The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-05-02
Legislature ADJOURNED


H. l.. ilolstc,u,-the Seventh Legis.a-
nv. eg III, Territory of Hawaii ad
iournel sine die, TO 1915, last night at
thin, five minutes past eleven.
Pc sc. In the course OF legislation
and bv virtue of the tactics of its
hacker S,uJi, Bill 10l, the Hoffman
tle.tri. franchise Bill, WIS delivered
"a tho Governor eleven days befo e the
and nj the SESSION, the closing scenes
last nig6t took upon themselves n sem
hl.prc of actual political drama, not
unworthy of their setting in the throne
room, Of the lolani Palace of by-gone
kings ..Ht tf
Tne one ran upon the senate table
and the three raPs upon the table of
the house waited last night upon a
frantic fgh, for Just one vote,--one
vote ont of tOrty-two, that would
mean victory for an underground lobhy
bent uplu getting that one bill enacted
into law. For sixty days tnis lobby
has been working steadily and ass.dd-
ously for the pass &c of =. Il. l0l. No
ope moi even those who had surest
rroof of its aetua.ity, knew who formed
Il az could more than guess their mo;
tlNts. Yet NtNhN0' t"t wv oi"V' 49,
counalio. 10 veto this bill, the Capitol
filled last night with the men who
wanted it Iassel the houses waited
while the lobby trapped the members
ON fine stairs or sought them in tle
nleoye., 5luiRug, pleading, begging,-
f,r tine one more vote That was how
,mportlut one previously unnotieed and
disbonored senate bill became. at eight
n o'clock last night when the legislature
convened for the last tine.
When adjournment sine die was
,oten the hin was deld. The forty
second vote was still in the right
column
Coke Led the Lobby.
That lobby consisted Of the entire
mechanical force of large, garage, OF
half a score prominent business men,
n few hotel Iropretors aud n few
liouor dealers IT Was led by Senator
lanes Coke. And because two pledged
men switched their votes when the
bou,c of representatives moved to pass
tho bill Notwithstanding the Governor s
veto. James Coke stood in the hall ana
called down cures on the heads Of thb
unfaithiul.
Early in the afternoon the SENATE
took a rcmarkqble vote anul ,pS'rloue
the Governor veto by thirteen votes
to one. The only man WHO voted TO
susan ,39 u t %e,n WV 80 'SSTTf ~,
"',,,i % "a tor,,;,,dblsi ntcccjcut be.
frrc il the house placed consideration
of the veto at ten O'clock. II was
t"n'n w ~ G"ao,. ,hn srSt 4Sh an The
Asci' anu .Y"ll Wv Ia; LIZ, - 1,ha'two
ip'i sa'', 49, ta " !, INA : an hiber
ooNes No5 5' n ari "riiSGi4S y X Tho
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u ie4' me" ' n,oni,or ras Jea1 nnotber
,et", D"r INK, ,t,onr,a, u Jerseas $50
n"u n,S Nv 'v,1, .,;,nf, ,S;tteSn yotal il
ont OF the remaining tnifteeit notes =.
require" ''''" 10 ONer''ue' 81
SIN NJ, ao ,,,ol . .nsto;n, q II Cooke.
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hrst tlihe pu' olSo the' sefohn; i's
name was read again. lie seemed 10
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