The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-26
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that the Senators We're hungry and
were on half rations. so the bill should
pass 1t did without dissenting vote.
ON UNPAID BILLS.
Consideration of the Unpaid bills
measure was resumed. the first item
being that of $1,000 to the Hawaii Mill
Co. for road building. The committee
recommended the passage of the item
and the House agreed, though there
were expressions Of complaint that gov
eminent officials and plantation man.
ayers should make such agreements
and spend money Vida saying that if
the plantations wanted to run the coun-
try they should come and take the
seats.
Paele moved to place the Amara
claim in the bill, supporting his mo-
ton with a long argument, Kaniho
making a similar argument. The conn
mittee refused to refer the item to the
Attorney-General for an opinion and
the item was then put in the bill as fire
claim ~. Amara. $3.50"
LAND COMMISSIONERS TRIP.
Fernandez moved to reconsider the
vote on the item of 1000 for expenses
of the Land Commissioner az Washing
ton, the chair ruling it out of order and
Kumalae tried to get around the point
] by moving to reinsert the item. but
again Harris ruled against the intro
duction, after which the committee rose
and the House took a recess.
FOR HAcKFELD WHARF.
The work was resumed on the bin
after. recess, the Hackfeld wharf item
being called up. Paele wanted an opin-
| ion from the Attorney General as to
the right of the Territory to make the
appropriation but the House would not
so vote the item being inserted in the
bin by the following vote:
Ayes-Aylett, Chillingworth, Gandall,
Greenwich. Haia. Harris. Kalama, Ka-I
niho. Keliinoi. Kou, Knudsen, Kumalael !
Lewis. Nakaleka. PAIL Purdy, Vidal
Wright, Beckley. 10.
Noes-Damiana. Fernandez, Keala-l
waa, Kupihea, Oil, Paele. Puiaa. 7.
The item, interest at per cent for
one year. Sc. 2sS.25. was passed with the
amount $6.22S.25.
TAX OFFICE AND TEACHERS.
chillingworth moved to insert for the
expenses of the tax office. sS75S.s4, being
for the expenses of tax appeal courts
and blanks, which was done.
The balance on the high lift pump
contract was not appropriated. consid-
GRAFTON being deferred.
| ChiIlingworth moved to insert the
items for teachers. s116s.5O, as reported
from the bureau of education. after
striking out the de Harne item of $780,
the names of the teachers being listed
! Paele brought up the Amara fire
claim item to have the wording made
proper.
There were a number of items still
was impossible to complete the meas
ure and the committee rose and re-
ported progress.
SALARY BILL CONSIDERED.
Senate bill No. 2. the six months
salary bill, was taken up.
The permanent settlements passed
without comment. Under the Secrf4
tary's office there came up a question of
the number of clerks and there was ia
long discussion. The question of clerk
ships was one which drew out SOME
caustic references to the employment
of women in public offices. Vida sug-
gested that the offices of assistant clerk
and stenographer be combined at a
would secure competent man. Beck
ley said he would vote for all the items
if assured that none but men would be
employed.
| AGAINST STENoGRAPHERS.
Kumalae said the heads of depart
ments. before stenographers came here,
did all their work and he thought the
employment of stenographers a waste
of public money. He urged reduction of
the number of clerks. Chilingworth
said that the Treasury department was
working over time to pay the Chinese,
! and there should be sufficient clerks to
do the work. There was a long dis
cussion over the matter ending with
the combination of the duties but the
retention of the salary at $500.
INTERPRETER CAUSE TROUBLE.
Under the Judiciary department the
first change was the correction of the
salary of the clerk of the Judiciary de-
partment making the amount 81, $50 in
stead of $3.50, as incorrectly printed
The pay of messengers. was increased
to $500 each. In the First Circuit the
salary of the clerk was retained at 5000
though an attempt was made to put II