The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-11-11

the duties on brandy, ETC., be raised
from So, as at present, TO $3.50 per gall
lon instead of 81. The committee in
troduced bill raising the duties to
$3.50 as recommended. Laid on the
table for consideration with the bill.
SELECT COMMITTEES.
Noble Williams moved that report
of Select Committee on Water Works
be laid on the table for consideration
with Section / OF the Appropriation
Bill. Carried
Rep. KamauOha announced a meet
ing of the committee on bill No. 10,
relating to Governors.
RESOLUTIONS.
Minister Jones presented the reply
of the Board of Education to questions
of Rep. Kapahu.
The President appointed Noble Ena
in place of Noble Cornwell on the
committee on Bill 10.
At 10:40 the House proceeded to the
ORDER OF TIE DAY.
lHiIu IeduIHS vi Dill lo', W pTONlue
for payment of necessary government
expenses until November 80.
Noble Thurston moved as an amend
ment that payment be made according
to the scale established in Section |
of the bill already passed. He saw no
reason for not gettiEgT the benefit of
these numerous reductions, which
must aggregate many thousand dol
lars. This change merely required
the addition of line, and clerk
would have to figure an extra hour or
two.
The Attorney General said his sole
objection was that the new bill had no
standing in law.
Rep. Smith sympathized with the
desire to economize, as much as any
body, but there were serious OBJ
jectiOns. This Section l had no
memorandum. The only authentic
copy was that of the clerk of the
House, which was full of interline-
atoms and erasures. This proposition
would require the opening of a COM
plete new set of accounts by the re-
gistrar, and in a month or two he
would have to open another. He felt
constrained to oppose this amendment
on the ground that it would cause a
great deal of confusion.
Noble Thurston said the question of
the Acknowledgement could be met in
this way: Add the words "such pay
ment to be according to the schedule
hereto attached" and then add the
printed Section l. 1t will become
thereby part of the law. AS for the
statement of the Representative from
Koloa, it will not make anything like
the trouble claimed, and may save
ten or twelve thousand dollars, which
is worth while even at the expense of
a little clerical work.
Noble Baldwin sympathized with
economy, but there were great many
difficulties in the way. For instance,
some appropriations had been passed
which would necessitate the discharge
of a large number of individuals. How
could the new schedule be applied?
The money would have to he divided
pro rata. He did not see how this
difficulty could be met, although he
would be glad to make the saving.
Noble Marsden said all this discus
sion confirmed him in his idea that
the bill should have gone to a COM
mittee. He was very much in favor
of adopting the scale of the new APP
preparation bill. Lawyers would soon
have found q way TO meet tneSe GILL
culties. He would move reference
to the Judiciary Committee, to report
tomorrow morning.
Rep. Smith moved the bill pass.
Noble Thurston seconded the mo-
ton to refer to the Judiciary Commit
tee. Here was another way TO meet
the difficulty: BY adding the pro-
vision that only so per cent. of the
salaries according to the schedule OF
the old Appropriation bilU be paid
until the final passage of the Appro-
priation bill.
Rep. Smith opposed that amend
men5 very strongly. He said it would
cause inextricable confusion.
Rep. Bush had favored reference tc
committee yesterday. The discus
sion was about as clear as mud to the
native members and he would, with
the permission of the House, explain
it to them.
Rep. Kapahu favored passage of the
bill just as it was. The government
should pay its employees and not
starve them.
The motion to commit was lost
The bill passed.
Third reading of the bill to reorgan
ize the judiciary system of the king
dom.
The House took q recess at noon.