The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-09
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Fails to Raise
Money.


Kalauokaiani opio. the Secretary of
the Delegate and the man on whom the
leader of the Home Rule forces an
nounced that his mantle would fall
when it had covered the wilcoxlan
shoulders long enough, has scored a
failure in his attempt to work into the
payroll of the Senate. He made bold
and gallant stab at it, but the cold
blooded Committee on Accounts has not
recognized the BILL and the budding at
torney and diplomat is on the war path.
The story of the unpaid bill is but
another phase of the tale of the unre-
ported report. 1t all hangs upon the
evidence taken in the case of Austin,
the former auditor, and the report os
the majority of the committee appoint
ed to investigate the department This
testimony, as published in the Adxer-
tiser. was fairly full and covered many
pages. Kalauokalani, the elder, was
present at all the hearings and accord
ing to one Senator never intimated
that he needed a translator When
Senators Isenberg and McCandless
came to make their report upon the
office, they found that the evidence
taken had been turned over to Kalau-
okalani opio, by the stenographer, as
fast as the duplicates were made. This
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the committee that it might just as
well make its report when Kalauoka-
lani, the elder, failed to keep the ap-
pointment made for him by his son,
for the early morning hours.
Nothing was thought of the matter
when the majority report was acted up
on. after the motion of Kalauokalani to
postpone action until the following
Monday had been voted down. This was
taken to close the incident, but 1t did
not. Just before the end OF the Senate
Session Kalauokalani the younger and
hungrier, seemingly, presented bill to
the committee on accounts, calling for
$266.50, for the translation and type
writing of the evidence upon which
the Office of the Auditor was declared
vacant.
There was gleeful laugh On the part
of the Senators who heard of the in
cident The members of the committee
could not understand it all and prompt
Iy refused to consider the matter.
Senator Kalauokalani then got into the
play and insisted that ne had been au-
thorized by the committee to have the
translation made for his own use, but
this was just as promptly denied by the
members of the committee. Finally it
was discovered that much, IL not all.
Of the translating was done after the
Senate had agreed to the majority re-
port, which shows the needlessness of
the work as the Senator has never mem
toned the matter again.
Some Of the members of the Senate
asked why the work was done and the
father of the typewriter and translator
said that he thought he was entitled to
have the translation done for his own
use. adding, according to reports, THE
boy wanted'to make little money,
anyhow"
However the bill was not approved
and is not even in the list of those
which went over to the regular session
for payment. The incident is expected
to be sufficient to prevent any attempt
30 Sell gold bricks TO a Republican
legislature.
There was a long meeting Of the Re-
publican Executive Committee yester-
day afternoon, but the consideration OF
the names of the scores Of applicants
for office was not completed There are
few men who will be taken care OF II
possible, but the great mass will rot
be taken up for several days yet.