The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-09-11
THE LEGISLATURE.
SEVENTY SIXTH DAY.
THURSDAY, Sept. IL.
The House met at 10 o'clock.

REPDRIS OF COMM TEES.
Noble W, Y. Hurner presented
the report of the special committee
on hours of service of Government
employees. They recommend that
the Post Office and Custom House
open not later than & II. M, and
close not earlier than p. M, or
p. III. on Saturdays. That pilots
take &hcir turns so that one of them
shall be on duty from sunrise till
dark. That the Harbor Master be
on duty before or after hours when
required, and allowed an extra fee
for night work. That all other Cow
eminent offices be opened (eXcept
on legal holidays not later than
n. m , and closed not earlier than D
p. m, or ? p. III. on Saturdays.
That mechanics, laborers, and pris-
oners doing Government work be
governed Ivy the rules Of private
employ ment for the same class of
work.
Noble j. NJ. Horner moved the
adoption of the report.
Noble Cornwell moved it be laid
on the table.
Noble j. NJ. Homer thought the
report u just one. That the men
who create the wealth Of the coun-
try should have to work eight TO ten
hours, while these officials have only
TO work six hours with perhaps bet.
ter pay, did not seem altogether
right. In his country these people
were called public servants, but
here they seemed to lie public mas
tiers. He referred to the inconve-
nience of being unable to do BUSH
ness with the Government ut certain
hours of the ordinary working day.
People coming from the other ISL
ands often had only few hours to
do their business. 1t would not
hurt Government clerks to work the
same hours as private employees.
Rep. r. w. Wilcox was not in
favor of the report. The hon. Noble
wanted to put Government employ
ees on the same level as plantation
laborers, who had to jump out of
bed and hurry off to work without
washing their faces. Government
clerks had to dress well and they
required time in the morning to
make their toilets, Some of them
took time also for their devotons,
whereas planters often left their
prayers TO be said after they got
into the cane fields. The most
graceful thing to do with the report
was to lay it on the table.
Minister Brown did not see what
advantage was to be gained from
the adoption of the report. Bust
ness in Honolulu scarcely began be-
fore nine O'Clock, certainly none of
the banks opened earlier. The Gov
eminent Offices were able to perform
all their business in the present
, hours, and if not they worked extra
. hours, sometimes beginning at 8 a.
IN. and working till late at night.
The Post Office officials whenever
the occasion aro-e worked long times
out of the regular hours, and the
savings bank was often kept open
.. till 6 p. m. There would be no use
in the Custom House clerks sitting
there an hour or two before any
body came to do business.
Noble j. M. Horner had under
stood that the Custom House work
: was away behind. In the country
man would be detained by bao
roads or something, and be told or
+ reaching his destination that the Of
flee was closed. This was because
the country offices were regulated
10y the practice in town. There wa:
not much force in Rep. Wilcox
. arguments. He could not see why
public officers should not work a.
long as private employees.
The report was laid on the table
r Noble Phillips presented the re
s port of Tie select committee on tn,
item of S24 900 subsidy to the pro
posed Tahiti steamer line, recon-
mending that $4,000 be inserted
y They also report on the bill relating
w VIC oouiS
the substitution of $1,000 tor Sl50(
= as the subsidy to be paid for eacl
: round trip.
$ Laid on the table to be consid
cred with the bills.
RESOLUTIONS.
/ Noble CoTnwell moved that al
n petitions relating to u constitutions
convention be referred to the selec
committee on that subject. Carried
! Minister Peterson presented tn,
! answer furnished by the Marshal t.
q the question If Rep. II. w. Wilcox
as follows: respectful,
beg to state that the primary obiec
# of having one of the watches o.
ii hand On the above mentioned even
l. ing was for the purpose Of havin
y the police distributed through til
It suburbs of Honolulu, to insure bet
d Ter protection To citizens who wer
living in the suburbs; but on ma
ture reflection 1 discarded the ide
of sending one whole watch out
but decided TO take five men froI
Z. each watch to do duty in III
suburbs. And rs the men were o
hand kept them on until the mas
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