The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-07-05

that committee had other committee du:ie
To attend TO, but a meeting will pe calle'
and the balance of the work will soon b
presented. He objected to this presenting
of small reports. The party censured wa
not in the Ministry, and there was no oc
casion for haste. 1t was true that in tn,
Interior Department they had found tina
money had been collected and paid out di
rectly afterwards without going into the
Treasury, and that vouchers were kept Il
represent cash. nelarge item was paid ou'
for the new Police Court building in thi:
manner. According 10 law the money col
lected ought 10 be paid into the Treasury
within a week, and then it could have been
drawn out III proper form. The Finance
| Committee report has been delayed, owing
TO the report of the Interior Department
/ coming in 50 late. 1t was the intention OF
the committee to finish its work and pre-
sent the report in full.
Mr.. Kalua looked upon this minority re-
| port as very important one, and he was
sorry it had come III so late, as they were
well on with the Appropriation bill. He
moved the report be accepted and laid on
! the table, to be considered with any report
later 1t mattered very little 70 him
whether the Minister who had done this
was out of office. The Assembly should be
careful that this did not become prece-
dent, or else moneys will be kept in the Of
flee and paid out and the vouchers will be
all there is to show. The gist of the mi
nOrity report, as he understood it, was that
money received in the Interior Office had
been paid out without going into the
Treasury. Such a practice should be
checked.
Mr.. Hayselden seconded Mr.. Kalua's
motion. Mr. Dickey spoke to him yester-
day about the report, but he had been so
busy on other committees that he had left
the work of the report in the hands of Mr.
Keau, another member of the Finance
Committee. He (the speaker) had under
stood that the Minister of the Interior
would include these items in his report,
which was to be presented on Tuesday. He
suggested to Mr.. Dickey that he should let
the report stay until then, but he has seen
fit to present it now, so he supported the
motion to lay upon the table
His Excelleney Mr.. Gibson supported
the motion. He disapproved of the mode
of administration mentioned i'll the report.
In many branches of the Government it
had become practice during a succession
of administrations. 1t was carried on in
prison affairs. The Jailor kept cash and
paid it out, and presented vouchers. Also,
in other bureaus, the Board of Health and
Leper Settlement. He decidedly objected
to this course. The day he took Office as
Minister of the Interior he called on the
chief clerk of the department and asked
him if he had any cash on hand, receipts
from licenses and other sources. He was
informed there were So, 939 and ordered
the clerk to at once deposit the amount in
the Treasury. He assured the Assembly |
that it was the purpose of the present
Ministry to reform this practice, which had |
been carried on not only during the past
two or four years, but for the past twenty |
years. They would reform it thoroughly. |
Realizations of any kind whatever would |
at once be deposited III the Treasury and |
drawn out according to law. The report |
to be presented on Tuesday would cover |
this ground more fully.
Mr.. Kalua amended his motion so as to |
have the report accepted and laid upon |
the table to be considered with the ma
jority report, the latter to be presented not |
later than Thursday. He was sorry the
present Minister of the Interior had !
pleaded guilty to this kind of administra-
ton, as having been the leader of the Gov
eminent for the past four years, it was
done with his sanction. 1t looked as if he
was trying to wiggle out of it, and lay the
blame on the former Minister of the In
terror. Last session attention was called to
the matter, and at that time His Excel
lency was the leader of the Government.
If he remembered right resolution of
want of confidence was brought in, and
His Excellency defended this matter and
the resolution did not pass. He was de-
lighted to hear that this was reform
cabinet, and would do away with these
abuses.
Mr. Aholo said that he did not know
whether Mr.. KaIua desired the report of
the Finance COMMITTEE on Thursday in
full or only on this matter. He objected to
providing a report in fragments-would
much rather present it in bound form.
This minority report ought to be with
drawn and presented with the main report
of the committee. 1t was impossible to get
the Finance report ready by Thursday.
The committee had not been wasting their
time. They were called away from their
duties on another committee this morning
by the Sergeant-at-Arms to make quo
rum in the House.
Mr.. Keau said that as a member of the
Finance Committee he had declined to
sign the report, as he considered it prema-
ture, and he objected to fragmentary
reports.
Mr. Brown was i'll favor of the Finance
Committee presenting its report as body
and not in piecemeal. From the circum-
stances of the case, change in Ministry,
and certain Irregularities in the Interior
Department, minority of the committee
thought it better to bring the attention of
the House to the fact. In that way it had
given the Ministers and the House notice.
1t had also given a chance for the Minister
of the Interior to say that the practice will
not be allowed in the future. He thought
the report should have been signed by all
the members of the committee.
Mr.. Thurston said if the House dealt
honestly in the matter the report would be
laid upon the table and not returned to
n -