Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-12-12
COUNTY LAW MASS MEETING
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Hughes addressed the meeting on
the committees behalf, speaking from
the stage, said he:
| THE resolutions | have read meets
very issue brought to bear upon the
ounty act Although the newspapers
Ion't all coincide with 1t | believe that
a point in its favor.
| Everyone wants to find out where
we are at. If we take this bill to
Congress and 1t is passed. that will
not save 1t from attack, for the United
States Supreme Court might knock 1t
out. and we would be no further ahead
than We are now. The thing to do Is
to bring It before our Supreme Court.
The appeal which is made to the
Bar Association should receive your
support. We know the Bar Associa-
ton is composed of patriotic and in
,telligent men and. they will be able to
bring us out of the state of chaos we
are in today. Their services too. will
be gratuitous.
IF the law is declared invalid then
there should be an immediate calling
of the legislature; there is some doubt
as to how the legislature will act hut
believe that we can place confidence
in IT..
1T Is not for us TO consider Mr.
iatCh-to condemn him, or to con-
denim the Governor; there is no more
honorable man that f. NJ. hatch and
whatever he will do in Washington. we
may BE- sure he will safeguard the
rights of the people. We should not
bring condemnation proceedings
against the Governor, even before he
has chance TO warm the gubernator-
ial chair. He may have made an error
OF judgment, but 1t is not for us to
to condemn, to squeeze a man like an
orange and damn him ever afterwards.
II am not here as a special pleaded
Tor Governor Carter. He has lots OF
friends and no matter how we differ
know there Is no more honest or well
meaning man from the Atlantic to the
Pacific and that Governor Carter wants
to do right for the Territory. The
worst thing we can do is to hamper
the administration at this stage"
The chairman then read the follow.
ing rules for debate:
| % Speakers shall stand by theiI
seats and confine their remarks eXclu-
sively TO the resolution, no one to
speak longer than Ave minutes.
90 A vote shall be taken on the res.
olution not later than $3.50 p. m.
Glenn Quinn moved to strike from
the report the Recommendation in ref
erenCe to calling special session OF
the Legislature. Motion was ruled out
of order.
Discussion followed as to the time ia
BE- allowed speakers. At Stewards sug'
Gestion ten minutes was settled. Ash.
fords motion to change the time limit
tor a vote 10 10 o'clock was carried.
Jonah Kumalae moved the appoint
ment of an interpreter. There wer,
roars of NO! no! Sit down." Few
affirmative roars were heard.
I'VE are here as American citizen;
under the American flag" cried chair
man Smith. on his feet in a hurry
with one common language. We are
all Americans, not Hawaiians | dom
think there is Hawaiian here who
cannot understand English.
"All right, Smith, that's all right!
sang out the irrepressible Markham
from the back of the house
J. A. Matthewman moved the adop
ton Of the resolution. Senator Dickey
:! seconded
Moving that portion OF the resolu
tons calling for a special session Of
the Legislature be rejected, l.. A
Thurston said
II do not think these resolutions
should be adopted without discussion
There have been many statements IL
the press and on the streets, the sub
ject OF which was the mission to Wash
ington, which is not mentioned In thii
report. ! coincide with the views o.
the committee In leaving out this ref
erence to the mission to Washington
was and still am opposed to such al
expedition as that of Mr.. Hatch. Blu
conditions have changed from thos,
OF a week ago. AT that time 1t wal
proposed to do something. Now some
thing has been done. The matter hal
been presented before Congress ant
there are now reasons why we SHOULD
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