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

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uio Hawaii May is iaeI
Iion John Emmuiuth. Honolulu oahu
Ms bear sir ] aee ht the Star ihat
thsy ore trup io cut tho sslarlf ana
hats, included my clerk lt o. nonsense,
Ha tuu know. tu expect f0 run thc hu. .i.
nps- 0f court as important aF tie
Fourth circuit ,s growing to ho. With a
clerk 100 lees than n Siol % month Soy.
puft.tt, dollars % month is ro pay Ht
aII lf yuu want to cut down salaries.
why DON'T SOU rut the Attorney General
aud tnp High ShcrIn s. who is not worth
The paper that his commission o. written
ON FOR practical utility Boz "a country Ike
this. and cut the various department o..
fees but don cut the shern OF Hawaii
who has % territory of 900 square miles,
more than twice as much as tho rest
Of the darn Territory outside " Hawaii
We have tried in Hilo alone. and passed
about 2t0 cases. motions. orders, etc. and
We will have nearly 100 cases for the
July tenn, and the sheriff Is az busy as
a mailer all he time and the clerk and
the deputy clerk here are ~ busy as
they can hc, more lawyers moving in,
consequently more business is being
transacted. and ] think you ought 20 ale
low my clerk $3.50 q month and my dcpu-
ty clerk at least $lOO a month and my
stenographer 500 a month. You can't get
a good stynographer for much less than
that, and If you do get "A competent one
for "A little wh-e at that price, as soon
as they get acquainted why. somebody
offers them a better salary and they i'm
mediately leave, and IL keeps our court
in continuous uproar There Is no
statute that authorizes "A Judge to make
them stay and by cutting salaries you
not only do injustice 10 those who are
at work but make all the employees of the
department restive and anxious to get
away, and | submit TO you as a citizen,
as well AS a Senator. that If you wish to
have a case tried for yourself, you would
want tn. best officers, the best lawyers
and the best OF everything to try IT, You
cannot gauge the business in Hilo by
Kauai and Maui. | do more business in
my court in one year than the Third
and Second Circuits combined. / wish to
Impress upon you the Importance of deal |
Ing with us in this matter in a business
like way This Is not a question of poll |
tics. 1t is question of plain business,
and don think the salaries oil the sub |
ordinate officers OF the court ought to be |
,ut. II may be possible that some Of |
hose Honolulu fellows could stand a cut |
because they all get such tremendous
but the idea of making the clerk
If the Circuit Court which has a terri
.ory as big as all the rest combined |
work for $15 a month. when Henry Smith.
} the smallest circuit of the group, gets
i,OD year, and he does one-half the
work physically that Dan Porter does in
.1ilo in handling the business OF the re-
'pectve Offices.
Now ] am anxious that the Sheriff Of
Hawaii an. all my other court officers
)e given good salaries. In cutting, u
lnly refer 10 the High Sheriff and At
ornoy General, because both of them
get too much pay. In offices like that
he cut should be made, but not in sub
ordinate Offices which are usually filed
~ poor men financially. The Attorney !
ieneral, as we all know, is not worth
lie salary; would be mighty dear al 500 !
/ month; and the High Sheriff's office
ought to be abolished. 1t is un-American ,
ma un-Repubican, but If cuts are to be !
made, these are the class and character !
IF offices which should receive them.
wish you would present my compli- |
nents to all my friends and explain to |
mem the sentiments which / have pre-
iented herein. / have not the time TO
'isit Honolulu and discuss this interest
II ours with you in person, but / am
pleading in the cause of justice and right
ma not in the interest of politics or OF
'arty II / had 1000 votes ON the floor
u tho House and Senate chamber, l
would vote them in favor of cutting the
leads of departments and not the subor-
Innate offices.
With kindest regards
GILBERT f. LITTLE
The letter caused considerable mer-
'iment, but was not spread upon the
minutes of the Legislature
THE FURTHER PROCEEDINGS.
Ewaliko moved that the district
udSe of IiilO have an increase in sal
Try few days ago ii was made
Y, SUO. EwalIko wished 10 make II
q, 600 The motion was lost.
Mossman moved that the salary OF
ne physician at Waialua be raised
rom Ss6o to N,2OO. The motion was
arried
Ii was moved by Kaumakaole that
he district magistrate OF Kipahulu be
,iYen larger stipend. He was, SAID
he Representative, the smallest paid
'iiicer in the Territory. The motion
vas carried
keliikoa moved that the salary OF
he judge of the Third Circuit Court
'e reduced from $500 to 5000 He
worked but two weeks out Of each
ear, and the first mentioned figures
we're entirely too much Emmelutn
aid the brother member who suggest
d reduction should be given medal
or the same, The motion was lost. a
Beekley moved that the position OF
isrlct magistrate be raised from the
tth tu the sixth class, The motion
ias carried The salary was h4ed az
/ 200
Mossman took his turn IN grinding 4
political axe, lie moved that the
alary of the Hawaiian Interpreter be },
aised from $1,000 TO s. POO lie said
hat II was just as Well TO let the Ha-
Nalians have all that was coming 10
hem, as the haoles We're drawing the
olor line and putting out natives who
we're IN uillCe Evidently thr Wilcox