Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-05-26
HOUSE,.
HOUSE.
Extra Session.
Twenty.seeond Day.
Afternoon Session.

House called to order at o'clock
with a bare quorum present. Speaker
Beckley announced committee of the
whole to consider Senate Bill T. Mr.
Harris not being present, Speaker
Beckley called the House to order and
appointed Mr.. Greenwell chairman.
The young man from Kona grasped his
copy of the Organic Act and walked to
the chair with reluctant step. Just
then Mr.. Harris walked in and MIR.
relief. Mr.. Harris then took the chair
and the matter of the ruling of the
chair on the item of $4,000 for the ex-
penses of Commissioner of Public
Lands to Washington was brought up.
The chair decided that the matter had
been settled during the forenoon ses-
sion.
Thereupon, the Hackfeld wharf item
was taken up. A motion to refer the
matter to the Attorney General was
lost and the motion TO insert the item
rs in the bill was carried by the fol-
lowing vote, the ayes and noes being
as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Aylett, Chillingworth,
Gandall. Greenwell. Haia. Harris. Ka-
lama. Kaniho. Keliinoi, Kou, Knudsen.
Kumalae, Lewis. Nakaleka, Pail, Pur.
dy, Vida, Wright and Beckley-10.
Noes-Messrs Damien, Fernandez,
Kealawaa, Kupihea, Oil, Paele and
Pulaa-7.
Absent-Messrs. Andrade, Jaeger.
Kali and Long.
MIR. Chillingworth moved to insert
the following item: "Incidentals, Tax
Office, S3,7jS.S4." Carried by a close
vote.
The item interest at 9 per cent for
one year, s6,22S.25," referred to the
Hackfeld wharf, passed with very lit
tie objection.
Honolulu Iron Works for high lift
pump, January 10, 1900, Sl9,635," de-
ferred on motion of the chairman of
the committee to whom this new item
had been referred.
The matter OF the reimbursement of
certain school teachers for amounts
due them, attention to which was
called by the Department of Public In
struction. was next brought up and the
following item was inserted: Back
pay of teachers, in accordance with
schedule submitted by Superintendent
Of Public Instruction, Sl,l6350."
The committee arose, reported prog
rcss and asked leave to sit again Re
port adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Vida, the House
took up the consideration OF Senate
Bill .. On motion of Mr.. Harris, the
House again went into committee OF
the whole.
The following items passed without
discussion: Queen Liliuokalani, 1880;
Mrs. Emma Barnard, 500; Mrs. Kama
| kani Simeona, 500: Mrs. Mary r..
Stolz, 800, and Mrs. Paahao, 800.
The first argument came when the
| secretaTy's Office items were reached.
The item Salary of chief clerk, $500,
| passed. The items Assistant clerk,
5000" and "Stenographer, $500" were
| passed. but on motion the former was
| ItGOnSlutTtu' MT. GOTHduutL HlONtu
10 join. the two items and make the
amount $500 per month. The discus
sion brought out the antagonistic at
titude OF the House toward the EN-
/ ployment Of women in departments Of
the government. Mr.. Harris. in answer
To an argument made by Mr. Beckley.
said that this was the intention of the
Secretary OF the Territory. lie wanted
men and voters In his Office and that
was why he was asking for the items
rs they appeared In the bill. A man
could not be secured to work for $50 n
month.
Mr.. Kumalac moved that the items
be combined but that the pay be made
5000. This motion finally passed
Messenger and janitor. $780, passed
"Territorial Statistician, 5000" Mr.
Harris moved to make the amount
$1,000. II would be impossible to get
n statistician for hundred dollars d
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