The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-14
STAGE ALL SET
FOR OPENING OF
SPECIAL SESSION
Is Not Thought, However That
Real Work win Begin
s.. Before Tomorrow 4
LAND QUESTION AGAIN TO
BE REvlvED, is REPORTED
Governor win Urge Change In
Organic Act and'WiIlAsk =
=. Endorsement .NlLLn

special session To-Day get down 10 the
actual work for which the session was
called and all indications are that they
win not complete their work under two
weeks, though in the interest of econ
omy IL was originally proposed to limit
the time OF the session to five days. Il
The administration has not yet out,
lined what measures IL has to put for
ward and nothing definite In the ma
tureS of program of work has yet
been determined upon, though q desul-
tory discussion of acts and measures
to be presented was held yesterday at
the preliminary caucus called by H. l..
Holstein, speaker Of the house. Less
than twenty attended the cauens. ~
Lyman In Army w." a
With the exception Of Representa-.
tive Norman X. Lyman of tHilo, who
il ON the mainland serving as q ser.
geant Of the signal corps in the army,
II is expected that all of the mem
bers of both houses will be present at
the opening session at ten O'Clock this
morning. At yesterday 3 caucus IL was
tentatively agreed that the; sessions will
be held without chaplains and without
janitors. II is understood that Manuel
Antoine will be appointed messenger Of
the house to succeeet-~S, rKaui, who
resigned. A new clerk Of the senate,
also Is to be appointed as o. p. Soares,
1917 clerk, is on the mainland. a.
One announcement of Importance
made at the caneus came from Speaker
Holstein, who said that resolution Is
to be introduced designed TO change
the personnel Of the food commission,
This announcement follows comment
he made. recently when he said the
food commission seemed to him to be
ga 'joke'! ~ ,.'"'' De" = a
Senators To Meet
Preceding the opening session this,
morning q meeting Of members Of the
senate has been called iby the presi-
dent, Senator Charles yChillingworth, at
.half.past eight clock in the chamber
of commerce rooms. " a'}hAE Rn. & d
:. 1t is understood that the opening
sessions Of house and senate this moTtS
ing yin be devoted to Organization
work, though il has been forecast
by leaders Of both houses that no
changes in officers or in committees
will be made. In accordance with plans
a. concurrent resolution IL TO be adopt.
ed calling a joint session Dollhouse and
senate in the afternoon in compliance
with the wishes Of the. Governor, who,
as usual, will deliver his message and
recommendations in person. The joint
session will be called at haf-past two
O'Clock this afternoon when the Gov
ernor will deliver his address.
Reviews Land Question
Though the Governor has not inti+
mated what the nature of his recon-
mendations will be, 1t Is reported that
an important part of his message will
be devoted to the land question, There
is more than a probability that the
effort that the chamber of commerce
launched and dropped, a project aimed
against homesteading and designed to
effect the repeal of the "tWenty five
persons" clause Of the Organic Act
for the period of the war and longer,
will be revived and introduced into the
special session.
The purpose Of bringing about the
repeA of the "twenty1fve persons
clause with the announced end that
lands on which leases are now expiring
hay be kept in cultivation has the.
same old support of the Governor, who
himself urged the change on Wash.
ington after the legislature had turned
il down, and 1t reported that strong
support in house and senate has been
enlisted to give official endorsement 10
the project. This, it is understood, is
to take the form Of resolution to 60
on to Washington asking that the
change be made by congressional ne
ton.
The proposed change is opposed by
Governor Mccarthy and number Of
other Influential figures who see in IT
the probable end of DEMONSTRATING in
the Territory to the advantage of the
big sugar interests. Governor MeGar-
thy will not be in Office, however, SO a
resolution of the sort which probably
will be urged in the executive message,
stands a fair chance of having plain
sailingj ... r'.-. s. - - -
For Red Gross
Some jealous soul some time ago ,sng1
gested that the Legislators might be
willing to donate q part or all Of theit
salaries for the special session to the
Red Cross, Complete silence on the part
Of the legislators greeted this proposal,
but it should not be accepted that there
is any lack of patriotism in house or
senate for a new proposal has been
voiced. 1t may look like passing the
buck, of course, but the new idea is to
have the Territory appropriate fit
ting am0nat for the Red Cross. A
measure of this sort probably will be
added to the growing list of things to
be done at the special session.
The sessions of both house and sen.
ate are to be held in the public library,
the representatives. sitting on the m:
uka hall on the second floor and the
upper house in theaopposite hall. This
Is done 80 that Red Cross workers in
the legislative chamber in the Capitol
and draft officers in the senate chamber
win not be disturbed.
FIRST Work
Probably the 6rst measure to be han.
died will be that for which the special
session originally was called, the switch.
ing of existing appropriations to make
available funds with which the Island
of Hawaii can repair damage to roads
aud bridges done by the recent storm
that swept the Island. Estimates Of