The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-05-28
DREARY DAY
IN SENA t
WrangIe Over the
Appropriation
Items.

saturdays session OF the Senate was
one Of the busiest held during the extra
session The Independent member
who. heretofore had shown unwilling
ness to refer any items In dispute
committee. tumbled into the commit
tee band wagon" and referred nearly
all the items considered 10 the different
committees They did not stop at mer,
single items, but referred the items OF
whole departments in lump ana
without any wrangling.
ON account OF the absence Of the
chaplain Senator Kalauokalani offered
the prayer, following which the APP
preparation bill was attacked.
The salaries Of normal inspectors at
5000 each. were the first items ccnsid-
cred Progress on the bill was stayed
for an hour while the members lndulg-
ed in their usual outpour Of hot air.
Senator Russell, who was on the com
Tnittce that recommended the item
sssss, said that each of the inspectors
aad to pay as much as $50 per m )nth
Tor travelling expenses, and therefore nc
did not think their pay should be re-
duced
Senator ]. T. Brown, he of the gener-
Gus proportions, did not want any in
Spectors at all
What are they good for? Nothing,
was his argument. If any inspectors
were needed at all, he said one could
do the work. During the past year he
mad only seen the Hawaiian normal M
sd. ctor once, and therefore thought the
salary paid him was too large for the
amount of work he was doing.
Senator Paris said he had seen the
gentleman referred to, twice. TWO
trips during the year would occupy two
months What is he doing the other
ten months?" asked j. T. Brown In
my opinion" he concluded, paying
ahese men the large salaries they re-
c-eive Is linke making them present
Of 20 much for they don't Rave am
thing to do"
Il have been in Hilo three years re-
rorted Senator Russell" and during that
time have not even sighted HIM ls
saat any reason why he and the worthy
senator a. Brown were idle? No. In
my mind such talk az Is INDUCED in by
Mr. ]. Brown Is childish"
Senator Carter then introduced IN
amendment to the effect of striking out
che normal inspector for Hawaii, and
arranging for three other inspectors
one for Kauai and Oahu. outside OF
Honolulu. at $4,000; one for Maui. Mol
oRal and Lanai, at the same amount
and one for Honolulu at $1,000 The
amendment received no second.
After great deal more of repetition
al talk by few Of the members. the
stem pas sed as in the hill.
The item OF pay roll, support o.
schools. $500. 900. which was recommend
I'd by the committee having II IN
charge, that 1t pass as in the bill, was
passed without any objection.
The item OF salaries of school agents
IA. 500, psssed az in the bill.
TIN. aiary of superintendent OF me
boys school. was reduced from $500 to
81. 400. on the recommendation OF the
committee having 1t in charge.
Senator Carter wanted TO introduce
an item of salary of physicians for Re
Torm School, $500, but II was decided to
consider such items under :he head 81
Public Health Department.
1t was at this juncture that the STAN
r,ele occurred, which reslltc | in nearly
aN a. the balancc ot tho items in inc
Dill icing referred 10 the committee.
Al the items und r tho head of agH-
Cu'lur, and foresty reports were re-
ferred to the Public Lands Committee
All items under the Survey Department
went to the same committee,
The items alluded to are as follows
COMMISSION OF AGRICULTURE AND