The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-06-21

or THE HOUSE

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I,lFr SO ufH uud started uu % rDu1iu-
making pu.c Although there was iI-
up done boz the morning session, dur.ug
the afternoon hours several phE's W
th, general expense bin were cons idored
lu "a way that would have been credit
tu any body ~ lawmakers.
u was In the afternoon that The rec
ord breaking pace was set Members
forgot their little personal differences
and settled down TO work that was rec
ally serious. Emmeluth and Makekau
had their daily argument early In the
morning, so that helped TO smooth mat
tors. In the afternoon Mr. Jared
Smith was the unwilling caus" OF
hot debate on the part Of several mem
hers. There was "A strong feeling that
h,. should not ask help from the Terfl-
tory, especially since he was destroying
the property Of the same. In order TO
get his station in running order. The
House sat as a committee Of the whole
ali day Yesterday, Dickey being In the
chair.
MORNING SESSION.
AZ soon as the House convened yes
,ardav morning, the motion was made
nv Representative Dickey that the
body resolve itself into a committee
of the whole The motion was car
rIed and Speaker Akina called upon
the mover to take the char. ne
finance committee reported that they
had not yet finished making segre-
cation OF the items for the uinereh.
districts, ana stated that they haa
finished making the list OF expenses
for the entire Island.
Makekau criticised the action OF the
committee. saying that they had eS-
ceeded the authority invested IN them.
Their duty had been to segregate the
items into two classes. and not to au-
dit the same, with the purpose or sug-
costing where reductions should De
made. To this Emmeluth made spir-
tied reply, in which he said that Ma
kakau had too much chin. He continu
ed by saying that the committee mad
done no cutting in the matter of sala-
ries, but handled the bill in its orlgi-
nal form. -.
Then the band played on. The diff
| ferent items were read, one by one
and adopted or rejected, as the House
thought best.
The incidental bill for the secretary'e
office was placed at 81, 500, instead OF
49, 900, as proposed in the original est-
mate.
The fund for State entertainments
and ceremonies was stricken from the
| list, much to the annoyance OF Hoogs
who was fearful that his aristocratlc
| friend, the Duke of Cornwall, would
nor have enough ready cash when he
passed through Honolulu to have the
kind of a good time he ought to nave
| Hoogs and not the Territory, VII
| have to look out for the Duke Whef
he reaches this port.
-, - inn al
the House voted the sum of $1,000
! In the expenses of election, the GOV
! ernOr had placed the sum of Sl5OOO as
| the limit of expenditure. The com
mittee lowered this to $4,000, nut the
| House thought that the Governor was
right, and placed the figures at the
original amount
! The same department will be allowed
, 81 400, instead of Sl,SOO.
Nothing was allowed for COMPILING
and revising the laws of the Terri
| tory
The axe was sharpened for the judi
| ciarv department next. The expenses
! of the Supreme Court, and the CIR
| cult Courts will be $1,000. In the flu
ture the pay of grand jurors will b.
the same as those of trial jurors.
For the purchase of law books tol
the Supreme Court, the sum Of $l,5O
was appropriated. me NO.
! Court was allowed $500 FOR the same
| purpose.
The printing of the Hawaiian h IKE
ports viii cost the TERRITORY sow
| Stationery and incldentals TO the Jun
ciary will be provided FOR by an appro
priation of $500. Makekau caused
ripple of merriment by calling lnclueh
tails, "accidentals."
When the travelling expenses of tn
district magistrates came up ther'
was quite pause III the progress
the day. Heretofore, the judiciary ma
been allowed the sum OF SoofOo. IN
Home Rule pruning knlte hau ioppe'
on all nut Sbvo. AFTER long Huu h"i
fight, the entire matter was compro
missed by not giving the judges any
thing with which to pay thelr eN
penses.
The midday recess followed
AFr9rNooN SESSION
When the House was called TO orde
by Chairman plcNey, rev minute
before o'clock, it was moved and sec SCI,
.buutd that the matter or the llaNell