The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-23


sbls WilIiam kylett. who didn " think
much Of either form Of charter, 80 far
o. might be inferred from his Soma
what tangled remarks. He objected, he
said, to taking away tne power nSw
vested in the mayor and the board
OF supervisors--a machine which is
suited to our condition II seems to
me- said the ex-honorable William,
that a certain class Of people are
trying to take away the rights now
vested In the Hawaiians." a
Jesse Uluihi defended the bill as
introduced in the house. "The billy'
he said, els the sentiment and choice
of the people, not Of those who have
the votes Of their employees in their
pocket Jesse thought IL was shame
that the delegates TO the charter con
vention in Hilo had had TO pay for
their own sandwiches and even cup
of coffee. The Legislature that provid-
ed for the charter convention being
held, he said, even failed to provide
place for IL "but the principal Of
Mckinley High School allowed us to
hold our meetings there until he got
tired of us and kicked us out. Then
we went TO the Alexander Young Ho-
tel There two forms Of charter were
presented, Governor Frear's and Char
he Aehi's which were both waste.
hasketed.
Threatens Bloody War
Please see to it, the orator con-
Guided, "that you give MS a govern
ment for the people, by thd people and
Of the peopleAif you don Z you N have
war on your hands like that in
Europe.o
Charlie Achi's attempt to make a
speech was considerable complicated
by events. He talked in Hawaiian as
did most Of the others--and every SEN
tence, almost, was interrupted by some
parliamentarian who rose to point
of discord
Long List Of Orators
Senator Correa, the Boy Orator, Gem
eral Kawewehi, Willie Miles, Gabriel
Keawehakn, Jehu Kalama, Gerrit Wild.
err and o lot Of others all tried to talk
at once. Nobody seemed to know what
he was talking about. Each tried to
interrupt the other. Points of order
were raised that were really only
points Of disorder. The air was fan
Of language and the issue was con.
fused by a fog of words.
70 tell the cold, unadulterated truth,
the bill before the house was not de-
bated from any angle. The occasion
was eagerly grasped to make lot Of
political speeches. The only actual
issue before the committee was politics.
The merits or dement's of the bill were
entirely f0rgotten--oF obscured in a
food Of politics The dragons teeth
sown by the lighting phalanx" Of
the chamber Of commerce had borne
their appointed fruit.
Chairman Wilder, plainly f'fussed y
by the flood of words and the flow of
politics, tried to rule that speakers
must confne themselves to the matter
before the committee and not indulge
in Personalities--but he might as well
have thrown his breath against Kona
wind, {te
Achi made the statement in his
speech that the convention charter was
adopted by vote of only twenty.sev.
on, members out of sixty-two who were
at the Hilo convention. Aehi has
made this statement many times re-
GENTLY; but this time he got called, on
IL: Lorrin Andrews arose and fatty
stated that Aehi was not telling the
truth, The records, Andrews said.
would show that forty-two members
signed the report. "What 3 the use, -
demanded Andrews. 'of his irving To
deceive the publici" Andrews state
ment was greeted with hearty round
Of applause. So -. o..
Couldn't Silence Achi y 3.
But Achi wouldn 'tfbe siIeneed. He
insisted that only twenty-seyen voted
for the charter 'H3t w.. .,..t. f,
About dozen tried to talk at once
Bernard Kelekolio, KeawehalSn, Achi,
Kawewehi, Senator Correa and others
were all yelling at the top of their
voices. Chairman Wilder exeitedly
hopped to his feet and Informed the
sweating assemblage that the occasion
was a committee hearing, not a politi,
cal meeting and he just wouldn u stand
for any disorder. Speeches would be
confined 10 citizens who wished to
speak on House Bin 10.
Nobody appeared TO know what
House Bill ID was, and Achi demanded
information. Was it the bin drafted
by the charter convention and present
ed. according TO law, by the Secretary
Of the Territory.
Speakers TO vociferously denounce
the proposal 10 make any amendments
to the existing charter were: g. Kea.
lahahu; ex-mayor J. Fern; s. X. Ka-
loe; Supervisor Daniel Logan; William
g. Garden, city and county attorney;
Albert M Cristy, first deputy city and
county attorney, Harry E. Murray;
John H. Wise, and several speakers
from the gallery. ..-.