The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-04-20
THE HOUSE

the report of the special investigation
committee appointed to look into I'M
founded charges of alleged graft was
adopted, though not until there had
been a great deal of speech-making.
Coney, one of the members of the
committee, spoke to the point and
chose his words well, resenting the in
situation that the report of the COM
mittee was a "whitewash."
Long played the martyr for the rea-
son that the committees report HAD
stated that he was largely responsible |
for the circulation of the rumors which
resulted in the publication of disproved
allegations of irregularity. He said
his shoulders were broad enough tol
bear the odium if the committee report
accomplished the good of eliminating
suspicion. He was very grateful toI
the committee, he said, for finding
everything to be all right, but a note
of sarcasm was noticeable in his voice.
Single, straight from the shoulder, re-
scented this tone and plainly declared
-
could be grateful to every member OF
I the House for being honest and up
right. Single plainly showed with
} out a chance of successful conTadic-
! ton, that the work of the committee
! had been thorough and he brought out
/ the fact that he, as chairman of the
investigating committee, had inquired
during the investigation of the reporter
who published the allegations if there
was anything or any body he could
indicate as not having been thorough
lily investigated receiving a negative
reply. In other words the suggestions
of the reporter were invited and if the
latter had had any basis for further
examination he could have brought 1t
out. In consideration of this fact,
said Single, he resented the sarcasm
of the reference to ''vestal virgins
and driven snow in the Bulletin 5
story of yesterday which commented
unfavorably on the committees report.
Kaniho and Kealawaa could not rest
satisfied with the straight talk of in
itelligent men of the Honse, but had to
get silly and rant lrresponsibly of a lot
of utter rot about ordering the re-
porters out of the House. Kaniho,
earlier III the day mad become veXed
because nobody was paying any atten-
ton to what he was saying and had
cried aloud in an agony of loneliness
that he at least have his remarks in
terpreted for the benefit of the men,
bers of the press,w neither or not the
members of the Houes would listen to
him. Then, on consideration of the
report of the investigating committee
he said the reporters should be eX-
, cluded from the hail. Kealawaa lost
, his head and made an exhibition OF
himself, saying he had recently been
admitted to practice law, though who
let him in was not PRESENT. to be pun
; ished, and he knew he could force a
certain reporter to divulge the name OF
, his informant. He advised llbel
suit. Other members of the House
laughed in his face. Somebody got
off the old gag about reporter always
, looking for sensationlism whether ii
. night the true or not, but good was ca
complished to the extent that the few
dummies among the Representatives
= advertised themselves so well that they
revealed their ignorance and unfitnes'
r HsMSHSHSnSMSESMSASHSMSHS I
Der of the committee, denounced the
no oh
cess to follow a government employe
after he went into private employ
ment, when he would not be able tC
exhibit evidence of former payments
> on the debt. There was no Other
? country on earth where public SER
wants were under special garnish-
ment law and now it was proposed tC
= extend the scope of that law. He
i moved that the bill be indefinitely
r postponed
/. Mccarthy did not know about the
!, facts as to other countries, but he
D knew that the garnishee law of this
e Territory was devised for the great
a est bilks on this earth.
e Kalama said it was a disgrace t
t. this country that government employ
e es would not pay their bills. He haC
t his desk full of them.
Coelho said that by far the greater
t percentage of bad payers were gov
= eminent employees.
S Chillingworth, asked why he hat
= not tried to have the bill amended il
the judiciary committee, said he hat
e not had an opportunity. Kalami
moved that the bill be recommitte,
= and Chillingworth accepted the mo
2, ton. Carried.
House bills relating to powers o
+ circuit courts, to proof of entry o
defaults of civil actions and to term
! of circuit courts passed first reading
J. Fairchild, from the ways and mean