The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-02

work. of the twenty odd Hawaiian
members of the House and also spoke
n praise of the representatives of the
press who had reported the House
proceedings. The press had been criti-
but fair and deserved the thanks
# the members.
GOVERNOR REFUSES.
A communication was received from
he Governor declining to return the
communication informing him
the sustaining of the veto on the
'evenue division bill.
81 consider the action of the House
Is final" wrote the Governor. The
communication was silently received
and placed on file. As a concurrent
resolution was in preparation ordering
the Governor to return the bill forth
interesting developments were
expected.
ELOQUENT KANIHO.
Kaniho. the Cannon Ball of Kohala,
he orator of the House, spoke as h
leader of the Democrats Of the House.
He made a witty speech, judging from
he appreciative laughter of the Ha-
present. He compared the ar
mony of the present session to previous
ones in which he had sat-, when mem
bers threw chairs and ink bottles at
other, giving much of the credit
for this to Chaplain Lono.
To the clerk, stenographer, sergeant
and to many members he ex-
tended praise and congratulations, in
Guiding the janitor in his distributor
- Io-,,,o+e Tha ;nfnr1Arntpr WAS also
thanked for his good services. enabling
him to kill some of the bad bills other
members had introduced.
He included the reports of the Homo
papers in his congratulations and
could only say in regard to their crit
icisms of himself, Father, forgive
them, for they know not What they
do"
To the Delegate and to the Speaker
he handed special bouquets and TO
Rawlins, who had been his strongest
opponent, but who had been found al
ways ready to give valuable advice
and who had done good work as chair
man of the Judiciary committee.
The Governor came in for a share or
praise and the leaders of the societies
present. He assured them that the
only read to success in politics was
honesty.
Kaniho was warmly applauded and
at the conclusion of his speech the
majority of the Hawaiians in the au-
dience departed.
GOVERNOR STILL REFUSES.
An answer to Concurrent Resolution
10, asking the Governor to forthwith"
.lxl..n, 49, communicative regarding
the division of YER bill veto, was
received at HIS, the Governor still
refusing to return anything for the
reasons stated in his former commu-
nication.
cially informed the Governor of the
overriding of his veto on a reconsid-
Grafton, being told that he had and
that the bill was now law notwith-
standing the veto of the Governor.
SENATE BILL 80 VETO.
The House OVERRIDE the vetoes on all
the items frowned on in Senate Bill
80, the Territorial Salary bill except
that for the government physician in
HiIo, who was cut out and the veto
sustained. 1lsss.l
THE LAST COMMITTEE
Rice moved that a committee Of five
he amounted TO inform the Senate and
Governor that the House had conclud-
ed its business and was ready TO ad-
journ sine die, the motion carrying
Kaleiopu objected to the
acting before all the various m
cations a been sent out regarding
action on all the vetoes. He was told
that such would be done and the COM
mittee was named, consisting of Rice
Paoo, Nakaleka, Alawa and Nalllna-
Rawlins was called upon to make
the closing speech of the session. he
began by thanking the House for Kill
ing House Bill "a, the Medical bill.
This bill was dead and he was no
mourner at the funeral.
Of the session just closing he sald
that it would be remembered as marx
ing an epoch in the legislative history
of the Territory. The House may nave
had some shortcomings but every man
had worked to the best of his ability
and he was proud to have been a mem
Der of the Legislature of 1907. 1t hao
been a pleasure to mark the harmony
and goodwill among the members.
He referred particularly TO Long
Negotiable Instrument law as a mars
of progression and paid especial COM
pliments to the Speaker, the man a.
the helm, who had steered the House
through all the shoals and rocks. A
an expression of the goodwill OF the
House and on behalf of the House
he then presented Speaking HolsteiL
/ with a gold headed cane, "a big stick
with this, Mr.. Speaker, goes the
aloha of every member of this House
whom you have helped and with whom
YOU have worked for the best interes
of Hawaii mel, our native land"
Speaker Holstein spoke feelingly II
response TO the address OF RaWIlhi
and in thanks for the presentation
He thought the people would recognlz
the fact that the Legislature had Deel
a husiness-like one in its economy ant
INCONSISTENCIES. All this was due Z
the members, not the presiding othceI
Il want to thank you one n all 10
the support you have given me an
I can only hope that you will return
one and all, two years ron now I
work again on the lines Of progresslv
-Americanism, not forgetting n a
Hawaiians. you will add to your patri
| otism by showing a 10 III