The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-07-09
AFrERNooN SESSION.


The Committee of the Whole sat
again at 1888 Pm.
The consideration of the permanent
Settlement on Queen Kapiolani was
postponed.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL DEPARTMENT.
Salary of Attorney General, $4,000.
Passed as in the bill.
Salary of Deputy Attorney General,
$1,000.
Noble Peterson said it required a
good lawyer to fill the position. He
must know as much of law as the At
torney- General himself.
Rep. Ashford regret to differ from
the gentleman who has just taken his
seat. The committee recommend
passing the item at $1,000. The office
1888, when the salary was raised. The
reason that it was raised was because
the country was then booming. There
are good lawyers down town who
don't get the Deputy Attorney Gen
erals salary. There are many good
lawyers who would be glad to earn as
much as we are paying this officer.
Noble Peterson said that probably
two years from to-day lawyers will
not be getting 5000 month. He
asked the member from the Third
District when money was plentiful,
why it was necessary for Ministers
then to cut the salary down.
Rep. Ashford replied that in 1888
they (the Reform Cabinet) came in
with reduction in view. They thought
salaries were then too high. The clerk
to the Attorney-General was then
paid $1,000, and the services were very
ably conducted. Because the country
was then prosperous that the salaries
were raised.
The item passed at $4,000, as recon-
mended by the committee
Salary of the Marshal, $1,000. The
| committee recommended $4,000.
Passed at $4,000, without opposition.
First Clerk to the Marshal, $4,000.
Noble Neumann thought that the
position was one of the most onerous
in this city. For the benefit of Noble
Horner, he would state that the work
In this country can't be gagged by
plantation salary. 1t is folly to think
that there are plenty of good men who
can I'LL the position, for he believed,
on the same reasoning, there would
be plenty of people who would be will
ling to step into the boots of every
man in the kingdom.
Noble Marsden said that clerks in
the Police Department spent most of
the day in smoking and having easy
times. (To Rep. Smith:) You sit down,
please, till / get through. What do you
want?
Rep. Smith-How many clerks does
the Marshal have?
Noble Marsden: He has three other
clerks.
Rep. Ashford said: I believe that
there are supernumeries down there
who are falling over each other,
telling fish stories and yarns.
But that is not the fault of the appro-
priation, but of the administration of
the Office.
The item passed at $4,000, on stand
ing vote of % for and 10 against.
Salary of the Second Clerk to the
Marshal, $2400.
The Acknowledgement moved that
this item and the item concerning po-
lice be deferred till Monday.
Noble Baldwin doubted the wisdom
of postponing these items. He thought
the department had ample time to
give the committee all the assistance
needed, but the Marshal had not as
sisted them materially.
Noble Young said that the previous
item was passed with the understand
ing that the item for second clerk
would be stricken out. If not. he
would move for reconsideration of the
previous item.
Rep. Bipikane favored striking ont
the item. He said that the one hold
ing the position was the man who
made q false statement while he