The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-01
Republic swallowing, the Bander-Log

the samians.
But the text Of Brutus' letter Is GER
tainly one which our legislators might
wen take to heart Their councils have
certainly been long" Upon that point
no one can doubt Their doings have
been not alone "slOw" but they have
amounted to nothing at all. Nothing
was accomplished in the first session
Absolutely nothing his been accom-
| plished in the special session. One
doubts whether the last piece of ad-
vice. given by Brutus TO the Samiani
consider the end" ever enters the
heads of our sapient legislators. OF
course there is no such end as Brutus
alluded to, but it is an end of disaster
that is before us, of public works at
a standstill. of much needed leglsIa-
ton put back for two years, of failure,
of hesitation and a staying of that pro.
gress which 1t was our right to expect
under the present circumstances.
II Is true that under our institutions
a legislative body of incompetents can.
not for any length of time wreck the
prosperity of Territory or Of a state
but it can retard its advancement to
the manifest injury of the community
The pity of the position here is that
the men who are retarding the advance
do not in any form realize what they
are doing, and that the Territory, dur
ing its whole history as a Monarchy
and a Republic never had an oppOrtu.
nifty to obtain money for public works
upon easier terms than it could do
now. Such was the remark of a Lead
ing financier when he was discussing
the situation during the early part OF
the session.
The situation at the present moment
is that of divided council. There are
three leaders in the House, that is of
the Home Rule party. Representative
Emmeluth, who was the original leader
has found his following shrunk to very
small proportions, A member of the
House stated yesterday, that upon an
original proposition he could but count
upon two votes beside his own. Make
kau has a following, larger consider
ably than Emmeluth but not sufficient
to carry any measure. Lastly Moss
man and Prendergast holds a section
which will vote for them blindly, but
even this section is not strong enough
either to beat their opponents or whip
them into line.
No wonder that under such circum-
stances the Councils are long and the
doings SLOW" Time keeps slipping
away because every day counts, whe-
Their the House sits or not, and the pub
lie affairs of the country are practically
at a stand still. New Work cannot be
initiated. Plans which should now be
under way have to remain in allegiance
The next year will feel this setback
very much, and whoever may be the
executive officers will be abused and
rallied at but the true inwardness OF
the matter will be the impracticability
of the legislature and it's criminal
neglect of the interests of the Terri
tory.
1t is not so far out to say that the
situation is awaiting the arrival of Re
preventative Beckley. Not for the news
he may bring, for the executive of the
United States acts upon no ex-parte
statement, but because be can do some
thing with the disntegrated mass of
the majority, in the House which will
neither do ANYTHING itself or rermit
any one else to do anything In go
ing away Beckley made a political mis-
take. He was practically the leader of
the House and it's disintegration shows
that he was truly it's leader. ANY othe
member would have served as a mes !
senger Most probably there were those |
in Mr. Beckley's own party who were
only too glad to see him go for their |
own selfish purposes. These have fail |
ed. We shall be able to look to the
end when Mr.. Beckley arrives.