The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-23
House Finds Everything All
i ! Mapped Out When Order T.
t { IscaBed @39li8 3o ','3H'
FLOOD OF BILLS STARTS r..
il0nPOUBlNG IMMEDIATELY
Measure Providing Charter For
4 Honolulu Is Among the First .
introduced ~,

DSHE ninth Legislature of the Ter.
ritory of Hawaii was convened
yesterday in regular session, with
all members present except Senator A
l.. Castle. who was in the hospital re-
covering from an operation for appen,
dicitis. ,a-.., .a. 81,
The two sessions Of the day were
uncventful the program having been
carefully arranged In advance at eau
euses of the Republican members of
house and senate. The Republicans are
so greatly in the majority in both
houses that there was no chance of any
serious break in the preaEranged plan.
As had been previously announced,
Charles +. Chillingworth of Honolulu
was elected president of the senate and
H. L. Holstein of Kohala speaker Of the
house. SO carefully had the work been
Programmed that when the house sent
communication TO the Governor an
nonncing that il was. organized and
ready for business and giving the
names of the officers, the communica-
tion was written on d letter.head on
which was printed the names Of those
same officers ~ Ia
When Speaker Holstein announeed
the names Of the regular "a tisA ittees
it was found that they were all print.
ed in the handsomely morocco bound
book of rules that was presented to each
/, member with his name engraved ON it
IN gold letters. ai' AZ.
Flood Of Bills Starts tt,ti' 90 I,
Work Of organization was concluded
Z with despatch in each house and inside
of an hour from the time the two hons
es were called to order by the tempo
rary chairman, they were ready for
business. Promptly food of bills was.
poured in upon the clerks, several Of
the important measures of the senate
being introduced. In addition some Of
the freak bills were rushed to the
front. %.'. s~ FstfSt ~ slea'at
In the senate the principal measure
intrOduced was Chillingw6rtlf s anti
saloon measure, In the house the bill
providing for the incorporation Of the
City of Honolulu and providing 4 char.
ter was introduced by Representative
L0rrin Andrews The charter 10 that
recommended by the charter convention
OF more than a year ago. In the sen,
ate Pacheeo came to the rescue Of the
country by introducing concurrent
resolution backing up the President In
his stand against Germany 5 truth.
lesso submarine warfare. erl,rM S
Representative f. da Silva introduced
a bill to permit yineyardists to mako
wine Of their grapes, paying the Ter.
ritory the nominal tax Of As per for
the privilege. Somebody promptly
dubbed the measure u bill fFto make
every vineyard a blind pig"
There was little oratory in either
house. The galleries were full of peo-
pie who went TO see the show, but there
was little of the spec tacuiaf to amuse
them. Business was the order of the
day, and IL was despatched as rapidly
as possible. r. ~frssy IA
Speech From the Throne ~ nt9.b@t.
The principal event of the AFTERNOON
session was the "speech from the
throne. - The Great Silence was brok.
en- when the chief executive of the Ter
ritory put on his plug hat and descended
nPop the lawmakers, in joint session,
to- tell them what they might and must
do and what he didn I want them to
do. .r,as u =, is#gf, tHt'l, I.gI n
Following the example OF President
Wilson, Governor Pinkham read his
message in propria persona, For nearly
an hour the senator's and representa-.
lives sat on the backs Of their necks
and listened In weary respeet to the
reading of the Governor. Some Of
them, who could, escaped to the lanais
and smoked. Others dozed. And still
the flood Of words rolled on.
But all things have an end, and at
long length the reading Of the tie ssake
which had already been printed In
pamphlet form a was finished. The
GOvernOr took his silk hat, his secrei
fary and his departure; the senators
went back TO their own chamber, and
the two Legislative bodies turned to
real work. which was the Introduction
OF bills, good, bad and worse a
The house was called 10 order al ten.
FIVE O'Clock by Representative Norman
X. Lyman, OF Hawaii, who raped
with the gayel and announced that the
legislature was in session. 4 He called
for nominations for clerk, End Edward
Woodward was promptly nominated
and elected, according TO prcgram. He
was applauded as he took his seat at
the accustomed desk, w sf., Gi- 81 g..
Lyman then appointed credentials
committee, consisting Of G. p. Wilder,
Levi Joseph and J, Leal, and a recess
Was taken while the committee went
through the form Of examining the ere.
dentials Of the members As this work
had long since been done in caucus and
the report prepared, il was only five
lnfnites until the bonse was otsaiI
called TO order to receive the report.