The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-31
WISE WITHHOLDS
HIS APPROVAL
Continued from Page one).

the House, omissions which would seen
to make the journal worthless in its
present shape.
Wise made the discovery today and
he at once communicated the fact tc
the Acting Governor and Secretary At
kinson The latter communicated
with Charles r. auckland who had
prepared the journal and acquainted
him with the circumstances. 1t is
likely that a further conference will
have to be held in order that the mat
ter be adjusted, if such can be done
The omissions which make a portion
of the original copy of the journal
wrong, are made in numbering the
House bills. Every bill that is intro
duced in the house is numbered in ro-
tation. This is a guide additional to
title Of the measure, to enable the re-
cord of its progress to be kept. In
the daily minutes made by Clerk Wise
of the House proceedings, every bill IN
the text was given it's number. For
duced a bill entitled can Act to Amend
Section 444 of the Revised Statutes"
the bill would also be officially num-
bered. This number would be record
ed in the minutes along with the title
as well as the record Of the action taken
on the bill.
But in the first volume of the journal
as prepared by auckland, none of the
bills appear in the journal with their
official numbers. The titles are there.
Wise says that with this omission of
the numbers it is practically impossible
to tell what bills have been passed and
what have not.
Under the Organic Act the House
journal has to be printed and delivered
to the Secretary of the Territory 30
days after the adjournment of the legis-
lature. The original copy has to be
approved by the Speaker of the House
and by the Clark of the House, who
attach their signatures to the original
journal. From this copy are printed
a certain number of extra copies. The
original journal as prepared by Buck
land is a typewriter document, five
volumes in extent In addition to this
Original a number of printed copies
have been struck off.
Clerk Wise has made discovery in
connection with these printed copies,
that gives to say the least, very
funny appearance to the entire matter
Wise has refused to sign the original
journal owing to the omissions in the
first volume, but despite this fact his
name appears in the printed copies as
having signed and approved the jour
nal. The name of Speaker Holstein ap-
pears on the original typewriter or Of
fetal journal, because Holsteiu passed
on the original journal. Wise says
he will not sign the typewritten docu-
ment until after he has been further
advised in regard to the matter. Ger
tainly the document will have to be
corrected he says before he signs it.
What effect this hanging up of the
journal will have, is uncertain. Only
a few days more remain of the thirty
days. Counting the thirty, exclusive
of Sundays, the original journal should
be approved by the chairman and the
clerk of the House and be in the hands
of the Territorial secretary by next
Wednesday June as the legislature
adjourned May 1. But If the 30 days
are counted consecutively including
Sundays, the time is up today The APP
provhl could not in the latter case be
secured in time, as Holstein is away
on Hawaii If the law relative to the
journal is merely directory then the
harm will not be material but il It is
obligatory then some unforeseen com
plications may occur.
auckland is safe in one respect how
ever, and this is the matter of his pay
His bid was for $1,75O. Under the di-
rection of John Hughes and Speaker
Holstein, Clerk Wise says that he IS
sued the voucher to auckland for this
money some time ago. before the Jour.
nal had been delivered. The warrant
for this amount has been cashed. Should
it develop that the work done with the
journal will cause any trouble with tn,
official legislative records Of the gov.
eminent, the Territory would be sort
of up against 1t, as to the best means
Of compelling auckland to correct tn,
errors. He has his money and Their,
you are.