The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-20


ibr completion III ihe hnHi Hf arla.s
ite same he satisfied Hf rfferiluEs
commenced l1 collect ihe dur Vf m
fHfrinr fhr .tme. The vote Carrying
this Wns unanimous
Graft Report Debate.
! Consideration OF ths report of ibe
lspscHl Graft lntrsii legation comm irr.
which he'd been deferred from the morn.
ing. Was then taken up
Malicious Press schcming.
Couey rose to speak ON The lmft
eummiJteo report lie expressed regret
that the matter nj graft bad ever been
mentioned in the House, llc had sat
throughout the session feeling that The
members were all fair and honest aud
there had been friendliness In every
thing done in the House until the pub
LEGATION of the charges. when gloom
was cast "And whyl' he asked.
p "Just because there was Jealousy
among the employees of the House aud
some unfounded charges were made -
He denied that there was any white
wash in the report. He regretted the
matter mainly from the standpoint Of
q Hawaiian. because it is said some
times that lIawaiians cannot rule them
selves and are not fit to be members
of a Legislature.
"lf the press wants to advertise
this thing so as to bring about gov
eminent by commission, ! say, Mr..
Speaker. that this is a dirty low way
to go about il. IL that is what they
want, why not come out openly and
not try to gain an end by smirshng
this Legislature and Hawaii mel, - said
, Coney.
81 want to warn the members to he
careful about what they say. When
something is said the newspaper men
seize it. That is what they want. They
take some little thing for start, made
a big thing out of it and spread it
abroad for the sake of discrediting this
Legislature,
Long IS Sarcastic.
Long complmented the special com.
mittee on the extremely sklful way in
which they had done the special work
for which they Had been adopted. In
the report he found that he was the
culprt for it all. If what he had done
had been something to bring before
the members the danger of placing
themselves in shady position or n
place where his action could be ques-
Toned he did NOT regret IL Ue he.
lieved it to be the duty of each member
to expose what m knew of wrongdo-
ing and point out where suspicion might
, rest, and what he did he did honestly.
He seorned the blame put upon him
in the report for doing what he had
considered his duty and announced that
his shoulders were plenty broad enough
To carry nl Snch blame He believed
the investigation would result in good
and stated that he was relieved when
he found the report had eXonerated
, each and every member OF the House.
with few exceptions that report
ought to be accepted" he said, point.
1 ing out that the report was not based
. in some particulars upon the evidence,
lie proposed to let the House Know
! mat the report was written wlthout
!. consuming 'he ho'es Oh the s'eno'
. etIf tho+ renort ;s 10 st.nd ;ns;.,
!. .bot Il no ocaomnor;ed NV tbe st.no.
. aranbor,s rotes Then = NAV 40 70
!, fbn Govarnor and 70 ,ubom else the
2 Houso wants ,,
. Inc ooncI,dad h,, ovnresy;no thank.
S frlnoss Not 40 oo,,,nittaa onnId ranort
. tl,a4 noe ,,,o,,,ta,. 81 tha House h a 4
I. received n dishonest penny.
= Single Quite Angry.
+ sh;nn,o .totoa th.4 +baro hod heer
/ no ncossion 70 rofer 70 tbe notes takar
Of tho e,idence the e,,idencc heinz sr
= ,,ro,,n,d orat;nl,l,, ~, +bo sida ~ tha Ia,
astv If tbe House '' y Wv ''
= liz blamed Gona for either ro+ do
randinar a ra+rantfon ~ an alloaoa IN
> terview mr. for NOT occenting tho re
. ,,rt os IL stood no wopted 20 Lrou
= Mat ala Iong moan NV saving that
', tbo committea had done its work n,
{ ,.hot tha earcasn, :, mo noners meant
. us his Honse GOING ta stand 70,
', +bis sarcnsm9,i be sskad ~ for nm,
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