The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-06-26

of their coming here that they
should have an inspector There
was no pressure, however--no more
than there was pressure at Washing
ton in having this Government con-
cede certain point in the recipro-
city treaty--but there were two
parties to an agreement and one of
them must sometimes make conces-
sions.
Rep. Keau asked how many in
spectors it was proposed to pay
out of the $4,000.
Minister Gibson said he would an
swer He regretted to say that they
had to make provision for an IN
spector for the japanese, because it
made them more expensive. They
had only one inspector under the
Board of 1mmigration-he might be
mistaken; there might be an inspec-
tor on Maui. So, 900 of this amount
was required for the salary of the
lnspector-General, $4,000 for the
Japanese inspector, and $4,000 for
certain other expenses of the Board.
The house could cut down this sum,
it could prevent them employing "A
Japonese inspector, but that would
be in contravention of the treaty
with Japan.
Rep. Kalua said if the house went
on discussing this item as it stood he
was afraid it would not pass, and he
was in favor of dividing it up. He
therefore moved to insert, "lnspec-
tor of immigration $4,000"
Rep. Kaunamano agreed with
the remarks of the hon. member for
Koolauloa (Brown.) He moved to
insert, "lnspector-General, $4,000;
japanese Inspector. $4,000; lnciden-
tails, $4,000"
Rep. Keau offered an amendment
TO add, "Secretary, $500"
Rep. Kaulukou said this was the
way it was previously voted. He
did not know what this inspector
does or what he has done. He was
not ready to vote the appropriation
Of S5, 900 for the Inspector. He was
in favor of inserting an item for the
inspector of 81 900. lie did not know
whether they were bound to pay the
japanese inspector any specified
sum, but were bound to pay him
something by treaty. He moved to
pay him 50, 900, the Secretary of the
Board, $1,000, and for incidentals
$1,000.
Rep. Thurston was glad to see the
member who had just spoken in
favor of reducing items and hoped
he would keep it up during the
session. AS the member had stated,
there ought to be an inspector of
immigrants, but that Inspector ought
not to be q fgurehead. lie did not
want to say anything in derogation
Of their chairman or to hurt his feel
ings, but must say as n representa-
tive that he did not think that office
had been filled as it should have
been filled. He had heard and he
knew himself that when the Inspec-
tor General had gone round the
Islands he had done good work, but
he does not go round often enough.
The object of having an inspector was
that he should constantly go round
and see what the grievances OF immi-
grants were and prevent strikes and
other troubles. The way the mat
ter was conducted now was that the
inspector lived in Honolulu and
stayed here, and when row started
up on any plantation he went to try
and pacify it. He ought to be or
the road constantly like the inspec-
tor of schools. If he kept on the
rounds, the speaker thought $1,000
was not too much with his expenses
In order that the Office might b'
properly filed he moved the follow
ing amendment, "Salary of Inspec
: tor-General, $4,000, the inspector
to make the tour of the Islands once
in six months" He thought tina
: was reasonable, and would ALLOW
: him to stay at home two months n
: a time between trips.
t Rep. Kaunamano expressed hi
i favor for the item as amended b.
t the member for Molokai.
Minister Neumann regretted tina
: the Minister of Interior, who hat
: this in charge, was not there; bu
n he for one did not believe the hous
'. should appropriate so much for thi
o and so much for the other purpOs
e without hearing the explanation of th
$ Minister who had it in charge. Whe
this item came up during the rev
It sion of estimates the Ministers II
duced it to $4,000. He had M
1t examined into the particulars of I'll
L. item because he did not consider
E, was in his province, but he was col
le fdent the Minister of Interior ha
.e considered it and recommended
rs because he thought it was nece
d sary. The question was whe,h
er these officers were necessary AM
Of if so, whether they should
Of paid too much or nothing.
" the course of his employment
to had occasion to look into this ma
ht ter, and while the present incumbe
at might not have done all he could
n, had done much. 1t ought to tai
I'd more time of the incumbent, and
ne he would devote his whole time to
al $4,000 was very small pay.
he ventured to say the member I