The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-11-25
WANTS SENATE
. TO Take Up
MATTER
RESOLUTION TO APPOINT A. COM
MITTEE TO DRAFT A MUNICIPAL
BILL PASSED WITH AID OF
SOLID HOME RULE VOTE.

All the senators were present at the
roll call this morning the fifth day of
the special session except Senators
Cecil Brown and Paris. Senator Isen-
berg read a note from Senator Paris
stating that he was sick this morning
and confined to his house. This lett
the ominous number of thirteen sena-
tors to transact the business.
The minutes were duly read and ap-
proved.
Senator McCandless introduced a re-
solution for the appointment of a COM
mittee of three to be appointed by the
president to investigate the Board OF
Health. Senator Achi speaking in ma
tive introduced a resolution for COM
mite upon the Municipal and County
bill to be appointed by the President.
Senator Baldwin thought that such a
procedure would be going outside the
limits of the senate's powers He ap-
proved of the resolution but thought the
special session had no right to intro
duce matters foreign to the special
purpose for which it was convened.
The resolution read as follows:
Resolved, that the president of the
Senate in Special session is hereby au-
thorized to appoint a committee of
three to prepare County Act and a
General Municipal Government Act to
sion of the Legislature. The chairman
of said committee shall be the president
of the Senate at the session.
Senators Kalauokalani thought that
under the rules adopted by the Senate
any business might be introduced. L.
Senator Baldwin objected that If the
rules interfered with the specific pur-
pose for which the senate convened, the
rules should be altered.
SanatnT. chi pballanpa6 fha Senator
from Maui to show that the senate was
called for specific purposes. That aside
from the message the governor in his
call convened the senate for any busi-
ness that might come before them. lie
translated his own speech and claimed
that the three parties before the cleo
torate promised that a County and Mu-
nicipal act should be passed. Delay
would be dangerous and the promise
must be kept. II the committee was
appointed now, matters would be in
shape by the regular session to go
through without fighting and fatal de-
lay. In regular session what was done
now could be confirmed and neither the
governor nor any other governmental
powers could override the senate and
prevent them fulfilling their pledge to
the people.
Senator Baldwin wished it plainly un-
derstood that he would not oppose the
bill but there was no money at present
Any appropriation must, be made later
and mutually by both houses. The
lower house might repudiate any actor
of the senate in eXpending money In
such a manner.
Senator Achi's announcement was
a bombshell and an unexpected one,
Senator Paul Isenberg left the senate
chamber and returned with a scraI
book containing the printed copy of the
governors proclamation. This he reac
marking the words "for the TRANSACTION
of such public business as shall b'
brought before it,"
Senator Achi claimed that he had a!
much right to bring public business be
fore the senate as the governor If no
why were all present. He contendeC
that the message, whatever might hav,
meant, said in effect that any senate
might bring public business before tn,
house. That the governors message
were not altogether specific. Even sucl
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