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Show KINDERGARTEN LEGISLATORS. Utile eaetches of Odd I'roceedlegs la Hawaiian Lel'"ea. "It Is curious to watch the klnder-xarteu klnder-xarteu stage of a people Just learning to use political freedom and putting Into operation the machinery of lrgla-latlve lrgla-latlve government." remarked Civil Service Commissioner Kodenbcrg to a Star reporler on his recent return from the Hawaiian Islands. "The Hawaiian Hawa-iian leglalature Is a very amusing body In aome respects. There are native na-tive members and American membeis. Tranalators of both languagea are employed, but the original remarks of members will be delivered In Mr.it one language and then the other. The native na-tive members reiiaid their official pol-tlona pol-tlona with great solemnity, and their comprehension of the puwor of the leg-Islsture leg-Islsture la sometimes ridiculously Illustrated Il-lustrated by the bills which they Introduce. Intro-duce. Not long ago a bill waa Introduced Intro-duced by a native member to repeal all the laws of the United Btutcs which might apply to the lalanda. Following this waa a measure which provided that any person might become a llcena-ed llcena-ed physician simply upon payment of the fee for securing tho llrenae. Aa a travesty on these bllla a young American Ameri-can member one day Introduced a bill with all aolemnlty to prevent the wavea from beating on a certain portion por-tion of tha beach which waa ued for bathing. The august body sat In solemn sol-emn and dignified silence while tha measure wss being resd. and It did not occur to It that It was not a mutter mut-ter for Its earnest consideration. " Washington Star. |