The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-18

90 per cent. He renewed his argument
of the day before that it would either
require cut OF SO per cent to come
within the income of the government
for the next two years as figured by
the Treasurer, or else it would be nee
essary to pass the bill as the Governor
had figured the appropriations, and let
him get out OF the dilemma as best he
could. He declared that the Governor
had only given the Legislature three
yards of cloth, while at the same time
he had ordered suit of clothes for a
man whom it took six yards to cover.
He said there was barely enough cloth
to make a pair of trousers and part of
the coat, but had ordered a full suit.
The Governor had plenty of cloth and
could have given enough to the Legis-
lature had he wished to, by extending
the session, but he had not CHOSEN to
do so, and the thing to do now was
to pass the bill as the Governor had
sent it down, and leave the rest to
him.
The speaker left the chair and sec
onded the motion, not because he was
in favor of any such cut, he said, but
because the Governor had not given the
Legislature enough cloth IN the shape
of a special session to consider the
loan bill He said he mad worked for
two days to get the House to pass the
bill at the Governors figures. but
since they evidently did not propose
to do that, the only other thing to do
was to pass the bill at a so per cent
cut. He did not think that the Cover
nor would sign such a BILL but it was
no use talking about 10 per cent cuts,
or Is per cent cuts, when there was
only 900 in singht, and $6,000.000
called for in the Governors estimates.
Prendergast interrupted the debate
long enough to announce that he had
presented the session appropriation bill
to the Governor at noon.
Hogs (Rep.) moved to adjourn until
next Monday. kumulae (Rep.) second
ed the motion, but Makekau Qnd)
wanted to talk, and spoke against the
proposed reduction in the salaries of
heads of departments, since the pres
ent incumbents had been put there by
the Independent majority in the Legis-
lature. He hoped that the Home Rule
members would not listen TO any such
plan.
This brought Emmeluth Qnd) to his
feet with about the best raking over
that any member has poured out
against another yet. He declared. IF
l had been as lukewarm In Home Rule
as the last speaker, | never would say
anything about Home Rule. If I had
been in the Senate, 1 never would have
voted to confirm any of the appoint
ments that were confirmed. The three
men that We're confirmed were the
three hardest workers against the
Home Rule party in Honolulu 1 am
talking from the standpoint of a par
ty man, and I deny the privilege of
any man to say that WE helped them
into office. | did not | never would. -
Makekau took the matter to heart,
and wanted to know what ne had done
that he should be accused of turning
over to the Republicans. Emmeluth
replied that the stenographer'S notes
would show his record, and that was
sufficient. Emmeluth then stated that
he was not in favor of working on
party lines on the appropriation bill.
but for the general good of the Islands.
in order to get the most use out of the
available revenue. He believed in cut
ting salaries, but only in accordance
with the value of the office, irrespective
of the occupant. He did not want TO
see the school system cut any so per
cent, as Mr. Makainai proposed, and
there We're other departments that
should be increased, or at the worst,
left al the figures the Governor had
asked. The finances of a country are
ticklish matters to deal with, he de-
clared, and 1t would require hard, ear
nest thought in order to secure the
best results at the, available income.
The House then adjourned.