Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-05-13

speaker thought the country could
afford this expense.
Hon. member Dole agreed with the
Minister of Foreign Affairs that the
item was demanded by the increased
expenditure in the new Palace. He
thought the Assembly would be united
in voting the full amount if they we're
sure the amount would be expended in
the direction as indicated. His
Majesty's salary was his pocket money
and they had no right to pry into that.
This appropriation was in the nature of
public fund for keeping up the dig
nifty of the State The pay roll may be
So, 900 per annum. This would pay 32
servants at $25o per annum. The
speaker had never seen larger squad
Of servants about the Palace. The
Palace itself seemed to be we'll taken
care of, but .he lawn was in sadly
neglected state. There is no gentle
mans garden in Honolulu more shame
fully neglected. There is an artesian
well on the premises but there are
always white spots on the grass show
ing it is not watered. All we want to
know is what is expended in order that
the grounds, which are, in certain
sense public grounds, may be well
cared for. 1t is no use to tell them to
wait for the report of the Finance Com
mittee. That may not come in for a
month yet. He moved that the item
pass at $4,000. Motion lost.
At IL O'Clock the Committee rose
and reported progress, asked leave to
sit again at 1880 p. NJ, and the House
adjourned to that time.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
House met at 1890 p. M, and went
into Committee of the Whole resuming
consideration of the Appropriation
Bill
PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS.
Hon. member Aholo called attention
to an error in the item of ST. for
Hon. H. kuihelani The act had pro-
vided for that sum per annum, and he
would, therefore, move an amendment
to $4,000 to cover the two years. The
two items we're then passed as follows:
Hon. H. Kuihelani. ............$ So, 400
Mrs. Nahaolelua Observation-Disclosures. 600
LEGISLATURE AND PRIvY COUNCIL.
Hon. member Richardson moved to
amend the item, Expenses of Legisla-
ture 1885 $4,000" to $4,000, in
conformity with the act passed by the
House early in the session. The
amendment was adopted and the three
items under this head were passed as
follows:
Expenses Of Legislature, 1886 -. $4,000
Secretary of Privy Council. ....... 200
| Idcidentals of Privy Council. ....a. 100
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The first item, that of salary of
Minister, $I2, 900, passed without other
comment than Hon. member Castles
motion to pass it. On the item of
salary of Secretary $6,o Hon. mem
Der Dole moved to reduce to S., 900.
The item $4,000 was voted on first,
and on rising vote there being "tie''
the Chairman voted "No." The item
was then passed at $1,000.
The next item, that of "Pay of extta
clerks, copyists and translators" pro-
voked long discussion. Hon. member
Kalua spoke with great vigor against
the item, characterizing the amount as
excessive, and uncalled for. The Hon
member criticized the report of the
Minister of Foreign Affairs as "rub-
bish," a 'bundle of rags" ETC.. and
went on to show that the former ap-
preparation of $4,000 for the same
purpose had not all been ex-
pended therefore in his opin-
ion that sum would be sufficient for
the coming two years.
His Excellency the Minister of For
eign Affairs in explaining the need for
the item said he was surprised that the
Hon. member who had just spoken
should denounce document that he
had confessed he had not examined
closely, He was also surprised that
the Hon. member had based his in
formation in regard to what was to be
done with the amount proposed in the
item, on information obtained-as he
had said--"in alley-ways and the
streets" instead of coming to head
quarters for the information which
would have been given him. His Ex-
cellency went on to say that it had
been strongly urged in previous SEES
sions of the Legislature that the official
correspondence of the country should
be couched in both the Hawaiian and
English languages, and of late, letters
of His Majesty, and important docu-
ments had been sent abroad in both
languages. Upon the return OF the
Hon. Curtis Iaukea from his mission
abroad he had said that much surprise
had been expressed to him by foreign
dignitaries that the Foreign Office did
not express itself in the Hawaiian Ian
guage, accompanying the documents
with translation. The Minister said
he was now endeavoring to carry out
this plan, so that the Foreign Office
could express in its diplomatic litera-
ture somewhat Of the spirit OF the Ha-
waiian language There was TOO,
archives of the Foreign Office going
| back forty or ffty wears a great deal