The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-03-26
SESSION OF
THE HOUSE
Yesterday Record
OF the Lower
Branch.
xyEsTERDAY being petition day, the

Y House did a big lot of routine
business. A little party friction
developed in the morning session over q
r. solution introduced by Robertson in
structlng the clerk to post on the bulle'
tin board schedule showing what had
become of the House bills that had been
sent to the Senate. After considerable
discussion the resolution was adopted
however, by a safe majority. Robertson
declared that if the Senate was going to
bury all the bills that came from the
House without even asking the introdu-
Ger to appear before them and explain
what their purpose was, 1t was useless
for members to sit up nights preparing
bills and working with the committees.
In the afternoon. however, there was
plenty OF fun, first over the Senate con-
current resolution No. 2, which provided
that March 80 the House and Senate
We're to sit in joint session and elect
the eight Senator's who. under the Or
ganic Act We're to hold over for four
years. Copious quotations from the Or
ganic and other Acts were made, and
after several motions had been voted
down. the resolution was adopted 10 to 8,
which was changed by adding Kumalae.
Emmeiuth and Makekau to the major
ity on the ruling of the Vice Speaker,
Mr.. Beckley, that those who declined to
vote would be counted in the affirmative.
Except for kumalae, the eighteen were
Independents, and except for Kekaula,
the nine who opposed 1t were all Repub-
licans.
The second tilt was on the passage Of
Robertson's bill for the adoption of the
nd I'm WI hac hnI
up for one reason or another for several
weeks. but which succeeded in getting
through finally with a good majority, ~
to Z, the nineteen being all Independents
and two being absent. During the de-
bate on this bill the argument was ad-
vanced that inasmuch as the law had
stood for twenty-five years as it was,
there was no need of changing ii "to
conform to the practice of courts
which statement was promptly
picked up by Robertson with the retort
that it was not the practice of foreign
countries that was under discussion but
the provisions of the United States Con-
sttution which completely knocked out
the old method OF finding indictments by
a Judge on the presentment of the Attor-
ney General. Mossman thought 1t was
going to increase the expenses to poor
but Makekau came to the res
Hu' Will llf statement lldI lIe Ola law
was not changed in the slightest except
as required by the Constitution. and he
thought IL better to have indictments
presented by a Grand Jury rather than
by the former method An attempt was
made to Jay the bill over until today in
order to caucus on it, but the Independ-
ents were not agreed on that point, and
Prendergasts motion to that effect was
lost What the Senate will do with the
to-. .
ed down the three Judges for the First
Circuit bin by Robertson without even
passing II one reading, and have buried
one or two other bills by the same Rep
resentatiVe, That was the purport OF
Robertson's morning resolution relating
TO posting o list of the bills sent to the
Senate.
Senator Crabbes bill for preventing the
fraudulent wearing of the Grand Army
button was reported back for the printer
and placed IN the list of bills on second
Notice was received from the Senate of
the passage of three bills by that body
Senate bill 80, and Senate bill 9, relating
to forest roads, and Senate bill 80, relat-
ne TO the adjustment OF capital punish
nent. The House, however did not seem
10 care much more about Senate bills
han the Senate seems to care for House
olls, and they were not even read by IT,
lie
Seven petitions We're introduced. four
IN the same subject, the extension of the
Hawaiian Tramways Company lines to
hoanalua AT one end and to Palolo Mt
The other, with a branch up Pauoa val
ey. Mahoe scored two on this list one
signed by 3of residents of Palama. Ka-
ihi and Moanalua. and one signed by
40 residents of Honolulu. Aylett had
me signed by pa residents of Honolulu
md Punk ono signed by Kaimukl peo-
ole.
petition relating to breakwaters at
iamoa an1 Hama, Dickey said, ought TO
De referred to Delegate Wilcox
There was lot Of reports from stand |
ng committees, but the main feature
vas the report of the result of the con- .
erence with the Governor on the alb
ence OF Land Commissioner Brown The
export, which appears elsewhere in these |
columns was sent to the printer and
translator.
Three bills came back from committees, /,
dahoe's gambling BILL Hihio's Sunday
aw and Emmeluths bill for improving |
he streets nf the City. The Sunday bin |
vas referred to the Sunday Committee,
n which Mr.. Aylett is chairman, and |
ne others will come up IN regular course
: which time the reports viii he con-
'H'i'". an appropriation or 5000 for |
Dads In North KonR and Of $1,000 for
,onth kona was recommended bv Tue .
committee on Public Lands and the re-
ort went over TO come I'M with the
pproprlatlon bill. Haaheo's dog tax
III came m again In tho form OF n mi
orlty report Of tho Judiciary Commit
re recommending that tho bill go 10 the
pecinl Taxation Committee. Majority
ma minority reports went over 10 come
p with the bin.
some warm argument resulted on the
7port NJ the Public Lands Committee \
that the KumalRa resoiu.
ION asking Cor improvements I'm tho Re
'hln streets Dee tabled One member Of
NJ Public Lands Committee moved that
ne matter 80 10 the Judiciary Commit.
I" n frame q hill ana another momher
7 mo committee seconded tho motion
.0hrriH0n And Emmoluti served notice
. mo House that they wore not 81 he
srnfird ie draw All tho hills ~ the
'nnHr that tho Judiciary Committee ma
.NuhlrH NJ No. own hut rho House turn.
I OBJ" matter over 20 them iust no
anne