The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-07-12
WITH LAW
AND FACTS
Prendergast's Plan
to Make Journal
Readable.
CONSTITUTION AND
THE ORGANIC ACT
incorporation With Records De.
sired Money Gone But Salar-
les Flied ON in Advance.

The First Legislature of the Terri
tory OF Hawaii may die with the week.
Again, there may be a prolongation of
the session into next week, but with
the rapid progress upon the Appropria-
ton bill there seems no reason to be-
lieve there will be any longer time spent
upon the consideration of the budget.
Both Houses will come together next
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. BY that
time the salaries measure will be ready
for submission. 1t has been enrolled
and is in shape for the last stages of
consideration.
The sessions of the two Houses yes
terday were brief. but in the lower
branch there wes some point. This
was disclosed In the statement that the
Legislature Is once more broke This
is not actually the case, but the Treas
ury office has accepted the notice Of
some of the officers of the houses that
they are coming with warrants, and
has marked those amounts as gone"
This means that there will be no chance
for extravagances during the few days.
In fact, the lack of the available coin
was brought out by a proposition to
add to the bill for the printing of the
journal of the House. This plan also
developed Il desire on the part of Prem
dergast to give to the readers of the
aHn N
of the land in so far it may be gained
from the Constitution
When the House was called to order
and the routine business had been got
out of the way, Prendergast, who Is
chairman of the Printing Committee,
introduced u resolution providing for
the incorporation of the Constitution
of the United States and the Organic
Law of this Territory with the journal
of the House when the latter is print
ed for distribution. There was some
merriment aroused by the resolution
and there were various suggestions as
to other documents which might be in
. structive and uplifting If they were put
Into the volume. Representative Dickey
failed to catch the purport of the mo-
ton at first and seconded it, believing
that 1t meant that the two documents
were to be made part of the volume
which is to contain the session laws of
the Legislature. When he got wise
he withdrew his second and the resolu
ton was tabled never to rise again.
In explaining what was to be done,
Prendergast said that arrangements
had been made for the printing of the
journal, the price to be paid being 3d.,
1aff
of the expense appropriation he thought |
that 1t could be used for no better pur- |
pose than to print the basic law of the |
nation and Territory with the journal. /
The legislator indicated that he expects |
that the volume which is to contain the |
words of wisdom dropped by the law
makers will find many readers, for he |
explained that he wanted the two docu
ments included, for the reason that fire.
Quent reference was made to them in
the debates and II would be a hardship
for the reader to have to give up his
reading every time he came to such ref
erence and go to T. library to see what
the speaker meant
1t did not take long for the informa-
ton to reach Prendergast and the
House that there was no money for the
purpose. Dlckey was up at once with
a query as TO what had become of the
appropriation before the end of the
session had been reached. There were
more salaries 10 be paid he said, and
then again came the information that
there had been the quiet tip given by
the officials Of the Legislature that they
were coming with their pay accounts,
and this had been accepted ms a mort
gage upon the balance, and so had re-
moved A. Beckley said that the cash
balance was dlssolying view and that
any charge for extra printing would
have 10 go over 10 the next session ot a
legislature.
Despite the glowing picture OF the !,
thrilling interest NJ The volume and the
~ the thread ~ the story for
he purpose of looMog up references !
he House would not taae Kindly 10 the |
plan. and nu motion Of Mahoe put
rost upon prendergasts motion, Then &
he House adjourned unti Friday
TnE SENATE !,
The second Item ~ interest ln the
~ the senate, which 0ecu- Al
lied bat a small part ~ the morning :
fas The testimonial a. the good W0ia !.
lore hy The clerk hY senator BALDWIN. h
4 came upon The report ~ tho Hpa0lai y
ammlitfH which hHd ~ lia duty iHn 4,
taminnti0n ~ no journal ana ihn cfrf 1
~ itu correctness. nn the mo i
inH made some weeks ago whom therf
49, an lnHlnuntion that The riefk hHd
laen editing ihf Journal Thf grp1u T.
presented ana raulsiHra hY soma
~ nalaNln iie fHia lHHi dtfliie fhr
en- flHf Chairman kaHHhH nsa n4I
.aH III a. mako aha fHlHfI ~ aha nUfH.