The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-06-18

q item ought not 10 appear IN the Inst OF
Finally the Committee point
Mt that IT Is an absurdity 10 be paying
400 month FOR outside help when we
ave an Attorney General and his clerk at
LIBERAL salaries; that the A G. %hsS had
much time to devote to lucrative private
,ractice.- and that II he would devote
himself to his duties no further legal as
istsnce would be required III
In the Board OF Education the hand Of
he same man who for time played the
,art of Attorney-General -, tsa Is seen.
The President Of the Board IN his Report |
stated that only S41.SST.Ss had been ex-
pended on the support Of schools, vhereas |
he Committee discovered that S6SSS616 \
had been expended. but that the unusual /
sep was taken Of drawing the balancel |
rom the cash general funds OF the Board /
md from the school tax Of the district Of /
Honolulu. The reason for tins unusual |
acton was that the Treasury was 80 de I
nleted that no other course was open. and |
n the face OF this the President OF the I
Board Gd7oi to talk Of a surplus Of 49, |
$500 posing as an economist, when he
Knew that be was putting forward figures
which were most thoroughly misleading,
Il not absolutely untrue. Attention Is also
called to the fact that Mrs Hendry. a
newly appointed teacher Is receiving ST.
500 q wear salary. while Sl.Oo0 Is the high
est sum paid to any Of the lady teachers,
many Of whom have faithfully and ably
devoted many years of their lives 10 the
instruction Of young Hawaii. The Com
mittee also deem II their duty 70 condemn
the course pursued by the Board in sum
marily dismissing teachers and agents for
political reasons
Tho Board Of Genealoyy accounts FOR
its expenditure Of $1,000. OF this the
Guverness Of Hawaii took S6,474.S7; the
-4Sps-Tiss- and ElO,s $3.50; the remainder
went to half dozen natives. one Of whom
at the present writing occupies dIstIn-
guished position IN the chain gang, and to
sra,i-y of-po.Crs Now what in the name
Of fortune have sEssd-y o,1rT,szisrs 10 do with
the Beard of Genealogyi What was
that they patched upf No explanation j
offered The results for this expenditure
as far as the public Is concerned have been
Nd
4AE ES>EANE Vi kA-C ANA-l-44A
Report however. Is 10 be found in the in
designations IN the Finance and Interior
Departments The latter especially APP
pears to have been conducted IN a manner
which Is perfectly disgraceful. Ii Is not
TO be wondered at, for the present Minis
ter. in 1878 was Chief Clerk of the Depart
meni, and had to be discharged from his
then position because the business Of the
Department was IN q much mixed state.
Credit Is gwen to Mr. Pratt for the
books OF the Finance Department, and l.
must also be given TO Mr. Godfrey Brown
who handed them over IN such good shape
The remarks OF the Committee upon Ii,
management Of the loan We print in full,
they are the severest comment that can Be
made upon the acts Of Ministers
LOAN AcT OF ISL
Section Of this Act which provides that a.
suns borrowed shau BE kept sep rate aad 10; az
plied either directly indirectly, temporarily O.
OtherUlSe 70 any useS OF P-rpoSeS osaer +1ar tboS
specified II the Act g iars i-sa Stsliissig
5gslarss, IS the money fz1iisSa Tvs ~ silc o.
80 6stsrsi at the MI 81 Nisis-frs rriticat a.
nTsrSlcs 70 tAr Era-sf1ss e ~ l-r- Ihs ls1e e.
bonds has also besa irregular. as for Inst@nce "
tod thai bo16s EDoZnti1E 10 $4,000 were SiEle-
o. the Is; q Nay, 1855. and sent 20 san Frl1cisc
II holsS Of finding purchaser there. bat 10 ol5
being found willing 20 buy, they vsre ret-rrst
and are DOW il the Treasury. As tLese bonds ars
sadorsed pElZclpS2l and interest payable Il 81
FrAnGsoo,' yo1r Committee recommend iha;
hey Be destroyed and th.i ENTRIES to that efeci
e made II tie books Of the Department
We are further told that the bonds have
been used by the Minister Of Interior as
collateral security for liabilities. This Is
nothing more nor less than an illegal trans
fer. The present Ministry have increased
the debt Of the country SS1S,S00. costing
SiS,31 for interest alone
4 smart trick was played last year to
put money into the pocket Of son-in law
Hayselden The commissions for tax as
SCISSORS in certain districts was raised to
four percent. instead Of three. as IN former
years. For two months work son-in-law'
received S4.S19.50; pretty good pay Ger
tainly. The Governors Of the Islands were
not notified of this change till January
1884 long after the change had been made
and the cash poeketed.
Acurious method of covering themselves
for amounts overdrawn Is an instrument
called "a Cabinet resolution" Under these
resolutions apparently the Government
considered that IT could spend money asst
pleased Il Is unnecessary TO point out
that Cabinet resolutions" for such pur
poses are utterly unconstitutional. and the
Committee Is well advised when It recon
mends that amounts paid under cover Of
these resolutions require the closest scru
tiny"
Ii Is a curious fact that c. 7. Quick lent
the Government S1S.29T IS to tide II oyel
Its financial difficulties Just after he be
came q Minister. No one of course. would
be cruel enough TO imagine that there was
any connection between the two eircum
stances, and yet it has an ugly look: i
looks as if that was the price of billet
Just at the end Of the fiscal period sun
of $4,000 was drawn upon the loan fund
under one Of the tsvorite Cabinet resolu
tons 1t was a thoroughly Illegal pro
ceeding, yet the Auditor General IN def
ance of law passed upon the accounts, tn
Committee remark that they cannot com,
10 any other conclusion than that the Min
istry and the Auditor-General were actin;
In orlEsioE for the expenditure Of publ
moneys, II violation of the Constitution
and laws Of the kingdom Ii may b
said at once that the Auditor Generalshil
| has been a hollow mockery. that unde
every department the Committee I'm,
cause to blame the holder Of the Office Ac
counts have been approved which shOul,
not have been approved: others have No
been audited at all The Auditor Genera
has kept no record Of his work. and relic,
entirely on his memory for his official acts
Pretty auditing this,
We pass over for the present, the De
partment Of Foreign Affairs-the fact tina
Mr.. Gibson. as proprietor of the 4drsriis.1
received money for work which has neye
been done. and which the Committee re
commend that he refund: that the corona
hon expenses appear TO have been SS3
| 22S.0S; that the proceeds of sales have No
been covered into the Treasury as 'realil
atoms but have been used for other pun
poses contrary 20 law That the presen
Chief Clerk Of the Department Is recon
mended to return $50 to the Treasury
We come 10 the Interior DepaTtmen
In newspaper article II Is impossible t
do the subject justice. The books are /
an unsatisfactory condition There al
twenty one accounts IN which the Ministe
of Finance and the Minister Of Interior
no agrer The manner In which contract
have been made and approved Is ehars,
teri7ed as disgraeeful Work has bee
paid for and never completed No le:
than $70240 were awarded ID contracts 1
J. G. Hsyselden: SLIPS was paid him f
q bridge, which carpenter was ready