The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-06-15

ton deferred until the bill proposed be introduced.
Roads and Bridges Oahu ~SS0OO-motion made TO
amend to Sll0OO-item passed AZ SsOo-monon
made 70 insert an item for q Bridge at EWa SVuNs
carried. Motion made TO insert an item for Nuuanu
Pail $4,000 : Hoo. c. II Judd, who made the mo-
ton stated that IL the item passed he should introdooe
= bill, compelling the Minister Of the Interior to spend
the money for that purpose. Hon. Mr. carter wlshel
10 know what good such a bill would DO. IL was his
firm belief that the Minister Of the Interior had a
most profound contempt for all bills and approprla-
iions passed by the House If he would set aside the
wishes Of this House as expressed by the vote 0I the
members, he would not psy any attention 10 an ACT
passed by them. In other countries we might have
a remedy. but here you may imPeach a Minister. anu
then he will be tried by the MOBILES, and | am 81 the
opinion that is whiting down the thing TO On ADJ
suriity.
Hon. A. F. Judd was opposed to the item Of So
600 for the Nuuanu pail. because he did not believe
in the system Of transfer that had crept into the adj
ministration, and as he was convinced that the item
would not be expended for the pail road, he did not
favor the placing a. their disposal n sum OF money
for them to do as they pleased with. lie dd not
believe that it was the intention Of the present adj
ministratiou TO build a bridge at Eva, and he objected
to items being introduced into the Appropriation
Bill, unless there was an immediate prospect oil the
work being done
The Attorney General was Of the opinion that it
would take $50. 200 to grade the pail road, and that
expanding $4,000 on il would be like throwing that
sum into the SEES He said that il might be a great
convenience TO have the work done, and 30 u would
TO have a bridge built from Oahu 60 Kauai, but It
might cost too much.
Hon. A. f. Judd was not willing z to 60 any further
on the Appropriation Bill. unless the ministry were
willing to avow their intention Of paying some atten-
ton TO the wishes of the House as expressed 10y their
votes. He would inquire of the ministry whether
they intended to expend the money appropriated Tor
the purposes named in the bill, or whether they IN
tended to act their pleasure in the matter.
Hon. Mr.. Hitchcock endorsed the stand taken by
Hon. A. F. Judd. 1t would be folly in US TO pass
items just to swell the list. II the ministry intend to
veto the acts of this House, | cannot see what use
there is in our voting anything. The habit has pre-
vailed of saddling the ministry with the Responsible
ity of expenditures ; this has grown out OF the prac-
tice on the part of the Ministers of spending what
money they choose. If members knew that the money
appropriated would be spent, it would make the
members more careful in making appropriations. lt
made him, the speaker, sick at heart to think that
after he and his brother representatives had urged
upon the House the necessity OF spending money IN
their districts, and they had voted the sums required,
the Ministers should set aside the appropriation at
their pleasure.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, speaking in the
name of his colleagues, said that the words OF tpe
members from Honolulu aud Hilo reached the Minis
terial side Of the House with a cheering eject. IL
made no difference that the words conveyed n reprooi,
they were cheering. The ministry will feel called
upon to disburse the funds, except IN cases where an
appropriation is made to satisfy some section, district
or constituency, in which case they would probably
incur the displeasure of the representatives by exer-
cising their Judgment in the matter Ii the House
pass an act approprlatng q sum OF money pr Some
work of national importance. then it is very likely
the matter will receive the serious consideration or
the ministry. At the time it was voted in this House
by d very large majority to send for labor to the
southwest, the Ministry adopted the policy OF the
House against their undivided opinion Of the fruit
lessness of such an undertaking. If an appropriation
is made that expresses the honest wishes Of the people
st larre, then that expression amounts to almost an
enactment, but if a sum of money is voted in one
case because it has been in another, then the Minis
try will exercise q discretionary power. In relation
to Nuuanu pail, the speaker thought it might be a
good idea to appoint q committee to find out what
could be done.
The committee then rose, reported progress and
asked leave to sit again on Friday.
House then adjourned.