The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-26
THE / COUNCILS IN SESSION,
The Appropriation Bill the Object
of the Meeting.
SEVERAL REDUCTIONS IN SALARIES.
A Cut In the Salaries of the Ministers-
Mr.. Emmeluth Favors Reducing
President Dole's Pay to $4,000
Year, But the Motion Fails.

Inc Councils met yesterday morn
ing at o'clock with President Dole
in the chair. There were present Min
listers Hatch, Damon, Smith and King;
Councillors Wilder, Emmeluth, Allen,
Waterhouse, Ena, Brown, Tenney,
Suhr, Mott, Morgan, and ID. b.
Smith.
The minutes of the preceding meet
ing were read and approved.
The meeting was called, primarily,
to consider the Appropriation Bill.
Minister Hatch presented a resolu-
ton that had been passed at q recent
mass meeting of the Portuguese, to
the effect that in taking the oath of
allegiance TO the Provisional Govern
ment they did not abjure their allegi-
ance to the Government of Portugal.
Mr.. Emmeluth, on the item, salary
of the President, $4,000, spoke of the
hard times prevailing. He said that
the Government should exercise as
much economy in salaries as in public
works. He would like to have this
first item discussed, and would move
year.
Minister Smith said this salary had
already been fixed by law.
Mr.. Brown said the original recon-
mendation of the Judiciary Commit
tee was $4,000, and that it had been
raised by the Councils.
Minister Damon said the salaries of
the President and the Judiciary had
been fixed by law and the Councils
should stand by them.
Minister Smith quoted the minutes
of the meeting when the bill fixing
the salary was passed, and showed
that Mr.. Emmeluth had supported the
increase to $4,000 "a year.
Mr.. Emmeluth said he was not
ashamed to have changed his mind
since.
Mr.. Wilder thought that if the sal
ary could not be changed simply by
changing the item, that it should pass
as in the bill.
Mr.. Morgan said that retrenchment
should apply to salaries of high officials
as we'll as to those of others, and Gov
eminent expenses ought to be reduced
in keeping with the general condition
of the country.
The item passed at S24, 900.
PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS.
Queen Dowager Kapiolani, $4,000.
Mr.. Ena moved reduction to $1,000.
Minister Smith was opposed to the
proposed reduction, speaking of the
good qualities Of the late Kings wife
and of the respect due to those who
had been at the head of the nation.
Minister Hatch opposed the reduc-
ton, also.
Passed as in the bill.
Mrs. Emma Barnard, 5000. Passed.
Kamakani Simeona; $4O0. Passed.
Mrs. Kaulua, S400. Passed.
Mrs. MeIe Kauhane, $3.50. Passed.
Minister Smith moved to insert
pension of S720 for Mrs StOlZ, widow
of the deputy-sherif who was muir
dered by Koolau, the leper outlaw Of
Kauai. Passed.
JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.
Salary of Chief Justice, $4,000
Passed.
Salary of First Associate Justice,
$4,000. Passed.
Salary of Second Associate Justice,
$4,000. Passed.
Salary of Clerk of Judiciary, S54OO
Passed.
Extra Clerical Assistance, $1,000.
Passed.
Salary of Shorthand Reporter. $500
Mr.. Morgan moved to reduce to
S4200.
Minister Smith said that this sal
ary was originally $1,000 a year. 1t
was hard to get a thoroughly cOmpe-
tent man. Scarcely one in fifty of
shorthand students attained enough
proficiency to do tie exact reporting
required in the Courts. Matters at
fecting the lives and property of the
people were involved. Passed at $4,000. |
Salary of Hawaiian Interpreter of
the Supreme and Circuit Courts,
$500.
d. Z. Smith moved to reduce to
$4,000 Passed at $1,000.
Salary of Chinese Interpreter and
Translator, 5000. Passed.
Salary of Portuguese Interpreter,
$500 Passed.
Salary of Messengers, 1920. Passed.
Salary of First Circuit Judge, First |
Circuit, $4,000. Passed.
Salary of Second Judge, First Cir |
cult, $1,000. Passed.
Salary of First CLERK, First Cir |
cult, $1,000. Passed.
Salary of Second Clerk, First Cir
cult, $4,000.