The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-11-09

ring. lUaI we recommend 10 Ine NON.
Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, delegate to
the congress of the United States from
the Territory of Hawaii, that he urge
! upon congress the suspension of the
coastwise shipping laws so far as their
! application to Hawaii is concerned, in
so far as they affect the carrying of
passengers by vessels not flying the
flag of the United States, until such
time as it shall appear that ample pas.
senger accommodations have been pro-
vided in American vessels plying be.
tween Hawaii and the mainland, or in
the discretion Of the President of the
United States; and be it further
"Resolved, That copy Of this res.
olution be sent to the Hon. Jonah XII
hio Kalanianaole, delegate to congress
from the Territory of Hawaii"
| Dilatory Tactics.
Alfonso promptly tried to block it |
by moving to defer until two clock,
although he knew that the house had
already adopted resolution, intro
duced by Sheldon, that the house
should adjourn sine die at two-thirty.
Coney objected to any such dilatory !
tactics The matter, he said, had been
discussed thoroughly by the people Of
the Territory, and the representatives
ought to understand it by this time.
Castro was lost in tn quagmire of in
decision. He said he didn' know how
he stood on the matter, and he want
ed it deferred until he should have had
chance to inform himself thoroughly.
He thought half hour would do, and
asked that consideration of the resolu-
| ,1n II
Kaniho's Logic.
Kaniho has stock motion-to post
, pone indefnitely-and he trotted it
out, moving to lay the resolution on
! the table indefinitely. He had two rea-
sons, of the Kaniho variety. One was
that the house had already voted not
to consider any other legislation than
that directly connected with the amend
r ment of the Organic Act, and the
, other that the house had sat upon the
bill to appropriate money for the re-
: lief of the persons recently released
: from the Leper Settlement.
The Speaker tried to explain to the
: Big Kahuna the difference between
e bill and resolution, but it was like
! pouring water into rat hole.
ri Coney asked Kaniho if the legislature
could appropriate money by resolution.
r That foored him.
Alfonso rose to a point of order, a
: motion to defer is not debatable. The
: Speaker said the point was well taken.
/. BY consent consideration of the reso-
luton was deferred until IL o'clock.
i The Harvey Resolution.
: Harvey's concurrent resolution to
t prevent the exchange of public lands
i until the Organic Act shall have been
q amended, came down from the senate
S and was read by the clerk. The Speaker
|. promptly disposed of it by referring it
), TO the lands committee. The house was
v not in mood to stand for any monkey
business from the senate, least of all,
o an attempt to override the Organic A ct.
4 Sheldon offered a concurrent resolu-
e ton that the President of the senate
and the Speaker of the house be author
lied to close the session by adjourning
their respective houses at $3.50 o'clock
today, The resolution was adopted
e without debate.
= Appropriation Bill Passed.
q Senate Bill l, the appropriation bill
Z for the upper house, passed third read
ing by unanimous vote. At 1855 the
house took a recess subject to the call
k of the Speaker.
!, Relief Resolution Adopted.
!. When the house came to order at IL
o O'Clock, senate concurrent resolution z
a came down from above This is the
a. resolution requesting the Governor to
+ set aside from the $4,000 contingent
q fund not more than $4,000 for the relief
n of the persons released from the Leper
= Settlement.
Cohen was wise enough to move the
% adoption of the resolution, thus steal
a ing Kaniho' IS thunder and multiplying
- the opposition of the Big Kahuna to
~ the coastwise suspension resolution.
Kaleiopu thought the resolution too
y loosely drawn. He moved to make it
. read "$5OO0, instead of "not to ex-
. ceed $4,000"
Coney disagreed with the gentleman
from the fifth. He ddn t think $4,000
: ought to be spent if a less amount
} would be sufficient.
=! Alfonso moved the previous question.
Carried. The vote was taken and the
y resolution was adopted
a. cohen's Speech.
N AT 11:l2 consideration of the coast.
a wise suspension resolution was taken
up, Cohen got the floor.
n "stntistics show" be said, "that
a England has ll,5l7 passenger ships,
- Germany 2044 and the United States
= only eleven. Every other nation sub
= sidi2os It's shipping, The United States
- = doesn't, Efforts have been made in
=, congress from time to time 10 pass Il
u ship subsidy bin. Bnt the congressman
~ from the interior, who are mostly farm.
ers, and who do not realize that there
~ Is such a place as the Pacific Ocean,
" have opposed Il. II seems TO me that
y something should he done 10 wake up
y these congressman, Tho people OF ll6'
o. waii can nor travel 20 fhe Suites on
railr0udtj We must have ships,
~ "'fhe object ~ this resolution Il 10
= make the people II the United States
realize the position the people Of la.