The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-03
Representatives Object to the
Methods.
IGNORING THE DELEGATION.
Appropriation Bill Not PaSscd-Com-
mittee Acted to Quick - Thought
Everything Was Settled - kicking
Won't Go-Attorney General Smith.

There is a cold, clammy feeling
among some of the members of the
Legislature that the citizens commit
tee from Hilo which arrived on Wednes-
day was plunged into the consomme on
their visit to the Cabinet 1t is said this
feeling extends even to the members OF
the committee.
A Representative spoke freely of the
matter yesterday.
''The members of the committee seem
to have been precipitated into the thing
or jumped into it without thinking, OF
without making single inquiry as to
what the Hawaiian delegation has done
or is doing, for their interests.
Another thing, and which to the
delegation is the gravest offence of all
this committee arrived here early in the
morning, and without taking, the time
to confer with the delegation, they ar
ranged for meeting with the President
plished Mr.. Lobenstein, who is really
the head of the committee, inquired
around and ascertained for the first
time that the appropriation bill has not
passed even for the first time.
eff the committee had taken time to
wait on the delegation first, as is the
CIT
the fall they received in the Cabinet in
terview would not have been so severe.
The members could have let themselves
down easy, and not been the laughing
stock of everyone else.
81 understand the Hawaii delegation
feels pretty sore over the action of the
committee, because it is an indication
of the sentiment of the people on Ha-
waii. I heard Representative say yes
terday that if this committee had come
down to do his work in the Legislature
they might as we'll get at it, as long as
their expenses are paid and his are
not"
Speaking of the appropriation bill,
the member said:
eve are in no hurry to pass the bill.
There are a numbe~ Of items referred
to committees, and those who have
them in hand are making just as thor
ough Investigations as possible. There
is no use of the Government or our con-
stituents thinking we can grasp the
needs of the separate items the moment
we take our chairs in the hall. We,
from the outside, are learning things
all the time. | am on several commit
items a half dozen different times, but
have restrained myself as many times
SO that 1 might go further into them
rather than make any mistake. To me
it seems the appropriation for salaries
and expenses in some of the depart
ments is rather large, and l am for cut
ting them down; but do not want to
favor cutting down process if there is
really necessity for keeping them up.
''Take the Attorney Generals depart
ment. A good deal of merriment was
caused in the Senate when Mr.. McCand-
less reconsidered his objection to the
item for detective service after Minister
Smith whispered in his ear. l have re-
Ceived the same explanation that Nc
Candless got, and 1 can see the neces-
sity for the item. No, l cannot give you
my reasons for favoring it; publicity
would kill the object for which the
item is asked. Some things, you know,
cannot be made public, and it seems too
bad they cannot be.
Il am of the opinion that some of the
items in the Attorney
Generals department, while large,
should pass, because in case of trouble
it is the Honolulu people who have to
suffer. We, on the outside, should not
presume to say what is and what is not
necessary, because it is only by a f1uke
that we would happen to be here when
trouble might occur"
Then you will support Minister
Smith in all of his requests?''
Whenever I believe they are neces-
sary, and I am open to conviction at
any time"