The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-10-28

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honestly called upon TO pay these claims
There Is nothing that compels the publ,
TO bear such expense. The amount is ia
OF anything necessary. We ought t
weigh carefully this enormous amount o
money. Some people regard such occa
sions as a windfall, and force articles
upon people that are not really wanted
l have heard it said that If these people
were paid 20 per cent. of their claims
they would then be well paid. would
vote against the whole item, as it looks
like wholesale robbery on the part oi
those who force on people such unneces-
sary articles as mentioned in the claims
1t is nothing short OF u swindle. Ii it is
not stricken out, l hope the amour;
passed will be very small
Rep. Waipuilani moved that the mino-
rity report be adopted and the majority
report indefinitely postponed. l was at
the funeral, and it was generally under
stood that Mr. Hayselden gave the or
ders. The funeral expenses were far be-
yond anything heard of here. know of
lots of people who, instead of getting
mourning goods, were given suits OF
white clothes and business suits. These
tradesmen ought to have inquired
whether this was right when the order
was given. Many of these tradesmen
are my friends, they have granted me
favors, but that does not influence me.
l cannot vote for these claims.
Noble Widemann said in the Appro-
priation Bill of 1888 there was an item OF
| 1000 for Likelike claims. He asked
whether there was any stipulation that
any person taking any of this amount
! shouid give & receipt in full.
Rep. Kahookano- They all refused to
take any except Waterhouse, who was
paid in part.
Noble Widemann = The House can
judge for itself of such a transaction. \
good many of high rank have died dur
ing my residence here, and it has been
the custom for the public to pay their
| funeral expenses. In the case OF Mrs.
Bishop, think the husband bore the
expense-he would not receive any
thing. With the knowledge of previous
funerals, it was expected that the trades
men would furnish goods for this prin-
cess funeral.
Noble Hind-Wherew was her husband?
Noble Widemann- He had made an
assignment and had not dollar to bless
himself with. l don't know whether he
paid his debts or not. l know got my
money. There is sense enough in this
community to feel that these claims
should be paid. They will have to be
paid, if not tomorrow, the next day, if
not then year hence. They would be
paid as sure as God made the sun to
shine.
Rep Paehaole- AS native Hawaii
an, l think the House should pay these
claims. There was good deal OF need
less expense, but that was not the fault OF
those who furnished the goods.
Rep. Brown said that the total amount
of claims before the Legislature in 1855
was $50, ,337.54. To-day the committee
recommends $24,039 so. Last session an
item OF $10,772.71 was inserted in the
Appropriation Bill for this matter, and
some $1,000 were drawn He then read
the funeral expenses of each chief who
had died since 1862. as follows:
1S62-Prince of Hawaii - 1869 81
1S6S-Kamehameha ". 49,. 1887 IL
1S86-Victoria Kamamalu . u. 1853 65
1S72-Kamehamha Van. IL ,661 81
1874-Lunalilo o. IL ,9SS 80
1S77-Leleiohoku. .. S,414 62
1S84-Kekaulike ke. 1881 SO
1SS5-Queen Emma - 1866 9S
From this it can be seen what it has
cost the country to bury the aliis. There
is no item among those mentioned so
large as the one now sought to be OBJ
tanned by the vote of this House. The
items recommended by the committee of
1888 to be paid were as follows:
Undertakers bill. 2,247 80
Coffin plate. ........ 5S5 90
DrapIng Palace e.-.....-. l70 90
Hotel Stables, hack hire day OF
funeral ................. l31 90
Clerk hire and use of organ . 20 80
Grape and material for capes % 81
Chas j. Fishel. % 10
Elele Printing Co. programmes % 90
Phillips & Co. for Grape ~ 121 90
Meat, fish, poi, groceries bills. LISP 6S
156 watchers and helpers, al
lowed suit apiece ... 5000 90
LahiIis, etc, ......-..= 1900 90
j. L. Waterhouse, Grape, coffin
lining, pals, etc. LOO 81
Total . .$lO,772 II
All these claims have been paid ex-
cept the items of $1,000 and 1880.
There was no resolution from the Privv
Council, no authorization from the cab
met, her husband or trustees and these
parties, under the circumstances, ought
to have made inquiries before furnishing
these goods. 1t was a waste of money,
and there was an utter recklessness in
the incurring of the expense, and don't
see that the people should pay for it.
Minister Peterson said there were two
matters to be considered-the illegality
of the claims and the nature OF the
claims. He did not intend to touch on
the first. With regard to the claims,
these tradesmen when the orders were
presented to them gave in return baby
clothes, white suits and business suits. !
II they had given mourning goods, the
claims would have had different sta
tus. If it could be found out what was
spent legitimately, We might be ready to |
appropriate Ii We cannot do SO, can
not vote for this amount These parties /
are pleading the baby act" for when
they were selling these baby goods they
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