The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-06-06
SITS TO CONGRESS
keep HANDS OFT
The Senate Majority
Applies Home Rule
to Loan Act.
CECIL BROWN RAISES Big STORM
MILITARY COMMITTEE REPORT
rs REFERRED BACK ON
TEcHNicAlITx
Honolulu Brown and Hiio Brown Have
Verbal Duel on Loan Matter
White of Lahaina Scouts Federal
Intervention.

Inc session OF the senate OF the
Territory of Hawaii was short but
spirited yesterday morning. Contil-
uing scarcely over an hour the upper
house sought relief in adjournment
shortly after eleven O'Clock.
A considerable portion of the time
was given over TO discussion regard
ing the failure OF the Legislature to
pass loan bill Some other action
being taken to rectify the omission,
the Republicans claimed, was claimed
absolutely necessary.
The matter was precipitated by
verbal suggestion offered by Senator
Brown 1t was in effect scheme TO
provide money for internal improve
ments by the Introduction OF another
appropriation bill, embodying the
items as submitted to the Legislature
in a message from the Acting Cover
nor Cooper; then that Congress be re-
quested to pass a bill providing for a
loan of s1,500,000 covering all the
items in the Governors last message.
Before the storm of objection was
raised the senator from Honolulu took
occasion to offer some explanatory
remarks concerning the proposition
The Attorney General had submitted
his opinion on the matter of loan
bill which was to the effect that the
Legislature in this extra session could
deal with the loan matter. The entire
Judiciary Committee of the Senate
had handed in a report, showing their
opinion to be at variance with that
of the Attorney General. 1t would
not be q wise move for the Legfsia-
ture to act on the opinion of the At
torney General when such doubt was
expressed. The Territorial govern
ment could frame loan bill and for
ward it to Congress to be acted on
at its meeting in December. Thus Ha-
wall would be freed from the diem
ma which now threatens. The money
would be forthcoming and the country
would be placed years ahead in deyel
opment and improvement There was
no doubt whatever that Congress
would pass the measure since the Tar
ritorial Legislature had failed to do
so. The wisest thing to do then would
be to provide for the expenditure Of
such money as should be received
from bonds authorized by the United
make the appropriations in its loan
bill. There might be influence brought
to bear in Washington by which the
country districts would suffer
Vigorous objections were made by
some of the Independent senators.
Mr.. Kaohi declared such a PROPOSE
ton was an affront upon senatorial
dignity. He claimed that Congress
had invested the local legislature with
full power to act in such matters.
John T. Brown did not mince matters
in stating his objections to the prop
osition. He was of the opinion that
the Republicans themselves were
wholly to blame for the failure to pass
! the loan act He believed that. if the
Territory was falling behind, it was
up to the Governor to call special
session for the consideration of the
loan bill Had the Governor granted
the extension asked for. the loan oil
could have passed. In conclusion the
senator from Hawaii acclaimed: NOV
comes this proposition to let Congress
| fix up loan bill for u.s. We can do
it ourselves as we should do. il the
Governor will give US a special ses-
sion. | will say in conclusion, that
we viii throw out everything OF the
kind that Senator Cecil Brown pro-
poses to Introduce. II we are to have
a loan bill. we must pass one our
selves and such action cannot be TAX
en- unless we have special session"
Mr. White also opposed the PROPOSE
ton and supported the opinions OF Mr.
Brown of Hilo. He believed that the
Legislature would be attempting
something that it had no right to foil
with. il the suggestions of the Repub-
lican senators were considered
No action was taken in the mater
and. after discussion had run its mad
pace. the incident was considered
closed.
The majority report from the Mill
tary Committee was one of the first
matters taken up at the session In
brief it recommended the wiping ont
the whole of the military department.
Mr.. Kanuha discovered an error IN
the process Of reading and the report
was ordered changed.
Mr.. Aehi moved that the report be
referred back to the Military Commit
tee, claiming it contained merely r.
commentators and not facts
The chair sustained the point Of or
der raised by Mr. Achi. and when
the motion was put to vote the re-
port was again referred to the COM
mistee-
On motion of C. Brown. the consid-
erafion OF the minority report OF the
Military Committee was deferred un-
til such time as the report on the
majority should make its appearance.