The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-06-11

p nlltrfd 90 De- due flr labor In sup
pressing ihr huhouic plague on lie pinn
thtiuu. ie stricken out since In o'ir 0pin
ION plantations had 10 contribute some
thing w suppr,rsinr tho diseases IN thoii
own places considering the suffering and
losses VI private poor citlzona that ns'cr
viii be- adequately fecompenscd
The rest OF the bills on the second
.ii.t which have been transferred 10 two
now lists. amounting 10 t.T2gl and
1890. Total inbe52l. We nnd due and rec.
ommcnd to be- paid although the Auditor.
as witnessed by the exhibit No. J. has
refused to pay them on technical
grounds.
All said bills are approved by the Board
of Health, as witnessed by the exhibit
No. O. Tho exhibit No. 3 roiates TO Sec
rotary WncoN's bill OF 500.
N. Russell
J. y. KAOHI.
The report was tabled to be consid-
cred in its proper place with the bill.
Senator Kanuha then presented the
following report, that occupied the at
tention OF the Senators for'thc balance
Of the afternoon:
Hon. s T. Kaiue, President OF the Sen
ate.
Sir: The majority of your Committee
on Military, to whom were referred
Items making up the expenditures for
this branch of the service for the en-
suing biennial period, beg leave TO report
as follows.
We have obtained through the courtesy
of members of the Lower House, copies
Of statements submitted by the Auditor
General upon request of the House com
mittee. We feel that the information to
be CLEANED from these statements should
be available to the members of this Sen
ate and therefor submit them hanueu
to us.
For the period from January 10, 1895,
to December 81, 1900, the expenditures
reached the enormous total of $9iS,153
The expenditures for 1900 evidenced the
reckless eXravagance and total disregard
for the public interests with which the
officers and members of this branch of
the service conducted the affairs of their
department.
The offensiveness of this course is all
the more apparent when we contem-
plate that from August s, 1898, ,ne Stars
an Stripes yielded US all the protection
we needed, and the gross license evident
in the manner of disposing of the funds
appropriated, only shows how near we
We're trenching on military despotism
when the Spanish-American war brought
to our long suffering people the protec
tion of the flag of freedom.
Such were the conditions when the
Legislature was elected. Your commit
tee had hopes that inasmuch as repre-
sentative government was established in
the land, the military would cease its
pernicious activity and extravaganza
and for this reason We took up the in
quiry into this years expenditures with
spirit of self-discipline and restraint, but
what did we find?
The detailed list OF warrants drawn on
support of military pay roll for January
1st to May 14th Of this year amounts to
s37O121.
The expenditures under support OF mill
itary for the same period amounts to the
further sum of s9,957.Sl. a total of Sl3,659
for four and one-half months, or at the
rate of 900 in twenty-four months.
Five warrants drawn during this Pc
Rod are paid to George t. Turner
for making and repairing uniforms, the
snug sum of s9o32O; add to this the war
rants for cloth and personal furnish
ings drawn in the same period amount
ing to sl.l93S5. and we have a grand to-
tai of S2,O9G25. as expenditures for uni
forms and trimmings during the period
The above amount must include cost
of cloth and trimmings for an officers
uniform, as we find warrant for maxi
Ing one uniform. issued February 2Sth,
of this year to S. Roth & Co., the uni
form being for Capt A. G. Hawes."
Judging from the amount paid for sta
1868, there ought to be enough
of the stuff on hand to enable this Legis-
lature to send to each individual member
an engrossed invitation to quit his job.
Paints and oils, etc. amounted to 81
303 30l-material enough that If evenly
spread. might cover the Bungalow bar,
no nf "a
Of the dining room for the Senate COM
mittee room" and the "oil' would hold
out
To be serious. Mr. President, the ma
jority of your committee feel surprised
at the attitude of the minority of the
at this time During the reg
ular session you will remember how he
stood almost alone In his fearless utter
ances against the open and shameless
method of making a saloon annex of the
above mentioned "dining-room."
Why should we continue military
service so effete az this one has become?
Why hold up to the civil departments of
the Government this relic OF repression
and subversion of rights-this Unsuitable
nav that swallows the taxes without any
return except in services which mean
the collection OF more taxes What shall
become of the young men who. entering
the military service. find those noble at
tributes which the minority claims for
discipline are, in fact. entirely
lost sight of.
We are asked for means to extend this
service to make II more effective" to
organize company on Kauai, another
On Molokai, one at Lahaina, at Kohala,
and for what?
Is 1t not for the same thing for which
he Pennsylvania troops were created
md ordered out? To suppress" the mill
workers of Homestead and force them TO
'eturn to work when they endeavored to
secure greater measure of the fruits of
heir labor? And were not these wage
workers shot down by the dozensH Do
We not see today the former owner of
hat Homestead plant one hundred
parading up and down the
United States looking for places to give
,way the earnings OF those men buried
Inder the sod of that battlefield at
The State OF Pennsylvania
,aid the shooters. God forbid that We,
n attempting to establish government OF