The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-03-17

J that these coald be understood as we'll
by the Hawaiian members OF the
2 Hnu-e as the others.
2 The report Of the Attorney General
= was now in the hands of the printers,
whrre it had been for over five weeks.
; The report bad been translated into
Hawaiian, but the figures and statis-
tics had not. Considerable expense
WAS Incurred ia Translation As il
was, there were many translated re-
ports filed up and slowed away with
out so much as having been glanced
at. There were very few Hawaiiaus
in the House who did not possess an
education good enough to be able to
Understand the figures ami statistics.
A communication from the S-nate
announced the Tansmission OF The
certified typewriter copy of tie Sen
a,e bill relating to appropriations for
salaries and pay roll-. Laid on The
t. ole to he brought Ip on the order OF
the day.
The Marshal's Department.
Rep. Richards reported for the Fin
ance Committee on the joint resolu
/ ton regarding shortage in the Mar
shal's office. 1t had been found upon
investigation that the amount mad
| been made up. The shortage had
been due to the carelssness in book
| keeping previous to the incuD bency
of the present Marshal The cJmmii
tee recommended the adoption of the
! resolution.
Rep. Richards stated that the books
had been carefully inspected by al
expert but the various items were in
such tumble that nothing could be
made out of them. In his opinion
there had been a steal somewhere
Report accepted.
Rep. Cluney asked the Attorney
General if II. NJ. Dow was clerk at
the time that the shortage was found,
in answer To which question it wss
learned that a man by the name Of
Grsham, now out of the country, wss
in charge OF the books.
Rep. Robertson said that the Joint |
report on the registration act had
been referred To the Judiciary Com
mittee He could not understand |
how report oi one committee could
be referred back to another. Clearly
there was something out OF the regu
lar line. He was the ouly mem ber of
the Judiciary Committee present and
since he was on the committee that
signed the report lie did not see what
more he could do with IL.
On motion OF Rep. Richards the re-
port was laid on the table for consiu-
Grafton with the bill.
Appropriation Bill Comes Up.
Rep. Robertson moved that the
Appropriation bill be made the spe
cial order of the day for Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
Rep. Richards objected very strong
ly The bill SHOULD be taken up in lis
regular order. This matter of making
TIN. tili the special order Of the day
for certain days might result iu the
idleuesa OF the House a. other times.
Attorney General Smith said that
in previous l. gislatuies it had been Il
custom to make such bills the special
order for certain days, just as the
Senate had done. III the work in the
was small, then the mo-
ton of Rep. Richards was II good one.
AS soon AS more work made its ap-
pc france, then the Appropriation Bill {
could be made the special order for
certain days.
Upon being put to vote, the motion
)f Rep. Robertson carried. I
The recon mendauon of the COM
nittee in regard TO the shortage in the J.
HarshaPs department was adopted. =
Rep Robertson expressed his inten
ion o introduce bill permitting the
of kerosene oil ior fuel |
nd mechanical purposes. =
Attorney General Smith informed !.
he House that the pumping plant II
Fould be in operation during the after (
Don. Since it would figure as all
tenn in the Appropriation Bill, it
light be profitable for the members a
0 visit the place. a
House adjourned at 11:l5 am. i