The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-18
LEGISLATURE ORGANIZES

business before the Senate would be
the election of officers, and he appoint
ed Senators Mccarthy and Knudsen
tellers.
Smith Nominated.
The nomination of W. O. Smith as
President of the Senate was made by
Senator Knudsen of Kauai and second
ed by Kalama. Senator Moore placed
the name of Palmer Woods in nomina
ton, seconded by Harvey. Mccarthy
then moved that the nominations be
closed and it was carried, the tellers
proceeding to take the votes. The re-
suit showed ten votes for Senator
Smith and four for Senator Woods, one
blank vote being cast. On the motion
of Woods the vote was made unanimous
and Senator Smith was escorted to the
chair by the tellers, Senators Mccarthy
and Knudsen. President Smith then
spoke as follows:
Address of Smith.
81 wish to express my appreciation
of the honor that has been conferred
upon me by election to the Office of
President of the Senate, and will dis
charge the duties of the Office to the
best of my ability. We are the ser
wants of the people, and it is our duty
to see that the executive and judicial
departments of the government are
maintained to the best interests of the
people and that sufficient means are
provided for efficient administration.
AS servants of the people we have a.
great responsibility upon us, and one
klr4 l. II.
three essential requirements to our
duties. The first is honesty; the second
is efficiency, and the third is economy.
1t is important that we do the work
before us in a manner that will assure
its conclusion in the course of the reg
ular session, but at the same time we
want to avoid the danger of hasty
work Promptness at the beginning
will assure this, and we must avoid
crowding the work at the very last.
We must have patience with each
other, the Senate must have patience
with the chair, and the chair must have
patience with the individual members
of the Senate.
'fIn regard to the committee work I
urge that the members give it prompt
attention The ehairmen should see to
it that the members keep up the work
and the presiding officer will do his
part toward maintaining the work at a
high standard. -
President Smith then stated that
nominations for the office of vice
president of the Senate would be in
order and Senator Chillingworth placed
the name of Senator Kalama before
tho TTnOp tho q ha-
ing seconded Mccarthy moved that the
nominations be closed and the clerk in
structed to cast the ballot. This was
done and Senator Kalama thanked his
fellow lawmakers for the honor.
Savidge Elected.
The election of clerk was then de-
clared to be i'll order and Senator
goelho was recognized by the chair:
q III wish to place William Savidge in
nsiiAination for the Office of clerk of
the Senate he sid. "Mr. Savidge
has filled the place in very able man
ner at previous sessions of this body
and his election again would only be
fitting recognition of his signal and
valuable services. Kalama moved
that the nominations be closed and the
President instructed to east the ballot.
This was seconded by Senator Make
kau. The vote was cast and Savidge
took his place as clerk of the fifth Ter
litorial Senate.
Chaplain was the next office within
the gift of the Senate Cor which NOM
nations were in order. Senator Me
earthly presented the name of Rev.
Moses Kuikahi and it was seconded.
Senator Coelho's candidate was Rev.
John Kahio and he was duly elected
upon vote being taken.
The name of Peter M. Kahokuobina
was presented by Senator C6elho as
Sergeant at Arms and his election was
| mace unanimous upon the motion of
Senator Mccarthy. The same proce-
dure gave Peter Victor, the only candi-
date for the place of messenger, the
position he was scheduled for.
A Missing Janitor.
There is certain Republican candi-
date for ianitor who has good reason
for hard feeling against the Senate
| majority. The name of the man select.
ed for the responsibilities of keeping
! the Senate chamber "tidy' had been
decided upon in solemn caucus, but
when the moment came for nomination
| Senator Chillingwcrth could not recall
the name of the majority candidate.
Senator Mccarthy proposed the name
of Keohokaole while ChiIlingworth was
searching for the Republican janitor
out in the hallway. He could not find
the missing candidate, however, and
when he returned discovered that the
nominations had been closed and that
Democrat had actually slid into Office.
Senator McCarthy's candidate could
not be sworn in for he was not pres
ent, his sponsor observing that 'FHe
did not think he had a ghost of a
| chance
Upon the appointed officers with
the exception of the missing ianitor-
taking the oath of office the chair de-
| elared the Senate regularly organized