The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-10-22

,sori.sd report .Ao.,. se Prss.ea.-.hai + was customary for
Mr.. HARRIS Cfrom bis seat) In Great Britain there Is no
ostensihIe reporter, and no authorized report published.
Mr.; Castle proceeded to say tia, be might be mistaken in
regard to Great Britain. but then in each State Capital Of the
United States. and in the National Capital. there was a printer
paid to do such printing.
Mr. HARRIs (-tHi from his seat.) I think il would asionish
the printers to know that
SIR. oAsrLx tbOwing to The iu,erup.ion) 1 think they are
remunerated ia some way.
Mr.. RHODES then got the floor. and said that he thought the
dignity Of the House was insulted by the repcrt-shat the gh,
Of it was, that if this House did not pay this man, he would
publish q wrong report
N. DE vAEiGSr again attempted to explain that it was not so
understood by the Committee, but Mr.. Rhodes declared that no
probably, the Honorable Committee in the category of the in
sane) and that he did not believe in submitting to the degrade
ton that he would rather vote more money from the Treasury,
than to submit To such treatment. The Honorable Gentleman
gre. quite eloquent and statesmanlke % abiding to the no
the nation we're about to meet,
Mr.. HARRIS followed, insisting upon perverting the sense of
the Committee. and addressing the House as il it were a jury to
be made to believe other than what was proven, and showing
the natural result of the elevation of such a man to the position
lac was in while his aged colleague supported him with an &C.
t tsss ba wo - quite e.t right quite night" Nh, Harris Insisted
Hense t II wis. ysi than a to en- employ pay a a man who had called d that "a
Government press, and he would vote that the reports be also.
NJ. DE VAEIGSr rose to explain that he had been appointed
Of fhe proceedings Of tAe n House. and that he entered upon
Ie duty not as a politician, to favor a political friend, for the
that though he did not like the boat, it was the only one, AID
the fastest one, and the cheapest one to be had. He proceeded
consent to pay Sioo per week for work that could be done for
$50; and he would like TO know if any one could show a cheaper
way than that proposed by the Committee.
Mr.. HARMS with feet on his desk) Publish a paper our
selves.
purpose.
Mr.. KAArA called up his motion to adjourn, and the House
adjourned.
On Wednesday evening, the discussion of the
Committees report was resumed, and from all
we can pathar tho l,nr,aoa ,f tho epaotarS
opposed to our offer, was extremely harsh and
personal. Mr.. Harris is stated to have said that
on returning to his home last evening his blood
fairly boiled with Indignation at the insult that
had been offered to tie house by a printer pre-
to charge anything for printing its re-
ports, and that he and Mr.. Wyllie would rather
pay 500 a week out of their own pockets,
than submit to any such extortion. Yes"
KAPPA, the keen delegate from Hilo,
" you'd pay it out of your pockets for two or
three weeks, but. after that we should find it
in the government expenses somewhere" The
debate waxed so warm and SO personal, that
Messrs. de Varigny and Heuck reproved the
gentlemen for the language used, and
reminded them that that was not the place for
the utterance of personal inyectives.
NNOW w . Cil uOS STRAW Wuetuer Tie AS
sembly accepts or rejects our offer. 1t was made
in good faith on our part, as the conductor Of
the only papers printed here we desired the
Assembly TO provide its own reports, that there
might be no cause of complaint against us re-
them and we wished it to assist in
paying the expense, as we are put to additional
and extra outlay in printing them. We also
lid SO, because the late Convention paper of
numbers is reported to have cost the
government between $500 and 81 600, includ-
ng the expense of reporting and q fair yalua-
ion for TRANSMITTING, and that the receipts from
he paper were not over a quarter of its cost.
after the discussion that has been had in the
Assembly on this subject, and the bitter invec-
ives uttered against us, we beg to withdraw
he tender made to the mmit and thus
cave the house at liberty to proceed with its
business, without breaking its neck over the J
Advertiser, and We must decline to have any
hing to do with reporting the proceedings of
he assembly, or at least on the basis proposed.
1t is amusing to notice in this connection.
ready legislators are to spend the public
money where personal spite can be gratifed i
The Attorney-General is indignant
because We asked the Legislatnsa-t.n.a.sSS-
york done for it. He h-v PNS' y"
E eo4 , wool Aw%.-oegrudge the payment
n~fsrxg co journeymen printers for set
p the reports, but does not blush to come
5efore the country and seek to have his salary
aised to $4,OO0-aye, FOUR THOUSAND
DOLLARS A YEAR-when the same service
las been performed for $4,000 or $4,000 per an
rum for the last ten years or more. 1t is sacrilege
so-vose the public funds for the honest labor of
mechanics. the mudsills of society," as some
ire pleased to designate us-if we work
for the legislature, but when the pay of
professional gentlemen is under discussion, it is
to double it, and tax the poor
xanaka to foot the bill! ooh consistency !.
,hou art a jewel!
We cannot close this article without thank
ng Messrs. de varigny, Heuck and Others for
The manly, impartial and honorable stand they
in the debate. first in rebuking statesmen
seek to turn the Legislative hall into q bar
DOM for the indulgence of personalities and
second, for standing up for an economical ex-
of the public moneys.
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