The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-03-17


reply, that he owned none. Then came
the recess.
EVENING SESSION.
The work of the committee of the
whole went on at the evening session
on the Harris amendment to the emer-
sency appropriation bill, appropriating
$4,000 for the improvement of the Wal
aae road The item was passed. ku-
p!hea offered an item appropriating
$500 for macadamizing King street
and Kamehameha and Kalihi roads,
which was passed.
Mr.. Vida moved to insert an appro-
priation of $4,000 for a dredger and
outfit. He gave as his reason that the
government should have a dredger of
its own, instead Of being at the mercy
Of a couple of contractors who stood
ready to gobble up all the money ap-
propriated by the Legislature,
Mr.. Harris opposed the amendment.
The dreiger lost al Pearl liarbor had
been insured for s2c, 900 and a bond was
put up for $4,000. If the bondsmen
were made to put up, the government
should realize $50, 900 for the lost dredg-
er. He would ask Vida If The derdging
had not been done cheaper by the pri-
vate companies than 1t could have been
done by the government?
Vida said he could state very strong
ly that 1T had not been. The Hawaiian
Dredging Company had beer paid for
dredging, and it lad used the dirt to
fill up the fish ponds Of the oahu Rail-
road Company, enhancing the value of
it's property. The dirt should have been
pay enough.
TOO MUCH PATERNALISM.
Harris said he had been told differ
emily. He opposed the amendment be-
cause it savored too strongly of pater-
nalism. The first thing we knew, we
would have the government buying its
own stores in San Francisco and shut
ting out the merchants. Men in pri-
vate business who pay the taxes might
as well go out of business.
Keliinoi here moved that the COM
mittee rise and report nothing, The
Senate lad already passed this bill to
third reading. This House was now
simply wasting time. 1t would be
better to rise, take up the Senate bill
in the House and then go into COM
mittee Of the whole on the measure in
Its new aspect. This was discussed at
some length, and withdrawn. Then
consideration of the Vida amendment
was resumed, and it being stated by
Harris, in response to a question from
the Chair. that it would take from nine
months to year to get a dredger,
Vida Withdrew his amendment, stating
that he would, in the meantime, find
out something about these dredging
companies for the people.
KANIHO SUBSIDIES,
Kaniho offered for insertion in the
bill an item appropriating s25,OOO for
the repair of road from Pahala to the |
Volcano House, which he sent to the
desk in the form of an amendment. |
The Chair sent it back to him, saying |
there was noting before the House to
amend. Kaniho could not see the |
point. Kupihea helped him out by say
ing that he meant to insert new item.
Harris pointed out that there was $36, 900
yet in the fund for that road, not
drawn. He thought Kaniho should tell
his troubles to the Superintendent of
Public Works, instead of asking the
House for $4,000 more. Kaniho with
drew his request on this showing.
HAWAII BEATEN.
Wright moved the insertion CT an
item of $4,000 for roads in North and |
South Kohala, Kona and Kau. Harris
showed that several of the places still |
bad money to their credit in the road |
fund, but Wright insisted that the
funds We're exhausted. His item was |
defeated
The item of $1,000 for the Lusitana |
read was stricken out.
The item of $4,000 for the reform
school was passed.
The item of $1,000 for stationery and |
incidentals for the department of pub
lie instruction was passed.
The item of sl351.57 for school build
ings on Maui was beaten, after Wright I
had declared unending war on Maui.
The item of $500 for the Commits
sioner of Public Lands was passed.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The item of $4,000 for the general ex-
pense of the Board of Health was pass
ed.
The item of $170 for disinfectants and |
vaccine was passed.
The item of $4,000 for fumigation ex-
penses was passed.
The item of $4,000 for the segrega-
tion and treatment of lepers was pass
ed.
THE COURTS.
The item of slS,25O for the Supreme
and Circuit Courts was passed.
The item of $500 for the pay of inter-
prefers not specially provided for was
passed.
NO MONEY FOR DETECTIVES.
An item of $500 was introduced at
the request of the Attorney General for
the detection of defaulting officials.
Harris spoke in favor of the item.
The Attorney General stated in his
request that embezzlement was on the !
increase in the past twelve months and
there was no appropriation by which |
the embez2lers could be traced and |
brought back to Hawaii.
Kupihea supported the measure be-
cause Wray Taylor had just slipped |
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