The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-06-21


20 raise thls umcct's salary At this time
would be- breaking trust with The people
iNanihd thrn told a modern fable. In ia.
waIian slang ~ the man who shot at q
heap ~ rubbish with o. shotgun just
what its application might be, the haoic
element could not tell although the aucc.
dote appealed quite strongly 10 the risi.
I biilti,s of the ilawalihna. lie had no
sooner finished this story than he told
another. about some boys playing mar.
| hles aud shooting 40 n hole that was
| equally lucid Whatever IL was, II eas
I too much for Johnnie Wise
/ Ayiott replied that the Governors cs-
I Innate was about right, all things con-
sidcrcd. 4 motion by Ewaliko was made,
making the salary OF the Attorney GEN
cral and the heads of the other depart
mcnts $500. To retain these officers at
I 5000 would be equivalent to passing the
bill at the Government figures
Emmeluth made county government
speech. lie advocated voting the sala-
rles Just as they stood In the bill. EN-
meluth said that II the other members
OF the Legislature had worked rs hard
as he had. county government would now
be a tangible reality instead OF an indef-
mite abstraction.
This speech was followed by Haaheo,
who said the Appropriation bill reminded
him of a little child who, when asked II
it had had breakfast said, Yes" When
a sked II II had dinner and supper It
would make the same response. So it is
with the House and the Appropriation
bill. They are saying the same old
things over and over to the same old
questions.
The public Treasury. said Makainai
will be in just bad condition when
the Home Rulers are through with things
as 1t would have been had the Govern
or's estimate been accepted in the first
place. The Independents mstook
changes for reforms.
Mossman favored putting the salary at
$1,000. The United States Attorney was
being paid $1,000, yet Mr.. Dole did much
more WDrk than the occupant of that
Office.
A vote was taken and the salary of the
Attorney General was raised from 5000
to $500. The salary of the Treasurer
was passed at $1,000.
Dickey proposed that the Appropriation
bill pass its third reading, but the OBJ
structionists were not yet ready. Hihio
moved that the salary of the Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction be made /
$1,000. Dickey was in favor of this, as
the House had increased the work of
that department considerably during the
past few days by making the Superin-
tendent inspector of the schools of Ho- /
nolulu. Makekau was also in favor of
making the increase from $1,000 to $500
A question was put to the House by |
He wanted to know how .
many of the members of the House knew
anything about the duties of the Super
intendent of Public Instruction. Make
kau rose to a point of order. He said
Emmeluth had no right to question the
House unless he presented the same in
writing. Emmeluth was granted the
privilege of speaking. The Superintend-
emit had done nothing more than sign
Emmeluth said that he had
come into the House a fat man and he
had done nothing but jaw. But even
with that one form of exercise he had
)een able to reduce his weight The
speaker continued making criticisms
ent. The haole Home Ruler said, in con-
,lusion, that this is no simian senti- {
nent, Mr.. Speaker" /,
Upon a vote being taken, the salary of
he Superintendent was made 1920.
The Commissioner of Public Lands
was readily given salary of 1920, when
he item was proposed.
At this period of the afternoon bust
ness a hitch occurred. Akina showed
lis IO1n tteeu-llhe huO"ltuSe ol
nentary law by untangling affairs in
manner that was truly creditable.
Emmeluth, who by this time had grown
quite weary of the making and unmak-
ng of salaries, said that the House (
Gould vote as it wished: he was going
lome He pretended to be as good as
his word, for, like the gentleman in the {
'agtime song, he took his clothes and
vent. He did not go far however, for
when the ayes and noes were called for
IN the Appropriation bill, he came back
nto the House and registered a loud and
'igorous AYE"
The votes by ayes and noes stood:
Ayes-Ahulm, Akina, Aylett, Beckley,
Ewaliko, Gillian, Kaauwai,
Kaniho, Keiki, Kekaula,
< eliikoa, Kumalae. Mahoe, Makainai. ,
Mossman, Nailima, Paele, Pu- :
Xxi. {
Noes-Dckey, Haaheo, Hihio, HAWAI- !
Ioa, Prendergast. !
Absent-Hoogs, Monsarrat, Robertson, :
Wilcox. !
The House adjourned after this, until G
0 o'clock this morning.