The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-08

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 $625 to $500
per month, saying that he couldn I
help it; all salaries must take the same
course. The motion carried. the Re-
pubIicans again. voting mo-"
The small permanent settlements of
5000 per year were referred TO the
finance committee. Kumalae said that
they We're not entitled to the support
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The House rescinded all it's acts OF
the morning session in the afternoon
and passed the salary bill just as it
came from Governor Carter.
Kumalae was absent when the House
reconvened and the items went through
one by one without a 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 Ianguage-the Hawaiian.
No translations into English were made
and as the members had their bills be-
fore them, 1t didn't seem necessary.
Kumalae moved to reduce the Deputy |
General from $225 to 5000 per
month. He received second and then |
the majority vote struck him. The |
item was left as it was.
The reading finished, Beckley got the |
floor and moved a reconsideration of /
The permanent settlements which had |
been referred to the finance committee |
% allow an investigation of the status
II the beneficiaries. There was no re-
port but the permanent settlements I
passed as recommended
Keliinoi then moved to reconsider the
Queens settlement and it was changed
'ack again to 1925 per month. The
anne action was taken relative to the
egistrar of conveyances, the Hawaii,
Kauai and Oahu assessors and tax
deputies. The registrar of public ac-
cunts and chief clerk in Secretary's
flee were also placed at the old figure
nd the bill was then just as it had
ONE from the Governor.
Fernandez objected to the second
ection which prohibited one man from
rawing salary from more than one
flee. If any of the Offices carried a
aiary of more than 500 per month. !,
fernandez said that some employees
ould hold half a dozen offices If the
alary connected with each was less !,
han 500.
Kumalae said he knew one man who
ED four positions.
who is ne?" asked Harris.
II don't know his name" KumaIae
dded that he would find out If the l
louise would defer action on the bill. {
nd talked in Hawaiian for some time
n the question.
DO you want it translated asked I
oelho, he's repeating the same state
lent he made before" No one wanted ! {
D know what Kuna1ae had said and e
he bill was passed. The committee
hen reported back to the House and !
he bill passed second reading unani- I
lousIy. T
Upon motion of Keliinoi adjournment
Vas taken until this morning at ten
CLOCK.
THE SENATE.
PECIAL sEssIoN-sECoND DAY.