The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-03
SAME
SALARIES
Territorial Officials Pay
Unchanged.
LEGISLATURE MUST ACT
Some Will in the Interim Draw
Larger Compensation than
President.

The question of salaries for the heads
OF the various departments which Gov
ernor Dole has filed since June IA came
up at the conference of those officials
with the Governor yesterday morning.
Those present were the Governor. Sec
rotary of the Territory Cooper. Super
| intendent of Public Works McCandless,
Treasurer Lansing, Commissioner
Brown, and Wray Taylcr, the new
Commissioner of Agriculture, the last
head of a department to be appointed,
who was introduced to the rest of the
official family.
Governor Dole opened the meeting by
reading the correspondence between
| former Minister OF Foreign Affairs
Mott-Smith, and Secretary of State
John Hay relating to the payment of
salaries of officials now serving in Of
! flee. This correspondence refers to the
salary OF Treasurer Lansing, Superin-
tendent of Public Works McCandless,
Attorney General Dole, Commissioner
of Lands Brown, superintendent of
Public instruction Atkinson. Commits
sioner of Agriculture Taylor, the Wa
ter Works Department, Surveyors De-
partment, Tax. Assessor, and nearly
every office of the kind which was APP
pointive by Governor Dole.
For these salaries there is no provi-
sion made after June IA until the next
session of the Legislature, and Minister
Mott-Smith made careful inquiries
from Secretary Hay as to how these
salaries should be paid, and whence the
funds should come from.
Il The reply received from the Secretary
OF State was that the United States
Government did not wish to have any
thing to do about the matter and did
not desire to handle 1t at Washington
preferring to leave it to legislative ac-
ton. This being the case the only in
depreciation the local government
places on the situation is that the sala-
ries of officials In the same positions
under the Republic shall remain
unchanged. For instance the pres
J ent Acknowledgement will draw the
salary of the Attorney-General under
the Republic which is $4,000. The SUI
J perintendent of Public Works will or
the same reasoning draw the same
as his predecessor in Office the Minister
J of the Interior was entitled to.
Ministed Mott-Smith's letter to Sec
rotary Hay contained the information
that under the Territorial form of gov
eminent the Governors salary would be
less than that of some of the heads oil
Il departments. and asked that the sala-
ries be scaled down accordingly. Sec
rotary Hays letter which the Governor
read, showed an indisposition on the
! part of the Washington officials to in
, terfere believing IT TO be a matter fol
the Legislature to fight out AS a result
the various heads of these departments
} will draw extra compensation for sew.
eral months.
There is a question as to whether the
! Super'ntendent of Public obstruction
will draw the salary of the former Min
. lister of Foreign Affairs who had charge
J of the educational department. 1t il
not thought his salary will fall to him
as Secretary Cooper is occupying thu
same relative position in the Territor!
as Mr.. Mott-Smith held under the Re
! public. The Surveyor. Tax Assessor
Land Agent and other commissioner
will draw the same amounts as before
J Governor Dole, Secretary Cooper
Postmaster Dat and Collector of Gus
toms Stackable receive their salarie
directly from Uncle Sam.