The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-13

the chief assistant to the surveyor
was reduced from s., 400 to $4,000.
Emmeluth moved that the entire
matter be referred to a special com
mittee. to see what the actual income
of the surveyor and his assistants
might be Emmeluth said he was not
in favor of paying salaries to men who
were drawing a salary and getting
paid for special work. besides. The
motion was lost. Only Enmeluth and
Prendergast, the mover and the sec
onder of the motion. voting in favor OF
it. Upon a second vote being called
for the salary was reduced, to $4,000.
The salary of the first assistant was
made 81. POO, instead of $4,000 The sec
ond assistant was made $500, instead
of 81 200 The salary of the third as
sistant was done away with The me-
teorologist was voted $4,000
Dickey moved that the Queens pen
sion be reduced from $4,000 to 10000.
He give as his reason that as re-
trenchments were being made all along
the line a reduction should be made
in her income. He feared that Gov
ernor Dole might not be willing to pass
il at the figures. No one seconded the
motion Monsarrat said that il the eX-
Queen did not get $4,000, she would
not get - cents This was matter
in which il would be impossible to fall
back on the threadbare expression,
What Will Washington say?' The
motion was lost
on the motion of Makekau, the sal
ary of the inspector of plumbing was
reinstated with the figures at 80, 500.
Ewaliko moved that a sanitary Inspec-
tor with a salary of $500 be inserted
in the appropriation bill for the city
of Hilo. This was passed.
moved that a he items nm
der judiciary be passed as they APP
peared in the bill
F,waIiko moved that the district
magistrate of Hilo be given salary
of $500. as recommended by the Gov
ernor.
A letter from Judge Gilbert F. Little
of Hilo, was read by Emmeluth at this
portion of the afternoons proceedings
Enmeluth did not want the letter read
but Monsarrat insisted, and so the
contents of the epistle We're made
known to the legislators. 1t ran as
! follows:
HiIo, Hawaii, May 16, 1901.
/ Hon John Emmeluth, Honolulu, Oahu
! NV Dear Sir: 1 see by the Star that
they are trying TO cut the salaries, anC
have included my clerk. 1t is nonsense
/ as you know, to expect to run the bust
/ ness of court important as tbs
Fourth Circuit is growing TO be, with &
clerk al less than a 800 a month. Sew
entv-five dollars month is no pay a
/ all If you want to cut down salaries
why don't YOU cut the Attorney Genera
and the High Sherif's, who is not worth
the paper that his commission is writer
on for practical utility in a country hk'
this and cut the various department of
fees: but don't cut the Sheriff Of Hawaii
who has a territory of 200 square miles
more than twice as much as the res
of the darn Territory outside of Hawaii
We have tried in Hilo alone and passes
upon since I took the bench last July
about go cases, motions, orders, etc. an
we will have nearly 100 cases for tn
July term. and the Sheriff is as busy a
a mailer all he time, and the clerk ant
the deputy clerk here are as busy a
they can be; more lawyers moving in
consequently more business is beins
transacted. and 1 think you ought to al
low my clerk $50 a month and my depu
ty clerk at least 800 a month and m,
stenographer 800 a month You can't &c
a good stenographer for much less thai
that. and If you do get a competent on
for a little while at that price, as 500
as they get acquainted. why, somebod
offers them a better salary and they i'm
rnediately leave, and it keeps our cour