The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-02-22

of Secretary Cooper. who with wo-
man stenographer has desk to the
eft of the speakers rostrum.
1.-The honorable member" said Rob-
artson, hardly realizes what he has
done by introducing that resolution.
The Secretary of the Territory is an
officer of the United States Govern
ment. He has a right here Section
SO of the Organic Act says that there
shall be a secretary of the said Terri
tory. who shall be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate of the United
States, and who shall be a citizen of
the Territory of Hawaii, and hold his
office for four years and until his sue
cessor shall be appointed and qualified
unless sooner removed by the President
He shall record and preserve all the
laws and proceedings of the Legisla-
ture and all acts and proceedings of
the Governor, and promulgate procla-
nations of the Governor. He shall,
within thirty days after the end of each
session of the Legislature. transmit to
the President the president of the SEN
ate and the speaker of the House of
Representatives of the United States,
one copy each of the laws and journals
of such session. He shall transmit to
the President semi on the
first days of January and July, copy
of the executive proceedings and per-
form such other duties as are prescrib-
ed in this act or as may be required of
him by the Legislature of Hawaii.
This section" said Robertson, lays
down the duties of the Secretary and
provides among other things that he
Il .-<vs -,
islature. The clause compelling him to
report all proceedings is important. To
carry out this clause the Secretary
must have a desk on the floor of the
House, so that he may observe what is
done. He must have conveniences to
record the proceedings. I would not
say that it requires the Secretary to be
here on this floor all his time, but he
certainly must have the right to be
present when he sees fit. His record
is entirely Independent of that kept by
the Secretary of this House. This reso-
luton proposed by Mr.. Beckley is in di
rect conflict with this provision of the
Organic Act. 1t is rather dangerous
plan and would be suicidal for this
House. The Secretary OF the Territory
might have to call on the Federal
forces to uphold him and he would
have that right. 1t would be disCourte-
Gus also. Etiquette requires us to give
/ the privilege of the Secretary to be
+ here, but it is also his right"
! John Wise interpreted this speech
into Hawaiian.
| OTHERS IN ARGUMENT.
Dlckey OF Maui upheld the OPINION Oh
robertson. lie SAID: we allow all
the newspapers OF honolulu TO nave re-
. porters mere; why should we not allow
the reporter or the united StatesE
. secretary cooper is required py law 10
report the proceedings OF THIS House
ana senate. he may nave the risht 10
the moor mere nut certainly as mat
ter OF courtesy we should grant him
the privilege. Inc newspapers have
no rights here but we permit them to
read again which was done in Enplish
and Hawaiian Makekau then in IJa-
waiian smoke for Cooper's right on the
noor He said. ~ move thar the reso-
tlution offered nv REPRESENTATIVE Reck-
lev he rejected We must follow the
rules laid down bv the Organic Act.
The Secretary has the right to be here.
I find nothing in the Organic Act nor
in the Constitution empowering this
House to remove him. | do find In SEQ
ton 80 of the act that he must record
all orr proceedings and report them To
Washington. Certainly by this the Sec
retary has the right to this floor While
the act does not state that the Score
tarv must he nresent at orr sessions.
vet il saws he must record our proceed
inrs. In a newspaper this morning /
saw that n resolution of this kind was
to be introduced. searched for any
warrant for it in the law but found
none. 1t would place us in peculiar
position. 1t would look as If we were
irving to force our political differences
here. we would be foolhardy to un-
dertake this NV constituents sent me
here to do nv duty and snail oppose
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