The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-23

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f aslhsfailbh ia sommiltee N the
sle. fauada u Hawaii making the
Protest ln be maiden spcssh
other important measures included a
luteniis court bill. hill providing Tor
permanent register u voters, m "a.
faihinration bill In fcfefonre 10 the
tfeatmen, - lepcrs and two other bills
IN regard 10 the treatment Of leprosy,
concurrent resolution inviting the
members ~ Congress 20 visit Hawaii
as guests Of the Territory, and a bill
to provide suspect hospitals on the vari.
Gus islands.
There we're some bills introduced Of
curious nature, especially one to forbid
the "habit Of selling FISH and meat
openly in the hshmarket." Kaleiopu
also created some amusement by care
fully making inquiries 10 learn II the
invitations Of the Promotion Committee
and the Floral Parade director to the
members Of the House TO attend pri.
! vate view Of r. X. Bonine moving pic
lures and the Mondays parade were
not leg pulling attempts. Kaleiopu in.
sisted on the Speaker finding out IL
the shows were to be free or not, re-
minding the members that once they
had been aJked to 60 to the baseball
ground and then had TO dig.
Douthitt's japanese resolution was
not presented until late in the after
noon: 1t was:
"Whereas, This Territory has large
population of japanese living here in
friendly association with the citizens
of the Territory, and forming valu.
able element in the industrial prosper.
ity of the islands, and;
"Whereas, The cordiality Of relations
between the Japanese and American
peoples has been endangered by the at
tempts of certain legislative agitators
to force enactment of laws prejudicial
to the rights of Japanese in some Sec
tions of the country;
"Now therefore, Be it Resolved by
the Legislature of the Territory of Ha-
waii, That we express our approval of
the fair and patriotic attitude of Presi-
dent Roosevelt in using his strong in.
fiuence to prevent such legislation and,
by continuing fair and friendly treat
ment, to preserve the amicable rela-
tions so long existing between Japan
and the United States, and we con.
gratulate the Legislatures of neighbor-
ing states for having, by substantial
maiorities, defeated all laws of the un-
desirable character above referred to.
"Resolved Further, That copy of
this resolution be forwarded by the Sec.
retary of the Territory to the President
of the United States;
"And be it Further Resolved, That a
| copy of this resolution be forwarded
to His Imperial japanese Majesty 8
Consul General.
Furtado rose to oppose the adoption
of the resolution. 81 think that it
would be wise to proceed cautiously in
this matter at this particular time"
he said. "This Territory is represent
ed in Congress by Delegate who has
no vote and he depends for what he can
| do upon the friendship of the Senators
and Representatives aof the Western
States. We cannot afford to antagonize
these Congressman. 1t is well to com.
mend the actions of Theodore Roose-
welt, but we should do so in a careful
way and proceed with caution. | do
not think this resolution should be vot-
ed upon without being referred to the
committee of the whole and carefully
threshed OUT
Alfonso, the ready, moved an amend.
ment to substitute the word "aliens :"
in the resolution in place of the word
Japanese, while Sheldon called for
the question. On request of Rice, the
resolution was read with the amend
ment, after this had been seconded by
Castro. After Castro heard the amend
ed resolution he withdrew his second
and the original resolution was put and
passed.
A bill presented for the adminstra-
tion by Huddy, provides for the prep
aration of list of qualified voters for
each county, which is to be kept and al
tered as required to keep the lists up
to date. This will be the official voters ;
list and the necessity of making n COM
plete new list every election will be
done away with.
THE SENATE.
The first business that came before
the Senate yesterday morning was
House Bill No. |, which was trans.
mitied to the Senate upon its third
reading. 1t provides for the legisla.
tive expenses, and, upon motion of Ka.
lama, passed its first reading.
A communication from the College