The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-30

F1ry materially rom the published
articles
The report Of the Committee ca Pub
&c Expenditures ~as . rfp-s1cTter-
The report showed that ths expenses
Of the government during the past
three Years 10 have been about S.
s00. eco or a per capita cost 10 the
people Of this Territory OF sIs5s.
vhicE j. more than the state tax OF the
State OF California By
about 400 per cent. In comparison
with the total taxes OF the city OF San
Francisco. which Is admittedly one Of
the most costly governments IN the
United States. the taxes borne By Hs-
Eaii loom up like q mountain The
largest item in the list is the salary
account The wages paid to the hired
men Of Hawaii for the past three years
was more than So 600 900.
The expenses OF carrying on the
various departments of the govern
ment absorbed about as much more
and the rest OF the money was spent
in suppressing the plague outbreak Of
last year. and for internal improve
ments
Some Of the comments OF the com
mittee were very caustie. especially
with regard to the operation of the
Office Of Attorney General and the
military. Ia the former section Of the
report "Incidentais' OF the Attorney
Generals department, under the head
% Incidentals, Civil and Criminal Ex-
penditures. was severely dealt with
The cigars and whisky and ice and
other necessary legal expenses we're
criticized with great freedom and
little item OF -neek-ties for policemen
was ripped up the back in the report
The report on this subject also
showed that the department which
costs the Government in the neigh
borhood OF $4,000 a year for salaries
alone rendered advice to the govern
ment which cost Hawaii nearly $780,
000 in order to settle claims for dam
ages which were made and sustained
during the period covered by the re-
port.
Gold lace and various other vanities
were charged at nearly $4,000 and with
other items of similar nature
brought the total expenditures up to
an enormous figure.
The Board of Health came in for
trimming, more particularly in rela-
ton TO the expenditures of the bubonic
plague. The segregation Of lepers was
also criticized quite severely. But
the report of the expert who has been
at work on the books of the Auditor
for the past month or more was not
made public at the session.
The session opened with the consid
GRAFTON of the franchise bill of the
Oahu Ice & Electric Company. which
had been returned from the Senate
with an amendment TO the effect that
the company should pay 21s per cent
of its gross receipts instead of the
same fraction of its net receipts. The
amendment was unanimously adopted
and the bin went to the Governor.
A communication was received from
the Secretary of the Territory to the
effect that the Governor had approved
three bills, namely: the bill to regu-
late the sale of alcohol: for the pro
mitigation of the laws and the bill
providing for the appointment of Cir
cult judges TO try cases where the in
cumbent in any circuit happened to be
disqualified for any reason or absent.
Dickey raised the point that yester
day was the 59th day of the session
but was at once sat upon and then
came the real work of the day.
The Homestead Exemption Act. the
bill providing for the sessions of the
Supreme Court; another providing for
a third Circuit judge, were passed on
final reading. The bill reducing the
penalty for receiving stolen property
from two years as at present to one
year. was passed second reading. The
object of the bin is to bring the crime
OF receiving stolen goods within the
final jurisdiction of the District magis-
trates. The bills providing for the
recovery of real estate. for the insti-
tuition of the Maui Seminary and the
anti-adulteration food bill were passed
second reading and were placed on the
order of the day for final passage to-
day
Several other minor matters were
also moved along and the members of
the House We're well tired out when 5
o'clock drew near. A recess was tax
en- until 1880 O'Clock when it was sun.
posed that the Loan bill would be con.
sidered
The first business of the evening
session was the eleeting of a temper
airy chairman. Dickey was elected 10
the place unanimously, and a quorum
declared.
Divers bills were reported printed
by chairman Prendergast.
Robertson moved that the rules of
the House be suspended and that
smoking be allowed The motion was
lost.
Senate bill No. So. an act to provide |
for public loans to the amount of ST.
100000. to be used in public improve |
ments only. was the bill expected to |
be considered section by section. In
stead of it, however. was produced |
Senate bill Ne. Sc. making appropria- |
tons under the aforesaid Losn bill.
No sooner were its preliminary sec
tons read and the reading of the
items came TO $3.50. 600 for the Homo
luln sewerage system. than Emmeluth
arose and said that the matter OF a
loan bin might as well be stopped here
any now as any other time. The bill
calls for lump sum OF 81 500 GOO The
day for such sampering with the pub
lie treasury was past II was the old. |
old story OF me government asking