The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-07-12

King affairs letter was written 10
Mr.. Thurston, Minister, asking if
the Government had any claim on
the Electric Light plant. have his
answer stating that it did belong to
the King. About the private pro-
perty at the Palace | have been re-
peatedly to the Ministers and got no
satisfaction. This 81 far is a dead
loss of $4,000 to $4,000 to Queen
Kapiolani. G.. +.
Noble Cornwell In submitting
this statement 1 would say, when it
was first proposed to provide for a
permanent settlement on the Dowa-
ger Queen, it was repulsed with
virtuous indignation 10y certain mem
bers of this House, who denounced
this measure of relief for Her Ma
iesty as a raid on the Treasury.
Now, we find by the statement of
her agent that the Queen affairs are
in such an unsatisfactory state rs to
make her need assistance. From
this statement it appears that her
private income from the PunChbowl
lands has been reduced to less than
S250O and that this sum may be fur
ther reduced by the departure of all
of the Portuguese tenants. Her iinan
cial position stands thus: Debt
against her husbands estate, against
which all of her lands are mortgaged,
$40, 900; her income is S2j00; the
interest at percent on the $4,000
with taxes are $1,000, leaving n loss
of Sl5O0 over and above her income.
| saw her agent this morning, and he
says that the highest valuation that
could be placed on the mortgaged
property would not be more than
S5O.OOO | would now ask that the
amount of $4,000 be inserted in the
Appropriation Bill as recommended
by the committee.
Noble Marsden was in favor of
giving something to The DOwager
Queen, but the members should re-
member that the country was poor
itself he would amend to $4,000.
Rep. Smith favored the amend
ment. He considered that Dr..
Trousseau had omitted some of the
items of income from his statement.
He thought it was proper to give
the Queen Dowager something. 1t
may be that DR.. Trou5seau had meant
to refer simply to the property
which was her own without reference
to His late Majesty's estate; but
that was now hers. He considered
the statement a misleading one all
the same.
On motion the item at $4,000 was
put, resulting in tie vote. The
chairman, Rep. Kamauoha, cast his
vote in favor of the amount, and the
item was inserted at that figure.
Items, under the head of AttOr-
ney Generals Department, were
now passed as follows:
SALARY Clerk Sheriff of Hawaii,
$500, passed at $1,000.
Salary Clerk Sheriff of Maui,
$500, passed at $1,000.
Salary Clerk Sheriff of Kauai,
5000, passed.
Pay of Police, Hawaii, $50, 900.
This item the Committee on Ways
and Means had recommended to pass
at the sum of SOL, 720.
Rep. Waipuilani favored deferring
consideration of tLis and the item;
following, relative TO Pay of Police
until bill regulating the police was
presented.
Rep. Nawahi was of like opinion
and also favored the amounts be
ing individually itemlzed. AS it wa!
now, new man, if he was a white
man, would be favored with large
salary than native, who may have
had long and excellent service to hi'
credit.
Rep. Koahou said that the salaric.
should be apportioned. Men were
getting high salaries on the polio,
force without any right. He knew /
man named j. ii. Maby, he haC
been retired from the Volcano House
and he was on the police force nov
at Hilo. This man Maby, although
no more than a high private in thu
ranks, was receiving 500 per montl
as salary, while native of more
ability and higher in position wa
only getting $50. Again, he noticed
that a Portuguese who was not ever
a private in the ranks, but was keep
ing hotel at Hilo, was being paiC
$40 per month from the police APP
preparation. If the Assembly haC
the apportonment of salaries he die
not think such things would be.
Rep. Waipuilani said that ther'
was unjust discrimination shown be
tween whites and natives in the mat
ter of salaries. There were two
deputy marshals AT 5000 each
Neither could earn that sum outsid,
of Government position, and theI
there was captain of police at S 100
man that could hardly write hi
own name. Good natives, however
did not receive such salaries; thos
spoken of were white men. He hat
formerly opposed this apportonmen
of the various salaries but he wa
now in favor of il. He had noticed
a man named j. G. Long who wa
supposed to be getting $3.50 as
detective; he had noticed him latel,
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