Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-26
PROBE BILL
PASSES
HOUSE
Bill for Commission to Probe
Hawaii Affairs Up This
Afternoon
H0LSTEIN TAKES FLOOR
AND MAKES STRONG TALK
Final Vote Is q to 7, After Two
Amendments Are
Beaten

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BY vote Of 22 to the house this
afternoon passed on third reading the
bill providing commission to inves-
tigate the Hawaii county financial
scandal. The bill was passed as It
came from the senate and now goes
to the governor for his signature, after
which Il becomes law Immediately.
Governor Frear has already signified
his approval of the bill.
The passage Of the measure in the
house was accomplished easier than
had been expected by those who knew
the desperate fight that had been put
upon II by certain Hawaii interests
and men who took their part here,
The tiIl was passed on d motion to
pass or indefinitely postpone.
Those who voted TO indefinitely
postpone the bin, that Il, the votes
against its passage, were Dr.. Archer
Irwin Of Hawaii, j. 5. Kalaklela Of
Oahu. IA. M. Kanfho OF Oahu, ID. M.
Kupihea Of Oahu, Norman X. Lyman
of Hawaii and j. n. Paele and j. M.
Poepoe Of Oahu.
Loia Of Kauai was absent. All the
other representatives voted fer the
bill.
The result IL n victory for those who
have insisted upon complete and un.
trammeled Investigation OF Hawaii
county affairs, among whom the STAR
Bulletin has been one.
Holstein Takes Floor.
The first three rounds OF the battle
in the house were won by Speaker
Holstein and those who favored Sen
ate Bill 7S without any serious
change in its passage through the
house. incidentally. the speaker went
down on the floor and fought with con.
summate skill and effect for the bill
and the carrying through of the com
loission plan as originally drafted. Mr..
Holstein's strong presentation on the
flaar was one of the sensational fea-
lures of the debate.
It'll for hfV.6
reading, DIR. Archer Irwin of Ha-
wall, took the floor and proposed
three amendments, explaining each as
it was Offered. Two of the three were
the two already mentioned in the Star
Bulletin.
The first amendment cut the word
territory" out of Section and sub
mitted the words County of Hawaii,
the effect being to confinef the sitt-
ings of the commission to that coun-
ty. Speaker Holstein moved to table
this amendment. declaring that to
make this restriction would hamper
the work of the commission as well
as made II practically necessary for
the governor to name only men from
Hawaii county on the commission.
Holstein's talk was followed by the.
vote, and his motion to table the
amendment carried by Is to IA.
Holstein did not object to the Sec
end amendment, which put the han
ding of the commissions funds in
the hands of the commission instead
of the attorney general. and the
amendment was unanir.ousiy carried.
Third Amendment Tabled.
The third amendment, and one of
the important ones, as moved by DIR.
Irwin. was to strike out Section 121
of the bill. Section II provides that
the county of Hawaii snail bear the
expense of the investigation. Hol-
stein, forceful and emphatic, moved to
table this amendment also. pointing
cut that to adopt it would be to re-
move the vitality of tb- bill, that Ha
waii county supervisors and business
men have come forward with the Of
fer of the county to bear the expense,
and that the county should stand the
burden of washing its own dirty
linen"