The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-05-09
Review Work OF
Maui'S Legislators
Honolulu Paper Runs Through The
List And Comments On Records
OF Members Individuals SOlOnS
Several Hard Slams

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In two issues of thu Advertiser the
first of the week, a brief synopsis of
the records Of the individual members
of the late Legislature are published.
While these records for the most
part are complimentary rather than
otherwise, a few of them will perhaps
not be read with any great amount of
pleasure by those they assume to pic
ture. Maui's delegation gets several
strong boosts, a number of nOn-com-
initial references and one or two de
cidedly left-handed ones. Because of
their local interest they are reprinted
below as follow:
Harry A. Baldwin, vice president of
the senate and chairman of the stand
ing committee on public lands and in
ternal improvements, was one of the
three Maui senators. He was conser-
vatiVe in his stand all the way
through the session of the Tenth Leg
islatura. He voted for S. b. As, the
women suffrage bill, but against the
plebisCite bill. He voted against the
so-Called Japanese School Bill. AS
chairman of the public lands commit
tee he was responsible in a large de-
gree for the handling of the various
land bills and concurrent resolutions
dealing with homesteading and the
disposition of public lands, standing
solidly for such measures as were for
honest demonstrating, but opposing
freak legislation which was attempt
ed. He introduced the Waikiki Beach
resolution.
Harold w. Rice, of Maui, a brother
of Charles Il. Rice, was chairman of
the accounts committee and no fault
was ever found with his figures. He
and his brother sat together and gen.
orally voted together, but not always.
They were known as the Gold Dust
Twins" and both were members of
the ways and e committee. Sen
ator Harold Rice was chairman of
many of the important conference
committees in the closing days.
John Brown, Jr., of the 3rd District
Maui, made a record Of which the less
said the better. Known as Kama
lua" Brown because he almost invar-
iably waited for the second call be-
fore voting on anything, he showed
utter i%ncapacity as a legislator, fol
lowing blindly with the hui and wind
ing up with a drunken exhibition that
disgraced the last night of the session.
Levi |. Joseph, of the Third Dis
trict, Maui, made little impression on
the house except when he explained
his vote against suffrage by saying
that he had asked his wife her opin-
ion, continuing, she said, I don't
like it, and when the woman you
love says that, it's good night with
me. Joseph was part of the time
with the hui and party of the time
with the good government forces. 1t
Is hard to classify him satisfactorily.
l. B. ~kaumeheiwa, of the Third Dis
trlct, Maui, was one of the quiet mem
bers of the house though his votes
were, on the whole, in favor of good
government. He impressed one as
conscientious though many were sur
prlsed that a minister of the gospel
should vote against the abatement by
injunction bill. His record, aside
from this, was generally creditable,
especially to a new member.
NJ. G.. PaschoaI, of the Third Dis
trict, Maui, gave n of the impress
sion OF a man who knew what he want
ed and was not afraid to stand up for
1t. He opposed a number of good gov
ernment measures but stood for 9th
ers. He was apparently ~independ-
n and conscientious and, when
aroused, a good fighter.
A. F. Tavares, of the 3rd District,
Maui, was n Of the most conscienti-
u members of the house. AS vice
speaker he was often called upon to
preside over the deliberations of the
lower chamber. His votes were al
most uniformly for decency and good
government and his burning words of
rebuke to the opponents of such poll
cies were a delight. An earnest
speaker, he threw himself into the
fight and could not see why members
should evade Of fail to live up to
standards of public honor. He was
n Of the members who was willing
to vote against his personal interest
for public benefit.
e. WaihoIo, of the 3rd District,
Maui, attended to his daily work as
chairman of the printing committee
but was heard seldom outside of that
His votes were not consistently for
good government though he was not
an active member of the hui.