The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-06
SENATE lid HOUSE
COMING TOGETHER
Conference Committee
Upon the Current
Expense Bill.
SESSION EXPENSES COMPROMISE
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO THE
SALARIES BILL RECEIVED
WITH DISSENT.
It Restores Salaries to Figures of the
Governors Essinates-The Senate
Appoints It's Conference Commit
seemen-tiouse to Act.

Peace, sweet peace, fiutters abou,
the Cartel buiIiins. Th- lion an.i
the lamb have lain down together
and all IS qaict on the Potomac =
The Senate has feceaed and the House
has receded and a compromise agree
able 10 the dignity CT both houses mas
been arranged on the famous Hou se
session expense bill for $4,000 which
the Senate wanted to raise to $40 900.
AS soon as the House met yester-
day the preliminary steps toward a
settlement of the difference between
the two branches of the Legislature
on the House current expense bill
mo. 81 were taken by refusing to con-
cur and asking for conference with
the Senate. Next they adopted a
concurrent resolution introduced We'd
day whereby the conference committee
IS TO consist of seven Representatives
and seven senators, one Representa-
tive and one Senator from each cleo
ton district and one at large from
each house. Thus the committee will
be composed of four members of the
Legislature from Hawaii. two from
Maui. etc, four from Oahu and two
from Kauai. etc. and two at large 1t
is supposed that the idea thereby is
to give local option" as much as pos
sible in the matter of appropriations,
both salary and current expense. This
done. the resolution was sent to the
Senate and also the notice of the non
concurrence of the House and the
House suspended business until three
O'Clock in order to give the Senate an
opportunity to act on the several let
ters they have written them the last
two session days.
: Afternoon Session.
In the afternoon. the conference
committee on the $4,000 bill brought
in their report before the Senate had
notified the House that they had
agreed to a conference All the six
members of the joint committee ex-
eept Monsarrat of the House agreed
to the report, which recommended s17,-
600 in place of the House $4,000 and
the Senate figure of $4,000 AS the
bill was in the hands of the Senate
nothing could be done about it until
the Senate notified the House that
they had agreed to conference and
accepted the report of the joint COM
mittee. but it will pass without doubt
today at the Senate's new figure. This
is distinct victory for the House, for
they were willing TO pass an addition
al amount if it were necessary, but
thought $4,000 too much. OF this
amount. the Senate needs $4,000 and
the House $780,. The Senate has some
old bills from the last session still I'M
paid
During the consideration of the re-
port on which Mr.. Monsarrat had en-
| dorsed his non-concurrence, that gen.
tleman arose and wanted to know
what the House was paying steno-
| grapher for? He said he understood
| during the consideration of the un
| paid bills of the House that the steno-
grapher was being paid for extra work
and he did not see where it came in
He said that both the Supreme Couri
and Circuit Court judges told him thai
| il they wanted the entire notes of any
case transcribed. the stenographers Of
the court did it without any cost, ever
| if they had TO hire outsiders at theil
| own expense to do it. He said the,
were getting $3.50 a month apiece and
| the House was paying $3.50 month
| and ought TO have all the notes tran
scribed without charge to the House
| Makainai. who IS chairman of tbs
! committee on accounts. thought THU
was too much to ask and said he has
| approved the bills for writing III.
journal as the work was done out o
hours and not during the sessions o
the House and that. as he understoos
it. the stenographer was paid for be
ing present in the House and takfn.
notes and that was all. He said tn
charge was purely nominal for writ
ing the Journal Monsarrat was no
satisfied but the matter dropped there
The Senate sent in a notice Of thei
refusal TO recsde from their amend
ments to the current expense bill
no. 81 and also asked for confer
ence. Later they notified the Hous
that they had adopted the concurren
resolution OF the House in regard TO
conference committee Thus the be
ginning OF the end IS in sight The.
also sent down their amendments I
the House salary appropriation bil
being another long document Ike thei
amendments 10 the current expens
! Dali. Ec <4EEA St2lAra 70 kfa4 " "
when the item providing for expens
of collecting taxes all over the Ter
ritory was found 70 have been stricke
out they did not want 70 hear an
more Of L. So far as read. the change
were all raises in the salaries. th
heads Of departments being placed 8
$500 per year instead Of the HouS
figure of 5000 and the salaries OF thei
imnediat assistants raised according
" Thar Is TO sAy. 81 approximateI
the Governors estimates
Beckiss moved 20 Bun-c0ncnr RICH
there Dickey seconded the motioz
Nonsarrat also added second Ma
kekax wanted 20 hear some more Q
the Senate amendments. 50 the reAd
ing was resumed Punki. whose baEili