The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-04
NO BRICKS THROWN
At FINAL SESSION
OF LEGISLATURE
Lawmakers Adjourn Sine Die
Without Casualty List and All
Harmonious - Almost
SPEAKER HoLSTElN
LET'S FLY JAVELIN
Pays His Respects To Senate In
Caustic Language-AmuseS
Houses and Hurts Nobody

The clash Of verbal thunder was
stilled-amost-Hnd the discOrd and
ianghng that marked the closing days
of the special session melted into sweet
harmony yesterday when the legsla,
-ure adjourned. In the course Of the
final session yesterday morning II. l..
IOlstein did let FLY final invelin. but
ne offensive was not general. Nobody
Icaved brick and there were no cas-
lalties.
Az result Of the special session
" enty-seven new laws go on to the
'tatute books of the Territory OF the
hirty.six bills introduced in the 81 nate
Eighteen have been signel by the Gov
,rncr and of the twenty eight bills
Fought in in the house. nine have be-
ONE law. The Governor still has two
MS hands, but it is accepted that
hese are to be gRsed.
MI Is Peaceful
The proceedings Of the final session
or the most part were rs quiet and un.
'vcntf'l as a pleasant June morning
nd IL the fate of the land bill still
NnLled in the hearts of the senators,
" if the representatives were still sore
bout what happened to their land
psolutiOn when il went TO the upper
ouse, it was not apparent save when
speaker HOlstein fred his final shot
It the senate.
In the course Of the session the sen.
tie and house received bills that had
,een signed by the Governor and that
vas about all. Several resolutions were
dopted. One Of these. introduced by
representative G. p. Wilder extended
hanks TO the trustees of the library
or the use of the rooms in which the
ipecian session was held. The Librarians
t least, are not sorry the session is
'ver Representative Lorrin Andrews
,ffcred the concurrent resolution he had
mid would be offered providing for an
Investigation in connection with the
roposed purchase by the Territory of
V6shinpton Place as an executive man,
ION. The seuate adopted this also.
An echo Of the land bill fight was
card when Representative II. /. Ka.
ewehi offered resolution asking that
Il government land on which leases
non viii expire he Immediately sur.
eyed and made ready for homestead
ng. The resolution was adopted by
he house without discussion and
opy of it will be forwarded to the
Governor and the Governor Designate
diourn With Song o"
IT was shortly before eleven CLOCK
hen committees waited on both houses
ith the notification that each was
pndv to adjourn. A committee was
hen sent to the Governor. and was told
nat he had no further commune ations
, transmit.
The motion to adjourn brought forth
he measures Of Aloha De sung by the
ouse and then the representatives
%ng T. Hawaii Ponoi" followed by
'AmPrica" and the session was over
After the hand shaking and saying
# farPwcls theIlegislators gathered TO,
either their effects and it was observed
hat several of them thriftily made
ampCrs of their waste baskets which
hey carried off With them. Nobody
minded this, however.
Speaker HoIstein s attack on the
rnnte came in the address he dehv.
red after the house had adopted a res"
ution offered by Representative w. f.
tiles thanking him for his services
r said in the course of his short talk
OnOWs:
APPS Senator
cit is umrlcas0rt for me 10 maze
cfercn,r 10 that august body which al
nits that il has a monopoly on all the
legislative wisdom within the bound
rics Of our beloved Territory, and
rovrs rnnclusivPly, by the declaration
one of it's wise men, clothed In
resent in Khaki End glor", that thu"
members of the house of representa-
ives are lot of Pro- Huns.
notwithstanding the Jeremiads o.
his srlf-ronstituted censor, ! am proud
20 have been the speaker OF this house.
Your patriotism is as near one mn
lrcd percent pure as that of tn"
'wivel chair patriot who made the NJ
tack on YOU. Your motives in v"ln?
on the land bin and all other QuPs
lions were tainted by not the slight
est suspicion of either demogogary OF
interest You may return to your con
titucnts quite confident that the SlniS
err attack made on you shall, II IN
1uentiul at all, rebound only TO your
'redit.
81 might say more, but the ethics OF
legislative bodies, with which SON.
members # the other body seem not I"
re acquainted. will not permit me to do
So I can only say in conclusion that
vOur actions concerning food com
mis sion whose only accomplishment
hns been the depletion of the aPpropri,
,tion for it's support, and tn" land
M which should hive been entltlrN
"'An Act for the Encouragement Of
HOmestcading" will meet with general
approval.
"'You need not fear condemnation
by your constituents of action on your
uart placing ON record a lack of Sn
Edrrrr in = commission who's" only
function seems TO be expenditure" OF
public funds Neither need you fear
accusations of lack of patriotism be.
,o,Hr Won dared ounose n selfish Srh"m"
70 ain control of public lands under
the sracinus guisc of war emergency
O'-''e Amused
Fcnutor Castle, tho in particular
vny brought umicr Gre in spent or H"l.
stri, < nId'c,s srid last night th"t
the " Us unt"ino IN pcrtiruiar lhat
h. u - suv IN reply.
- WINS merely amused by it, - ia"
senator SAID.