The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-26
WILL DELAY
FOR one DAY
House Committee
Considering
Bills.
SPECIAL BODY
IS INVESTIGATING
Plan to Scrutinize Claims Adopted.
House Given 81, 900
for Use.


| sufficiently creased yesterday to per-
nit of the passage on second reading of
the bill for the payment of unpaid
claims, in various departments There
the bill was referred to a select COM
mittee of five for report this afternoon
at o'clock This may mean a delay
which will prevent the contamination
adjourn finally with the end of the
week
| The committee began work yesterday
Afternoon but there is much to do and
this morning will have to be devoted to
1t. In connection with the general
work of investigation there will be
special work upon the report, for dur
ing the session of the House there
were displayed many symptoms that
several legislators would welcome the
chance to pass by the claims which
originated prior to the term which
might be called within the sphere of
influence of this Legislature, and they
|
went through the departments in 1897
and 1898.
There may be no more than curios-
ity in the endeavor to learn all about
lcIaims which antedate the last Legis-
Ilature. but these have been before the
Legislature for some months, and
there will be made a strong fight to
have no change made IN the bill as it
iaay fla of laaC
any reductions. The temper of the
Headers seems to be in favor of strict
scrutiny. and this with the attendant
oratory may render it impossible to
send the bill, back to the Senate, and
hope for adjournment Saturday.
The House provided literally for it
self in the matter of expenses, for an
amendment was placed in the bill Civ
ing another s., 900 for the use of the
Legislature. This will be spent in
printing, according to the officials of the
lower body. There will be unpaid bills
If the Senate should refuse to agree to
the amendment of the House, and this
lit Is the plan Of the House to prevent.
There may be today a motion to add
another thousand dollars to the amend
ment 80 that the Senate may have a
Ishare in the extra money, and for the
purpose of making this $1,000 instead
LOT a $99, 900 Legislature.
The move to provide for the delay be-
Igan when the House got down to bust
mess yesterday. Emmeluth renewed his
lmotion to refer to q special committee
as soon as the minutes and the bill had
been read. The members had nothing
but time and refused to permit the bill
to be read by title, as Beckley wanted.
There was reading Of the bill in full in
both languages, which put the members
in humor for fight.
Makekau opposed any delay such as
would result from committees con-
| sideration of the bill. February Goth,
he said, the seats were all filled. Now
! there were eleven vacancies, of which
three seats We're those of city members.
That they had business he was sure,
| but he asked If there was not a pre-
sumption that the country members had
some business to look up at the same
/ time. He thought everyone knew that
the Government owed the money and
it should be paid.
This brought out Prendergast who
rose to second the motion OF Emmeluth,
saying that though all had been in this
city for the past five months he was
ready to stay until all legitimate work
was done. The members, he said, wish
ed to see II the bills were proper ones,
and then they would all vote to pay
| them. There We're some Items In the
BILL he said, which had been rejected
| by the House in it's regular session. and
now the Senate was trying to jam them
down the throat of the House and the
body should not submit t., this dicta-
| ton. This strain suited Puuki who
thought as in private matters a man
wanted to look into bills so in public
ones the members should not object to
staying until all matters had been in
vestigated.
| Makekau was not ready to abandon
the attack. He replied that in the first
days Of the extension of the session he
had moved to refer these bills to the
Finance Committee, and the very men
who now wanted a committee objected
to this course. Mr.. Robertson wanted
to introduce the same bill and the
whole House sat upon him The SEN
ate had passed this bill unanimously
and there should be confidence display
ed in the Senators. The majority there
was of Independents, he said, and this
should have the effect Of making the
| VI ludl party III the House
pass the bill along.
| Kekaula seconded the Makekau mo-
ton to pass upon the second reading,
and then offered an amendment pro-
viding 50, 900 for the use of the Lesisla-
ture for it's bills. The member first
said the bills of the House. but that
was not what he meant, and the
amendment was put by the Speaker in
the form given, and passed with little
comment. Paele wanted to know about
| bills which had been incurred prior to
the last Legislature, and would not be
satisfied with anything else. persevering
even after the special committee had
been named.
| There was no more oratory, however,
for the members were ready to vote,
and they did vote for the motion OF
Emmeluth on party lines. and carried
1t. The Speaker named as the commit