The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-04-16
SENATOR ACHI
SERVES WARNING
SAYS LOAN BILL WILL NOT BIC
APPROVED BY PRESIDENT If IT
MADE TOO BIG.


There was some lively debates in the
Senate this morning over the consid-
GRAFTON of the Loan bill. Senator AChi
as the watch Dog of the Treasury
stood, as 1t were, at the doors of the
treasury with the Organic Act in his
hands and tried to shoot away his fell
low senators from making too great
iuroads on the public funds The Sem
ator was, for the time being, voted
down, but he does not propose to give
up the fight He says he served warn
ing on the Senate chat unless some
change of policy in the matter of 30
many appropriations is not made, the
Loan bill will be stuffed for neither
the Governor nor President will ap-
prove it. DE-.
Quite a number Of tits occurred dur
ing the consideration of the various
items on the bill as it was up for thE
second reading of various items that
had been left unfinished. The first dis
pute occurred on the item of 5000 600 for
wharves at Honolulu. Senator Dickey
moved that this item be stricken out
altogether as the Superintendent OF
Public Works had said that it was only
about half Of the sum that was reuuir-
only a portion.
Senator G. Brown declared that it
was not the place Of the superintendent
of Public Works to instruct the Senate
what it was to appropriate. II was for
the superintendent to take what the
Senate gave Senator Brown declared
the item enough. Senator McCandless
suggested that it be raised to s4OO, 600
and when this motion failed moved
100000 The latter motion was als1
lost. Senator Isenberg moved that it
be raised to S25OOOO, and the iteh, 50
passed. ''..
Previous to this discussion, the Sen
ate had sidetracked the motion Of Sem
ator McCandless that the Loan bill be
limited to S1,OOO,OOO r.
The item of 900 for the renovation
of the Judiciary building at Honolulu.
was stricken out after some discussion
1t was claimed that this item was for
repairs and should be in the appropria-
ton bill.
The item of $4,000 for repairs to the
Oahu Jail was cut out and a new item
of $4,000 for new Oahu Jail substi-
tuted.
The item Of $50, 900 for, a new jail. and
court house at Hilo was reduced to
$4,000 for a jail, and a new item of
$4,000 for a court house Inserted. 1t
was on this latter item that Senator
Achi warned the Senate against being
too liberal 3D..
4 am opposed" h said ITO increas-
ing this Loan Bill So According to,
the provisions of the Organic Act, we
can not issue a loan over $2,28S 900.
This Loan as proposed nov is for ST.,
GOO 0OG. We can't do this, If we go
over the amount that we are allowed to
get. then the President will not ap-
prove it. will make him sick. He
will say that those fellows down there
Don't know how to run their affairs.
Let US cut the bill down to $1750,000
This will give the House the chance to
add $4,000 if they want to-"
The Senators did not heed the sug-
gestiop of the Senator from kalihi and
the item WIS inserted
An item of ST, 500 to provide a sew.
erage system for Kalihi was inserted
on motion of Senator Achi with the
provisO that the trustees of Kameha-
meha school contribute an addition
81 500. ..
Senator DiCkey called attention to
the fact that the Senate had consider
ed most of these items before. He
moved that only such items as had
been referred to committees be con-
sidered, as it was simply finishing up
second reading Of the bill. This mo-
ton was passed
The report of the committee on the
items of $150,OOO for a reservoir and
$50, 600 for a filterizatiOn plant in Nuu
anu Valley was then considered. The
committee recommended that both
of these itms be killed. Senator Acht
asked if the committee had employed
any experts in the course of their in
Yestigation. Senator Brown said that
they had not.
This is pet scheme Of the superin-
tendent of public works" declared Sen
ator c. Brown that he wants to get
through. When he has been asked
about water for Honolulu he has not
apparently been able to talk about
much else but these measures.
A recess was taken until p. m. be-
fore any action was taken on these
items.