The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-11
HOUSE JOURNAL ROW
AGAIN BREAKS OUT
BIRD OF HARMONY IN LOWER
BRANCH SERIOUSLY DISTURB
ED-THE END NOT YET.

stepped on Tuesday when the House by
resolution supported the Speaker and
directed the clerk to turn over to the
journal printing committee the records
of the proceedings broke forth again
just before the adjournment of the
the undercurrent of feeling resulting
threatens the harmony of the body for
the remainder of the session.
1t is largely a fight between the
Speaker and the clerk, each of whom
commands a following in the matter.
BY custom it has been the rule i'm pre-
vious sessions to give the clerk full
authority is supervising and getting
out the journal and Clerk Wise has
evidently considered it as one of his
prerogatives and profitable little job
on the side The Speaker i'm wrestling
away this expected bit of desert on the
side, has incurred the resentment Of
the clerk and brought the latters
friends rallying about his standard.
The Speaker says that the commit
tee will get out the journal and that
the clerk will be given about ten days
after the close of the session to look
it over and certify to its correctness.
Clerk Wise says to just watch him
and see if he does or not.
1t would seem as though the Clerk
held the whip hand for the Speaker
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signature to the journal after it is
finished, and the only recourse APP
parently would be to fire the clerk and
getting one more tracabe which
might be difficult of accomplishment.
The trouble started yesterday after
the conclusion of the regular business
for the day and at tn etime when the
House ordinarily adjourns for the day
and kept things lively until after ;
o'clock. 1t began when Speaker Hol-
tein announced that the committee had
let the contract for doing the compil-
ing, typewrting. proof reading, eac., to
c. r. auckland, for the English, and
B. H.Kelekolio, for the Hawaiian. Also
that the contract for the printing had
been let for $50 copies in English to the
| Bulletin Company at 81. 80 per page,
and 500 Hawaiian copies to the Gazette
Company at 81 80 per page.
| 1t was at this point that Pail began
stirring up trouble. He wanted to
know if there was any reason why the
clerk should not have gotten out the
journal, as has heretofore been the
custom
The Speaker replied that under
the Organic Act the Journal was sup
posed to be completed and forwarded to
Washington within 40 days after the
close of the Legislature. That at the
last session it had not been finished
until months after, and the expense
had amounted to over $4,000 The two
previous sessions had run much above
that even, although he could not pro-
duce the figures, for the reason that as
regards the first session at least, the
vouchers had all beenn burned. This
! time he said the committee Composed
of the Speaker, and Representatives
Hughes and QUINN would get out the
journal, which it was practically impos-
sible for the clerk to do within the
specified time after the close of the
| session; and he believed that a con-
siderable saving would be made over
the 1905 session although the journal
would be considerable larger.
Pail then wanted to know if the
clerk had been consulted in the matter
as his ability to get the book out in the
required time; and the answer was
that he had not been and that there
was nothing in the rules requiring that
he should be so consulted. The clerk
would be given probably ten days in
which to examine and certify to the
work of the committee after the ses-
sion closes, the Speaker, said, and he
will also be given a receipt for all pa
pers which he turns over to the COM
mittee.
Rawlns here dipped in He thought
it would probable be a case of too many
cooks spelling the broth if the com
mittee partially completed the work
and the clerk finished it. He wanted
to know who would then shoulder the
responsibility.
The Speaker said that Rawlns mis-
understood That the committee would
have entire charge of the work, anc
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50. Victoria and King.
SO. Kapiolani and Beretanla.
81. Kapiolani and Green.
IS. Pensacola and Lunalilo.
Sc. Pensacola and Beretania.
81. Piikoi and King.
81. Thurston, opposite Magazine.
90. Pensacola and Wilder.
90. Lunalilo, opposite Kewalo.
"a, Keeaumoku and Wilder.
95. Kewalo and Heulu.
90. Makiki and Domlnis.
%. College and Dominis.
1913, Makiki and Lunalilo.
1924, Keeaumoku and Kinau.