The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-05-19
THE SENATE GETS
RIGHT TO WORK
TAKES TIP HOUSE SIX MONTHS
APPROPRIATION BILL AND
MOVES ALONG. RAPIDLY.

The Senate today started work on
House Bill No. 3, making six months
appropriations, making such rapid pro-
gtess that the bill which took sixteen
days i'm the House will probably go
through in day Few changes were
made at first. The members of the
House would have had reason to be
happy if they could have seen how
quickly the Senators accepted the lower
Houses figures, without debate. There
were a few amendments however and
some debate-and $4,000 expense bill
slumbered on the table. Down stairs
the House committees worked on the
lean bill.
The first amendment was the inser-
ton of $3.50 for Incidental expenses of
the Governors office, on motion of Sen
ator McCandless. President Crabbe
called attention to an error of $4,000 IN
footing on the first page, making the
total of the secretary's office SS7 500 in
stead of $3l 500. The error was cor
rected.
McCandless moved to cut out $4,000
for Gameweu call boxes and Dickey
seconded saying the county ought to
bear the expense, but the motion was
lost.
The item of 81, 776 Sc to refund a mer-
chandise license Illegally collected from
the Hawaiian Fertilizer Company was
stricken out. on motion of Senator Ce-
Gil Brown. He said that there were
petitions from $50 Chinese who were in
the same fix as the fertilizer company
ard that all would have to be treated
alike. McCandless and j. T. Brown
produced petitions from claimants who
wanted their money back and the mo-
ton to strike out carried.
Senator Achi called halt on amend
ments at the item for light in Nuuanu
valley $1,000, which McCandless wanted
to strike out as favoring Nuuanu too
much. Achi said it was no use to
amend as the House would only table
the bill. He favored passing the whole
bill as once, as it was. ut doesn't mat
ter" he said there's no money any
how and the government won't do the
work. The best way is to pass the
whole bill and let the government do
what it wants. Half the bill is waste
paper because there is no money for
these things and I believe in passing it |
all. Let's have no more conferences"
McCandless plan prevailed and cleo
rric light for Honolulu was raised from |
81 900 to $4,000 and the $1,000 for Pun |
nui. Nuuanu was stricken out. On !
item of $3.50 for government pounds was |
inserted. Repairs Wafanae court house
81 900 was changed to provide for new
court house
''Waianae water works, $1,000" was
knocked out, as no senator knew that
there was any water works at Waia- |
nae.
The appropriation of 81, 100 for com |
chemical and hose wagon at
Waimea. Kauai WIS stricken out, Bald |
win saying that Paia, Maui, was bigger
than Waimea. and would want wagons |
too.
AaIa park was given S625 for i'm |
South HfIo roads and |
bridges were cut to 81, 500 from $500. |
North Kohala was cut from $4,000 to
$4,000. Repairs to bridges Koolaupoko |
was raised from $500 to $1,000 and the
Pail road, Koolau, was given, $4,000; !
$500 was added to roads and bridges |
Waialua. The sum of $12,O 900 was add
ed for roads and bridges in Eva and
Waianae. For rod to Kalihi cemetery |
1000, stricken out in the House, was
Huleia valley, Kauai, was
cut to $500 for a road, as in the Sen
ate's former bill.
Passing down the line the Senate in
most cases put items back to its own
figures, making many items to go to
conference F