The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-02-26
MESSAGE READ
BEFORE SENATE
Occupies Nearly al of the
lime and BODY Trdnsacts
Little Business.
= PROMPTLY at 10 o'clock the Senate

Little Business.
DROMPTLY at 10 o'clock the Senate
- was called to order by President
Russell and the members listened
to an opening prayer by the chap
lain delivered in the Hawaiian tongue.
President Russell evidently thought
that it was not necessary to call the
roll. so omitted that duty, and so far
as the records of the days meeting are
concerned there is nothing to show that
any of the members were present
President Russell had evidently TAX
en- advantage of Washington's birthday
and read up on parliamentary rules. for
I he was able to render "a decision with
| a little more assurance than on previ-
Ious occasions. The House was not
alone in it's intention to put Secretary
| Cooper without the doors, for at the
iopening of the Senate it was discovered
that the desk placed in the hall for the
Iuse of Cooper's stenographer had been
seized by House Stenographer McMa-
hon and Assistant Secretary Coney.
The representative of the Secretary of
the Territory was forced to take seat
at the press table.
The question Of translation from the
English language into the Hawaiian
and vice versa is very much of a farce
in the Senate as time after time the
motions were made in the English Ian
guage and Interpreter Bush failed to
translate, or when he did only gave
what he considered the substance or
the motion and did not translate liter
ally. On one occasion this drew forth
a vigorous protest from Senator
White.
The minutes of the previous meetings
were read by Secretary Caypless, oc-
cupving twenty minutes, and thirty
minutes more were consumed in their
translation by Bush. Senators Brown
and Carter made some suggestions for
the correction of the minutes, which
were accepted, and after several at
tennis were made to put n motion IN
correct form for their approval, the
chair finally ordered that the minutes
be approved with the corrections.
IT was 11:15 o'clock before any of the
business was taken up and senator
Kaiue moved that the minutes OF the
first day be not included as part OF
the proceedings of the session, as the
Senate was not organized until the sec
ond day. or Thursday. The reading or
the letters in the minutes was also OBJ
iected to. and it was moved that In the
future they be omitted
Senator Brown stated that the mo-
ton was out of order owing to the fact
that the Organic Act specified that a
journal be maintained. and his point
was sustained by the chair.
A communication from the lower
House was read stating that it was
organized and ready for business. Cecil
Brown then moved that the communi-
cation from the House in regard to the
committee to wait upon the Governor
be taken from the table and read The
motion was carried and the secretary
ordered to read the communication.
On motion of Senator Carter the chair
appointed a committee of three to noti-
fly the Governor, composed of the fol-
lowing: Senators Cecil Brown, George
r. Carter and John r. Brown.
The secretary was also instructed to
notify the House of the appointment
of the committee and of it's personnel
Cecil Brown then moved for recess
until 1 o'clock to give the committee
time to confer and report to the Gov
ernor.
When the afternoon session was call
ed to order Senator Cecil Brown report
ed that the committee had waited upon
the Governor and that the message
would be received by both Houses
shortly after l o'clock. Even as he
spoke Secretary Halves entered the
room and placed the message on the
table. The report of the committee was
ordered accepted.
Senator White gained the floor and
moved that the message from the
Governor be delayed until after he had
read resolution which he wished to
present to the Senate, but to Cecil
Browns objection and the support of
the chair he was forced to yield.
The reading of the message occupied
nearly all of the afternoon and when