The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-12-19
Carter And The
Legislature


not secure favorable congressional action.
The demand for annual sessions of parliament the ring
ona liberty and against the depom and encrOachments OF the
rings So eloquent the arguments made of this that
there grew belief legislative
body essential Of liberty Without such frequent sessions
firmly believed by many that freedom from the encoachments Of
the executive impossible.
This belief firmly impressed liberty loving spirit
United States organized governing status So
we find that the time of the American Revolution and later when
United States was framed and adopted that
annual sessions OF the legislature the rule Many Of the original
states have continued the practice notably the New England
and most notably there, probably Massachusetts, where Governors
too, elected annually,
But the encroacment by passed away
belief the absolute necessity of annual sessions of the legislature
for the maintenance OF liberty began to umbe Other consdera
tons began to have weight In the Sparse settled OF
The newly organized commemorative the inconvenience OF annual
sessions when members had great distances began
felt and for this biennial introduced many
states Later gross corruption legislative bodies frankly seized
having few sessions of the Legislature possible
The argument that seemed impossible avoid corruption and
rank vonm in legislatures therefore, the frequency OF the meet
such bodies be reduced such possible
du Ss the opportunities i{ for public punder
the potent and finally brought about that biennial Legislative
sessions became the rule rather than the exception.
AS matter of fact most OF the OF the union have ben
a legislative sessions But during the past years ap
quency legislative based with the something
of the old feeling that annual sessions are ulark Of n a
beginning felt again argument frequent
reduce the opportunities for graft and corruption losing its 1t
is that graters and corruption affected by ordinary
rules of time place. that frequent sessions Legislature
not reduce either the opportunities the OF corruption but
have tendency to increase them This is for the reason that
the Legislative the direct participation OF the people govern
men being allegiance for much of the time and
long intervals necessity which properly Legislative
thrown upon seized by the executive This in
usupation tends federation nicely
discriminate in either political moral ethics The belief growing
that the old feeling of the necessity frequent sessions of the eg
aure for the preservation of civil liberty had foundation though
have had the foundation that the fathers believed
perhaps the adjustment of conditions differs different generations
Inc late David Dudley Field was one OF first and the most nfu
entail men, in late the principle annual sessions
the legislature This he did in his address President of Ameri
Bar Association its meeting Chicago about fifteen years
He has been followed by Others and though the subject
sad to be one that has become dominating one it subject
which good deal of thought being expended and which
number and great thinkers
at variance with present day practice
Governor his
academic discussion Of the theme its general aspects applies
his the situation here Nevertheless he is
widespread though yet very pronounced tendency