The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-03-08
OANRENANSMCHANGED SENATE TALKS FINANCES \
THE HOUSE DEBATES NATIONAL
POLICY.
Expenditures in the Detective Service
Get Close crutiny-Lahaina Luna
School Fiercely Attacked.

In the Senate this morning Presi-
dent Wilder appointed Senators Bald
win, IIolstein and Rice the Special
Committee to whom was referred Sen
ate Bills Nos. IL and 12, relating to the
beach lots of Kapiolani Park.
Senator McCandless for the Commit
tee on Military Aatfirs, reported, rec
ommending the appropriation of $11o,-
600 for the Military pay roll and $780,
600 for the support of the Military.
This is an aggregate decrease of S2O,-
600 from the last appropriation. The
Committee spoke very flatteringly of
the care evidenced in the handling of
this appropriation. The Senate adopt
ed the report and passed the items.
The judiciary Committee made
detailed report on the items in the
Department of the Attorney General,
in Senate Bill No. 4, special appropria-
tions for the Departmental use of the
Government. The item "Incidental
Civil and Criminal Expenses" for
which $4,000 is asked, is recommend
ed.
But the Committee say: "This is
the same as last year, and If the Leg
islature votes the item Assistant to
Attorney General there will be a saw
| ing in this item, as also to the Govern
ment, as all extra help and clerk hire
and assisting counsel engaged by the
Attorney General were paid for out
of this appropriation during the last
biennial period. Out of this appru
priation are also paid printing, infor-
mers fees, supplies to police, such as
uniforms, fire arms, bauge, etc, horse
and hack hire for Hawaii and Maui,
when absolutely necessary, repairs TO
arms, and the general supplies neces-
sary to Police Stations and lock-ups,
on the different Islands, and numer-
Gus other items, among which was an
item for hack hire of $97S.65 in Homo
lulu, which the Committee thinks is
altogether too much money to be
spent in that manner. The Committee
recommend this item pass and that
in its expenditure the greatest care
and economy be exercised
Continuing the report says: THE
item of Detective Service $4,000, is
the same as last period, and there was
expended from it during that period
the sum of $15,092.15, or an average
of 5000 month. The first two or
three months the payments were at
the rate of 800 and 5000, but after
that the appropriation became a fa-
vorite one and was well patronized.
But what good resulted to the COM
munity this Committee is unable to
say. We do not recommend the pas
sage of this item at the sum asked,
and suggest the sum of $S,000.''
The structures of the judiciary Com
mittee on the Detective Service eX-
penditures, brought out a warm de-
fense from the Attorney General, and
at his request the item was referred
back to the Committee to confer with
the Marshal under whose direction the
most of the appropriation is spent.
Senator Wilcox from the Committee
on Public Health and Education re-
ported favorably on the subsidies tC
the Queens Hospital and for Other
purposes amounting to $2S,S00.
The reconsideration of the appro
priations for the Department of Pub
lie instruction brought out a fierce
attack on the item of $4,000 for the
support of Lahaina luna school. Sen
ator Brown said it had outlived its
, usefulness. Its reputation for years
had been expressed by the statemen
: often heard that if man was grad
I uate of Lahaina luna school it wa
l land in Oahu Jail. 1t was original,
started by the American Board o
Missions for Foreign Missions, and al
terward was decided to the Hawaiian
Government on condition that it b
e maintained as a school. Senator Brow
!, thought it would be better to let i
i lapse to the American Board.
: Minister Cooper said that tn
| school ought not to be summaril
: dealt with in that way. 1t was un
: der consideration to locate the Indus
f trial School there. The property cor
S sisted of about 10000 acres of LAND
/ from which an income of about 81 30
l. was received. The property was in
h creasing in value. An item of $75, 90
s for New School Houses and Teacher.
Il Cottages was inserted and referred {
e Special Committee. Further consiC
Grafton of the subject was deferre
until the afternoon session.
IS HOUSE.