The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-31
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enough, at any rate, TO run the total
| for the session up to nearly five hun
| dred and not an inconsiderable por-
| ton of them are jewels in their way.
| There was the bill to increase the ses-
sional indemnity of the members to
$1,000 a session, looked at longingly by
some of the members but finding no
one ready to assume the responsibility
of placing it before the House. The
preparation of this bill is credited to
one of the haole members of the SEN
ate, who was afraid to present il him
self and thought TO get one of the
Hawaiian House members to jump at
the chance of presenting it. once
regularly introduced it was figured
that il would pass, whereby the origi-
natOr of the measure would reap his
share of the benefit and the introducer
would shoulder all the odium TO be at
tached to such salary grabber. The
Hawaiian members of the House got
next to the scheme Immediately, how
ever, and none of them could be found
to touch the bill with d ten foot pole.
There was another bill In the hands
OF a House member, the avowed OBJ
Ject of which was to abolish the
smoke nuisance of Honolulu" This
was handed back to the outsider who
had handed it in for presentation with
a request that he had better draft a
bill requiring everyone in Honolulu to
shovel the snow off their own side
walks as required in most mainland
cities.
Another resolution, if introduced,
would have set the House and the SEN
ate by the ears. This came in from
an indignant Portuguese, who had
read in the report of an afternoon pa
per that Senator Makekau had done
the Judge Robinson act in the Senate
and denouced the Portuguese citizens,
and demanded that the Senator re-
tract or suffer the consequences. Be
fore presenting ii, the member 10
whom it was sent made an investiga-
ton and found out that the Senator
had made only complimentary refer
ences 10 the Portuguese and the pub
lished report of his speech had been |
garbied.
Bluff Billy Sheldon, OF Kauai, is an |
Did legislator. and wants the other |
members to know it. He is also |
toughened against the attacks CT |
newspapers, or says SO, and also 4
wants the other members to know 4
hat. Sheldon should look up what /
has to say regarding the
nan who protests too much, also the
inc which calls attention 10 the wfnc-
ng Of the CALLED jade. Indeed if ne
'e-read his whole Shakespeare after
lie gets away from the whirl of the
,ity and has more time on his hands
lie might learn several things. He is
pretty good fellow after all.
kaleo is the one member OF the
fourth out of sympathy with his coll
eagues and in opposition most of the
ime to the interests of the ones who
lected him. AS the session gets older
his member seems to fall more and
1ore under the spell of the verbose
lember from KohaIa, the Honorable
L NJ. Kaniho. Better things had been |
expected of Kaleo and his vote and |
peeches or several occasions have
cen disappointing.
It would be rather a shame, how
ver If Kaniho did not gain some ad-
erents as a result of his oratory, .
HIGH, like Tennyson's brook, flows on
,rever. IF the Kohalaite only had
eas to correspond with his facility OF 7
1pression he would be a wonder. AS
is he is only a nuisance and it was
tickled House that listened to the l
mbasting handed him during the :
eek by the chairman Of the Judiciary !
ommfttee. The member himself
ems TO think that his bills and reso- l
tions are so regularly tabled because \
: is a Democrat and he assumes the :