The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-08-02

Consideration of the Appropria-
ton Bill in Committee of the Whole.
Mr.. Bush was called to the chair.
Appropriations for the Finance De-
partnent were resumed.
Incidentals Finance Department,
s., 900. Passed.
Printing Certificates of Deposit,
$l,200. Passed.
Stamps and Dies, $500. Mr.. Ka-
nealii moved to reduce to $500,
which carried.
Dog Tags, $1,000. Reduced, on
motion of Mr.. Godfrey Brown, to
5000.
Messenger, $1,000. Passed.
Mr.. Godfrey Brown moved to in
sert an item for taxes illegally col
lected, S7S.2j. Passed.
Appropriations for Department OF
the Attorney General were next in
course.
Salary OF Attorney General, Sl2,-
600. Reduced, on motion of Cod
frey Brown, to 1000.
Salary Deputy Attorney General,
$4,000. Mr.. Kanealii moved to
strike out the item. Minister Neu-
mann argued that the office was alb
solutely necessary. The present
officer was partly attorney, partly
translator, partly book-keeper At
present there was too much work for
one man to properly work up crown
cases. 1t would he impossible to
Get Il competent man who would at
tend to the duties conscientiously
who would take the office of Attor-
ney General unless he had such an
assistant.
Mr.. Dole said he could see how u
stranger coming here to take the
office of Attorney General should be
impressed rs the present Attorney
General is. He thought it would
take man nearly year to become
posted in the work of that depart
mcnt. Under such circumstances
the appointment of an efficient as
sistant was something important.
This was the first time an Attorney
General had found it necessary to
have q deputy. His excellency's $
numerous. predecessors had been able
to perform the duties and carry on
large private practices as well. The
present difficulties of the office were
due TO the Government being with
out an Attorney General for nearly
yeal, and then stranger coming
to the position who had to acquaint
himself with our laws. 1t is in the
line of the present Ministry to live
in luxury and have a great many
clerks to do their work. 1t is not wise
to develop any such policy as that.
Members of Government
were not paid to wear
lace coats and attend receptions, but
to do work with their own hands.
He did not mean to cast any refiec-
tions on the present Attorney-General
because he came here unacquainted
with our laws and looked at things
rs newcomer.
Mr.. w. o. Smith referred to the
administration of past Attorney
Generals, showing that all the assist
ance they had was that of the clerk.
The pay Of that officer had gradually
been raised--in 1876-78, it was
$4,000; 1879 80, $4,000; last period
$4,000, and this Appropriation Bill
proposed $4,000, and besides that
$4,000 for n new officer to do the
work. The Government was now
asking for $4,000 for assistance to
the Attorney-General which few
years ago was got for $4,000. He
referred to the records of the excel
lent men who had formerly filled the
Office ald asked if they had neglected
the work. The records showed that
the work had not increased since
1880, until this last period. AS for
the book. keeping it was very SIM
pie thing, demanding but an hours
attention week. Five thousand
dollars would pay for all needed
assistance to the Attorney General,
whether for law, bookkeeping or
anything else. He argued that the