The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-02
TALKED SALARIES
Yesterdays Session Devoted to
the Appropriation Bills,
THE QUEEN DOWAGER'S PENSION
Retained In Permanent Settlement.
Much Business In Judiciary
Department.
THE QUEEN DOWAGER'S PENSION
SENATE.
Twelfth Day, March /

The Senate devoted almost the en-
tire session to the consideration of the
appropriation bill for salaries. After
the usual opening exercises, Senator
McCandless gave notice of his intention
to introduce a bill to enlarge Kapio-
lani Park.
Senator Browns bill to issue pa
tents to leaseholders of the Kapiolani
Park lots passed the first reading and
was referred to the Printing Commit
tee. The bill provides that all owners
of land under lease from the Kapio-
lani Park Association, upon which i'm
provements amounting to at least
$500 have been made or may hereafter
be made, shall receive royal patent
from the Minister of the Interior by
the payment of the appraised value.
The land is to be appraised by three
men: one to be appointed by the Min
lister of the Interior, one to be select
ed by the owner of the lease and the
two to select third In determin-
ing the value of the land, considera-
ton shall be given the length of the
unexpired term of the lease.
The Senate then entered into dis
cussion of the appropriation bills. Be
cause of the absence of the Chairman
of the Finance Committee, the bill pro-
vfding for appropriations for unpaid
claims was not taken up. The sala-
ries appropriations were then consid-
cred. The bill provides for total ex-
penditure of s2,147 sos for the period.
1t was taken up item by item. After
passing ON the salary of the President,
Senator McCandless moved that the
second item on the bill, the permanent
settlement of $4,000 year on the
Queen Dowager Kapiolani, be stricken
out. He said he wished to be under
stood as having a great deal 'of respect
for the Queen Dowager, at the same
time the Government had no money to
throw away and, inasmuch as the
Queen Dowager was reported to have
decided to her nephews at least $500, 900
worth of property within a short time,
there was no occasion for pensioning
her. When the appropriation was first
Queen Dowager was in need of funds,
but the mere fact that she had reserv-
ed $1,000 a month for the remainder
of her life proved that this was not
now the case. 1t was well known
that the Queen Dowager was economi-
cal in her manner of living so the
permanent settlement could not be ac-
Itually needed He believed that the
Government could hardly afford to
throw away its money and this appro-
priation had that appearance.
Senator Brown acknowledged the
truth of the statement that the Queen
Dowager had recently transferred val
liable real estate and that she was not
actually in need of the fund from the
Government The $4,000 year was not
in the nature of an attempt to help
support her. 1t was an expression and
token of the esteem in which the Ma
ton held her. Everyone had the most
profound respect for her personally,
and also because she was the widow
of the last King under the Monarchy.
She was the relic of the Monarch dur
| ing whose reign great wave Of pros
perity had came over the country.
| hlnS hdldhdud WdS III d IHcdSuIt lc-
sponsible for that prosperity.
| Notwithstanding the fact that the
Monarchy had been done away with
the Senator said he believed the sum
paltry one as an expression of feel
ing toward her and the memory of hel
husband. Asidefrom this it was bad po-
| Icy to omit it. The Hawaiians could
never be made to believe that the item
was struck out because of economy
The appropriation passed.
The item appropriating $4,000 yeal
for the Princess Kaiulani was referred
| to the Finance Committee without dis
cusSiOn.
| Senator Holstein moved that 81 ,20'
be inserted as a permanent settlement
on F. w. Filhber who has served tht
country faithfully for 80 years and i:
now in destitute circumstances. Thu
item was inserted and the matter re
| ferred to the Finance Committee.
The needs of the Judiciary depart
ment for additional clerical labor wer,
thoroughly discussed in the item SO, go
for salary of shorthand reporters
Senator Brown wished the appropria
ton increased to s10,S00. He sait