The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-15

e been maze for their care heretofore.
Mr. Thurston would like to know who's
= bones were at those places. They ough
to know whose bones they were takin:
5 care Of.
His Excellency Mr.. Gulick said h,
5 thought they were bones OF chiefs OF older
times. He was not personally acquainted
with the matter.
Mr.. Thurston was rather surprised at the
answer. 1t did not give the full informa
ton expected. He hoped the item would
be referred to q select committee.
The motion for the committee to recon-
mend the item be referred 10 a special com
mittee was carried
POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION.
Salary of Postmaster General. So 900.
Passed.
Salary OF Deputy Postmaster General,
5000. Passed
Pay of Clerks in the Post Office, So, $40.
Mr.. Dickey moved it pass at $4,000
Mr. Thurston said the amount was
/ greatly in excess OF the amount voted at
! the last session He would like to have
some explanation of the increase.
/ His Excellency Mr.. Gulick referred the
ucDdEliuclllaI
| port, which reads: IAN earnest effort has
been made to increase the revenues col
lected by this department from various
sources, by an improvement of methods
increased diligence in the performance of
the duties on the part of the employees.
and a thorough investigation of the de
partment in all its bureaus, as well as such
changes in the personnel of the working
staff as the good of the public service de-
mand." BY reference to the tables it
would be seen that the Post Office receipts
had increased from $14, 325 % in 1881, to
$56,056 Il in 1886. The appropriation
would only be used as required, but in
creased efficiency necessitated increased
expenditure.
Mr.. Dole moved the item be referred to
a select committee.
Mr.. Dickey moved as an amendment
that the following item, Pay of Post
masters, ST. OOO," be included He with
drew his motion to reduce the item to |
$4,000
Mr.. Kaulukou said the clerks in the |
Post Office had a great deal of work to do, |
especially when the foreign mails came in
keeping them up sometimes all night !
The mOney-order clerk held a very re- /
sponsible position. and large sums of |
money passed through his hands. He |
quoted the amounts from a return in his
hand. The salary of the money-order
clerk ought to be raised. He thought the
Minister of the Interiors report gave a
full account of how it was intended to ex-
pend the amount asked for.
Mr.. Dole said all this argument
amounted to nothing. The Post Office
had been conducted before as well as it
was now at half the expense. He would
be sorry if the installment of Mr.. KauIu-
kou as Postmaster General was going to
make the extra expense necessary. The
great convenience of the Office to the pub
lie applied to the past ten years. There
had been no intelligent reason presented
why the amount should be doubled No
attention seemed to be paid to the public
resources. Where was all the money com
ing from for the bare running expense of
the Government, not to speak of the extra
ordinary expenditures contemplated. They
had heard IA great deal about patriotism
last week, but he regretted that it had been
applied to horse race. His idea of pa
triotism was that they should economize
They should remember the poor taxpayers
who had to furnish the money they were
asked to vote. He had seen the tax office
crowded with poor men, some of them
with scant clothing who were barely able
to scrape together the money the Govern
ment required of them. True patriotism
was to consider these men and not run riot
~,
nent which had impaired the credit of the
country and asked authority to borrow at
i've per cent discount. Under this Admin
stratiOn the country had lost its reputation
and been diShOnored through the failure of
he Government to meet its obligations and
pay just and lawful demands upon it.
There were great many debts against the
Government now overdue. 1t has also
'aiSed special loans without informing them
what interest had been paid. If the money
asked for were needed he would vote it
)ut he objected to vote large sums and
cave the expenditure to the discretion of
Ministers. He wanted more information i
md would move to refer the item to a
elect committee. {
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson said he did
lot rise to speak of the disposal of the
tenn before the committee, but would ad-
lress himself to the remarks of the mem :
,er from Lihue Mr.. Dole had constituted
himself a general scold On every sub |
ect that came up that gentleman dragged
n long string of accusations against
ministers. They were either ignorant or d
azy, extravaganza or Enthusiastically. 1t 5
vas entirely wrong to pursue this course. Ii
The general policy of the Government /
night properly be traversed and their adj t
attacked upon vote of want a
# confidence, or upon a large question of {
ublic policy; but To waste the time of the I
House by constant repetition of grOundless l.
harges against the Government was
7rong. The sole intention was to damage $
he Government by producing bad effect a
broad. The charge that the Government
lad repudiated any of its debts was I'M {
Ounded Was it a reputation of an obi Il
alton to extend the time by mutual ar
between the parties2 This was
common enough occurrence with other 5
Governments, and in no way impaired I
heir credit. This Government had been 4
ued as the Governments of other coun-
ries have been from time to time but n
here was nothing in that fact to weaken
he credit of the country disputed
lain did not involve dishOnor. 1t was
ndeniabIe that the present Government