The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-05-14
HOUSE HAD NO SESSION BUT
THE SENATE WAS LIVELY

ruin that valuable piece Of furniture
what would hay, happened said
"Uuy" making an upper cut at space,
90 oahu had been made a county, They
would have been the whole thing" was
bis cry. and the poor outlying districts
would have TO scratch and dig Ia order
To get any faNors shown them" Sena-
tor white concluded that the outer dis
tricts were the backbone and malnstay
Of the Government. The rules, he said,
gave the President no alternative but TO
appoint the committees.
Senator Baldwin seemed to try 10 win
the favor Of the Independents. He IA
vorcd the appointment OF committees.
! He also favored any action that might
bc taken IN the bin and would "kokua"
| the plan of the Home Rulers 10 throw
I out unnecessary officials and cut down
/ all other expenses as far as practicable.
He commended the salaries of the head
officials should not be as much under the
present Government as they were under
the republic Senator Baldwin gave "A
personal experience that happened during
the monarchy when he was a member of
the Ways and Means Committee They
cut and sliced the Appropriation bill,
cutting down salaries here and dspcns-
ing with what was thought to be use
less officers. The result was that per-
sons holding Government positions hunt
| ed up their friends in the Legislature and
| petitioned them not to reduce their sala-
ries. but go after the other fellow. The
! result was a general reinstatement of all
the old salaries. with the exception of
! those not so fortunate as to have n
! pull" Finally, in Justice to all parties
! concerned, all old positions and salaries
! were reinstated.
The whole business resulted in larger
pay roll than ever Notwithstanding eff
forts made to reduce expenditures. Bald.
win urged the members to stand togeth-
er and work in harmony with the House
in any action taken on this bill
Senator Kalauokalani seems to have
developed n bump of aggrcssiveness"
lately. He was continually jumping up
like jack in the box, interrupting diff
ferent speakers, seeming to prefer Car
ter for his exhibition Of contrarIness.
The President finally put an end to the
senseless disputes and speeches on the
question by announcing the different
committees as follows:
l. Committee on Ways and Means
Senators ID. Kanuha, G.. II. Carter and
II. =. Baldwin.
2. Committee on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. c.
Brown, VIM. White and c. l.. Crabbe.
3. Committee on Public Expenditures
Senators c.. r. Carter, IL. =. Baldwin
and ID. Kaauokalani.
4. Public Lands Committee Senators ].
ID. Paris, j. T. Brown and l.. Nakapaa-
hu.
5. Committee on Agriculture and For
estry-Senators II. =. Baldwin, J. ID.
Paris and l.. Nakapaahu.
6. Committee on Public Health and Ed
ucation-SenatOrs n. Russell, w. c.. Achi
and j. b. Kaohi.
Z, Committee on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. d.
Kalauokalani, w. C. Achi and l. II. Ka-
hilna.
S. Committee on Accounts-Senators c.
, l.. Crabbe. ID. Kalauokalani and j. t.
Brown.
g. Committee on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. C.
r. Carter, l. II. Kahilina and d. Kanu-
ma.
10. Committee on Rules-Senators C.
Brown. VIM. White and N. Russell.
Senator Baldwin moved the committees
be printed on a suitable card In the Eng
lish and Hawaiian languages Carried.
Senator Carter announced, under rule
IS, he would present resolution Mon
day to give committees one day In
which to consider a question, as he did
not want to experience any more such
tedious delays as marked the committee
work during the regular session.
Senator Carter moved to adjourn
which was seconded by Kalauokalani.
but before the President could put the
motion, Achi moved to take up the APP
preparation bill and consider It, item by
item, Carter seconded the motion.
The first thing considered was the sec
ton referring to pensions, all OF which
were stricken out, after some horse play
had been INDUCED in. The persons los
ing their annual pensions are Mrs EN-
ma Barnard. $780, Mrs. X. Simeona, 800:
Mrs. kaulua, 800; Mrs. StolZ. $120; Mrs. |
Paahoa. 500; Sergeant II. h. Peterson, |
$500.
Achi made strong plea against the |
out of Mrs. Simeona's pension,
and favored reducing 1t to $500 instead,
but II was of no avail.
The salary of the chief clerk to the
Territorial Secretary was reduced from
s. GOO to $1,000.
The next Item to be considered was the
clerk, at a salary OF $500. This
section passed after little sparring had
been INDUCED in. The recording clerks
salary. at 5000, started the racket of
The day.
Senator Carter moved that the item
le referred to the judiciary Committee
n order that there might be an inyesti-
cation as to what the duties of the re-
'ording clerk are. This brought Kalau-
'kalani to his feet, who began to throw
nut hot air" at great rate. He did
not see why it should be referred to the
judiciary Committee
|
peace in the family, he moved to refer
i TO the Ways and Means Committee.
This started kanuha, who began talk
ing very rapidly, and from what could
be learned he intimated that all the re-
'ording clerks had to 90 was 10 ride
around in carriages and have good
lime.
Paris asked for verihcation OF his
statement. Kanuha replied that "he
inew they did not have anything TO do"
md that ought TO be sufficient grounds
'or striking out the item. /,
Whether Senator Kanuha knows It or
not, the recording clerks employed in the
Secretary's office are young ladies' who f.;
Earn every cent they make, and have
won very favorable comment by the ;
courtesy they extend TO all who have
''' business TO transact In the Secre-
ar. ONCE.
tor Kanuha evidently did not know
N' ne was talking about when he nc I
'lS,n hese highly respected young la
Hes 60. driving around in carriages and
having a GOOD time"