The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-05-09


This motion likewise failed.
Dowsctt again moved that Oahu n
school house appropriation he cut 20
$4,000. aud Paris moved that the
school house appropriation for all the
islands be cut To $4,000 and pro
rated. This carried.
Dowsctt moved TO amend by making
the school building appropriation 500.
600. $4,000 for each island This also
carried, and is sweeping cut.
Paris moved the reduction OF Homo.
lulu water works from 100000 to $780,.
600. This caused row. of course, ana,
in the course of the discussion Achi
made perhaps the most sensible speech
that has so far been made in the Sen.
ate, taking the ground that money
should be put in water works because
money came from them. The Senator
said that half the loan money should
be put in income producing improve
ment, in order that the Territorial
government would have chance to
pay interest on its bonds
The effort TO cut down the appropri-
alton for the Honolulu water works
failed. Then the second reading of
the bill was concluded, and the meas
ure passed, carrying appropriations of
$1,274, 900, which is $4,000 in excess
of the committees estimate.
Dickey introduced resolution in.
sorting in Senate Bill No. all the
items stricken out because Of the pas
sage of the County Act, such addi-
tional appropriations not to be avail
able unless the County Act shall be
declared to be invalid.
Dickey explained that the purpose
was to avoid the necessity Of another
extra session. The resolution was re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
,Hayselden presented petition from
the Improvement Association of Wal
1uku asking that liberal appropriations
for school purposes be made. The pc
tition was referred to the Committee
on Education.
A communication from the House
Informed the Senate of the passage of
II 'joint resolution requesting the Com
missioners of Education to look into
the matter of the establishment of ag-
ricultural and industrial colleges,
under the patronage of the United
went to the Committee on Education.
Then the Senate adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
Senate Bill No. 5. the bill to pro-
vide. for additional current expenses
of the Territory, was up for third
reading in the House Of Representa-
twas vaotar1ax- Tbo l,n A.. -, ..ol H.,
the Senate went along swimmingly un-
til the item of $1,000, for Honolulu
electric lighting, was reached. Aylett
had an amendment to increase the item
to $4,000. Some of the out.of-town
members fought the increase on the
ground that Oahu county should pay
the expense, but the amendment car.
ried.
Rice had another amendment to re-
duce the appropriation to $1,000, which
was lost. The sum of $4,000 was ap-
propriated.
SARCASTIC MR.. RICE.
There was row over the appropri-
of registration when this came up
for consideration. Harris objected to
any allowance being made for trans
portation of commissioners in the out.
lying islands, as there was, he said, no
authorization for it and the Govern
or's veto would be invited.
"Let it go in,' said Rice. "What
if the Governor does veto it7 It's the
same old thing. We pass for water
wagons in different places and the Gov
ernor vetoes. Honolulu wants water
wagons and gets them. It's the same
old thing"
The item was inserted.
BREWERS WHARF TROUBLE.
Waterhouse for the Public Expendi-
lures Committee introduced an amend
ment to pay $4,000 to reimburse the
Hawaiian American Construction and
Engineering Company for an alleged
loss over the cancelled Brewer g wharf
contract. The motion was opposed,
Quinn leading an attack on it. He
claimed that the company possibly
saved money by the contract being
cancelled instead of having lost the
amount claimed. Harris, Andrade and
Waterhouse supported the item while
Fernandez, Aylett, and Long stood by
Quinn s view. Long stated that SUI
perintendent Holloway had told him
that the contractors had taken away
more material from the old wharf, be-
longing to the Territory, than would
be required to compensate them for
any loss. He moved the tabling of the
item.
The motion to table was carried on
the following division:
Ayes-Aylett, Coelho, Copp, Cox,
Fernandez, Greenwell. Haia, Holstein,
Kaleiopu, Kaniho, Lilikalani, Long,
Mahikoa, Nakuina, Pulaa, Quinn,
Sheldon-17.
Noes-Andrade Harris, Kalawaia,
Kalino, Lewis, Rice, Shipman, Smith,
Waterhouse-9.
PELEKUNU EPIDEMIC.
On motion of Harris an item Of $579
for the Board of Health, for expenses
incurred in suppressing the epidemic
at Pelekunu, was passed.
An item OF s19ls.S2 was inserted for