The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-02-21

that every member of the House but
one was bound to support him in order
to discharge his ante-election pledge.
The appeal was not without force and
Kaniho. the one rome RULER. registered
his vote in the affirmative along with
the majority.
EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
Speaker Knudsen announced the fol-
lowing as composing the Committee
on Public Education: NakuIna, chair
man. Rice, Lilikalani Cox and Shipman.
Rep. Smith having resigned Us hair
man of the Public Health Committee,
the Speaker announced that he had APP
pointed Rep. Fernandez to the chair
manship. the others on the committee
being waterhouse, Coelho, Greenwell
and Long.
Senate Resolution No. 2, for the APP
pointment of joint committee of three
from each house for the purpose of re-
vising translations and preventing Sec
ond TRANSACTIONS by either body was re-
ferred to the Reference Committee.
GEORGE A. DAVIS OBJECTS.
read from Attorney George A. Davis:
Honolulu T. H., Feb. IS, 1905.
To the Honorable the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and to the
Honorable the House of Represen-
tatives:
On page Cos, Section 1901, and in the
note thereto of the proposed Revised
Laws of Hawaii, 1905, the following APP
pears and is printed, and should be
struck out land Re Davis 10, II. 220,
taking advantage of aged, timid or
mentally weak client" one of the
commissioners who prepared this did
not believe that 1 ever took advantage
of any client The United States Dis
trict Court per Dole, j.. did not SO
hold and the Department of Justice
practically exonerated me. No refer
ence is made In the proposed law to
this exoneration nor to the decision of
the United States Court. Such lines
as these used in notes to be printed
would not affect me personally In any
part of the world, but they might af-
feet the bright boy who bears my name
lwen / have crossed the Great Divide
and as citizen, a Republican, and 6
man, earnestly appeal to your Honor
able body not to pass this infamou:
reference to me.
| l did not take advantage of anybody
professionally in my life, much less
John X. Sumner, for it is cruel to refer
to this disbarment case, but l am com
PEELED to do so.
With due respect to the Commission
ers, if they had done me the justice
to cite the letter of the Attorney Gen
eral of the United States on file ant
the United States Court decision. thi
appeal would not be made to this Hon
orable body, but it is silent as to hotl
the letter and the United States Cour
decision.
The Judge who rendered the infa
nous decision against me no longe
Exercises judicial functions and afte
all that has passed l enter my solemn
protest on behalf of my boy agains
this reference to me in what you ar
about to pass and circulate over tn
world as the law of this land; an
ask investigation and to be heard be
fore it is passed.
Justice and fair play call loudly 70
the striking out of the Revised Law
of this Territory such a reference to mt
for l was not guilty and it was so es
tablished.
Honorable Speaker. Honorable Hous
of Representatives, 1 am your obedien
lservant.
(Signed) GEORGE A. DAVIS.
MOTION TO TABLE.
Rep. Andrade moved that the lette
be tabled, urging that though he woul
be far from doing anything to injur
any mans feelings or reputation,
thought that the work was of too grea
a value to be destroyed on account c
a private grievance. HIS motion foun
no seconder.
Rep. Harris moved that the letter 6
to the Judiciary Committee. Mr.. Davi
as citizen had a right to be heard b
the House, he said, if he thought h
had a legitimate cause of complaint.
Rep. Andrade withdrew his motto
in favor of that of Harris and the mat
ter was referred.
THE SENATE'S FUNDS.
The third reading of the Senate's bi
for the appropriation of $4,000 for tn
seasonal expenses of the upper hous
was rushed through early in the after
noon.
A report of the Public Lands Com
mittee favorable to certain bills wa
on motion of Rep. Harris referred bac
for further consideration.
A query as to the exact status of tn
County Bill propounded by Rep. Harri
ELECTED the information that the Refer
ence Committee had decided that tn
bill should go before the joint commit
tee of both houses.
Rep. Harris gave 1t as his opinio
that the House could not go ahead in
telligently in the matter of appropria
! tions until the matter of the Count
Bill was settled.
SENATE DID NOT CONCUR.
| Under suspension Of the rules CON