The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-18

men VINO actually perform the services
that 1t is claimed they do
1t was then that Emmeluth made the
motion to adjourn the House until such
time that the legislators could look
over the bill, each island for itself. and
then report back to the House on the
result of its work. Akina thought that
the whole matter could be disposed of
in two hours time. It was then Il
o'clock, and he put the question to the
House 1t was carried without a dis
senting voice.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
There was considerable discussion in
the afternoon as to whether the appro-
priation for police should be made in a
lump sum or by an itemized account.
Dickey and Prendergast spoke in favor
of making a general appropriation, while
several other members spoke for the
other side. 1t was easy to see that
Prendergast and Dickey were in the mi
nority. When the time for voting came,
they were the only two in favor of sup
porting it.
Beckley said that it was time that Mo-
lokai had an increase in her appropria-
ton for the support of her police. In
times past, Hawaii and Oahu had sue
ceeded in getting the lions share of the
funds set aside for this purpose. Make
kau objected to any increase being made
in Molokai's appropriation. After this
Dickey filed the following minority re
port:
Hon. J. A. Akina. Speaker House of Rep
resentatives.
Sir: The minority of your committee
to which was referred the item in the
| Appropriation bill. Pay of Maui police,
| $40 co., beeys leave 10 report.
| 1t is not well to attempt to segregate
the pay of each constable as proposed by
the report of the majority. The sheriff
should have such control over his con-
STABLES as TO be able to shift them from
| place TO place and with the consent of
the High Sheriff TO apportion their pay
( in accordance with their duties. The
sheriff knows. better than any member
of the Legislature what each constable
should receive, and it is ridiculous for
| this House TO attempt to prescribe the
rates of pay in the manner proposed. If
a man has heavy duties or great respon-
sibility, his pay should be larger than
! one whose duties are nominal, as is the
case with many constables. In the plan
proposed by the majority the constable
| who keeps a dry goods box worn smooth
at a Chinese store in a country region,
with nothing whatever to do, is to re-
ceive the same pay as those who are
kept busy night and day by their duties
lin populous centers.
| 1 recommend that the item pass as in
the bill. c. H. DICKEY,
Member House Committee.
were opposed to the mounted police of
Honolulu. Aylett championed these mem
I bers of the force. He said that they
should be paid at least $50 a month.
These officers not only had to furnish
| theirsown horses, but saddle. bride and
feed as well. If the mounted patrolmen
were discontinued, there would be no
means of protecting the outskirts of the
city. The High Sheriff had told Aylett
that the growth the city is experience
ing at the present time demands the
presence of every one of these officers
now on duty.
I Prendergast spoke for the other side.
| He declared the mounted patrolmen do
not do efficient work. He cited an in
stance of a woman in Palama who had
her throat cut. A man searched an
| hour and a half for a mounted police
man, but he did not appear. The friends
of the woman were forced to go down to
the central station in order to get assist
ance Prendergast advocated doing
away with mounted police, and in their
stead substituting a system of alarm
boxes. Then help could always be Sc
cured. AS 1t is now, as soon as the
mounted policeman has passed along his
beat riots and fights are plentiful.
Puuki spoke in favor of the mounted
patrol system. He said that at Waikiki
last week, had it not been for the
mounted police, some soldiers would
have caused riot.
/ Mossman said the mounted police were
overpaid for their services. One night,
while he and a Senator were passing
through Kewalo district, they saw two
horses belonging to two officers, tied to
a veranda, on which the policemen were
/ fast asleep. At the same time whistles
were being blown for officers in the Por-
/ tuguese district, yet the men were not
aroused. Mounted patrolmen go into cof-
/ fee saloons and take lunches while on
duty If patrolmen did this, they would
ago, while paying a visit to a friend,
! Mossman said he saw a patrolman on a
porch, flirting with a young lady, while
his horse was tied some distance away.
1T is only right said he, that mount
ed police should furnish their horses.
There is too much fuss and feathers
Eabout this division of the police force.
Bicycle patrolmen can look after hack
lights as well as men on horses. The
ODcerS on animals rue luiOdSh lilO
streets without regard to life and limb
of foot-passengers.
Robertson said that it would be a Sc
rious setback to the peace of the city if
the mounted patrol were dispensed with
1t was a matter of common knowledge
that the mounted patrol had done excel
lent service to the public. Anyone who
can run faster than a fat Kanaka car
get away from a foot policeman" A man
on horseback is worth half dozen men
on foot when it comes to quick, rapid
work.
Dickey suggested a combination of the
call-box s. stem and the mounted police
He advocated a lessening, not doing
away with, the number of these officers
n motion to fix the salaries Of the
mounted police at $50 month was lost
: The motion to adopt the report = the
committee was adopted
Wilcox offered an amendment to thu
report. He wished to have an increas'
! made in the salaries of the two jailor'
, on Kauai, with their salaries fixed a
. $50 and s35 per month. The motion wa