The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-16
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by the sanitary inspectors of Homo
lulu, against whom he complained Bit
terly because the premises where he
was lodging were in filthy state and
no inspector had appeared to clean
them up. A slice of Kaniho's brain I'M
der microscope would be an inter-
esting object of study and his antics
in the House would be also interest ng
and funny but for their wearsome
frequency and their evident weight
with some of his colleagues.
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Nothing has been heard in the House
this session of any race prejudice: Ka-
niho alone dragging in the question of
color in connection with the salary
bill. The silence In the matter has
been oppressive, terribly SO, for the
question has never been more than a
fraction of an inch below the surface
at any time. Throughout the whole
question of salaries this color-line has
been in sight, though studiously and
carefully avoided in the way of any
reference by any of the members. The
line has been there however. and
against it the waves of reason and
sound argument have beaten vainly.
1t came closest to the surface yes
terday than at any time so far and
was responsible for the rawest bit of
maneuvering that has yet been SEEM
This was over the salary of the libra
rian of the archives, a position which
kaniho wanted to cut out and have
the musty state papers burned as one
way of saving money. This salary item
was among those cut down by the Ha-
waiian majority, but yesterday 1t was
put back again to the higher figure,
the joker coming in in an amendment
that the librarian be also a translator.
Finally after it had been pointed out
that the documents in the archives
comprised manuscripts in about a
dozen different languages, it was spe-
Gifted that the translator be an Ha-
waiian translator, the mover of the
amendment clubbing all the foreign pa
pers rubbish" Now 1t is well known
to the members of the House, Hawai-
ian and haole alike, that Librarian
Lydecker, a man who has peculiar
abilities as a librarian, is not able to
talk Hawaiian nor translate matter
into Hawaiian. And, what was to
have been expected under the circum-
stances, not one of the Hawaiians who
had fought the salary and advocated
the cut in the first instance raised their
voice against it yesterday. Some Ha-
waiian wants to have Lydecker's job
and the word has been passed around.
So far this session there have been
2l5 bills introduced into the House and
of these fifty-seven died a-borning and
We're buried in the table graveyard.
-Four others. having emerged from the
House cocoon and graduated into the
winged class in the Senate were Osler-
lied to add to the Governors collec-
tion of dead ones, leaving 154 alive.
OF these forty-four repose quietly in
the Senate, more or less alive, and
are still in the hands of
the House committees. Thirty-three
have become law through the Govern
or's signature and one was Wallached
back into life after the cruel thrust
of the veto was given. or those bills
which have become law, Rawlins has
been the father of an even dozen.
Sheldon runs him close with eleven and
Kaleiopu has four. or the others,
Correa, Pail, Rice. Leleiwi. Kahana
and Kaluna have an only darling
apiece.
In addition to these there are eight
more now before the Governor for his