Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-15
1917 SOLONS TO
CAUCUS SUNDAY
ON LEGISLATURE
Committee Places and Patron
age PlumS to Be Settled Be-
fore Session Begins

The 1917 territorial legislature will
be called TO order next Wednesday.
but the session will open unofficially
three days previous TO that.
Republicans-who constitute about
four.fifths of the legislature-wilI
met in caucus on next Sunday
afternoon at o'clock at Republican
headquarters, Campbell building, and
will settle most of the questions OF
organization and operation for the en-
tire session.
Committee chairmanships will be
dealt around, II present intentions are
carried out, and the always interest
ing problem OF distributing the
patronage" will be discussed and
probably settled.
Many changes will take place in the
committee chairmanships, both in the
house and senate. One of the prin-
cipal positions. that of chairman of
the finance committee of the senate,
is to be filled, since the former chair
man, G. A. Rice of Kauai, is out of the
Legislature Harry Baldwin of Maui
is ranking member. but il is said he
does not want Ii and it will probably
go to r. w. Single of Oahu. J. H.
Coney of Kauai will probably be the
chairman of the senate military COM
mittee, which this session will be
more important than usual, since sew
eral big measures and possibly Ma.
tional Guard investigation are loom
ing up. .....
Similarly, in the house, there are
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ships to settle. This is the period
when all sorts of trades and dickers
are under way, when the fate of many
bills is settled, and when candidates
for speaker of the house and presi-
dent of the senate use diplomacy and
discretion in seeing that their fences
are in good order and their prospec-
tive favors wisely parceled out.
In the distribution of patronage
there is always much scrambling for
jobs on tie part of deserving politf.
clans. Then, too, nearly every mem.
her of the legislature mas few prom
Uses to make good regarding recon-
mending some Of his political helpers
for positions as clerks, photographers,
messengers and the like.
Just now there are a dozen lively
contests under way. To distribute
the available positions among the job
hunters and to see that each island
delegation is fairly well satisfied that
its island is looked after require
political tact. Such veterans as H. L.
Holstein, the wheel[horse of the house
and Kohala's regular contribution to
the legislature; Senator Chillingworth
OF Oahu, Senator Castle of Oahu,
Baldwin and George Cooke of Maui,
Jack" Coney of Kauai, Clarence
Cooke of Oahu, Norman Lyman of
Hawaii, A. F. Tavares of Maui and
Henry L. Kawewehi of Hawaii will
help to straighten out all procession
difficulties and start the 1917 session |
off in rapid-fire order.
Holstein will be speaker of the |
house and Chillingworth president of
the senate, according to all indica- |
tons, though the biennial crop of ru- |
mors is growing now. of an intention |
to beat Holstein.
Governor Pinkham is finishing his |
opening message, which will deal with |
many important subjects, and this and
the organization of the two houses |
will probably consume most Of |
Wednesday morning. A strong senti- |
ment has come up in favor of adjourn |
ming Wednesday afternoon and either |
Thursday or Friday afternoon, to al
low members to participate in the Car
nival, the feeling being that they will
be ready then to get down to rapid
work in the early stages of the ses'
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