The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-07-14
SECOND LEGISLATURE.

days at WORK at the Executive Duliuii
J may wander back today or tomorrow
but they will find deserted halls. The
and 1t is safe to say that many nevt
will emerge from the umbra.
The Legislature. at it's special sessio
just finished, passed 20 bills. ha
one vetoed and one pocketed, ratht
fair average as to acceptability, BIT
1t could be bettered as to time, whe
one realizes that the average was on
bill to each three days. Some Of tn
measures took hardly as many min
went through with a rush, every time
But 1t is not for it's bills that tn
Legislature will be known, rather TO
| its resolutions and utterances. OF tn
| former only two may be classed a
want OF confidence" resolutions, thes
being directed against Deputy Audi
tor Meyers and Assistant Superinten
dent of Public Works Campbell. Thi
indicates material change in thu
Legislative habits of mind. Accustom
ed from birth to@a responsible head O.
government with ministers holding
Office at the' will Of the throne, 1t !.
easy to see why the members OF thu
initial law making body should fulmin'
ate against the executive head. Thai
the members have begun to appreciate
their responsibility is one Of the best
signs for the future The enmity
against Marston Campbell is incompre-
hensible to some. Yet 1t is not too
hard to fathom, perhaps. One Of the
most implacable enemies of the en-
gineer would have accepted a contract
to build bridges which the Department
constructed itself more cheaply. A
former official had been. cut out of
profity'an outsider was prevented from
getting IN all OF which meant thar
Campbell; being in their way, must
go. The attack on Meyers fell of its own
stupidity. = t'.,@.l'
OF the many utterances Of the MEM
bers of the House none will be SO long
remembered; none will ever be given
such wide publicity, as Speaker Beck
ley's declaration in effect that each
incoming American teopardized the
consequently they were not wanted.
Purely political, the reason, spoken with
a passionate devotion to his own race
and an absolute forgetfulness of his
new national relations. 1t weighed only
with those who, like him, confess that
they do not want to encounter the COM
petition Of muscle and mind that must
follow the influx of immigrants.
The errors of the Legislature, though
many, were not all Of the lasting kind
of course with some exceptions 1t
seemed to some of them right and
proper that they should abolish an Of
flee, where the need was clearly APP
parent to rea6oning or reasonable
mortal, simply because the incumbent
did not please them, yet they thought
II entirely correct to give an assistant
mere salary than the principal. Homo
lulu's harbor, which must be ready to
carry the greatest ships Of the western
ocean, might well do without the mini
mum appropriation suggested by the
official who studied the question, but
the Hama physician must have raise
in salary or Wailuku a chemical fire
engine.
Perhaps. however, there were les
sons taught by the Legislature itself
which will not be forgotten. Men who
sat in the body, who voted for inter- /
oreters, now declare that had the Eng
ish language been used during the ses-
sion, as was the very evident intention !
IF the Congress, all the work could
nave been finished in sixty days. Not
only was there great waste of time
with TRANSACTIONS but men talked in
Hawaiian simply to hear themselves
ak. 1t would be clearly in public in
crest If English "only" was made the
language of the law makers. And then
90 it would shut out Kaniho.
Political parties spring from the de-
ire CT men to give weight and strength
o their concerted action. Republican,
SIN in the United States stands for
During the 100 days now
losed. men elected on the ticket back
ID by Republicans, urged by men Of
hat party and endorsed by the high
st rank of leaders. saw fit to throw
allegiance to the winds and paddle
heir own canoes. OF such are Kuma-
ae, Aylett, Kali, Pulaa, Nakaleka,
lewis. 1t would appear that such
hing as party loyalty does not enter
nto their equation. Instead OF work.
ng with their party majority they go
III on their own route, disrupt party
nd consider that they have done wise
y. 1t is common talk that If they re-
urn to the Legislature it will be upon
heir own nomination, after a fight
made on their own responsibility. Sup
'ort of party platform and precept is
. cardinal tenet of Republican faith,
ret the surprising spectacle was pre-
ented of minority report from a con-
erence committee. The unwarranted
stacks on Republican officials often
anne from men elected on Republican
ickets. In this way was the honored
'arty name made reproach and the
restige of past victory dimmed.
The lobby must not be overlooked
ither, for 1t is safe to say that three
zen who busted themselves, cost the
more than $4,000 because of
waste of time.
The aquarium to be built at Wal
Xxi promises TO be a new attraction
Or tourists as well as residents.
Everybody likes to see live fish swim
behind oil IAl ,