The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-26
SEVERAL OFFICERS TO GET AN
ADVANCE.
Salary Advanced
From IS 900 to $4,000 and other
Stipends Increased.

The Senate this morning began the
final reading of the salaries bill and
manifested an intent to increase sal
aries in number of cases. Mr.. ka-
lauokalani announced it ds a Home
Rule policy to fix the salaries of de-
partment heads at $4,000 for the bien-
nial period and TO make them all the
same. A second grade of officers, such
as the high sheriff and others of about
that class, will be given a uniform
salary of $4,000 for the biennial period.
The Senate this morning took up the
appropriation bill or such of it as is
left, on third reading. The first item
considered was that of chief clerk to
the Secretary of the Territory. The
salary was raised from $4,000 for the
two years to $3,600. All the other
items in the Secretarys office passed
as in the bill.
The first contest came over the sal
airy of chief clerk of the Judiciary de-
partment (Henry SMITH. Bill White
awoke the winds by moving that the
item be increased from $4,000 to $4,000.
Achi stoutly opposed a raise. He said
that business men in town were cutting
salaries on account of hard times, and
the government was hardly justified
in going just opposite to the princi-
pie. Moreover, If the salary of an or
aries of heads of bureau should be
taken up again and correspondingly
advanced. Kanuha and Kaohi opposed
raise. John r. Brown favored it.
Kalauokala.i ii supported White. All of
the Home Rule senators mentioned
Smith, and not the office. They eX-
tolled his virtues and his record.
Paris said the Home Rulers We're
apprOpriating for the man and not the
h,
wanted to know what the Office was
worth. There were men in Office long
time that should have been removed
before and should be removed now. If
Henry Smiths salary was raised the
Senate could not do other than to
raise the salaries of every clerk in the
Judiciary department
The item passed at $5,40O.
All went merrily until the item for
Hawaiian interpreters, courts of Ho-
nolulu. On motion of Bill White the
amount for the two men was increas-
ed from $4,000 to $1,000. Portuguese
interpreter was raised from $1,000 to
81, 400. District magistrates of east and
west Kau went up from 81 $50 to Sl,SOO
When the department of the AttOr-
ney- General came up Kalauokalani
moved to increase the salary of the
Attorney General from $4,000 to $4,000.
He also said he wanted to raise sala-
ries for all department heads to that
amount. They formerly received
$1,000. Salary of second deputy to the
Attorney General was knocked out on
a Home Rule vote, Mr.. White alone,
of that party, supporting it. Clerk to
sheriff of Hawaii was made $2,400 in
place of $1,S00 Maui was raised from
81, 800 to $1,000 and Kauai from $500 to
$1,000. Sheriff South Kohala got $1,000
in place of 1900 South Kona was
raised from $1,SOO to $4,000. Lahaina
went up from $1,92O to $4,000. Waialua
passed at $1,S00 in place of $1,000.
This brought the Senate to pay of
police, long, itemized list. Mr.. White
gasped and moved for a recess to 2
o'clock. Senator Crabbe seconded the
motion, and he and White put 1t
| through,