The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-20
c. 0.P. LAWMAKERS
ELECT HOLSTEIN
SPEAKER AGAIN
Caucus Of Republican Legislators
Works Smoothly As All
cauouses Should DO
OTHER OFFICES FILLED BY
S0L0NS WITHOUT A HITCH
ti7ft' tEHT-- -------- ~ 7.-F n,rt
Hum Of Regular Approval Only
Sound That Proceeds From
Locked Council Room

Working as smoothly as a well.oiled
machine, as all good caucuses should,
the Republican legislative caucus met
yesterday and elected, or rather de-
cided who would be elected by the
legislature for speaker, viee-speaker,
chaplain and other sundry offices Of the
session that starts Wednesday.
II. L. Holstein was chosen as chair.
man Of the house by the caucus, and
Wednesday the members of the legis
Iatnre will go through the formality Of
officially voting him into Office as IL no
one had ever said a word about the
matter before.
Nothing unusual occurred at the
meeting. No sounds emerged from the
session, which was executive, other
than the hum Of regular approval Of
the slate as II was slipped through
without a dissenting voice. The same.
was true Of the proposed Legislative
measures that were eaucused-
following strictly the dictates Of the
party platform, such as homesteading
laws, farm loan act, public improve
nents, sanitary measures and certain
proposed measures to carry out the
home rule idea.
Some Applause As Wen
From time to time applause punctu-
ated the executive deliberations as the
various officials for the session were
chosen to be solerinly passed upon by
the legislature in deliberatise session.
These were, besides Holstein as speak
.er, A. +, Tayores, yiee.speakeri Edward
Woodward, clerk Of the house; A. J.
Bright, sergeant ,at.armsp L, y. Kau.
meliwa, chaplain, and I. s. Kaiu, mes
senger.
All that remains is for Governor
PinkhAm to address the joint session Of
both houses, and the legislature win be
merriIy humminR along on its sixty
day course Of legislating.
& This event win occur Wednesday aft
ernoon. Thursday being holiday, the
legislature win adjourn TO cogitate over
the gubernatorial address and prepare
for the worst that is to come.
The worst seems TO 5e the promised
nyestigations-those that will delve
into the, gubernatoriRl conduct ~ GER
tain national guard matters connected
with the Filipinos and the snpefintend-
ing conduct OF Charles II. Forbes in the
Construction Of Piers 8, 0 and 10.
May Be Investigations
No one will say positively that such
Investigations have been decided Upon.
But there is deal Of licking OF chops
over the thrills and excitement that
may develop, And no ons denies that
the Investigations win be made. lag
islators are notoriously curious as one
member put il, and certainly there have
been things about the pier cons.rnc-
'tion that would excite the curiosity of
the most blase.
Speaker Holstein, who has been
credited with the suggestion that there
would be a probe Of fhe pier construc-
.tion said yesterday after the meeting:
!, tI suppose there will be such an i'm
,vestigation. suppose that there win
be several investigations. However, IL Is
up TO the various committees Under
which these subjects come such as the
public lands and internal Improvement
committee and the health, police and
military Committee.
"There has been nothing definite in
the way of move toward these in
vestigations yet. OF course, the stir
about these matters created by the
newspapers has awakened the legisla-
tors 70 the Necessity OF looking into
certain things.
Money For Guard
Zone Of the problems before us this
session 10 to got enough money for
national guard armories. am in
clined "a think that there is nc reed %
reeiving my bin on military training
The national guard has grown splen
didly aud to- keep up interest, om
chief purpose now is 20 see that
'adequate facilities are provided. But
! don I know whore the money is com.
INF from.
! }"This is going TO be as economical
and Efficient legislative session MS the
Territory has ever seen. There will
he no wastine Of time or worls and
the session win get right down 10 bust.