The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-23
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The House re-assembled at 80 PM.
Salary Secretary, $4,000. Passed at
$1,000.
Salary of Clerks, $4,000. Passed at
$500.
Envoy at Washington, $4,000.
Noble Hind thought the Minister at
prevented the Mckinley bill. He
moved to strike out the item.
Consideration of the item was de-
ferred.
Clerical aid and expenses of Lega-
ton, $4,000. Consideration deferred.
Salary of Consul General ut San
Francisco, $4,000; clerical aid and eX-
penses, $4,000. Passed.
Diplomatic Consular service, $1,000.
Passed.
Expenses of Foreign Agents, $4,000.
Consideration deferred.
State entertainments, $4,000.
Rep. Bush protested against the
item. 1t went for the benefit of the
Queen in entertaining her friends,
and she was already in receipt OF n
very large income. The amount
should be used in entertaining dis
tinguished guests or not at all. 1t
was hypocrisy to pretend to favor
economy, and at the same time pass
the item while cutting 5000 off the
salary of poor judge in Kona. He
would move the item be stricken out.
If it was necessary for Her Majesty to
entertain, so soon after the death of
her brother, in order to make herself
popular, she might do it at her own
expense.
Minister Parker said that when
Rep. Bush was q member of the Cab
met he had a fine opportunity to put
some of his ideas about economy into
practice, but he did nothing of the
kind.
Noble Thurston said for eighty-six
years there had been no appropria-
ton for state entertainments. In
1884 the insane idea took possession of
the members that the King ought to
be crowned. Since then there had
been an appropriation for state enter
tainments except in 1888. There was
no reason why the poor taxpayers
should pay for poi and champagne for
somebody inside the palace. If any
body wanted poi let him go to the
market and buy it for fifty cents
paiai, and Macfarlane & Co. and
others could furnish all the cham
payne that anybody chose to pay for.
There are natives to-day who cannot
afford to buy poi. They are mixing
poi with -four. There is no necessity
i for this item now, especially when
| the revenues of the Crown lands are
almost double that of 1884, when the
| item first started. Some believe per-
haps that as long as we remain an in
dependent kingdom, we are to keep
| - In hnf &c
all wind. King Malietoa of Samoa
received only $25 q month not long
ago; his salary had now been raised to
| $4S month. We not only have given
our Queen $40, 600 for two years, but
we have also given her a $4,000 cham
berlain. King Malietoa has no cham
berlain. There are numerous needed
improvements proposed and we can
build them with the money intended
for this purpose. 1 tell you the one
thing we need in this country is
roads, roads. The districts of Kona
and Puma want roads. believe it is
sound economy to extend the road in
Puma. There are enough corn and
potatoes at Kula, Maui, to supply the
whole country, but it costs more to
| transport them to the lanuing than it
does to pillow the ground, plant, etc.,
because the roads are bad.
Rep. Ashford said it did him good to
hear the remarks of the two previous
speakers. He endorsed their views
most heartily. The item was passed at
$4,000 in 1890; but it was different
with King Kalakaua because he was
in financial embarrassments.
Minister Parker said that the enter
tainment was given by the State and
not by the Queen. The member from
Koolau is opposed to the item per-
haps because he is not used to enter
tanning friends.
Rep. Kapahu said that / am sorry
of this fuss about the State entertain
ment. If the House votes against
the item, shall be so disguised, that
/ shall go back to Kau tomorrow.
Rep. Nawahi said that he did not
trust much in this kind of economy.
/ If an appropriation was passed for
roads, and the Ministers did not feel
inclined to make those roads, they
will not be made at all. I understood
that when King Kalakaua was in
America during his tour around the
world, the Congress passed sum OF
$4,000 for his entertainment. If we
claim to be civilized, we must show
courtesy to distinguished visitors.
Minister Parker said during the
period from 1874 to 1884, there was no
amount set apart for this purpose.
The King paid for the entertainments
himself, and that was one of the rea-
sons of his getting into straights.
Rep. Bush-It was gambling.
Noble Cornwell-I don't think the
remarks of Mr.. Bush are proper to be
used in this House.
Minister Parker-The King paid 8