The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-30
Russell and Native
Leaders at
Outs.
THE EXEMPT TAX
BILL. IN HOUSE
Home Rulers Show an Increased
Disposition to not Only
Rule but Ruin.

4 storm in the Senate yesterday. II
/ was hurricane which swept away
! from the political. stage the Home
Rule party. President Russell is on the
floor and has declared war against
Senators White and Kalauokalanf, Kai-
ue is in the chair and can not help his
party. Oily Bill is out of sight and
very numerous in the House of Repre-
sentatives, where he expects to get
even with Russell & Company.
If Mr.. Russell, Mr.. Kanuha and Mr..
John Brown sincerely mean to join the
Republican party, as they did today.
they will have the support of many
citizens who regretted their antics at
| the beginning of the session of this
Legislature.
Senator White was politically crush
ed, but when the political avalanche
rolled down from Russers resolutions
mountain he managed to smile, but he
smiled in very poor manner.
No endeavors will be made to make
the Russian faction return to the fold
of the Home Unrulies," but last night
/ it was whispered in political headquar-
tiers that Russell will be fired on the
same grounds which were at one time
advanced against him, -to-wit, that the
/
ELECTION was not signed by twenty-five
qualified voters, as prescribed by the
Organic Act
! Everything went off smoothly until
Russell took a seat on the floor ana an
oar in the debate He will not resign
from the Senate, reported in the
city, but will become d Senator. ready
to expedite" business.
AS Delegate Wilcox will soon be in
Honolulu, matters in the interest of
! good government should certainly be
attended to at once, and. if Mr.. Russell
is in earnest, he should help Messrs.
Baldwin, Cecil Brown, Carter and the
other intelligent Senators who try to
do some good work in the best interests
of the Territory.
When the Senate met Russell called
Vice President Kaiue to the chair and
he humbly took a seat next to Senator
White and became an ordinary Sena-
tor.
The secretary presented the following
communication:
Honolulu, H. l., March &c, 1901.
Sir: Section 60 of an Act to Provide a
Government for the Territory of Hawaii,
approved the Goth day of April, A. d.
1901, provides, among other duties of the
!
within thirty days after the end of each
session of the Legislature transmit to
the President, the President of the Sem
ate and the Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives of the United States one
copy each of the laws and journals of
such session"
In order that 1 may comply with this
section of the law, l respectfully request
that the journal of the Senate from the
J of no tn
present date, duly certified by the Presi-
dent and the secretary, be transmitted
to me as soon as possible, and that
thereafter the journal of each days ses-
sion, duly certified, be filed in my office
as soon as the official copy can be pre-
pared: and also that sufficient money be
placed at my disposal for making the
necessary copies of the same.
HENRY E. COOPER,
Secretary of the Territory.
To HON. NICHOLAS Russell, Presi-
dent of the Senate.
1t Jared Kaiue's nerves to have
the communication referred to President
Russell but harmony, due to payday.
still prevailed and on Monday the Sen
ate has decided to consider Secretary
Coopers communication, if no luau in
tervenes.
Then Senator Crabbe looked triumph
munications from the House submitting
House bills Is and 40 the latter relating
to the employment of minors in saloons
upon motion, they passed their hrst
reading Another communication was to
the effect that Senate bill 2S, relating to
G.. A. r. badges. had been passed in
third reading in the House. The com
munication was referred to the Military
Committee and Mr.. Crabbe.
Senator Crabbe is quite a politician and
has worked earnestly for the two bills
which are now before the Senate.
Whether he will succeed in carrying the
minor bill has vet to be SEEN.
Then came two reports from the Judi
ciary Committee which read as follows
The majority of the Judiciary Commit
tee, to whom was referred the Govern
or's message. in regard to the revision
of the laws of the Territory of Hawaii
by Judge Walter F. Frear. beg leave to
report that said message has had their
attentive consideration.
The majority of the committee beg fur
Their to report that the request" made
by the Governor to Judge Frear that he
prepare a revision of the Hawaiian laws
as affected by the Organic Act. was
an unwarranted assumption of authority
on the part of the Governor In the opin-
ion of the majority which should not be
in any wise ratified or confirmed by the
Legislature; the majority also deem II
not improper to say that they have been
surprised tn learn from the Governors
message that Judge Frear should have
prepared the revision of the laws In
question upon the mere request of the
Governor without legislative sanction oil
authority. 1t Is customary in all of the
United States, as well as in the Terri
tories, for the revision or compilation OF
laws to be effected by a special Act OF
the Legislature authorizing such revis-
ion or compilation to be made by com
mission appointed for that purpose by
either the Legislature or the Governor
This is the first instance in which an in
dividual has been enterprising enough t.
undertake a revision of the laws with
out prior legislative authority so to do
The majority beg to call attention to thu
l fact that the Governor states in the mes
sage under consideration that upon th'