The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-27
SALARY BILL IS REJECTED
SENATE SLABS HOUSE SQUARE IN
THE FACE.
Favorite Measure OF Lower House,
Which Turns Out to be a Freak
Affair, Tabled and Trouble is Ahead.

just before noon today the Senate
tabled the salary bill sent to it by the
House of Representatives yesterday.
This was done by both Home Rulers
and Republicans the idea seeming to
meet with unanimous favor. What the
consequences will be will depend upon
the good sense and humor of the House
when the Senate's appropriation bill
goes down to it, 1t was freely stated
among House members this noon that
they would also table the Senate bill
and would then adjourn. Wise counsel
will in all probability prevail, however,
before the matter is taken under con-
sideration by the lower body. AT pres
ent feeling between the two houses is
greatly strained over the matter.
The House of Representatives divid-
ed the appropriation bill into two bills
one of which they called the salaries
bill" the items for public improvements
etc, being assigned TO the second bill.
! The Senate killed the Governors esti-
] mates for improvements and left only
I items for actual expenses and salaries
! in their bill. The two houses have been
considering their TesnecUve bills stimuli
! taneously. AS it turned out the House
! finished first and sent its measure to
| the Senate, which was received yester-
| day and read this morning. The Sen
ate is still on the third reading Of its
own bill.
Objections, to the House bill, as ex-
| pressed privately by Senators, We're
numerous. There was no argument on
| the matter. AS soon as the reading of
| it was finished Senator John T. Brown
] moved to table and that was done with
out a single contrary vote. The lead
! ing objection to the bill was the sal
| aries allowed to department officers.
| Several of the head officers were given
less than is actually paid to some clerks
Lee h., lNY1,.s Mi ;e. he q /,
the commissioner of agriculture, who is
offered $4,000 while the assistant to the
superintendent of pubic works is al
lowed s5.4O0. The high sheriff and sur
veyoT- general are given $1,000 each and
the chief clerk of the judiciary depart
ment is allowed the same amount.
This condition obtains all through the
| bill. Another feature of the measure is
that throughout the Islands every ma
! tive Office holder has been literally pro-
vided for and the haoles have been cut
down Had this happened in only a few
| instances it would probably not be no.
ticeable, but it begins with the heads
| Of departments and follows all the way
down to and including the district ma
gistrates in rural communities. Even
in the matter of pensions the natives
are provided for and the single haole is
| cut out. There are about a half dozen
of these pensions
A third feature of the dead bill is
that Lahaina and Waimea got the best
of everything going. All salaries for
those places We're raised. Even Sen
ator White could not stand some of the
favors shown Lahaina.
The senate is this afternoon continu-
ing the reading of it's own bill 1t will
| probably be finished today and may
reach the House tomorrow. There it
will have to be read three times and
there will still have to be a conference
on items upon which there may be a
disagreement. Should the natives carry