The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-22
Senator Brown Announces Ilten-
tiOl Of Introducing One.
IDENTICAL WITH SCRYMSER BILL
Salaries of Ministers Raised to
$4,000 Year-House Has In
teresting Discussion.
SENATE.
Twenty-sixth Day, March 21.


Senator Rice's petition from 1O9 vot-
ers of Lihue, Kauai, for hospital was
referred to the Committee on Public
Health.
Bill 10 was reported for distribution.
The bill relating to coroner's inquests
was recommended for passage.
The Finance Committee recommend
ed the increase in the salaries of the.
Cabinet Ministers to $4,000 a year
This item was placed in the appropria-
ton bill.
Senator Waterhouse gave notice of
his intention to introduce an audit act.
House bills relating to the law of
evidence, the publication of reports of
the Supreme Court, stenographers and
clerks in various Courts passed the
second reading and were referred to
the Judiciary Committee.
The third reading of House bill l
was deferred until called up by the
Attorney-General.
Senate appropriation bill for sala-
ries was then taken up. Several
changes were made in the salaries of
Court officers on the other Islands to
make them proportionate to the in
crease in Court business.
The School Department plans were
again discussed on the motion from
IL
items for salaries and expenses of dep
uty inspectors. The Minister of Pub
lie Instruction explained the plans Of
the Department and the items passed.
A motion to reduce the salary Of the
nspector-General was lost. The salary
was then fixed at $4,000 for the period
and travelling expenses $500. The
salary of the Registrar of Conveyances
was raised to 5,400 for the period. The
pay roll of assistants at the hospital
for the Insane was increased to $23,-
ga, an item of $4,000 was added to
pay running expenses of a hospital at
Lihue, Kauai, which the citizens pro-
pose to erect. The act as amended
was then referred to the Enrolment
Committee.
Ouu0I SuSpcuSIOu vi Tie IuISo, OSu-
ator Brown gave notice Of his inten-
tion to introduce bill to provide for
telegraphic communication between
the United States and Hawaii and Jap
an The Senator explained that no
subsidy was called for in this bill. The
bill is identical with the Scrymser bill
as recommended to the United States
Congress by the Committee on Com
merce
Under suspension of the rules, Min
lister Cooper introduced his act, regu-
lating the election of Senators. The
act provides that at the end OF the
present priod there shall be elected
in the second district, one Senator for
two years, one for four years and one
for six years; in the third district, two
Senators for two years, two for four
years and two for six years; in the
first district, two Senators for two
years, one for four years and one for
six years; in the fourth district, one
Senator for four years and one for six
years. Provision is made for the con-
tinuance Of the election of a portion
of the list from each district for short
terms until each shall have been elect
ed for six years with terms expiring
at various times. The bill was sent
to the Printing Committee.
The Judiciary Committee reported
unfavorably on the bill to exempt from
taxation the property Of the Sailors
Home Society and the Y. NJ. c. A. One
reason for refusing to recommend the
bill was, the committee stated, that it
would be establishing a dangerous pre-
cedent. The principal reason was that
the committee did not believe in the
principle that one part or portion Of
the different persons or association Of
persons, or any association Of persons
that may have incorporated themselves
and form part of the body polite,
should for any reason either secular
or religious or on account Of belonging
to any particular class or body of men,
be relieved from contributing towards
the Government that affords them pro-
lection and under which they live or
exist, their pro rata by way of taxes
for such benefits.
The Senate bill creating a park at
Aala was read by title and was referred
to the Committee On Public Lands and