The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-03-04
my LADYS GARAGE STOPS THE Way.

My 1adys carriage stops the way" and has been stop
ping the way for close fortnight 1t is true
of our public business has been pushed forward
the expenses of the session of the Senate have been
provided for, the bill has been signed and published and
the money has been drawn 1t is also true that the
needs of the House have been provided for These
necessary lubrcatons of the legislative wheels The
first duty of all Legislators to calculate their mileage
Did not Delegate Wilcox himself give his experiences
in his words and did he consider the drawing of
his mileage his first great official act? But interesting
2 and valuable this may be- it is after all, only
end, only step the direction of needed legislation
Z of the Territory.
My lady's carriage just now is the county bill We
do nothing have practically nothing done because
the county bill has not up and been finally disposed
of. Everything hangs the county bill. The mag
ntude of the general appropriations depends upon The
county bill What is 1he good of prepl ing and going
carefully balanced estimates, if the whole method
of expenditure is to be changed The hub of the whole
matter lies in the county bill. What shall do and
what shall not do depends upon the county bill IN
what light shall view many questions depends upon
& the county bill. Whether certain things shall be
garded from a broad a stand point depends
5 upon the county bill
If the results of the of Republicans had been
decisive, if the Territory could be satisfied that the
county bill, printed and circulated would pass in
substantially the FORM there would be very
different feeling among thase who look forward to the
steady advancement of the Territory not So
When the County bill reaches the stage of discussion in
the House. very cloud of amendments will be let loose
which will fairly shadow the bill ITSELF and fill the
air with the Garage of their wings the poet Of old
{ puts it.
We know what the bill is now but shall we know the
bill after it has taken its through the House
The true Republican members will do all they can to keep
5 the bill intact but the semi-Itepublicans the who
have appeared under the Republican banner but
neither for party principles for party allegiance will
nothing for keeping the bill intact They will hack
and hew and plaster and add till what clear logi
cal document, we'll balanced, well thought and
ably drawn by Attorney Breckons, will become ill
balanced, illogical, and piece meal production such
the average Legislator of the Territory loves to cOntem
plate, and such would make, in the future it has
5 done in the past clear thinking and logical legislator
9 weep.
But whether the county bill 90 through it's
2 egrity whether it is to go through in such shape
that Mr. BreckOns will require magnifyng glass find
out what he fashioned from what else has
botched is not the question under discussion. What
every to know is in what shape the county bill
5 will go through. Until that is decided the general
work of legislation is practically a stand still.
OF course the hope of true Republicans lies in the
Senate. The House may overload my ladys carriage"
and may pack it full of rubbish but the Senate and
s will unload it, All this however takes time 1t takes
time to put in the useless lumber and it will take time
to get it out again. and alas! it will take time blow
very large of gas which is generating fast and
will burst forth in the windy rhetoric and purposeess
reasoning of which we already have had taste
The lockers beginning to wonder why is that
"my adys carriage stops the way" long 1t begins to
have the appearance of being kept waiting the door of
set purpose There of politicians who
work in under hand ways who have got their hands upon
the carriage wheels and intend for their purpose
block them for some time. The Republican party pro-
missed county bill at the polls The party leaders have
honestly carried out their promise bill has been
drawn not careessy and hastily but with the greatest
care and at the expenditure of much time labor 1t
has been discussed in party caucus. There seems
reason it should not appear in the legislature be
pushed through, unless there is influence at
work What that secret influence is will be here
after Meantime my ladys carriage stops the way"
her drive