The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-24

came in not having required the steam
er to give a bond for the maintenance,
| of the Chinese.
Arguments on the Bills.
| Councillor Robertson did not thinl
| the government should pay bills ant
then try to collect them from som,
imaginary person or government" hll
argument was based on the fact tina
the merchants knew exactly what kline
of contract they were entering. as the
whole country was alive with the news
of the habeas corpus cases before the
Supreme Court, dealing with thu very
people they were called upon to supply
The community was ent rely familiar
with the decision which Chief Justice
Judd rendered and the final appeal to
| Washington. His speech against the
payment of the bills by the local gov
eminent was n lengthy one.
Councillor Bolte replied by stating
that he thought the preceding speaker
was laboring under a m 'sappre hension
| of facts, as the merchants had been
mert would be responsible.
Mr.. Gear thought the Hawoiian gov
eminent was in no wise respors ihle for
the acts of Federal officers. He asked
II no communication had been receiv-
ed from Mr.. Reynolds. The secretary
after looking through a mass Of PAPERS
on his desk. fished ont one which bore
a date sometime back wherein Mr..
Reynolds stated he had ordered the
goods on the account of the Board of
Health. Mr.. Gear arose at the conclu-
sion Of the reading and stated that 1t
threw new light on lne subject, and
he would therefore support the motion
TO insert the approximation item
amounting to about $500. Robertson
did not sec how anv stress could he
laid rnon Mr. REYNOLDS letter He did
not believe Mr.. Reynolds statement at
all and under INSTRUMENTATION CON
sidared the statement would vanish into
thin air.
Kaulukou Gets Restless.
Councillor Kaulukou began TO grow
FESTIVE under the continual talk upon
the matter by the same persons, and
came to the conclusion they were abus-
ing parliamentary law, and asked the
Executive how many times one can
keep on talking" This sally produced
considerable laughter and eased up the
friction.
Eventually it was discovered that the
item had already been inserted and
passed in the Act, having been merged
into another item which was increased.
There was CONSERVATION on some faces
when the discovery was made, and
triumph written broadly on the coun-
tenances of those who had argued in
favor of the appropriation.
Gear moved that Act 3 pass It's third
and final reading, and the ayes and
noes were called, resulting In unan-
imous vote of those present, namely,
Councillors Achi, Bolte, Ena, Gear,
Isenberg, Allen, Jones, Kane. Kaulu-
kou, Kennedy, Mott, Robinson and
absent.
New items which were inserted and
passed in Act previous to it's conclu-
sion were:
Salary chief forester, six months,
$1,000.
Salary of superintendent Lahaina
waterworks. for IL months, at $35 a
month, 1920.
Salary of food commissioner, six
months, $1,000.
The grand total was accepted and
passed at s535,7S6.s2.
Gear Works q Scheme.
When Act 4 was reached for its sec
ond reading, Councilor Gear brought
up the question of a bonded warehouse
lor Hi.o, $4,000, upon which he had
reported previously to the Council.
Upon motion the item was inserted
and passed at that figure. The item
calls for a brick or stone structure.
Kennedy asked II arrangements
could be made to advertise in advance
of the appropriation bills being APP
proved by President Mckinley, for the
machinery for the new Beretania street
pumping plant. Minister Young said
it was his intention to advertise i'm
mediately for bids, anticipating that
the acts would be approved.
In line "a, Act A, had the item, La
haina waterworks $4,000, changed to
read $4,000. being the figures of the
engineer, which were essentially cor
rect.
The grand total OF $1.577,791.20 was
accepted and inserted. All the con-
eluding sections of the act were pass
ed, and the attention of the Council
was brought to the reading of the title.
which Mr.. Robertson urged could BIO
done then and thus save the Council
ors from meeting again and again for
small business.
Just as the secretary began to read
the title, Councillor Gear was observed
moving from Councillor to Councillor, |
in their ears and kasping
a weather eye open on the Executive
and the Secretary. When the motion |
was about to be put after the conclu- |
sion OF the title-readtng, Gear quickly |
moved for an adjournment, which was
and upon being put to vote
Il was carried.
1t is rumored about town that a
caucus meeting will be held by a num-
Der or oil OF the Councillors to devise
come plan to set before the Executive
Council in the Court OF Claims matter.
Adjourned at 5;15 until Monday at
p. IN.