The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-11

evening work, seems to have dropped
| the subject.
Kauimakaole wanted the night ses-
sion but was asked by Speaker A5ina
| to amend his resolution to the effect
that Vice-Speaker Beckley should take
| the chair when the House worked over
| timex
Kauimakaole reintroduced his reso-
luton later on, only to have 1t tabled.
The majority of the House do not seem
anxious to work nights, especially the
members of committees who were Sc
being behindhand.
W. II. Hoogs, Immediately after the
| introduction Of Keliikoa's bill to allow
any one to become a medicine man"
for the small sum Of twenty-five dol
liars. announced with gravity his inten-
ton of introducing an act to prohibit
the surf from coming over the reefs sur
rounding the various islands of this
Territory.
Despite the fact that only nine days
remain in which to railroad through
eighty odd bills, with new ones coming
up every day, the House seems apa-
thetic as to the real state of affairs, the
sporadic attempts to institute a night
session are made, but there is now more
business before the House than they
could accomplish in three times the
number of days left to them.
! The county government bill is not yet
ready for report and Makainai remark
ed yesterday morning that it was not
likely the bill would pass in the short
time now left
| The county government bill does not
seem likely to be the only measure that
! will hang fire for the same reason.
Strong party whips might move mat
ters. but they are wanting. The leaders
/ of the Home Rule party have to a
great extent lost their followings and
there Is no organized attempt on that
side of the House to hasten affairs.
The minority long ago recognized their
impotence to secure their own measures
and are many of them disheartened and
disguised by the valuable time wasted
by "unsophisticated rhetorfcians, intox-
heated with the exuberance of their own
verbosity."
Speaker Akina does his best to ex-
pedite matters and many of the COM
mittee members ara manfully doing
their best to get through their work.
| The House generally has adopted the
committee habit and rarely asks for
the full reading of an act, while most
of the speechifying takes place over
such measures as the Russell resolution.
which. while relieving the feelings of
the House. attain no definite result.
! At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
/ Dickey, the father of the House, but
as young as the youngest, created a
good deal of laughter by assuming the
gavel in Akina's absence and calling
the House to order.
a combination resolution by Dickey
and Beckley extended an invitation TO
!, the Honorable E. J. Hill, Congressman
from Connecticut, the Honorable Hor-
ace ]. Packer. Congressman from
Penn sylvania and the Honorable
Messrs. J. F. Cooper, Chas. Willard, n.
Ladd and w. A. Kincaid, Justices for
the Philippine Islands, to visit the
House and to address them at 10 o'clock
to-day. or at any other favorable mo-
ment: also extending to them the privi-
lege of the floor and appointed a COM
mittee of three to wait upon the honor
able gentlemen with the invitation.
/ The resolution was cordially adopted
and members F. W. Beckley. A. G. M.
Robertson and J. K. Prendergast ap-
pointed as the committee to wait upon
the distinguished visitors.
An invitation of another calibre was
directly after introduced by Paele, amid
cries of "Kokua" and good boyi Pa
ele:" in the form of the following reso-
luton:
Mr. ]. A. Akina, Speaker, House OF
Representatives
Dear Sir-The Advertiser, of April 8.
1a0f, printed some remarks made by
the Hon. Mr.. Russell On the Senate