The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-02-20
(From Thursdays Daily)

commissioner Si1ll yesterday nedru
further evidence in the Nevadan case.
The cross examination of w. M. Bray
was concluded and Arthur Merry was
also examined. Both were witnesses
for the complainant.
DR.. o. E. Wall has invented a CIV
cloramic camera which takes in the en-
tire $50 degrees at one exposure. A
photograph made from the top of the
judiciary building circles the horizon
and provides a most effective view Of
Honolulu. 1t took DR.. Wall three weeks
to make the machine but he finds him
self forestalled by the invention of a
Cornell University man who has just
taken out patents.
5000 %
striking out the section requiring that
he shall be paid for making arrests or
similar duties, Senator Brown stating
that the Senate should not bind itself,
but could vote him reward when neces-
sary
Rule % Is amended, cutting the num-
Der of committees from sixteen to nine.
The new committees are as follows:
Ways and means judiciary: public
expenditures: lands, internal improve
ments, agriculture, etc; public health
and education; enrolment, revision and
printing; rules and joint rules; miscel-
laneous petitions. The committees
omitted are those on military; claims;
intoxicants; municipal and county
laws; elections; and food adulteration.
Senator Brown explained that there
would be special committee on county
government and also for military.
In support of this amendment, Sem
ator Baldwin explained the difficulties
under which the Senate worked last
time, wren there were many COM
mittees and ever. member had three
or four, so that it was difficult to Sc
cure a meeting of any one. BY reduc-
ing the number of committees ami
increasing the work of each he thought
that time would be saved, and the-r
would be less likelihood of clashes.
Rule % was amended so as to give
the ways and means committee author
| ity to examine into all offices as well
as the treasury, though it was stated
that this vas not to mean exporting of
all the offices, as the auditor is en-
ployed for that purpose.
| Rule 2S was amended so that all print
| ing should go through the committee on
committee.
| Rule SO was amended so as to remove
the ten-minute time limit on debates
the committee of the whole to fix the
limit at its pleasure. Senator Bald
win said that he didn't believe in linn
iting debate, as he thought a man
should be allowed to speak as long as
he wanted to, and Senator Baldwin ad-
/ IaI hat ha lie. hal LOT "a,
! anyway.
| Rule 80 was amended so as to require
a two-thiris instead OF a majority vote
to enforce the previous question
Senator Brown stated that he didn'l
believe in the previous question, AM
did not think the minority should be
shut off by the majority. He said he
always wanted to hear what the minor
ity had to say and didn't believe II
shutting off debate.
| Senator Baldwin said he was in favor
of the amendment also, that though the
Republicans did not have two-third!
to enforce the new rule. and it was IL
favor of the other side, he believed II
having both sides heard.
Senator McCandless thought 1t a mis-
take to change the old rule as III
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He moved that the old rule stand.
Baldwin replied that he did not be
lieve simple majority should control
that when the minority was wrong h
believed the opposition could be trustee
to stop debate.
McCandless replied that there was
big lot of work, and that the opposition
could entirely block the work of tn
| ~ h.r oil for
ty-four hours, followed then by each o
his colleagues, there would be no RENE
dy to stop them. While probably tn
Home Rulers would not do such thine
he did not think the hands OF tn
majority should be tied.
Senator Kalauokalani sec pnde
Browns motion and II carried, Mccand
less end Achi voting against II.
In Rule 60 Senator Brown reporte
the amendment ~ the committee tina
the first Two readings ~ bill may b
by title, but stated that he had sine
found that The proposed amendmen
was in conflict with the organic Act
The organic Act provides lhat ever
lact shall have three readings, ANA soma
tor Brown vac doubtful " reading b
title would be- sufficient senate
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ihr United states Congress faNofri an
opposite YirN, ana ho believed "a Na
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