The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-04-08

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ture did. they could quit. He said the
Legislature should find way to pass
the appropriations without hampering
the work of the Government, The mo-
ton to cut was lost and the item car
ried as In the bill
KUMALAE AGAIN.
Kumalae wanted the Hawaii assessor
cut from 5000 to SITS and talked for
| five minutes to the gallery, in Hawai-
ian, about the matter.
DO you want the speech interpret
ed?" asked Interpreter Coelho address
ing the white members.
NO" came emphatically from sew
eral sources.
IT am entitled to thirty minutes and
have only talked two minutes said
Kumalae heatedly.
Greenwich said the Hawaii assessor
had big island to cover, but the re-
duction carried. The Kauai assessor
was reduced from $3.50 to sl4O and the
registrar of public conveyances frow
si75 to $3.50.
Kumalae wanted the 800 salary for
deputy registrar indefinitely postponed
and talked for another five minutes on
noes when the interpreter asked the
House IL It wanted the translation.
There was tie upon the show of
hands and the chair called for ris-
ing vote. Beckley began to say there
was no need for n deputy in the office
and Harris raised the point OF order
that the chair was about to announce
the result of the vote. Beckley claimed
that there was no vote until Kalama
had voted and the motion was put
again. Kalama voted with the Republic
cans this time. and the motion to post
pone was lost and the item carried.
THE QUEENS CASE.
Kumalae moved to reduce the settle
ment to Liliuokalani from 1925 to $500
per month, saying that he couldn't
help it; all salaries must take the same
| course. The motion carried, the Re-
publicans again voting no
The small permanent settlements Of
5000 per year We're referred to the
finance committee. Kumalae said that
of the Government If they were mar
ried and the finance committee was in
structed to ascertain their status.
PUBLIC WORKS.
Kumalae's motion to reduce the
Superintendent of Public Works from
$500 to $3.50 was also lost and also the
motion to reduce the assistant from
$3.50 to 5000. 1t was stated that he
was also superintendent of water
works, but Kumalae showed another
item for an assistant in that bureau
when we come to that we will cut
it out" said Kalama, raising a general
laugh. The committee then rose and
adjourned until afternoon
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House rescinded all its acts of
the morning session in the afternoon
and passed the salary bill just as t
came from Governor Carter.
Kumalae was absent when the House
reconvened and the items went through
one by one without stop. When ku-
malae did arrive breathlessly, after
half the bill had been passed, he made
but one or two futile efforts to reduce
items, but the majority was solid and
would not even listen to the Home
Rule leader
The House had reached the Attorney
Generals Department when Kumalae
made his first interruption. In order
to expedite matters the House had been
using but one language-the Hawaiian.
No TRANSACTIONS into English were made
and as the members had their bills be-
fore them, it didn't seem necessary.
Kumalae moved to reduce the Deputy
Attorney General from 1925 to 5000 per
month. He received second and then
ha inritv To strnpk him The
item was left as 1t was.
The reading finished, Beckley got the
floor and moved a reconsideration of
the permanent settlements which had
been referred to the finance committee
to allow an investigation of the status
of the benefciaries. There was no re-
port but the permanent settlements
passed as recommended.
Keliinoi then moved to reconsider the
Queens settlement and It was changed
back again to $685. per month. The
same action was taken relative to the
registrar of conveyances, the Hawaii,
Kauai and Oahu assessors and tax
deputies. The registrar of public ac-
counts and chief clerk In Secretary's
office were also placed at the old figure
and the bill was then just as 1t had
come from the Governor.
Fernandez objected to the second
section which prohibited one man from
drawing salary from more than one
office, II any of the offices carried
salary of more than 800 per month.
Fernandez said that some employees
could hold half dozen offices IL the
salary connected with each was less
than 800
Kumalae said he knew one man who
held four positions.
WHO Is hep" asked Harris.
~ don't know his name" Kumalae
added that he would find out II the
House would defer action on the bill.
and talked In Hawaiian for some time
on the question.
"Do you want It translated" asked
Coelho, hes repeating the same state
ment he made before" No one wanted
to know what Kumalae had said and
the bin was passed. The committee
then reported back to the House and