The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-08-26
Afternoon Session.

The House re-assembled at l 40.
Noble Widemann stated that he had
listened with patience to the arguments
advanced, but was not convinced. TWAS
enough for the Ministers to give the Off
ces. 1t should be ours to fix the salaries.
If the arguments are correct we had bet
ter pass our Appropriation Bill as follows:
Be it resolved that 81 SOC, 900 be approp
rated for the uses of this Government to
be disbursed as the Minister of Finance
sees fit.
Rep. Waipuilani agreed with Noble
Widemann.
Noble Burchardt believed that in
country districts latitude should be al
lowed to the Ministry. The Board of
Health certainly should have fund at
their disposal. The country districts
could not be worked like the bureaus in
Honolulu, where We know every clerk,
and just how many are needed.
Rep. Richard favored the increase
from $35, 900 to 10000. A certain ply
stefan has to have three or four horses
at his command to make the long jour
neys which he has to. They are exposed
to great deal of hardship, and their pay
is no better than that of common labor
ers here move an increase to $40 900.
Noble Mccarthy believed the member
from Hamakua that the physicians were
not like other Government officials. This
appropriation was merely a sort of sub
sidy for them. They were still paid like
all other physicians by plantations and
other paying patients. There was no OBJ
lection to another physician on Molokai,
but $4,000 was too much. $1,000 was a
fair amount and the speaker moved that
addition to the item, as proposed by the
committee. This would leave the Board
some leeway such as they needed and
ought to have.
Rep. Richard was perfectly we'll aware
that this was nothing but subsidy but
he thought $4,000 was not too much to
divide among seventeen physicians.
Noble Widemann-The hon. member
who has just spoken leaves entirely out
of account that some of these physicians
hold positions which are sought after,
they are so lucrative 1t would be folly
to raise their salaries. About three years
ago the President of the Board of Health
said here is doctor you can get for your
plantation. engaged him and paid him
5000 year and found him house, and
the Government paid him 5000. But it
was lonely and his wife was young and
lonely. So to help him the Board pro-
posed to have him travel once every
week from Waianae to Eva, about %
miles, damnable miles, hot and dirty. |
advised him not to go and he didn't. L
took up the paper one evening and saw
that he had gone to Waialua because he
could make more money there. l felt
very ugly about that and said | would
never have anything more to do with the
Board of Health. I'll have my own ply
stefan. So got one and paid him $1,000
But he was soon in with the Board again.
| gave up resisting This is what | call
favoritism of the clearest water. What
1 want is to get rid of favortism. | shall
favor the motion to insert the schedule
of the Committee in the bill, with the
addition prepared by Noble Mccarthy
and to 60 halfway, So 900 of the $4,000
proposed by the member from Hamakua.
Minister Peterson-This appropriation
put in this way, s. 900 for emergencies,
cannot meet the wish either OF the mem
Der for Kohala or Hamakua. Nothing
could be taken from this fund to add to
the salary OF any physician, no matter
how much work he might have. A ply
stefan with a small salary might resign
or die and it might not be possible to get
another for the same pay. The district
would have to 60 without any physician
if this schedule is inserted in the bill.
Rep. r. Wilcox was in favor OF having
each salary voted separately. The peo-
pie seemed to be dying faster than when
there were fewer doctors. Doctors were
like lawyers and made business for them
selves. Some of the country physicians
were not competent. The spread OF lep-
rosy was partially due to the bungling
way of vaccinating. Everybody who goes
to the leper settlement goes to make