The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-03-10
rME foa 4 CHANGE IN HAWAII.

i OF Hawaii for the next two years it should
j be the duty of the Legislature TO provide that
every Official having the expenditure Of pubic
moneys shall transmit detailed statement OF tie
same to the Legislature. itemizing every penny
expended and showing to whom it was paid and for
what purpose.
We have before US the report Of the Territorial
Auditor, Attorney General Treasurer, Superfntend-
ent NJ Public instruction and OF the Chief Justice
OF the Supreme Court and one of these reports
gives detailed statement OF the expenditures Of
their respective departments In every of them
we find items showing the expenditure of thousan Is
OF dollars under the head of incidental expenses
What the people want to know. and what the people
have right know what were these Incidental
expenses and what the money spent for
Under the system prevailing here under the
centralized government thousands of dollars wee
spent every year for which no accounting was made
TO the people. Appropriations made in this
fashion: -Incdentas. finance department. No ac-
counting made to how this money spent.
any more than to report -incidentals finance de-
| partment- so much showing that the amount APP
| propriated had been spent.
The Republican does not charge that fraud ex-
listed, but such opened the doors for fraud
| 1t does, charge, however, that much of the money
of the people spent in this way without au-
thority of law The sending of Jacob F. Brown, the
land commissioner, to Washington in December By
the Dole administration illustrates this. There WIS
no authority for Mr.. Brown to go to Washington.
There no authority for the setting apart of
money to pay his expenses for such trip. He was
invited to go to Washington by the Interior De-
partment. had any legislative body in Hawai-
ever authorized him go there, o. authorized
the payment his expenses. Notwithstanding these
facts Dole and his kitchen cabinet concluded that
Mr.. Brown must be sent TO Washington and set
aside incidental Iund" of $4,000 to pay his ex-
Denses.
The report of the Territorial Treasurer shows IN
the appropriations for the Department of Foreign
Affairs for the two years ending December 81 1900.
Salary of Envoy at Washington, $4,000; Salary CT
Secretary of Legation at Washington $780,
Among other appropriations under this department
is of $4,000 for the salary of the Minister Of
Foreign Affairs. of which s2.716.67 was drawn. and
one of $4,000 under the head of Expenses con-
nected with the Diplomatic and Consular Service
of which S5.90746 expended. The report shows
that only a portion of the sums appropriated were
expended excepting that appropriated for the Envy
at Washington and for the Secretary of the Lega-
ton at Washington. of which every cent was ex-
pended. BY what authority. we would like to ask
was this money expended? The appropriations
were made to cover period OF two years. The
Office of Envoy at Washington ceased when the
Organic Act became law, so that if the Envoy and
the Secretary had been paid pro rata for the time
/ they were in Washington after the first day of
January. 1900, both would have drawn from the
treasury for services and including June IA 1900
the sum of s4.646.e7. Instead of that they drew
from the treasury the sum of 100000, or over
$4,000 more than they entitled to-
Such actions this were made possible under
the system prevailing in Hawaii under the central
lied government and is perpetuate this system
of accounting for the public moneys that the Dole
administration is striving today. 1t wants to be free
TO send special commissioners" to Washington like
Jacob F. Brown, to work there for the schemes of
Dole and the cabal at the expense of the people
It wants the accounts kept in such way that the
Territorial administration can send to Washington
special ENJOYS TO work for Dole for Governor while
the dear people are paying the special ENJOYS ex-
penses out of the public treasury.
Take the Auditors report further lustra-
ton of the splendid system of reporting to the peo-
ple-the taxpayers-of what done with their
money. 1t shows the total number of warrants
drawn each account. but gives no idea of what
they drawn for. In giving the total expended
by the Board of Health which aggregates the sum
of s625,o00, itemized account of this enormous
expenditure is given The people are left to guess
4 % W NOV the uohSS NdS spent ana Tor what pur-
pose.
Contrast this with the Auditors reports of the
States Of Michigan. Nebraska, Utah. Idaho and OF
the Territories of New Mexico Arizona and Okla
homa. which are before us The Auditor of the
great State of Michigan. through whose hands more
than ss.ooo.oo0 expended for the two years end
ing June 80 lsoe for every warrant issued
He shows in his report what account the warran.
was drawn the amount it called for and who it was
maze payable to. No matter whether it was a war
rant for the monthly salary Of one of the State
officials or warrant for the purchase of brooms
and brushes for the charwomen, each and eve-S
earrant. With the amount called for and the fund
on which II was drawn. is tabulated In this way
the people and their representatives in the Legis-
atare know exactly how every cent expended.
Take any of the other reports mentioned and
they make the same showing. In the report of the
Territorial Auoiyor of Arizona find such entries
as the following: Under the head of University
Fund: Warrant No. 4. J. Knox. Corbett 81 so: War
rant No. 81. Tucson Lumber Company $500: War
rant No. 81, NJ. NJ. Parker. President $2o7 so
Besides this the date OF each warrant is given
Take the Auditors report of any other of the States
or Territories named and they show entries of the
same character Take the report of the Auditor of
Hawaii and all it shows is list of totals Of amounts