The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-10-12
GOVERNOR NOW
CONSIDERING
MA 7 TER
tFrom SATURDAYS Advertiser.1

Governor Frear has not yet definite
ly decided whether or not he will call
a special session of the Legislature, but
it appears extremely probably that he
will, and that the call will be issued
very soon, possibly within few days.
However, it is not probably that any
action will be taken until after Tues.
day, at soonest, when the Governor g
conference win hold another session
and continue the endeavOr to arrive at
some understanding in regard to what
action Congress is to be asked to take
in regard TO a revision of the land
laws.
Governor Frear is booked to sail for
the Coast on November 6, though he
stated yesterday that he was not aB.
solutely certain that he would GO But
in view of the difficulty of getting
passage to the Coast. he thought it
wise to book far enough ahead so that
he would not be obliged to give up
his trip at the last minute for lack
of accommodations. However, if a
special session is called, the Governor
will not be able to get away on the
date mentioned but will have to post
pone his trip until later.
solons Will Be Paid.
Those members of the Legislature
who have been so greatly agitated lest
they might be called upon to "work
for nothing during the time of the
special session need have no apprehen.
sions. They will not be called upon
10 do so. If they attend, they will be
paid for their time. The Governor
says that he sees no reason why they
should not be paid. The resolution not
to accept extra pay applied only to an
extra session, not to n special session. |
1t was adopted three years ago to re.
leve the fear of Jack Atkinson, at |
that time Federal disbursing agent for |
the Legislature, that the members
might hang the session over beyond |
the legal number of days in order to
collect extra pay for an extra session
and that the Federal appropriation |
might thus be assaulted. However, his |
fear was groundless, as nothing could |
have been collected from the Federal
government, anyway, and Legislators
are paid for the services by the Ter |
ritory and not by Uncle Sam. In a |
way, however, his fears had basis, |
rs the first two or three legislatures |
did refuse to pass the appropriation
bills before the legal end of the session
in order that they might collect pay
for an extra session.
But special session is a different
matter and there is no intention on
the part of the authorities to deprive
any hard-working Solon of what is
coming to him, the suggestion origin.
ating within the ranks of the Repub.
lican territorial committee in order to
make easier the calling of special
session.
On Short Notice.
1t is not necessary for the Governor
TO give any extended notice of spe.
eial session. All he needs to do is to
call it and give the legislators time
enough to get to Honolulu. SO if a
special session is called, the time be.
tween the issuance of the call and tine
convening of the session will be short.
There appears to be a considerable
difference of opinion among the states.
men, would-be statesmen, business men
and Others as to the advisablity of
calling a special session. Several of
the members of the Legislature have
expressed the hope that no extra ses.
sion will be called, partly because
they do not wish to have to give up
their time, and partly because they do
not believe that the members can ever
got together on a land law proposition.
Opposes Special Session.
Representative +. A. Douthitt said
yesterday afternoon that he sincerely
hoped there would be no special ses.
sion, and he did not believe there
would be. If one were to be called,
he thought it improbable that ANYTHING
could come of it. The Republicans in
the House, he thought, would stand to.
gether, but he had his serious doubts
of the Senate. The Republican sen.
ators refused at the regular session to
stand by their fellow Republicans in
the House on the land law question.
turning down the resolution that was
introduced in the House favoring the
passage by Congress of the bill pre-
pared by special committee of which
Douthitt was chairman and approved
by the Governor, and he did not be.
lieve the senators had experienced any
change of heart