The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-04-23
.G0ECI. MCCARTHY
TO Sign GALL FOR
SPECIAL SESSION
May "a Is Practically Decided
Upon At Conferences As Date
For Converting Of Legislators
LEADERS PLAN TO FIX u Ml
& IEEFlNlTE PROGRAM
Unless Washington, Establishes
lnternment Camp, ThatWiH Be
One OF Principal Matters

Present Indications are that the leg,
islature viii be called TO meet in special
session on Tuesday, May IL, and while
an appeal is being forwarded to Wash
iagtoniashing that an intsrnment camp
be established here, plans for the Ter.
ritory 10 take action itself al the spe.
eial session in the event that Washing.
ton fails TO respond are taking form.
1t isgthe present intention Of the ad.
rhinistrati6n and leaders Of both houses
to limit the session to. five days, open
ing On Tuesday and adjOurning the col.
lowing Saturday. = go, = 'ia ~ .,.
The message to Washington asking
that the intern ment camp be establish!
ed byNexecutive order or by order Of
the war department is to be Drafted
this afternoon at a meeting Of the com.
Ihittee Of ten, as provided for in the
resolutions adopted Sunday ut the Town
Nesting in the grounds Of the Capitol.
COMMITTEES Members IS o..
The members Of the committee are /:
9. Negoro, Anthony Yuen Seto, w. r.
FarTington, Joseph Pacheco, Lorrin An.
drews, r. o. Matheson, Fred Harrison,
W.. J. Sheldon and Jack Balch. The
committee is to meet at two o'clock
this afternoon at the mayors Office.
In all probability the call will be Is
sued by the new Governor some time
within the next ten days, for as Col
c. j. MeCarthy's nomination has met
with cordial endorsement by all inter-
eats and no sign of protest has arisen,
it is believed that there will be little
Or'no delay in the senate in confirming
the appointment. 1t is pointed out
that President Wilson and Secretary
Lane must have taken measures to as
certain beyond any doubt that Colonel
MeCarthys nomination would not be
opposed I'M the senate, before the an
nouncemeDt was made public. This fur
mishes, another indication that confitma-
tiun will not be delayed and all indi-
cations are that action viii be taken
in the senate next Thursday, the day
on which action of the kind is ordinari.
Hrthkau, II 80 ~
Nomination Endorsed ~, l,5., .r,.,, b,
- All, ipyigsnf, in ,eonpestiOn with the,
nomination of Colonel Mccarthy was
an official call he; received yesterday
from Walter F. Dillingham; and r. c.
Brown, president and secretary of the
chamber Of commerce, who told Colonel
Mccarthy that his nomination had the
hearty endorsement Of fbat5body. The
appointee was given assurance that he
would receive full support from the
conimerciaF Organization!
THE decision fixing the date Of open
ing Of the special session on May IA
was reached following a number of
conferences of leaders Of the two houses
with Colonel Mccarthy and the Gov
crnor. H. L. Holstein, speaker of the
house OF representatives, was one of
those who asked that the session be
tl6la red untif about the middle of May.
Gives Reasons = ~."'
The speaker pointed out that as the
emergency legislation. by which funds
are to be made available to repair dam
aye done to highways, bridges and
bitches by the recent storm on the ISL
and of Hawaii affected only his own
district he felt he could ask for some
delay. The reason he gave was that
be has an important case coming up in
court within few days and he said
this cannot be postponed. a numer of
other reasons, for holding of the open
ing of the special session a week or
more were advanced
y Iittle actipn has beer taken along
n line thai was surge sted recently when
It was urged that members of both !
houses donate their salaries to the Red |
Gross or, failing this, agree to accept
paynientS From the Territory in War
Savings Stamps Workers whh are con '
Quoting the sale Of the stamps may
organize an effort to dispose of a |
INrge plumber of stamps in this amer
Suggestions Asked For
1t.was again suggested Yesterday that
all interests, parties or individuals who
have special legislation to recommend
come forward now with their sugges-
TONS Unless this is done little chance
exists that attention win be given to
any recommendations for legislation
that may be offered after the
session actually opens. 1t Is the
intention Of the administration and
house leaders to have a definite program
outlined before the session opens so
they will know precisely what will be
done along the line of new laws. To
insure that the program will be fol.
lowed, it is Intended to have the legis,
latnre impose limit on itself in au
Onening resolution which will outline
Ell the legislation deemed necessary at =.
this time
If WashinRtonAakes action in answer
TO the appeal for the proposed intern.
ment camp before the opening of the
special session, that portion of the legis.
l"tiVe program will be dropped, though
" is not believed that the anti-sedition
act. which is to he offered and which
imposes penalties for all forms Of dis
LOYALTY directed AGAINST either America
or anv Of her Allies. will be thrown
ont. whatever WASHINGTON may do in
the matter of establishing an intern.
mrnt camp. As Colonel Mccarthy will
lac Governor when the bill Is passed, it
is considered sur" of being signed.
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