The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-05-17
A WONDERFUL SESSION OF THE
HOUSE.
The Members Sit All Morning Without
Passing or Coming to a Vote ON a
Single Item.


morning. 1t was in session up to noon,
but actually never reached a vote on
anything. No item of the appropriation
bill passed. The house got a report on
pensions and talked over it until MEM
bers moved a recess. 1t has been fig
ured that the appropriation bill can
pass second reading in so days at yes
terday's rate of progress, that it will
never pass at this mornings rate and
that third reading will be as bad as
Second.
The Governors estimates are good
enough for the House. The House has
! found out, or thinks it has found out,
that the Governor proposed to spend
about a million more than the govern
ment is likely to get during the
next biennial period. This seemed to be
the best chance the Home Rulers had
had to put the Governor in a hole"
and at the same time to improve the
! chances of getting an extra session.
In little over a year, it is thought,
the treasury will run dry, if the esti-
mates are adopted. Then, it is hoped,
the Governor will call an extra session.
for passage of a loan bill, etc. In such
an event the county government act
new election law and other pet Home
Rule measures would come up again.
| Incidentally the Honorable Members
would get salaries again and pass an
appropriation bill for such salaries.
The advent of Speaker Akina on the
| floor of the House knocked to pieces
Emmeluth's just-restored power as a
leader. Akina was able to take the
lead out of Emmeluth's hands and
| when the House came to order this
morning it was with the understand
ing that new chairman of the finance
committee was to be appointed. Yes
| terday afternoon Emmeluth resigned in
a tantrum, having seen his plans all
swept away under Akina's leadership.
| Emmeluth nov seems to be a sort of
fifth wheel and no amount of governor
roasting will bring many Home Rulers
under his banner again. He has piles
of figures and documents with which
| he has many times promised to en-
! tighten the less brilliant MEMBERS
most of the figures having to do with
| the Dolephobist's "class" ideas,-but he
| has lost the ear of the majority, though
he still has the ear of the lobby. which
has been quite crowded since he began
his 'governOr-must-go" performances.
The situation which brought about
| the necessity for a new chairman of
the finance committee arose yesterday
| afternoon. The House was in commit
| tee of the whole. Akina moved that
! the committee rise and report to the
House that ii had finished considera-
ton of the appropriation bill and rec
commended that it pass at the Cover.
nor Hgures, except as already amend.
ed. This was adopted by a vote of 1;
to 6. Thereupon Emmeluth rose say
ing:
II would like to ask this House what
| sort of fools they think this commit
tee of finance is? I have worked nights
and Sundays in the interests of this
| country, in the interests of my consti.
tuents, worked with the finance com.
mittee in hopes of making ends meet
have worked when other members
of this House have been roofing around
down town. or at theater, or some othei
place. At this point Kumalae suggest.
ed that he was out of order. "I an
out of order, Mr.. Speaker" continued
Emmeluth. And I am out of tn,
finance committee. I am not going t,
make an ass out of myself any longer
am pau with the finance commit
tee. You, yourself, Mr.. Speaker, call
ed a caucus of the Home Rule mem
bers for last night in this hall, and VIII,
was here? l was here, but few others
You ought to be ashamed of yourself
Attorney General Dole replied to tn
house resolution asking if the Legis
lature had a right to do any cthel
business than consider appropriations
dole sent to the house the same re
port that he had before sent to tn,
Senate, with a letter referring tn
representatives to the sections of tn
organic act dealing with the subject
in reply to the question as to whethe
the act specifically prohibited the legis
, lature doing general business.
The white members tried to avoid tn
, reading of DUNES opinion, which wa
very long, but the natives wanted t
hear it. Then Monsarrat moved to dis
pense with reading it in English as a
the English speaking members ha
read it for themselves some days age
! but Makekau objected. He declare
, that he was a haole now and he want
: ed to hear the report in English. Secre
, tary Meheula read 1t in English, bu
all the members who understood tn
, language left and no one listened