Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-31

Before the House went into Commit
tee VI the Whole other business was
transacted. ~ follows.
Primary Bill introduced.
Furtado introduced bill to provide
for nominations by direct vote. This
IL the same bill which has for some
time been before the Senate and upon
witch that body seems inclined to lie.
lay action ~ long M possible. The
bill was referred to the Printing Com.
mittee.
Resolutions.
Resolutions for the appropriation "
money were introduced. as follows:
Furtado. $4,000. new road In Raafn.
hu homesteads. Hamakua.
Cohen. $4,000, support and mainte.
nance Of the Hawaiian Band
A New Bill.
Kealawaa introduced a bill to appro.
pirate slO035O for the settlement Of
the claims of seven residents of the
County Of Hawaii for lands taken by
the government for a public highway.
The lands were used to form Bridge
street, Hilo.
kauikeaouIi Statue.
The Military Committee split upon
Likes bill to appropriate $4,000 for
the erection of a statue to Kauikeao-
uli The majority Of the committee
submitted a report favoring the pas
sage OF the bill, but Chairman Alfonso
sent In a minority report In which he
said that while the erection of a statue
would be Il very fitting recognition OF
the greatness OF Kamehameha III. II
would be better to have II done by
some future Legislature when the
finances OF the Territory are in better
condition than they are now.
Later In the afternoon the matter
was taken up for consideration and the
report OF the majority committee was
adopted.
The night session of the House, In
Committee of the Whole, was almost
a riot. resulting In much noise and no
work. Several times the sober leaders
of the House, who had come to work.
nearly gave up in disgust at the antics
of some OF the noisy members. who In.
sisted on wasting time with nonsens.
ical speeches about nothing. 1t is
probable that today some of the latter
are ashamed of themselves for the
spectacle they made of themselves last
night. II they are not, they ought to
be.
Even Hihio. chief of the clam bri.
gade, who heretofore had been con.
tent to sit quietly In his seat and try
to look like legislator, seemed to
have something the matter with him
and insisted on talking all the time.
There was hardly FIVE minutes of the
time that he was not on his feet raving
about something, though nobody ap-
peared able to find out what he want.
ed, except that he didn't want to work
and did want to go home. His excuse
was that he did not have a copy of the
new bill translated into Hawaiian, al
though II was explained to him care.
fully and patiently time and again that
the clerks OF all the committees had
been pounding the typewriters steadily
all afternoon In an endeavor to get
cut the English copies and there had
been no time for translation: more.
over that the bill was not new bill
but the same old House Bill "a In new
form.
Kama also made an exhibition OF
himself. He kicked because he had no
copy of the bill, and then when he was
given one by Nakaleka, he still kicked
and whined and sulked.
At one time there were six members
on their feet at one time, all talking at
once and none saying anything. Ka.
wewehi stood up and howled for the
scrgeant.at-arms to make Alfonso sit
down. Everybody else bawled and
yelled, and Cohen pounded the desk
with his gavel In vain attempt to re.
store some semblance of order. Rice
and Coney did their best to quiet the
squalling children, but their efforts
were unavaiiing. Their explanations
were not listened to. Some OF the dig.
nified Representatives were out look.
ing for trouble and they were In just
that condition that they were deter.
mined to have II. Night sessions do
not seem to be bowling success. The
adjective is all right, but the noun does
not apDly