The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-06-14
THE LEGISLATURE

Yesterday mutnIuE between fH" hnII
sst 80 the day before ana thr ruiN"tih'
int of Wlros thet we're nbi in "'h''
gbr best 90 humur or condition 'H %.
muUh Legislative work Durinr th
dny several Indirect references wrr'
made to the dccaptation NJ the la'
secretary uf the Board uf Health hul
only once was th, matter referred t0
personally. when Mossman used ih'
Incident as "a cudrel with which t1 E"i
hits fellow members into The way 'i
thinking that certain salary should
be raised II was thought that The dag
would not pass without some reieren'"
being made 90 the matter in an official
way. but there was none. whether
the Independents are laying l"", "'
intend to let the matter go boy alto
eethcr. remains Co be seen.
In the forenoon the Legislature did
nothing hut cut salaries on all sides.
once or twice reference was made To
McKinley's advice. When the after
noon came all this was changed The
lawmakers had found some friends
whose salaries they thought ought 10
be- raised and they raised them, There
was no talk about what viii Wash
inEton say" il salaries are not cut 20
the lowest figure Beckley even went
so far as to suggest that a man should
he paid what he was worth 20 the
Territory.
1t is thought that the Legislature
will be through with the Appropria-
ton bill in a few days.
MORNING SESSION
The Legislature was half an hour
late in meeting yesterday morning
When the business Of the day was
taken up. the survey department was
the subject upon which reduction OF
salaries was based. There was quite
difference of opinion regarding the dis
position OF salaries and positions. EN-
meluth made the first long speech of
the morning, In which he stated that
the survey department was not the
source of information 1t should be-
Only recently, ne had gone to that de
partment and asked for certain data,
Instead of getting them. he was forced
to pay one of the employees of the OF
fce the sum OF 900 by engaging him
as private individual. The speaker
said that 1t was an outrage to have
men employed in a public department
and then be forced to pay him an ad-
ditional fee In order to get information
that was supposed to be part and par
Gel of the public archives
The speaker also suggested that
there be schedule Of fees fixed, so
that the public might be thereby pro-
tected from overcharges on the part
Of clerks and deputies,
Prendergast agreed with everything
that the previous speaker had said.
Dickey followed, and explained that
the man who was employed to do En-
work was the meteorological. !
The meteorologist works in the survey
department voluntarily. and having a
thorough knowledge of the Hawaiian
language, he is Of great assistance to
the natives. The speaker then said
thatthe gentleman under discussion was
not the sort of man to overcharge any
one who had employed him. The abol-
ishng OF this department would be
great disaster to the Territory one
man could not do all the work. 1t
would be impossible for him. Dickey
concluded by stating that the Organic
Act expressly states there shall be
Prendergast once more took the
floor, and said. This department
should be turned over to the road en-
gineer. The survey department has |
been doing work of late that l very /
much condemn. ! refer particularly to |
the extension of School street, that has I
been proposed. Instead Of running 1t .
on a straight line. they have turned the !
road into King street, cutting through |
the property of private individuals, in .
many cases running the same. All this /
is done that the Rapid Transit Com
pany may be benefited"
Then Prendergast took huge blue
print from his desk. showing the lands |
and the streets in question. He con
cluded by saying that the committee ,
lad had another and better route sur
veyed. The cut by this latter route !
was higher up, cutting through some .
government land The saving TO the
by this second plan would I
amount to something like $4,000
Remarks In behalf of the survey de-
partment followed from Dickey. The
surveyors received their instructions
rom the Department Of Public Works.
After some more discussing. the sal
,ry of surveyor was fixed at 81, 400. The
following items were iserted in the
bill: Forester, s2O4O; expert forester,
's .O4e; tantalus laborer. s52S; three la
oorers. 1926; Office boy and messen-
ger, $3.50; wagon driver, s52s; surveyor
e 400
AFTERNOON SESSION.
A soon as the House was called 10
order in the afternoon, the salary OF
the chief assistant to the surveyor
was reduced from 5000 TO 81 500
Emmeuth moved that the entire
matter be referred To a special com
mittee. to see what the actual Income
Of the surveyor and his assistants
might be Emmeluth said he was not
In favor Of paying salaries TO men who
We're drawing a salary and getting
paid for special work, besides The
motion was lost only Emmeluth ana .
Prondergast the mover ana the sec
nnder Of the motion, voting m favor N
a. Upon "A second vote being called
fur the salary was reduced 10 1850
The salary ~ the first assistant was
made $4,000 instead of $500 The sec
oni assistant was made 5000. instead