The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-03-15
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ticket under the proposed law.
The speaker, who was in fine forr
after his rest, demanded the reason 70
the introduction of such bill by Ka
leo. Should such a bill pass, the pres
ent Delegate to Congress, Prince Cupid
would have no more chance for Office
If it should pass the peoples right
would be abridged and the plantation
could step in and do with them an,
the county as would best suit them
For the prosperity and happiness Of tn
country the bill should be killed.
Insofar as the law limits the right
of anyone running for offices, it is op
posed to the Constitution of the United
States, and as a law directed agains
the prosperity of the country 1t is ;
bad one and should be voted down.
HUGHES TO THE DEFENSE.
John Hughes asked the House t.
consider the circumstances under which
the bill was drafted. 1t was drawn VI
by competent men, modelled on laws IL
force on the mainland and on the re
quest Of the entire Republican party
1t was drawn up to remedy wrong
and has the support of the best people
in the country.
Who is opposing the billi Only a
few disgruntled politicians RELOCATED
to obscurity outside the House, and the
member from Kohala and the venerable
member from Waialua. Is Kaniho gift
ed among his other powers with that
of prophecy How can he see disaster
here from law that works well else
wherel Why will it not bring the
same good results to the common peo-
pie here as elsewherei
Everyone knows the corruption which
has existed here since the introduction
of American politics. We have seen
packed conventions and delegates
afraid to call their souls their own.
We have seen candidates change their
politics as they would change their
coats. The member from Kohala says
the law limits the voters rights, but
it really gives him the greatest right
Of all to say who shall be his candi-
date.
This is the very bill which will allow
the Prince to return to Congress if he
wants to and will allow every member
of the House to be reelected ifp he
makes clean record. 1t is bill
drawn up in the interest of the COM
mon people, who will hold the power
under it, not the plantations, as stated.
AYES "a, NOES 4.
Kaleo, who had introduced the Bill,
closed the debate, one of his points
being that the delegates to conventions
had formerly done just the oppositeato
what they had been instructed. The
bill would also do away with bribery,
for no one would buy 5000 votes, while
he might buy the 200 delegate votes
The speaker lifted the lid for peep
at the machinery of the last Repub-
lican convention, where some delegates
had been pulled around .'bv some pow
er stronger than the wishes of the
voters who had sent them there" o..
The rollcall showed a straight party
vote on the part of the Republicans,
with two Democrats voting with them,
the roll being: Ayes, "a, noes 4, alb
sent 2. st
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.
A communication from the Associat-
ed Charities, outlining the work they
have been doing in Honolulu and re-
minding the House that formerly the
running expenses of $4,000 a year had
been contributed by the government
was read and referred to the Public
Health committee.
STATUS OF HOUSE BILLS.
Speaker Holstein reported ON the
status of the various House measures.
In the hands of the Governor were
nine of the bills, the Miscellany com
mittee was bordering over one, the Ed
ucation committee had five under con
sideration, the Health committee four,
Finance committee six, Judiciary com
mittee' had n bunch of forty.three
on hand, twenty.one had been sent to
the Senate, nineteen had gone into
what Hughes calls relegated to OBJ
scurity' on the table, one had been
vetoed by the Governor and two had
received his official sanction.
Afternoon Session.
A communication from the Senate
informed the House that Senate Bill
IA. relating to the rights of married
women to deal with personal property
and Senate Bill 4, respecting the turn
ing over of certain fire apparatus to
certain specified town. both of which
had been vetoed by the Governor had
been carried over the veto. House Bill
"a relating to the sale of salmon, was
returned from the Senate, amended as
to date of coming into force on the
third reading. Theamendment was con-
CURED in by the House and the other