The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-06-09
SALARIES OF MANY
MINOR PLACES ARE
UP IN THE HOUSE
Re- eistrar Thrum Comes in for Some
Hot Scoring by the
Members.
IN THE HOUSE.
(From Saturdays Daily)


Speaker Beckley resumed his seat
after three days illness.
The Senate's message on House Bill
No. 3, the six months current account
bill, which was deferred for two days,
was brought up and on motion of Kelii-
moi the House refused to concur in the
amendments of the Senate and con-
ference committee of five was then or
dered
Senate Bill No. II, making a special
appropriation of $4,000 to cover the
shortage in the appropriation for tax
office incidentals, was read and passed
a second time under suspension of
rules.
UNPAID BILLS MEASURE.
The House then went into commit
tee of the whole on Senate Bill No. 4,
the unpaid bills measure. The bill as
amended was read and the committee
rose and recommended that the bill
with the changes made pass. The re-
port of the committee of the whole was
then adopted passing the bill a sec
ond time.
Again the House resolved into COM
mittee of the whole on the six months
salary bill. Aylett reported on the pay
roll, electric light, recommending that
the total be increased from s4,35O to
s4,59O, the salary to be as follows:
Superintendent, $1,000; lineman, $500;
extra lineman, s42O; trimmers, S,l7O;
dynamo man. $3.50; assistant, $3.50; sta
tion man, $780,
AS soon as the report was read there
were motions to adopt and by kaniho
to pass as in the bill. The Kaniho mo-
tion was lost and the report was then
accepted.
REGISTRAR THRUM's DoINGs.
The committee on the Bureau of Con-
veyances salaries reported in favor of
the passage of the item as in the bill,
s4.710. saying that there should be the
opportunity given for the head of the
department to reward services, as men
who have been longer at the work are
worth more than new men. A letter
from Mr.. Thrum was read, showing the
salaries paid.
Kumalae moved to reject the report,
saving he had worked there three
wears, and that the head of the de-
partment did not pay his help the sala-
ries provided by law. He said that $40
was provided for his salary yet he re-
ceived only $50. He said that when he
resigned a malihini was given the place
at s75. He said the head of the office
did not pay the salaries as provided in
the law of 1901 until the grand jury
made an investigation. He argued also
that the only way was to bind the
registrar to a list of salaries which
must be paid.
HARRIS FOR PROMOTIONS.
Harris argued that 1t was not good
business policy to make certain salaries
for the various places, but rather the
chief should have the power to pay the
men just what they are worth, sug-
gesting that a new man at copying was
not worth so much as a skilled and
capable man. Long defended the report
showing why II was wise to offer oppor-
tunity to young men.
Mr.. Beckley said that so long as Mr..
Thrum was at the head of the office
there woult. be no justice for the clerks.
He said it was an old story of how
The clerks were underpaid, the balance
of their salaries kept as realzatons.
He said If records were kept In --.e'.~..,
the salary list would run into hundreds,
waiian deeds. The last legislature pro-
yided specific salaries yet the Regis
trar did not care a snap for that. He
thought the legislators We're only ka-
nakas and their opinions had no weight.
To get even with Kumalae and him
self. Beckley said, Thrum discharged
Nakuina, his step father, who had real
ly run the Office for twelve years. He
To-. q l,At
were Hawaiians and so II was not
drawing the color line to look out for
them. He declared there was enough
talent in the country to run 1t, and
there was no necessity to bring people
here and give them places. He closed
by asking the Hawaiians to reject the
report, saying the day would come
when the white men would be capable
of taking the places of the Hawai-
ians, but while the House had the pow
er they should use it.
GANDALL WANTS FACTS.
Gandall said that as a Representa-
tive from Kauai, he needed full infor-
nation. He said in his case If he should
seek work there he would not accept
a place unless the salary was sufficient.
Some one had said the clerks got
raise when they struck He thought
then 1t would be best to appropriate
lump sum, then all the clerks should
strike Immediately and together and
have their wages raised in a rush.
Gandall had the floor when the COM
mittee rose.
The Speaker announced that the con-
ference committee on the expense bill
would be appointed on Tuesday. to
which day the Senate had adjourned.
The House then went into recess.
WANT THE RECORDS BACK.
Upon reassembling Speaker Beckley
said that 1t had come TO his knowledge
that the minutes OF the regular session
of the House had been called for by the
courts. The minutes as submitted were
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