech in the pride Of being addressed as
an eminent jurist
The bill was indefinitely postponed on
motion Of Robertson
Senate bill 3d. providing for the Lahai-
naluna Seminary, Hawaii, was discuss
ed. Emmeluth considered the terms OF
the trustees should be reduced to two
and four years, moving that his amend
nent be- adopted.
Makekau charged Emmeluth with at
tempting TO kill the bill by introducing
an amendment at the last moment En-
meluth denied the allegation.
The amendment was lost amid sarcas-
tic comments of make loa-"
The measure passed with vote Of
al, Emmeluth voting in its favor.
Senate bill n, relating to che adulter-
alton of food, was read. Emmeluth dis
covering a Star news caption entitled
Passing of the Simians," was deeply
agitated and took the paper TO Beckley.
InH SGTReSDr-2I-&TnlS WIS sent " SSSoA
the corridors for absentees TO vote on
the measure and the bill passed its third
reading.
Senate bill 81. providing for the build
ing OF a school and conservatory OF mu-
sic at fIilo, sent the sergeant once more
into the lobby.
In the interval Emmeluth drew the
attention Of the members to the Slm1an
article. asking them not to forget when
/ g. h. cplo-v NJ the
reputed editor of the Star in the Appro-
priation bill as Superintendent OF Edu-
cation Robertson advised the members
not 10 be too thin-skinned.
a concurrent resolution was then read
from the Senate asking Governor Dole
that in the name of truth and decency'
the session be extended and the names
Of the members charged with bribery
given to a committee which should be
appointed TO wait upon the Governor.
Dickey moved that the extension Sec
ton be stricken out OF the resolution.
Makekau suggested that it was well to
be intelligent on the subject and to ask
the Senate for their report to the House.
Robertson said that the Nolte free
lunch charges were once going to result
in the arrest of the editor of the Adver-
tiser and the expulsion Of the reporter
Of that paper; that the plan as well as
the proposed investigation Of Russefs
charges. made on the Senate floor and
elsewhere, had fizzled out after much
talk. He therefore moved to indefinitely
postpone the resolution the House did
not wish such charges Investigated
The motion was lost.
Makekau's motion to send the ser
geant-at-arms to the Senate for the
committee report on the matter. was
carried.
EmmeInth: Nobody knows better
than I do that there is no report. No
body knows better than I do that the
members who voted this motion down
are afraid Of a report"
Robertson submitted that the Chair
should send the sergeant-at-arms to
make an official enquiry as a report was
referred to in the resolution, and moved
for a recess until Z.
A motion was made for adjournment.
Robertson: IF this is the last day of
the session, as claimed by the Governor,
all work will be lost if the House ad-
journs until tomorrow.
Beckley amended the resolution to take
a recess until 1880 to a Commute recess
until the sergeant-at-arms could report.
The sergeant-at-arms reported that the
clerk Of the Senate had told him that
there was no report on the concurrent
resolution, but that Senator Kanuha
brought up the resolution and was here
present to speak for himself.
The Speaker asked the Houses pleas
ure.
Emmeluth said that it was a piece OF
presumption for the House to ask the |
Senate for a report when the meaning /
was plain upon the face OF the thing.
The resolution was then adopted, all 4
the Republicans except Kelki and Aylett /
being absent.
Emmeluth and Makainai were appoint /
ed a committee to act on the concurrent /
resolution.
Makainai asked to be excused. as ne /
had too much work on hand The ex-
cuse was granted and Mossman ap- /
pointed.
a motion to go into recess until 7:30
was then lest,
Dickey changed the hour until eight
the same carrying. The outlook for
quorum seemed doubtful.
NIGHT SESSION.
The night session started without any
attempt at serious work and indeed no
decided attention was given to any mat
ter during the evening. a large crowd
gathered and hung around for some time
in expectation of amusement or excite
nent and found none. Frequent adjourn