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would have to speak to the amendment.
Alfonso Crates.

AhonSo OTateS.
Alfonso spoke at length, stating that
| if the. resolution was adopted Maui
would see the county government done
away with and appealed to the Maui
delegation not to be traitors to county
government. He spoke of "our fore
fathers" explaining that as an Amer
lean citizen it was the forefathers of
the country who fought for liberty.
"And now the Maui delegates ac-
knowledge allying themselves with Ca
hu because they have not got all they
want, even to damn the Territory and
wreck the Republican party. That is
not the manly way to act.
He appealed to the Maui delegation
to break its alliance with Oahu, which
had turned down Hawaii when Joined
! to them, turned down Kauai and would
the ambition of Oahu to have the upper
hand over all of the other delegations
from the other islands.
81 want to get back to the question
of government by commission for there
are men in Honolulu, capitalists and
men of wealth, who want to control this
legislature. They don t now, but with
Oahu in control they will, and if that
does not do they will claim we are
un-American and bring up the scare of
the aliens. 1 claim the Hawaiian-bor
child of these aliens, when educated in
our public schools, will be of higher
intelligence than the present genera
tion, for the world progresses and each
generation has better opportunities.
Under the resolution there will be six
teen little kings in Oahu - (Groans.)
Correa raised the point that Alfonso
had talked over thirty minutes.
81 have talked forty-five minutes,
but 1 am the judge of when to quit,
remarked Alfonso.
Chairman Cooke ruled that he had
talked enough, and Alfonso sat down
with the remark that he needed a rest
anyway.
Then Representative Long moved to
table the amendment and it was car
ried by vote of seventeen to thirteen.
Marcallino moved that the committee
rise to report in favor of the resolution.
Sheldon amended to report progress
Keliinoi moved to table the amendment
The motion to table the amendment was
carried by vote of nineteen to eleven
Rice voting in favor and Immediately
moving to reconsider.
Diversified headings.
In support of has motion to recon
slider he spoke for an hour. When he
could not think of anything else ia
say he read editorials from the Maui
News and the Hilo Tribune, also poetr,
from the Detroit Free Press
% am going to show the Mani dele
CATION why we should reconsider tbii
amendment" remarked Rice, "becaus,
1t is a sporting proposition"
Is there any way Of stopping thisf'
asked Tavares in despair.
Then Rice quoted some more poetry.
~ would rather be booster thar
knoeker any day" no read from th,
! Detroit Free Press, and there was
burst of laughter. Then he sat dow
for a moment.
, Keliinoi saw his chance aud move,
to table the motion 10 reconsider, an,
! II was carried sixteen TO thirteen. Tho
. holstein, as usual, submitted aD0the
! amendment regarding the sixth session
OF the legislature Of 1920.
I Chairman Cooke held that the Rmen
! ment was out Of order, az II 8as la
; possible 20 hold SIX sessions Of the lsa
] islatnTe Ia ten years. An appeal wa
taken from his ruling and be- vas ~
/ held by vote Of eighteen 10 ten.
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