The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-03-04
FISHING BILL IS
REAs0N FOR RUCTI0N
Kupihea Gould Not Stand Idly by
and See His Pet Bill
Calmly Killed.

"After careful consideration, your
committee recommends that this bill be
tabled, was the short manner in
which the house committee on agricul-
ture and kindred subjects tried to dis
miss Kupihea's H. B. 40, entitled, can
Act granting to all citizens of the Uni
ted States the free usage and taking of
fish and other sea products in all fish
cries of the sea waters of the Territory
of Hawaii, Saturday.
1t did not work, however. and after
the first real hot and spirited debate
heard since the house started the 1913
session, both the report and bill went
over to today for final consideration
and disposition.
Chairman G. p. Cookies motion that
his committee IS report be adopted
brought kupihea to his feet with a
loud protest and he moved the report
be referred to the committee of the
whole. Foxy Sheldon talked some
and endeavored to pour oil on the
troubled and ruffled waters, but he
wisely ceased when he saw n rumpus
was likely to occur and Sheldon is not
OF the kind who will antagonize the
opposition when the same end NAV be
otherwise gained.
Kupihea again took the floor and his
voice filed the solemn halls of fame.
lie had an opinion from the attorney
general which stated such a law as he
proposed with this bill was perfectly
constitutional. Cooke asked him why
the honorable father of the measure
had not produced the opinion before
the meeting of the committee when he
appeared there to boost his pet scheme.
Cooke and Kupihea began to scrap and
the Speaker called both to order. Then
.kaniho took hand in the wordy war
and his voice rang loud and gruff. He
claimed the committe might not have
sized up the situation properly and now
that his colleague, Mr.. Kupihea. had
such an opinion it showed the commit
tee did not know what it was talking
about. He supported the motion to
refer to the committee of the whole
house.
Up to this point Kawewehi had been
silent, though he twisted about in his
seat good deal. The pow.wow would
not be complete without word from
him. He rose and spoke holly, long and
loud, and strangely enough, all his
argument was to the effect he favored
the matter should be referred to the
committee of the whole when the mem
bers could get some one in the chair
who would allow them to run along
much as they pleased, take off their
coats, smoke and crack jokes as much
| as they were inclined to.
After listening good naturally to all
this wordy war, Speaker Holstein took
hand and soon brought order out
of chaos. He ruled the motion to refer
to the committee of the whole house
was out of order. There was no parlia-
mentary procedure for so doing, the
| Chair claimed, and it would not be toll
Grated while he presided over the DELHI
eratiOns of the house. Kupihea tried
| to talk some more and the Speaker
reminded him he had ruled and that
was all there was about it. 1t seemed
Kupihea was on the point of appealing
from the ruling of the Chair, but wise
ly enough he did not do it.
Sheldon finally settled the whole pill
kia, after stating he was sorry to see
so much strife among friends and NOV
ed consideration on both the report
and the bill go over until Monday.
With lightning rapidity Kupihea sec
onded the motion, glad for the time
being to save his bill, and so the mat
ter was decided