The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-06-04

a., would
~ uas ,st} ,auft,ousb received h,
everyone VhIa u San Francisco, and
uHa presented with complimentary
tbiA pn enc transport iAwtuu hy the
rr,tidynt no closing hu assured me
D.pt bnl OWE nruln that the people ot
Hawaii net would never be- forgotten"
nrvki,y sat down amid round ot
applnus, from the Republican side
There WAS disappointment written ON
the faces of his followers SO one had
been roasted mo one had hncn proddoi
with sharp stick An that leckl,y
said might have been said na easily
while staying I'm Honolulu as after
making u voyage ur 1000 miles and rc-
turn
Aft,r the lobby of the House had
cleared its,lf ~ Ga, llcCkry vousutu-
vuvy Who had come Geo hear their a.
Voritr. Emmvluth arose and stated
that the attorney who was represent
iug thr government before the Fire
Commission. was lin no way connected
with the office of the Attorney Goncr-
all lie declared it To- be nothing more
than q scheme by which Designing pol
itiriaus were creating positions Tor
such lawyers as they wished To- feed at
the public crib In concluding. Enmn-
uth offered the following resolution:
"Rcsolvcd that the clerk Of this
House direct an inquiry to the Attor.
ney General requesting information as
to why either he or one OF his assist
ants cannot represent the government
before the Fire Claims Commission;
also, as to the evidence collected by
the government whether the same Is
available for use before the court"
Upon the adoption Of the resolution,
Emmeluth made another resolution to
the effect that since Beckley had re-
turned Mossman be allowed to read
his report on the matter OF public
health once more. The spellbinder who
is opposed to postmortems and sewer
inspectors. demurred, however. and
upon the suggestion of Beckley, the
whole matter was put over until this
morning.
The appropriation bill appeared upon
the scene once more. Prendergast, out
of respect to Beckley, moved that the
entire matter OF salaries be reconsld
cred. Becklcy said he would appre-
ciate the courtesy, II extended, espe
cially as the words of Mckinley, keep
expenses as low as is consistent with
good government" We're still ringing
in his ears.
The committee on public lands ana
internal improvements requested that
as the hour OF noon had arrived, they
be allowed to defer making report
until 2 o'clock. The request was al
loved aud tho House took n recess
until that hour.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Shortly after . o'clock the speaker
raped for order. and the committee
on public lands and Internal improve
ments read their report. IT had most
ly to do with salaries The Depart
ment of Public Works was the partic-
ular branch of the Territorial service
that occupied the attention of the law
makers during the afternoon. a large
number of salaries were arranged for
the biennial period.
The bookkeeper and clerk of this de
partment was ordered to be the first
assistant clerk. with a salary fixed AT
81 1900 for the two years.
The position of fourth assistant clerk
in copies was ordered to be abolished
Z. one messenger. instead or two. was
arranged for in the revised bill. The
committee suggested that two messen-
gers be retained in the Department of
Public Works. as their duties In no
way conceded. one of the messengers
spends much of his time as copyist.
There was in the mind of the com
mittee. no reason for abolishing the
position of road engineer. If this posi-
ton was declared vacant, no other
position could shoulder the duties OF
that office.
The committee on finance had order
ed in a previous report that the salary
of chief clerk be stricken out. AS this
office Is under the direct supervision Of
the assistant superintendent, to do
away with it would be to leave that
office without clerk.
Emmcluth called the attention OF the
House to the fact that the salary OF
the chief clerk was the same as that
OF the police court interpreter. and
that his duties were much more exact
ing. This was one OF the many In
stances In which salaries were not In
proportion to the services rendered.
Regarding the road supervisor OF
Honolulu, the committee recommend
ed that he have two assistants. The
assistant in the Fourth District be
paid $4,000. and the one in the Fifth
District be paid $500.
Regarding the payroll OF the steam
tug Eleu. II was recommended to be
str irkan ont ThIa Uaa anupnvaH