The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-07-03
IN The SENATE

The House began business with the
letter from Superintendent Cooper ac-
knowledging the resolution passed with
relation to his continuance in office and
as well the notification from the Sem
ate of its adoption Of the same. Mr..
Cooper says in his letter:
Honolulu. T. H., June 80. 1903.
Hon. Fred. w. Beckley. Speaker OF the
House of Representatives, Homo
lulu. T. H.
Sir: May I ask you to convey to the
House my sincere appreciation OF It's
action in passing House Resolution
Number /.
! consider it call to duty. and
accept it with pleasure. and 1 assure
you that will carry out to the best OF
nv ability the provisions OF the sew
eral appropriation bills which the Leg
islature has passed for the benefit OF
the people of the Territory.
am, sir.
Very respectfully yours.
+ HENRY e. COOPER.
Superintendent of Public Works.
Fernandez secured the passage of an
amendment to change the wording OF
the item providing salary for the dis
trict magistrate Of Waianae, SO 1t will
wood sacc.sSa- sistrict- magistrate Eva,
he showing that there rs no legal dis
trict Of Waianae.
MANY SALARIES ADVANCED.
Keliinoi moved to amend the salary
of the Superintendent of the Wailuku
Water Works to 5000 instead of $3.50 to
which the House agreed Aylett had
the item of tappers changed so as TO
provide for Taper at $40 an assist
ant at $3.50 and two helpers at $3.50.
Lewis moved that the salary of the
Sheriff of Hawaii be $1,000, Fernandez
withdrawing his objections but Kaniho
keeping up the fight. He declared that
1t would be more fitting to pass a vote
of want of confidence In the officer
than to increase his salary. The amend
ment was carried by fifteen to ten.
Fumalae moved to give the first es-
sssfant in the. Survey Department ST.
200, saying that this was the officer
who did the real field work, and that
Mr. Kanakanui had been promised
this amount. Harris Immediately mov-
ed to increase the chief assistant to
$500, but Kumalae moved to place the
figure at 1880. After a debate of a
quarter hour the chair was overruled
when he attempted to place the larger
amount before the House first and 1t
passed at 1880.
Keliinoi had reconsidered the vote on
the Kauai sheriff and the salary Of
Coney was put at s1050.
BOARD OF HEALTH CLERK.
Kumalae moved to insert the item,
Clerk to the Board of Health, stricken
ary at 5000. The House agreed to the
amendment.
Harris had inserted in the item of
Bailiff for Circuit Court, the words ito
be appointed by the judge of the court
in which they are employed"
Kupihea presented an amendment to
make the pay of the Deputy Sheriff of
Eva 5000, saying that the Waianae
district had been wiped out and the
man had two districts to look after.
Harris called attention to the fact that
this was more than any other deputy
sheriff was getting, and asked who
was the deputy.
FERNANDEZ AND PREJUDICE.
/, Fernandez made the point that men
t,iere getting $3.50 month in Honolu-
pa, as captains of police and he de-
-.llanded fair play. saying there should
not be discrimination against a ka-
naka.
This brought forth an impassioned
disclaimer from Harris as to the in
situation that he was bringing up the
race question, saying he was here for
all the people. Fernandez declared
that the remark he made was due to
the question as TO personality. He said
everyone knew the deputy was his own
brother and he did not like the at
tacks. The Kumalae amendment fix
Ing the salary at $3.50 was then passed.
Greenwell offered an amendment
cutting down the salary of the jailor
at Oahu prison from $1,000 to $500 be-
cause OF the fact that he had been
given an assistant, but he could not
find a second.
LEPER SETTLEMENT BUTCHER.
Aylett said he had a brother who Is
the butcher at the Leper Settlement