The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-05-19

claim was made too late, having been
delayed in the mails He said the Leg
islature was the proper body to con-
slider such claims and he favored the
consideration of all proper claims The
claim was sent to special committee,
the chair naming Messrs. Paele, Aylett,
Knudsen, Lewis and Haia, the COM
mittee being given power to administer
oaths.
Kou presented a resolution for $12, 900
for steel bridges in the Koolouloa dis
trict, which went to the Public Lands
Committee.
WRIGHT AFTER SALARY.
Wright again got busy on the salary
proposition, with a resolution reciting
that as the Senate had adjourned until
Monday that the House should do the
same and continue to do the same until
the Senate should act on House Bill
No. l, the expense bill. The resolution
was ruled out of order.
EMERGENCY BILL.
The emergency bill was then called
up, Kalama in the chair, the Public
Works items being considered, initial
action being the deferring Fourth Dis
District items, $4,000. Items passed
We're: Waialae road, $4,000; dredging,
$4,000; landings and buoys, Honolulu,
$4,000; sewers, s1,5OO; repairs govern
ment buildings, $4,000; furniture, $500;
roads and bridges. all islands, $1O.OOO
I landings and buoys, general, $4,000;
landings and buoys, Hawaii, $4,000;
repairs wharf, Kamalo, $500; Hilo wa
terworks, $4,000; road, Huehue to South
Kohala, $1,000; Ookala to Kukaiau,
$4,000; Waimea wharf, Kauai, S1,5OO; for
abutments, Wailuku bridge, Hilo, $4,000;
bridge, Puaiole, Kohala. $4,000.
: FOR FIRE CLAIMS WORK.
: When the item for the reimbursement
of the Merchants Association for the
expenses of ]. G. Pratt at Washington
came up, Kumalae moved to strike out
Harris defended the item, saying that
Congress has done nothing for Hawaii
except where there has been hard work
done by some one. Kaniho said that
though Pratt might have worked, yet
the people We're represented at Wash
ington by their chosen delegate, who
was working hard for the people and
he was making every effort to secure
the appropriation. He said the Mer-
chants sent on their man, who inter-
fered with the work of Wilcox, and
they should not ask that there be
money appropriated for having defeat
ed the work of the elected representa-
tive in many things, yet in fact Wilcox
had worked for this matter and 1t was
fair to presume that it was his work
which won the measure.
KUMALAE PRAISES WILCOX.
Chillingworth defended the item but
kumalae attacked it, saying he did not
know whether 1t was Pratt or Wilcox
that got the money, but he knew that
Wilcox had worked hard and 1t was
not proven that the representative or
the people was not the man who secur-
ed the appropriation. AS Republican
in the campaign he said on the stump
the party had claimed that Wilcox
failed in his duty, but he wanted to
tell the truth. He was not a Homv
Ruler, he said, but he stood for truth.
He argued that 81 400 travelling ex-
penses and $4,000 for salary would be
sufficient He said the payment OF this
claim meant authorizing private parties
to send representatives to Washington
and come and ask the people to put up
the money.
ITEM STRICKEN OUT.
Pulaa opposed the item, saying that
similar requests would follow and
would open the door, so that the same
people would send a man away again
and ask repayment, After the argu-
ment a motion to send to a special
committee failed. as did one that action
be deferred, and the item was then
stricken out by the following vote:
Ayes-Aylett, Damiana, Kali. Kani-
no, Kealawaa, Kou, Kumalae, Kupihea.
Long. Nakaleka, Oil, Paele, Pail. Pu-
laa, Purdy, and Wright-l6.
Noes-Andrade, Chillingworth, Gan
dali. Haia. Harris. Kalama, Keliinoi,
Knudsen. Lewis, and Vida--10.
Harris and Keliinoi changed their
votes so as to be ready to ask for re-
consideration.
This done. the Home Rulers wanted
to take recess but the Republicans
then wanted to work and there was a
little squabble, ending with the taking
of recess until 2 o'clock.
Work at the afternoon session begun