The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-05-21

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SALARY had been pu' OF the Cuumitie.
nHuru. " 200 per year. white the uut
ffHnf only recommended o. zoo Tor Va,
tWu years and that ~ the figure uthei
Judges ~ the same class receive.
MI Emmciuth Gndl called attention
60 this. ana suggested an amendment
30 restore Judge DiCkeya salary 10 The
Governors figure. To this Mr Dickey
tRepJ sarcnstically replied that he WAS
I'm favor ~ " us the father " judge
biCk"N but ag member ~ the House
he was not. Tor II WAS not NJ all nee
essary To- bo consistent. that n the
House were 30 be consistent they
would take the Governors figures ~
they stood. and ont change them. but
the House had no intention " being
consistent The item passed a. II
stood
Mr. Makekau GndJ then moved 70
strike out the new clause IN regard 10
the stenoRraphers Of the First Circuit.
and restore the Item to the form In
which II had come down from the Gov
ernur; that Is. two stenographers at
5000 per month each. He claimed that
II required experts for this work, and
they could not he gotten at a lower
figure. Kaniho Gnd) thought the sal
airy sufficient at 81 900. Kumulae CRepD
said that these stenographers were
busy every day OF the year. and should
be paid accordingly. Aylett RepD
thought that inasmuch as the salary
Of the Supreme Court stenographer
had been cut to $3.50 per month. that
the same amount was enough for the
Circuit Court men.
Prendergast Und). who has been abb
sent most of the time the last few days
attending a case in court then made a
long speech declaring that he thought
the country could well get along with
out any stenographers in the courts.
He said that in the good old DAYS the
clerks used to sit up nights writing up
the testimony into books, and anu
could get 1t by looking at the books,
but that nowadays these notes were
taken in shorthand, and nobody could
get a transcript unless they paid for II.
Hogs (Rep) desired permission to
ask question, which was granted. He
then wanted to know why not get
along without any waterworks pump
ing plant, since in the old days we did
not use to have any such an institu
ton. To this Prendergast replied that
In the olden days, under the monarchy, |
we used to have plenty OF ram, and
Il waterworks was not necessary buJ
since the monarchy had been over
dry weather had prevailed. |
and the pumps had to be started. He !
said that since the organization of the |
Territory and the restoration of the |
Hawaiian people to their suffrage |
and he had no doubt that this was due |
solely to the election of a Home Rule |
Independent majority in the Legisla- !
ture. Hoogs said he was properly |
squelched, and Prendergast proceeded |
10 say that he had just paid $50 good
money for the transcript of the record |
If a case of his in the court, and the |
had told him that the fee
should have been $75, but that he had .
the number of pages, and
nasmuch al he had made the rate of
$50, he would stick to it. He declared .
that these high prices for transcripts
the poor people from having
their cases appealed, FOR they had to
dig, or the stenographer would not
work. He declared that some stenog-
'aphers make as high as $500 a month,
and he thought that was altogether too
much.
Monsarrat Rep) interrupted to ask
II Mr.. Prendergast meant to say that
al the records of the courts were writ
EN- in shorthand, and that no one could .
have access to them unless they paid
he stenographers. Mr.. Prendergast re-
Piled in the affirmative, and Mr.. Mon
sarrat moved to strike the Item out
but first desired to know
where this money went that was paid
'or court stenographers. Mr.. Prender-
CAST replied that it did not go to the
Territory, but into the pockets Of the
MOnSaTTat tnen NOV
ID that the matter OF stenographers be
'eferred to a special committee. Dickey
Rep) seconded the motion, IL 1t were
o also include the stenographers in all
he departments of the government
This was adopted, the speaker appoint
ng Monsarrat (Rep) and Prendergast
.Ind). and Mossman Und), as such
committee.
Dickey (Rep) then moved to reduce
he salaries of the heads of depart
nents to the figure recommended by ,
he Governor for the Commissioner OF
Public Lands, $500 a year, but this
brought Makainai Und.) TO his feet
With motion to cut all salaries in or
Ter to make the garment fit the man."
0 per cent. He renewed mis- argument
# the day before that 1t would either
equire cut of 80 per cent to come
within the income of the government
or the next two years as figured by
he Treasurer, or else 1t would be nee
ssary to pass the bill as the Governor I
ad figured the appropriations, and let |
i'm get out of the dilemma as best he
ould. He declared that the Governor
ad only given the Legislature three
ards of cloth, while at the same time
e had ordered suit of clothes for a
IAN whom IL took six yards to cover. ,
lie said there was barely enough cloth
} make a pair of trousers and part of ,
he coat, but had ordered "A fun suit.
he Governor had plenty of cloth and
ould have given enough to the Legis-
lture had he wished to, by extending
he session. but he had not CHOSEN TO
o so, and the thing to do now was
, pass the bill as the Governor had s
emit IL down, and leave the rest to I
i'm. /
The speaker left the chair and sec
nded the motion, not because he was I
l favor OF any such cut, he said, but /
ecause the Governor had not given the
legislature enough cloth IN the shape
special session TO consider the ,
,an bill. He said he mad worked for :
~o days to get the House to pass the
i'll at the Governors figures. bur L
ince they evidently did not propose
D do that, the only other thing to do q
'as to pass the bill at so per cent b
ut He did not think that the Cover e
or would sign such bill, but 1t was $
o use talking about 10 per cent cuts, b
r 10 per cent cuts, when there was
My sS,OO0.O00 in singht. and $4,000, 900 z
allied for in the. Governors estimates. 1
Prendergast interrupted the debate l
'ng enough to announce that he had o
tho SaSGfnn ,in. rim | :.