The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-03-07
NO SIDESTEPPING
IN INVESTIGATION
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OF THE
HOUSE MUST PROBE BANANA
GRAFT ALLEGATIONS.


shelIon's bluff was called by tht
house y,sterday aud, rs a res.lt, he, a.
chairman OF the judiciary committee
will have to direct tie in, estigat. .on 0.
the Honorable Jack Kal kie a
Early in the morning session Repre-
sentative Sheldon asked leave to make
an oral report for the Judiciary com
mittee on II. r. 81, retired to it tor
consideration. Being granted leave to
do so, he reported the committee rec
commended the matter of the investiga
ton of Representative Kalakiela be
| turned over to n select committee.
lie claimed the regular committee
was too busy; under the rules its mem
| bers could not absent themselves dur
ing sessions of the house in order to
carry out the investigation, while
select committee would be accorded
that privilege; the resolution called for
| an investigation forthwith and one of
| his clerks was i'll and his committee
was otherwise hampered with lot OF
! bills to consider; if the committee did
not pay attention to the bills then the
various members would arise in wrath
and demand to know what had become
| of their measures and so on, ad
libitum
The "Hon. Jack " Kalakiela took the
floor and with intense and terse earn
estness informed the house the resolu
ton purposey required the Judiciary
committee to conduct the probing of
himself in connection with the allega-
tions of graft over the filing of ba-
mana claims.
The Proper Thing.
at is the proper thing to do, and it
is their business to investigate charges
like these exclaimed Kalakiela, with
a look of martyrdom all over his ample
features He opposed the matter of the
investigation going over to a select
committee.
Coney took hand in the game and
came ont in support of Sheldon, his
Kauai colleague. He thought a select
committee would be the right stunt, as
it could do justice in short time.
The Democratic member of the judi
ciarv committee, Poepoe, arose and, in
a pompous manner, announced that he,
,as Semocrat and member of the judi
ciary committee, did not shirk his duty
in the premises and he was ready to
: have the matter handled entirely, and
properly as it should be, by the body
! which contained all the legal luminar-
les the house.
"Foxy Grandpa" Sheldon thought
| he would get Poepoe on the hip and
, arose to n point of order. Poepoe and
| McCandess had exchanged seats and
5 thus the orator was out of order fol
| rot "sitting in his seat, while ht
e stood to address the Chair. The point
of order was overruled the Speaker
n explaining the members had previously
e requested and received his consent tt
t swap seats, but that he, the Speaker
,. had forgotten to announce the trade tt
J. the house.
!. Investigation to Go On.
g All this discussion would not be com
:, plete without Kawewehi having wore
r to say, and he said it. cit is the bust
J. ness of the judiciary committee to d'
Y its dnties, - announced the General, :
and that settled it.
( Sheldon, seeing his allies all desert
IS ing him, launched forth into teartu
l. plea in Hawaiian, but it wouldn t work
is and didn t. He then moved the adoT
IS ton of his verbal report, seconded in
Ir half hearted manner by some member
D. Representative Watkins moved the j.
4 dietary committee be made n select con
le mittee to handle the Kalakiela charge
and this was seconded, Watkins navel
r remarking that, as a select COMMITTEES
e. the members of the judiciary could al
s. sent themselves from the hall of tn
e. lawmakers during sessions. The motto
t. was declared ont of order.
" Before putting the original mo-; o'