Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-20
PRIMARY ELECTION
BILL PAST HOUSE
Republican Stand By
Their Party
Pledges
LONG BITTERLY SCORES
TIE GRAFT COMMITTEE
Says Their Report Is Skillful Word
Painting and Does Him an
njustice-Investigation
Aftermath
HOUSE
SD Day-Afternoon Session

The House yesterday afternoon
once more put itself on record as
standing by the party pledges by
passing on third reading the primary
law bill. The vote on the measure
was virtually a party vote, only two
or three Republicans voting with
the Democrats against the measure.
| The bill was introduced in the House
by Castro and is the same, with some
| revision and amendment, as the
measure which the Senate killed, not
withstanding the party pledges Of
It's members to support Primary
Election bill. Il is now up To the
Senate again as to whether or not 1t
shall repuiiate It's promises.
There Is, In fact, more than n faint
suspicion that some of the House
members who voted for the bill yes
TEL day did so with the hope that 1t
would be killed in the Senate. As
one of the Representatives stated in
the corridor after the vote had been
us If the Senate should pass the bill.
Several references were made to
the party pledge when the bill was
taken mp FOR third reading. Alfonso
stated ikat both the Republicans and
the Democrats had pledged them
selves to support such bill, and 1t
was the duty OF every one of them
to 60 on record as being for or
against it.
F'urtado, speaking for the Demo-
Gratis, said they, too, were pledged
TO the support OF primary election
bill. but unless about 500 amend
ments were made to the present bill,
he did not feel that he could vote
for it, The amendments were not
made and he did not vote for II. Nei-
Their did the other Democrats in the
House. q
Kaniho made one of his long and
noisy speeches against the bill. When
he began to talk Coney YEARLY sug-
gested that the Interpretation be dis
pensed with. Kaniho, who few
minutes later took occasion to at
tack the newspapers and the news
paper reporters and to state that IL
he Is back in the House two years
from now, he will introduce a reso-
luton to have the reporters barred
from the House, objected loudly TO
this. Perhaps the members did not
want TO listen to his eloquence, but
he was sure the reporters did, and
he wanted them to know what he
was talking about so they could tell
the public. Kaniho never talks il
by any chance the reporters are out
of the room.
Douthitt cut short debate by NOV
ing the previous question and the
vote was taken on the bill, the divi-
sion being as follows:
Ayes-Affonso, Carley, Castro. Co
hen, Coney, Correa, Douthitt, Huddy,
Kaleiopu, Kamanoulu, Kawaakoa,
Kinney, Long, Makekau. Moanauli,
Nakaleka, Rice, Sheldon. Shingle,
| Waiwaiole, and the Speaker.
Noes-Furtado, Hihio, Kama, Ka-
mahu, Kaniho, Kawewehi, Keala-
waa, Like, and Nawahine.
Members All Pure
BY the adoption OF the report Of
the Graft Committee by vote of 2S
to 2 the House declared itself pure
and spotless, and gracefully waved
away all suggestions OF improper
conduct on the part of any of It's
members.
But this was not done until after
Long, who had been handed back
handed swat by the committee be-
cause the investigators wanted to
lay all the charges at his door. had
made one OF the best, bitterest, and
most sarcastic speeches of the ses-
sion On the special report Word
painting, beautiful word-painting."