The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-20

SpCht lOr, anu II the senate asked
$4,000 for its expenses, he would think
the House did wrong to permit the bill
to go through.
ABSOLUTELY WRONG"
IF We allow the House to let a con-
tract for printing at 1910 when il can
be done for $1.sS which is absolutely
wrong" said McCandless. (which we
do by adopting this report, we are as
much to blame as the House. don't
see how we can approve of a contract
for 500 when we can get the work
done at $1.SS a page. understand that
| the Advertiser was to get the contract
for the Senate journal at $162 but the
Senate wouldn't approve of it, and 1T
| did right by letting it to the lowest
| bidder at $1-38. And now we want to
| approve of the House paying $40 for
| the same work that can be got for $1.3S.
! 1t will be upon our shoulders if fine
report is adopted and I move that it be
| laid on the table to be considered with
| the BILL
| Senator Baldwin said there had al
ready been a long delay and that i'm
as not, as every member knew all
about it.
NOT THIEVES OR ScoUNDRELs.
OcAdLOI -. DTOM0 Sdi0 that tie SCH
ate had nothing to do with the mat
ter at all. and could not sit in iudg-
ment upon the House of Representa-
tives. He said if the House wished to
appropriate money and enter into a
contract which the Senate didn't ap-
prove of it was beyond the preroga-
tives and duty of the Senate to dictate
what contracts the House should make.
I'VE are to presume that they are gem
tlemen and honorable" he said, land
that they are doing the best they know
how, and not that they are a set of
thieves and scoundrels. 1t is true they
can't get the money unless the Senate
votes for it, but it is not for the Senate
to say how they shall spend it. We
ought to vote $4,000 which think is
too much, but as Senators we have no
right to ascribe motives to the House
of Representatives which we would not
ascribe to ourselves as Senator'S"
CAN INVESTIGATE HOUSE.
Senator Achi seconded the motion to
table the report and said that if the
statement was true. that the Senate
had no right to look into the affairs
of the House, then they had no right
to reduce the amount. He contended
however that the Senate could investi-
gate the expenditures of the House as
we'll as of any public official and If the
theory of Senator Brown was true the
House could ask $4,000 and the Senate
could not say whether it should be CIV
en- or not.
Senator Brown interrupted and asked
what would have been done if the old
custom had been followed and a lump
sum appropriated for both houses. The
bill for the Senate had been introduced
by him and he didn't believe the Senate
could examine into the affairs of the
House any more than if a lump sum
had been appropriated for the use of
both houses.
Senator Achi said he knew the
amount appropriated was more than
should be given. though the CLERK of
the House informed him that $4,000
would be needed and there were still.
outstanding, bills from the regular ses-
sion.
Achi moved to amend the report to
give $4,000 which Kalauokalani sec
onded.
Achi said he wanted the Senate to
force action on the unpaid bills meas
ures, and added that it didn't look we'll
when the Legislature first passed ap-
propriations for it's own use, and left
Jurors waiting over the entire regu-
lar session. He suggested that the bill
be held up until the emergency and
unpaid bills were passed.
Achi again moved to fix the amount
at $4,000 and McCandless amended at
$4,000
ct think we had better adjourn" sug-
gested Baldwin.
II second that motion said Nc
Candless.
'I didn't make a motion" replied
Baldwin, IT simply thought we had
better adjourn"
IT move We adjourn then" said Nc
Candless.
"Kokua,' said Achi.
The motion to adjourn was lost only
McCandless and Achi voting for it.
The motion to consider the report
with the bill was lost, three to five
The motion to pass the report at
$50 900 was lost.
Senator Dickey then moved that the
amount be fixed at SIS 900 which he said
was plenty of money to print -he Jour-
nal at regular rates.
McCandless amended to make t S12,-
GOO.
President Crabbe then put the no
ton to adopt the report and at the re-
quest of McCandless ayes and noes
were called. The report was adopted
and the bill passed second reading, nlj2e
to three. on the following vote: Ayes
Baldwin, Brown. J. T. Brown. Isenberg,
Kalauokalani. Kaiue. Kaohi. Paris
Crabbe 9. Noes-8chi, Dickey, Nc
Candless, s.
Senator Isenberg moved to adjourn
until Thursday, Achi to Friday, Bald
win TO Wednesday. The motion to adj
journ until Thursday carried.
Milton NJ Fisher, whose death in the
town of Midway. Mass. at the great