Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-05-22

Government. Under these circum.
stances, he would move that the item
[ pass as in the bill.
Mr.. Paele wanted the item referred
to a special committee. Mr.. Chilling
worth said that in the event of the
amount not being paid, the Legislature
would have to make an appropriation
to rein burse ii. Hackfeld & Co. for the
money which the Government had col
lected from their property.
Mr.. Fernandez asked to withdraw
his motion of yesterday to throw out
the item. He was now in favor of 1t.
The Government officials had certainly
exceeded their authority in having the
wharf built, but in order to preserve
the good name of the Territory, the
bill should be paid. Mr.. Kaniho said
he was in doubt about the item just as
others in the House, and he would sec
ond the motion TO refer to a special
committee.
Mr.. Beckley said he was in favor Of
giving his vote toward preserving the
credit OF the country, but he was de-
, cidedly against Government officials
, exceeding their authority as they had
, in the case under discussion.
r Something Very Shady"
: Mr.. Beckley proceeded to state that
, there was something very shady about
q the whole Hackfeld wharf transaction,
r So far as II. Hackfeld & Co., Ltd, were
: concerned, he believed them to be per.
fectly upright in the matter. but all
8 they had to do in the matter was sim
1 ply to put up the money.
: Quick Arrival Of Material.
d The contract had gone to Cotton
d Bros. and the peculiar part about the
n whole thing was that two weeks after
d the contract had been let, the piles
t were here in Honolulu. The Speaker
wanted to know II, in case the money
IS were allowed, would It include a com
a mission to Cotton Bros, who were still
q IN debt to the Government for the
e dredger that was now at the bottom
u OF rearl Harbor.
n officials Should BE Taught.
! The Legislature had right to throw
u out the whole item. Such action would
J. teach the Government officials that
i they could not run things as they pleas
q ed and that the people had a right tc
'e be consulted in matters of the Kind
y What was to prevent the Government
10 nom building wharves all over the
harbor, on borrowed money. All the
money for Government work would
thus be expended and then where
would Maui get on?
"Save country's Credit"
in At every session Of the Legislature
m the attempt was made to stop the Off
u cials from doing just such things a:
10 had happened in the case of the Hack
field wharf. but these people had gone
on In their illegal work and the cry
was always: Save the credit of thu
,r country"
Interest at 6 per Cent.
Mr.. Beckley called attention to tn,
[. interest at per cent. which the Gov
n eminent had to pay. II was enormou,
It when set alongside Of the $4,000 re
70 ceived by the Government from tn,
" wharf during the past nine months.
n. Easy to Secure S1o8,oo0.
Is A percentage was allowed Cotton
20 Bros. when there was In the employ o
4 the Government an Assistant Superin
re tendent of Public Works who didn'
lie seem to be able to do anything but rid,
" about the city drawn by team o
mules. II was easy to secure $10S,00'
IL to build the Hackfeld wharf, but tn,
n. officials could not raise a paltry $75t
lie to pay the men at the pumping sta
Dr. tons In the face of the fact that mil
ID lions Of dollars worth OF property wer,
at stake in the city.
70 Dollar for Dollar-No More.
@. Mr. Beckley said he believed in b.
IN Government paying dollar for dolla
a what II owed, but not cent more.
as the money had been paid over by Hack
field & Co., then they should be pai
ls back. The only way to ascertain al
ne OF the facts in the case was to refe
ct the item to a special committee.
ne The Speaker further asked that tn
o. Chair instruct the clerk to address tn
I'll Superintendent of Public Works 70
the purpose of securing all the vouci
at ers in connection with the building Q
Mt the wharf. Chairman Harris so Of
dered.
Vida Agrees With Beekley.
Mr.. Vida said he agreed with Mr.
Beckley that the matter Of bids wa
not done in a straightforward name
ng but the item in the bill was correc
The Government owed that amount.
ng The Chair suggested that the con
ne mittee pass the item for the time b.
*. ing and this was done. Items amour
TX. ing to something in the vicinity of STA
o., 900 were passed and then the commi
of tee arose, reported progress and aske
re. leave to sit again. The House Their
,er upon took recess until 2 o'clock.
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