The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-05-14
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I INilNN 20 an inquiry uhht ~ COM
! uiitns No 90 why the county bin was
not sisned. niso. TO iemmemihs want
I uf cot ndpuCc' resolution
/ \ dead silence rcigned over the Sun-
ate fuf a half minute uf so after the
/ ntst4natned resolution was read
Everybody seemed 10 be waiting Tor
the other fellow tu open up Long
seat generally occupied by one Senator
'Oily' william White. from Lahainn,
who. hy The way. dld not show Gp uui
ing the afternoon session.
Finally John r. Brown, he of the
generous proportions slowly and with
voice. az II he was afraid he was lay
ing himself liable, moved to adopt the
resolution.
The motion brought Senator Crabbe
to his feet, who declared the motion
out Of order, on account Of the resulu-
tion being foreign to the business be-
fore the House.
j Il. Brown said the reason he want
ed to adopt the resolution was TO put
the stamp Of disapproval on the Gov
ernor's action i'm signing the supreme
Court term bill six days after tine close
of the Legislature, and allowing such
good measures as the pure food bill
and county bill to go by default. He
maintained that If the Governor could
sign an act six days after the close OF
the session, and make II legal he
could have signed the county bill,
which. Mr.. Brown said. was the best
bill brought up before the Legislature
ut would have been signed had 1t
been IA Republican measure was j.
f. Browns cry. Too much Partially
has been shown" Brown therefore
wanted the resolution adopted on gen
eral principles
Senator Carter said he did not who'll
ly approve of the Governor signing
any measure after the closing of the
session, but denied very strongly that
there was Partially shown in signing
any bills. As for the pure food law,
he Informed the portly member from
Hilo, that the pure food bill never
reacheud the Governor. as 1t was Killed
in the lower house. He gave numer
Gus instances to show that the Cover
nor had been impartial.
"Any man" continued Carter, who
had any kind of head on his Shout
ders at all, and was able to read the
English language, would have done the
same thing as Governor Dole did, with
the county bill, and the very people,
who were so anxious to see the bill
pass would have been the first to con-
denim it after seeing it in operation.
ION account of the bill being the
pet measure of the Home Rule party,
the opportunity was seized, in order
that personal spite might be vented on
the chief executive. 1t was monde
script resolution" Carter concluded,
and he thought it merely a waste of
time to speak against it, as it would
no doubt pass.
Senator c. Brown was then recogniz-
ed and said although he went to
Washington as member of commits
sion that staid there six weeks, work.
ing against Governor Dole being APP
pointed to his present position, and
seeing their mission was fruitless, they
accepted the inevitable, and since then
have stood by the Governor in his ac-
ton, and would stand by him as long
as he was Governor of the Territory.
"All resolutions" he continued, that
could be passed by this Legislature, or
$50 other legislatures, If there could be
that many. would have no influence
with President Mckinley 1t would be
like pouring so much water on ducks
back. The resolution was mere state
ment of opinion" he went on to say,
land would simply stir up bad feel
ing. AS to the county bill, the Cover
nor was justified in taking the course
he did" Brown said he did not know
what was in the bill, no more than the
man in the moon, and he defied any
member to read the measure through
in one day, and thoroughly understand
it,
Baldwin made long speech, attack
ing the defunct county bill in a vigoy-
GUS manner, and warmly defended the
action taken by the Governor in re-
gard to the bill.
At this juncture a diversion was Gre
ated by the sergeant at arms ANNOUNCE
ing message from the Governor. Pri-
vate Secretary A. G.. Halves Jr., en-
tered, and presented the message,
which named the new appointees in the
Public Works, Treasury, Public Lands
and Health Departments.
On Senator kanuha'S motion, action
on the message was deferred until next
Friday at p. m.
The discussion on Emmeluth's pet
was then continued. Baldwin held the
floor for another ten minutes. and
scored the manner of rushing the
county bill through.
Senator Kalauokalani was the next
Jack in the box" Il am very highly
pleased" was his sarcastic remark, ito
hear the honorable member from Maui
protect the Governor in his 'shindigs.'"
Kalauokalani then began to justify the
action of adopting the resolution, and
as loyal Independent, praised the
county bill to the skies.
Senator Achi was then recognized,
and said: I'VE are acting on a resolu-
ton protesting lack of confidence in
the Governor.
in looking through the Organic Act
| find nothing against the course taken
by the Governor. 1t was not that the
pONtTHOT WAS WRONG, he went on,
but the members of the Legislature
themselves, that are to blame, and II
there was to be a want OF confidence
resolution passed, 1t should be directed
against the members of the Legisla-
ture, and not the Governor" Achi at
tackled the Independent party In strong
words, The blame, he said, for the
present state of affairs, was on the
majority. Notwithstanding they had
everything their own way they allow
ed matters to drift along until 1t was
too late to do any good. He reminded
them OF the attempt to apportion and
elect Senators. The Republicans were
ready to dispose OF the business. bur
no. the majority got to lighting among
themselves, and allowed the opportuni-
ty TO slip through their fingers. If the
had been In the majority,
he added. every measure brought be-
fore the Legislature would have been
Of within the fifty day limit.
but although they We're sadly handi-
capped In point Of numbers they had
done a great deal that would rebound