The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-07-09
MONEY FOR
TERRITORY
Coming Report on
Appropriation
Bill.

with the progress uoW being made
IN the Conference Committee there rs
reason o. believe that when the LcEis-
lature rtassemhles tomorrow there will
be ready for the two Houses the report
upon the Appropriation bill. During the
four hours Of labor yesterday there was
rapid progress made, Much more than
half Of the salaries division of the bill
was ruI' over auI agreements reach
ed upon tao ilews discussed. This was
largely due to the business methods in
PRODUCED and followed 10y senator Bald
win, who was chosen chairman of the
committee 1t was not, however, ac-
ton without deliberatiOn, for when
there came any radical difference in the
figures OF the two Houses explanation
was asked by the members of the com
mittee and rational consideration was
always sufficient to smooth away the
differences.
The result Of the days work was the
adoption Of more of the Senate's figures
than of those Of the House, and on the
whole this means largely an approach
to the amended figures of the Governor.
In some instances there was a mate
rial difference between the two Houses
This was the case in the matter of the
hack inspector. but that was such a
small matter that it did not involve a
great amount OF debate The same was
true of the guards of public buildings
emo the clerks in the office of the bu-
rcau of conveyances.
When the committee met at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning there was full at
tendance of the committeeman. Sena-
tor II. =. Baldwin was at once chosen
chairman and the assistant clerk of the
Senate, w. II. Coney. was made clerk
and the interpreter of the House. John
II. Wise, interpreter. There was lit
tie of preliminary work done and the
reading of the items of the appropria-
tions was on. Makekau had a few
words to say early in the day, however,
for he thought 1t would simplify mat
tiers If in the adjustment of salaries the
items from both the House and Senate
bills should be read and the highest sal
airy mentioned for the office should be
the one adopted. This did not meet with
favor, however. and there was no gem
erai plan of procedure agreed upon,
but instead the items were to be treat
ed separately.
The permanent settlements were first
passed, the amount being $4,000, of
which s15 900 goes to former Queen Lii
uokalani, and the remainder in sums
of $500 each to five others.
The figures Of the Senate were fol-
lowed in the office of the Secretary of
the Territory. as they We're in the mat
ter of the clerks to the courts of the
First Circuit. though the House confer
ees succeeded in preventing the de
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magistrates Of this district, as con-
templated in the Senate bill. Through
out the list of district judges the higher
figures were used in every case.
Under the police provisions there
was general sentiment in favor of
better salaries. and the figures which
showed advances were adopted with
the exceptions only of the sheriff and
deputy sheriff of Hawaii, and the depu
ty sheriffs of South Kohala and Hama.
The schedule of the Senate as to the
pay of the police of Honolulu was
adnpted with the exceptions of the
hack inspector and his assistant, the
former getting $500, which came Off the /
latter.
The Treasury was cut in the salaries
of the clerks. though the head OF the !
department gets an added thousand. !
The same rule held in the Bureau of |
Conveyances. In the Public Works De- |
partment there was a general lifting of .
salaries from the Superintendent down |
to the watchmen, though the pound |
master had to suffer to the extent OF
800 year The pay roll of the Fire .
Department. was passed at s72 900, but .
everything under the head was dropped |
10 come under the current expense APP
The Superintendent of Public In
gets the back pay coming TO
him, but must act as an inspector for
the city schools, while in all other items
the school system fares well. The pilots
will have to get along on 5000 a month.
This means when the committee had
adjourned AT o'clock Yesterday after
room that two-thirls Of the bin had
nov considered though the Board OF
Health Is yet 10 come, which may make
som" delay. The adjournment was had
until o o'clock this morning. when'the
work Hi'l be rushed so as 10 permit ~
the getting ready Of the bin for the
meeting ~ the Houses on Wedncsday
The acting Governor yesterday notI-
7sd fho Treasurer that the BIN provld-
ug f,r lhe expenses NJ the extra sos-
sion, the BIN carrying $4,000 had been
-leurd by him.