The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-21
SENATORS OPPOSE
DOUBLE BNGUAGE
REFUSE TO rnANsrATB All
Bills MIRO HAWAIIAN AZ
DmnUTED BY HOUSE
lrrom saturday. Advorlllor.)

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what interesting features there were
to the senate's proceedings IN ita third
day Of work yesterday were confined
the smaller details Of tho legislative
grind The big bills that popped in
unheralded were passed over with a
mere reading Of title and win serve 70
agitate the lawmakers at other sessions,
but It was the little things in life that
counted yesterday
The first thing that the upper house
did was to get up on its hind legs and
'sholler' about lower house eommuni-
cation, if such an undignifed term may
be permitted. Clerk woodward Of the
house informed the senators that the
house had voted not to receive any bills
from the upper chamber unless they
were translated into Hawaiian before
they were transmitted.
That communication got jumped on
Ibv thirteen pairs of legislative boots.
Even President Knudsen had something
TO saw about it. The only way the hon
orabie seniors differed was in the way
the communication should be killed.
Some wanted to refuse to grant the
request right away; others thought 1t
louqht to be taken into committee
room and killed deeently, where the
gore wouldn' t shock the more sensitive
ones.
Kaleiopu was the first to whacll it.
He asserted that it didn't line up to
tho Organic Act, which said that all
transactions must be English. Some
one else saw no reason why bills should
| be translated into Hawaiian to give
some one a nice interpreters fee when
| everybody in both chambers spoke Eng
lish.
Cecil Brown wanted it committed to
the tender, mercies Of the printing com.
mittee, where it could be manhandled
and given the third degree at leisure
1 1t resulted in this action being taken
Meanwhile, what is going to happen J
As some one suggested on the noor o.
the senate, the house might refuse te
consider the bills, and it would be neees
sarv therefore, for them to take lega
action TO compel the lower house to dc
i go. The federal appropriation doesn I
nrovide for Interpreters either, and
there are numerous other rocks IN the
way Oh lut uOhoS AoSS+eN-
Hilo on the Job.
Clerk John Wise read communities
ton from Carl Smith, which was re
ceived and referred to the proper com
I mittee. Smith had the honor to report
that he was the attorney of legisla
tive committee that the Hiloites hae
formed, through which they VIII ex
press their opinions on the results o.
fhe legislators work. BE requested
that ali printed bills be forwarded t,
him. that he might get fair crael
at them before they were passed. In
words. needless to say, are not his.
Senator Baker duplicated the actor
of the house in offering resolution
. to have all heads of departments SUP
nit a list of their employees, with TN
salaries paid, and it was carried.
Senator Robinson had an amendment
TO offer to Act 80 of the county act,
which hit several city officials OF Homo
Z llulu rather hard. The amendment READS
1.-THE county attorney shall be the lega
adviser of the board of supervisors an
shall attend all meetings when request
ed To do SOL And after that 1t wen
on and said that no city or county al
torney shall appear on behalf OF an,
Individual or corporation while he con
Times in office. This has been com
mon practise.