The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-26

This means simply that any member
''displeesing the majority can be ex-
PEELED by simple majority vote, while
under the present rules it takes a two
thirds vote of the elected members of
the Senate TO remove a member.
The amendment will be introduced
tomorrow and carried and there will
be no further use for the previous
question" as the minority Senator'S
will simply be fired out if they should
oppose the Russell White combination.
! Senator ]. Brown wanted more time to
look into the bill relating to the distil
lation of Spirituous liquor He hadn't
seen" any liquor man yet, nor had he
been seen" and he admitted that he
! didn't understand the provisions of the
bill. which will be called again tomor-
row.
Then Senate bill 80, the most i'm
Iportant measure presented, was called
land passed by a party vote of to s,
the Republicans opposing the measure
vigorously. The bill is short and reads;
An Act to abolish capital punish
ment within the Territory of Hawaii.
| and to substitute In lieu thereof i'm
prisonment for life.
Section l. That capital punishment
within the limits of the Territory of
| Hawaii is hereby abolished.
Section 2. That wherever capital
punishment is provided in the Penal
Laws or elsewhere in the laws Of the
Territory of Hawaii, such provision is
hereby repealed, and Imprisonment for
life, with or without hard labor, al
the discretion of the court, is hereby
substituted instead Of capital punish
ment."
The atmosphere was Sultry then and
it didn't need a weather bureau &c
predict a storm Several ShrinerS
gentlemen and ladies, had entered the
senatorial sanctum, and smiled ap,
provingly at the noble Senators anc
their work, which was recorded as fol
lows
Third reading of Senate Bill s. relat
. ing to forest roads. On the ayes anC
noes being taken unanimous vote II
favor of the passage of the bill wa!
registered.
Third reading of Senate Bill 81, re
lating to the regulation of the rees o
witnesses and jurors. Postponed unit
Tuesday on motion of Mr.. j. Brown
who stated that he had an amendmen
which he wished to introduce.
And then started circus which
ended in an early adjournment and II
the non-appearance of the Republican
members during the afternoon session
The bill under consideration relates t
the appointment of bailiffs In the diff
ferent Circuit Courts, and TO their pay
and is really, to all appearances, a
/ least, a very innocent measure,
a led, however, TO the most heated de
bate that the Senate has yet witness
. ed. The Republican members were o.
: their feet and pounded their desks
and tried to get the chair 10 give
= fair ruling according to parliamentar
f Hoyles. They might as well hav
= talked to the people on Mars, becaus
the majority wouldn't listen, and eve
;, Senator Paris was turned down wit
!, duh. awful thud.
IL The evil genius of Senator Whit
: was sitting close to that gentlema
and instilling his venom into the hon
e orable gentleman who possesses man
II good points, and all fairness and jus
tice were cast to the winds.
On motion of Mr.. Kanuha. a reces
$ was taken and in the heat of the ex
= element it was presented as an &C
e journment. and the Senate broke III
some members holding that they wer
adjourned till today and others sayin
it was only a recess.
Prior to the exodus, Cecil Brow
called for fair play, and Paris, fC
time to say a few words. Achi remind
q ed the president of ruling gwen
- few days ago, directly opposite to tt
present ruling OF the chair, and Ca
ter said that the minority might 6
well stay away ipi SOod' SiS iOilS c
n the president acted as partisan sin
ply.
q I'VE will never come back" cried II
Senator and Billy White sal
"HaoIe pilikia. kokua; that suits me
9 But Carter came back.
e The afternoon session opened in
peculiarly gloomy manner The fatti
N full nine. Home unrulies,' were ther
:, but not a member of the Republica
- party. Senator Carter appeared at II
u door, looked disguised, shrugged h
e shoulders. and cleared out, and tbs
', Mr.. Baldwin appeared, and like IL
sincere and earnest man he is, toe
= his seat whispering to sympathet
= newspaper man, "It is hopeless but
o White and his compatriots had lei
It islative picnic. The following bill pas
ed second reading and will be push'