The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-05-26
FIGHT IS
STILL ON
House May Hold
the Expense
Bill.

With the emergency bill a law, and
the unpaid bills measure practically
through on second reading in the
House, there seems some likelihood of
an early end to legislative labor. This
is the twenty-second day of the extra
session.
There is but one cloud in the other
wise clear sky-the House expense bill.
The House has agreed to the Senate
action in reducing the amount from
$4,000 to $4,000 and the bill was ready
for signature of the Governor on Sat
urday but for the certification of Presi-
dent Crabbe of the Senate. The House
clerk spent the morning in a vain
search for the President of the Senate,
and though emissaries from the hungry
ones of the lower house hunted high
and low, they failed to get upon
Crabbe's track, and without his sigma
ture the bill could not be sent to Gov
ernor Dole.
And so the members of the House
were compelled to wait three entire
days. All the vouchers for the salaries
of the legislators had been made out
the day previous, and the warrants
were ready as well for the impatient
clerks, interpreters and other help. So
though they all waited about the
Treasurer's office until long past noon,
for the key which was to unlock the
golden stream, it was all in vain. And
there was much disappointment and
wailing and gnashing of teeth thereat.
The members of the House are re-
ported as being still dissatisfied with
the action of the Senate. They declare
now that they will not pass the Senate
expense bill for $1,000 until that body
passes the $1,000 bill, which is to pay
for past expenses of the House. And
what is more they want a promise from
the Senators that no influence will be
brought to bear to secure a veto of this
latter bill
So all in all it does not look as if
there will be much smooth sailing after
all, for the Senators do not relish any
more than the members of the House
postponement of action upon their bill.
Although most of the Senators do not
stand in need of the money, they have
little expenses which must be met.
And though the Senate held the House
bill for two weeks, the House has held
the Senate bill for a considerably great
er length of time.
Some members of the House fear an
other complication in view of the in
temperate language of Speaker Beckley
last week. He then declared That if the
Governor did not sign the House bills
aggregating $50, 900 he would advise the
members to go home and he and the
clerk would stay and adjourn from day
to day. 1t seems to be the opinion of
some members that this sort of talk
h1nnlE hn
it is thought, may we'll pause before
he signs the House bill, with prospect
that the money would be spent without
securing a complete session of the
Legislature. 1t is the belief of some
members that none of the bills should
be signed until all are in his hands.
Probably however these little differ
ences may be settled by the legisla-
tors and all their time given to the
interest of the public at large. The
House is still at work upon the unpaid
bills and unless the Hackfeld item calls
for another outburst of imprisoned
oratory, the bill may pass second read
ing today.
In the senate there is nothing up for
consideration except the six months
current expense bill, and this viii be
read for a third time today. Then I'M
less the House acts quickly and finishes
either the eighteen months bill or the
loan bill the Senate will be without
work, and may start for itself upon one
of these bills. 1t was the original
agreement that the House take the
current and loan appropriation bills,
and the Senate the salary, unpaid bills
and emergency bills, The upper house
has fulfilled its part of the contract
and will now probably have to begin
upon the loan bill to facilitate matters.
The question of the use OF two Ian