The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-09-16

The House resolved itself INTO
committee of the whole, Noble
Mmsdeu in the chair, for considera-
tion of the Report OF the Committee
of Finance.
Noble Macfarlanc raised Ques-
ton of privilege, to reply to Noble
Baldwin's statement that Mr.. Thurs
ton had been refused access to the
books. The finance committee |
agreed with the Minister of the In |
terror that Mr.. Thurston should have |
access TO the books, only asking |
that member of the finance COM
mittee should accompany him in his
researches. MIR. Thurston had two
days in which TO prosecute his in
vestigations, but instead of doing so
he went yachting.
The sections of the report on the
Judiciary Department, the Bureau
of Public instruction, and the For
egn Office were, on motion in each
case, adopted.
Rep. Brown, on the section re-
gardng the Interior Department,
gave his reasons for having said
that the report was largely the opin-
ions OF members of the committee.
He thought the committee had mis-
understood the fire lot transaction.
The Minister had explained it in his
report. In the matter of court
houses he considered that the Gov
eminent acted within the law. He
had been instrumental in getting the
appropriation for the koolauloa
court house, and knew that there
was enough over the contract price
TO pay for the furnishings. With
regard to Kohala and other places,
he believed that members moving
for the items did so without having
procured estimates, so that the am
cunts were only sufficient to pay for
the buildings without the furniture.
The committee seemed to show spite
against the late Minister of the Inte
ror, by the smallness of many of
the matters brought against him.
Respecting the $4,000 borrowed
for the Volcano road, he considered
that the Minister did wrong, as the
transaction was in the nature of q
pledging of the country's credit
without authority of law. He had
opposed the road board bill last ses-
sion, believing it would be failure,
but if all the boards did as well as
some on Oahu the system would
have proved far otherwise. The
committee were too severe on the
Postmaster General for selling
stamps. The stamps were useless,
t out of date, stuck together, and
t moreover, were cancelled before sell
4 ling. He could vote for the adop.
ton of the finding about the Vol
4 cano road, but not fer the rest o.
: the report on the Interior Depart
ment.
L Noble Widemann said the Minis
> ter was granted $1,000 to buy TIT
L fire lot, and he paid S2647 for it
Did he pledge the Government ere
: dit for that S647? If so, he cam
e under the censure of Judge Dole
Il decision on the Bowler claim. Anc
G if he exchanged piece of public
/ property for another lot, turning
u $4,000 into the treasury as "realiza
. tion," without authority of law,
70 was a shady transaction.
y Noble Mccarthy replied to tn
\ charge of spitefulness. AS to tn
=, postage stamps, the 10000 ordere
- from the American Bank Note Co.
- to be sold for $4,000, were not old 0
~ moth-eaten. They only went int
~ but on counting that of the saving
~ 70 bank they were suddenly stoppe
~ with a "Hold on!" and $G65 i
10 gold was added. Nobody said wher
-, ~ it came from, but afterward til
. Postmaster-G General took them W
w stairs and gave an explanation
II Everything that had been state
= by the committee could hay
= been tested before this time by an
b. member of the House who doubte
~, any statement,
q Nep. Nawahi wanted the discu
,Iv sion and decisions to proceed sui
,rt iect by subject. The first to be Sc
tied should be the fire lot.
Dr. Noble j. M. Horner would lea,
Ir. the law point alone, and take up IL
Ia business phase of the land-buildir
90 on the market site. The appropI
he alton for dredging the harbor WI
lat all exhausted, but material had
he be got for filling up the market sit
in The Minister found that it would
Ia as cheap to dig the material out
the harbor, thus killing two bir
,ed with one stone. The Auditor G e
To- eral, however, would not audit Il
mr. bill, because the Minister shou
MI have dug rock out of the base
,lic Punchbowl, instead of the cheap
emit plan adopted of improving the ha
os, Dor while getting material for t
ers other work Noble Macfarlane sho
The ed he was not practical ro
IAN builder by his remark about 5000
Ir. 500 spent on the Punchbowl TO
TO just after the contractor had turn
he it over, From the speakers o,
or experience on the road board
emf showed how it was impossible
the render vouchers in strict fashio
on The system, he was glad to kno
md had been improved.