The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-12-02
AUSTIN
CASE IN
SENATE
Committee Ready
With a Full
Report.


II was authoritatively stated last
night that Herbert c. Austin will cease
TO have any right to attach the title
of Auditor" to his name after the
senate considers the report which viii
be submitted to it at the session which
will be held at 10 o'clock this morning.
The committee which has been inves-
tigating this Office has prepared its
findings and will submit them as soon
as the business OF the day reaches the
proper stage
Members of the committee refuse to
discuss the contents of the report, but
il is learned that it bears upon all the
charges made in the letters OF the Gov
ernor. and recommends that the senate
shall concur in the removal of the
official With the report there Is
statement of the hearings which have
been held and the evidence taken dur
ing them, and the report Is based
upon the construction placed on
the matters before the committee by
its members. The intention of some
of the Republican members of the sen
ate is to move immediate consideration
OF the report and recommendation, and
il is thought nnal action will be taken
at the session of today, though it may
be forced over to Monday.
Beside the receipt of the Auditors
Office report, there is little business In
prospect for the senate. The nomlna-
tions of the Governor are to be con-
sidered and some, at least, will be
passed The ratification of the election
officers is a pro forma matter, and 1t
is not expected that there will be any
objection made or time wasted upon
the consideration of them. The Board
of Health appointments may be held
over until the report of the committee
provided for the investigation of that
Office.
The Republican members of the SEN
ate met for a couple of hours yester-
day afternoon and considered the
form of legislation which shall be ta-
ken up. The caucus of the senators
and the Republican executive com
mittee was devoted to a consideration
of the bills which must be made party
measures in the coming session of the
legislature and the plans which should
now be formed to make effective the
strength of the majority party. After
long discussion it was decided that
Caucus should be King, and that all
matters of legislative Importance
should be considered in meeting of
the legislators first, and that every
Republican should consider himself
bound by the caucus, not only as to
final action, but as to initiative as well
It is probable that as a further ac-
ton of the caucus the President of the
Senate will today appoint the COM
In hn raSnlntinn n
Senator Achi for the purpose of con-
sidering county and city legislation
The committee, 1t is understood will
consist OF members from nearly all dis
tricts, which would give two city mem
bers and one from each OF the other
islands. this committee would not take
up the framing of bill for the pur-
pose of carrying out the pledges of the
Republican party directly, but would
work in conjunction with the Repub-
lican conventions committee, to give
force and effectiveness to the measures
prepared by that body. II would, after
considering the Republican measure, ne
in shape to offer it and thus expedite
business in the regular session of the
legislature.
Such action would prevent delays in
the reference of the bill, once it was
introduced into the senate, and through
the Home Rule members that party's
amendments would be ready early and
could be acted upon so that the legis-
lature would adjourn within the two
months, with all its work accom-
plished.
The question of appointments did
not come up during the caucus, ex-
cept incidentally, and then, according
to members of both elements to It,
there was no consideration of names,
only the general policy which is to
be followed when the vacancies have
been created.