The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-02


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The Minister also presented q, re-
port of the Finance Committee as fol-
lows:
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
HONOLULU, III. l., Feb. }, 1894. !
To the Executive and Advisory Coun-
ellis of the Provisional Government.
The Finance Committee, to whom
was referred the following petitions,
respectfully report:
"That in the matter of the further
grant to the Paradise of the Pacific the
majority of the Committee are not in
favor of such grant.
"That in the petition of A. N.
Tripp, for salary as jailor, claimed by
him, they find that the Legislature of
1892 voted the sum of $1,000 for two
years, or at the rate of $125 per month;
that he drew for eight months, TT
$3.50, $1,000, and for eight months ct
$l12.50, $500, total, $2100: whereas he
was only entitled to sixteen months
at SIPS, $1,000; and that he owes the
Government 500.
''That in the matter of the petition
of the Hawaiian Hardware Company,
for refunding certain duties on cart
ridges that they desire to return to
the United States, the Committee are
of the opinion that in view of long
established precedent and effect that
such course might have on other
lines of importation, they do not
recommend the return of the duties"
S. M. DAMON,
Chairman.
Mr.. Morgan stated that as mem
ber of the Finance Committee he had
not favored discontinuing the subsidy
tn hn Do raf adj uQ
tising the Islands, and political con-
siderations should not enter into the
question.
Mr.. Emmeluth moved adoption of
Mr.. Morgan's minority report. Lost.
Mr.. Suhr came in during the dis
cussion. A motion in favor of recon-
sideration being made and carried,
Minister Smith said he had favored
the appropriation in the Legislature.
1t would expire in three months. The
opposition to this appropriation was
based on the fact that the editor of
this paper was editing another paper
which was doing everything in its
power to ihjure the Government.
Mr.. Emmeluth was not champion
ing either Mr.. Godfrey or the royal
lists, but in justice to Mr. Godfrey it
should be said that the Holomua had
never been so decent as now, and the
newspaper man to find employment
where he could get it. There were
men working in the annexation press
who would work for the other side.
Mr.. Williams has done as much for
annexation as some of the blather-
sixties on our side.
The vote being a tie, President Dole
said everybody should vote. The
vote being again tie it was called
again.
The motion was lost eight to seven,
and the motion to adopt the majority
report was carried.
The second part of the report (re-
lating to Trips pay being read, Mr..
Brown said he thought the COM
mittee had made a mistake. All of
the officers of the Government had
been paid at the rate fixed by the
Appropriation Bill OF 1890, for the
first eight months of the new biennial
period. 1t had been his (the speak
ersJ mistake, who was Attorney
General at that time, that it was not
put in the Appropriation Bill so that
rripp would have got his salary on
the same basis as other Government
officers.
Minister Damon said he had not
been able to go behind the record.
Attorney-General Smith explained
that Irlpp really got more than he
was entitled to have, though he had
the right to draw what he did. He
moved that part of the report be ap-
proved. Carried.
The third part of the report (relat-
ing to return of duties) was adopted.
The Minister of Finance then sub
mitted the Postmaster Generals re-
port on the Postal Savings Bank for
the past year.
The Minister further stated in re-
gard to the case of Mr.. Girvin, that
he had made personal arrangements
with Mr.. Girvin, and that his name
for the appointment in the Postal
Savings Bank had been withdrawn.
This was done out of regard to the
feeling of the community in regard to
the appointment. He had sent for
Girvin with the knowledge of the Ex-
ecutive. The Minister also explained
the exchange of gold for silver which
had been lately made by the Govern
ment. The transaction had netted
the Government $61S.75. 1t was hard
ly possible to lay down a hard and fast
rule about silver and gold. There was
too much silver in the country, and
so it was constantly forced on the
Treasury. He had insisted on police