The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-03-14
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viii. Filipino Elibm} As Is. Main
Item on ssiss BIN Of
Fare the AIM mo Prom
ises TO Jap NJ Live One
II has not jbeeh ~ bunced as vet.
but ir win Be- ssfs ~, that the Iegis,
lature viii .,csllsa pto special ga
sion some he dhti 3 April. I. The
Governor prssf the Oahu; super.
visors for bsir lid b exehses for the
special seq ron ara Insisting that they
formally btesentatl Hist in 4 written
ecmmunic Mon nd his confederation.
The supfbvisofs struggling with
the pred lrhtiok 4 this memorial ana
IL win tSeeh ~ old livery Room n
due eouse, WIND upon, based son the
Of .Ho1 Siuilu q forty.hve lawniak Sfs
Of She EsffitglI win Be called to meet
70 RA4G uNN leNtntatlOn a. VIII re-
lieye ~ sita lion soh the leland Of
Oahu nd u nsidsr other important
busiHt ~ OF - TefritOfy.'i' S.s3s
z YehRday y news slipped. out that
the DoHefnD would fnd himself up
agai - II III he Oahu supervisors mud.
dehI Ideeids mot 70 press their request
for ~ spa Gal session, because :, that
wou aepta the Governor, Of d dandy
exc0ss 70, b what Ne intends TO ID
Rnj lUWs be supervisors may think
thu ithHy iced a special session, bnt
| the GOyeEloT knows that he has ID
| hsN s,one' tg secufs legielation for tia
foipafdis ~ HE military program, y
~ fti9is ~ Iained. u 4 /. 4 ~ ". ~.
| fi,uinco sstion up :, . .7rn,3
ne % efnor, declare those ON thl
IN he, tin AZ up his mind to call .
ste.ials |ssi0n Of the Legislature %.
s4ga asA " legality 81 TIE snliitmehi
FL Fillpi|ps ID the national guard Wa
qtistiss The support being given
"A the Iefged guard ~ the other IN
1s. l1H the plantation interests Y,
lgelt ecaaHe The ghafd Offers 20 III
illpihN Plahtnti6h einpicyGs the p1t
itplas ieefeEti ion and chance 1t .s0cihl
.stititYs which the average Filipins
I44ntlA In becoming q member 81 Eth
|oiliei with q uniform And gan with
weak drills and With sonnet hing thai
tgiyes& him o recognizedl place N |hfi
feoiAn nifty and the chance for pforno
fiohd % q position as corporal or Dor
ifysalID the Filipino IL satisfi6d. and
khanet and becomes q more dedifabis
Ifss ent and y steadief labsfef. 4 IL
I VI al any time, q federal court de.
ltAli4h should be handed down to the
tK%t that Filipino 10 not eligible; I'd
On Eenship, az q swoop the statiis Of
~ Filipino, guardsman Mould be ono
al illegality, and the plantation sup,
fd|t for the citizen soldiers would Il
81 limmering. 49, III y =
Rhe eligibility of the filipino, fol
~ tisenship Is o federal mat fer.I but ths
lagibiIity of the Filipino ~ :, nation,
NJ guafdsman Is q tsrriiori9 4. matter
herefore,. by. an arnendmeht TO the
Aiiitia act the question Of THE right
the Filipino to be gpardsmail
ouid be removed, and the status OF
the several hundred now In the guard
would be fixed, whatever the federal
'eoutts do in regard to the naturaliz6.
tion Of the little brown brothers.
Questions Of Finance ,,af&";$!-
This IL one reason Governor Z Pink.
ham hopes the Oahu supervisors will
force q special session of the iegisla.
ture upon him. But he has other fea.
sons The guard needs more money
than the last appropriations measure
provided for II. What was plenty sfol
fewer than q thousand officers and men
b very far from IL for nearly fvC
thousand, and there. has to- be- way,
and means provided; or at least ways
opened to provide the means, ,.
AT present the Governor. Is dipping
into his contingent fund for some, na.
tional guard purposes, and IL credited
with the announcement that he intends
to dip deeper, IL necessary. The REQ
ords show that he is using up the
"charity fund.- for the appropriation
Of which the immigrat ton board has
legislative authority, also for national
guard purposes, His .enteftainmenl
fund Is commencing TO look like q last
years bird 3, nest. The incidental
fund Of the attorney general has been
shot TO pieces. .'...
And, then there is the perennial land
""e.tion babbing up with . few more
quirks in II. :ll =.
The Governor will hand these troub,
les of his over to the legislature--ii
y" Honolulu supervisors ! only insist
hard enough upon a special session. -
Excitamept Promised Vt, "
Right here another announcement
may ne made, wholly without anthori,
~ and In dafance If Me canaan Whan
the legislature. meets there viii be
plenty on the program in addition, "a
that provided in the Goyernor's Mes.
sage. Barring a few inVestigat ions In.
to the moral character of one honor,
able member and the casting Of vile
suspicious upon the good faith Of Q
few other honorable members, the las,
session was as calm as q duck pond,
with scarcely q harsh word uttered.
The Special session is going TO b
otherwise. TagL,FH
80, with the promised spfing often
BiVeS in Europe and Asia. the mar