Show I i ICK or HAWAII JI San Francisco l Chronicle Chironi he heThe The Tho first territorial 1 legislature Of pt Hawaii II LII II IH It unique The rho ma tim of ot its It II rs are ure native Haw allans Many of or them can con speak the t hc Hawaiian language only rime Tho debates lire are carried on oti both In lIsh anti and the to native tongue anti as an the territorial act provides that tho tue legislative proceed lags ings shall be ue con J acted In the tile former tor all ull speeches delivered In Hawaiian must roust ho bo Interpreted The Tho curious spectacle Is thus presented In these debates of ot a n natIve statesman moll addressing the house hU I of oC which he hI Is III a n member in Ii his hilt tongue anil an Interpreter ion len doring his hilt s Into Inlo limb English l all nfl of ot which creates confusion and causes di dilay d dI lay hay I a Chicago What shall be bu the tho language ot or orthe the legislature to lt the hue most conspicuous point at lit Issue The Tue territorial act pro lIra provides providen vides videa that all oil proceedings shall he be con conducted ducted in the English language but obstacles to the hue carrying out of tit this provision from Crom rain the ito start The houses of or the lie legislature contain members who are ale white hitte half holt white and halt half Hawaiian 11 an II In half halt Hawaiian rind and half halt Chinese anti full tull till native Hawaiian For ninny many of these Ihs members tile tie Hawaiian language is the only tongue In which they can express themselves tho tiar speaker of ot this the lower house of or mixed and ani Chinese se blood has but hut slight command of English I The file II of oC this hIM condition on Is that all nil the debates Ml other proceedings have to bo be trans traits translated back amid forth between the two languages and the tile Interpreters are kept busy bus |