The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-23


would have TO walk
Achi moved that the salaries for the
different islands be referred to their
delegations for report. Car
ried and a recess of half an hour was
taken 10 await the reports.
THE REPORTS RECEIVED.
Acni reported verbally for Oahu. Civ
ing its sheriff S2100 county clerk 5000,
attorney $240O, auditor $1,000, treasurer
$500 deputy sheriff of Honolulu $500,
of Waialua 5000, of Koolaupoko 1920. OF
Eva $1,000. of Waianae $500 of Koolau-
loa 1920. etc.
Wilcox reported for Kauai, with |
pretty much as in the bill.
Dowsett jumped on $500 for the
county clerk of Kauai, contrasting it
with Oahu's allowance of $500 for it's
clerk and mentioning the elimination
of the registry work from the duties of
the office as in the original bill.
Wilcox and Gandan amended their
report in that particular.
Dickey reported for Maui.
With the exception of a furtive eX-
clamation over certain items, besides
the Kauai cIerkship matter, everything
passed without opposition until the big
island reported.
Paris presented the report for Ha-
wall. 1t gave the full limit of the bin
and more to salaries.
TROUBLE BREAKS OUT
Dickey was on his feet promptly with
remonstrance. The great variations
in salaries as between the islands was
going to make trouble all over the
group.
Paris wanted to know what was the
use of asking the Senators from the
different islands to bring in reports
and then propose to throw out the re-
port of one island because it did not
suit the ideas of some Senators.
Dowsett thought the Hawaii delega-
ton had not sufficiently considered the
bill. when it made the salary of the
county clerk $500.
Paris replied with a reminder of the
size of the county under consideration.
Bishop could sympathize with the
Senator from Hawaii. but there had
been no promise that the reports of
the committee would be adopted. Ev-
cry other island had cut down sal
aries. while Hawaii had whooped them
up.
Woods complained of the butting in
of Senators from other islands when
those from Hawaii had reported with
special knowledge on the requirements
OF their own island
Dowsett said the motion by Achi re-
ferred those matters to the different
delegations to make recommendations,
but it was the Senate's prerogative to
pass upon their reports.
Achi asked who would be to blame.
No matter what they all did they would
be blamed by those wanting the Off
ces for cutting down, and by others
for raising salaries. If the Senators
from Hawaii were willing to be blam-
ed, that was their own matter. They
had big island. Oahu was only one
sixth part the size of Hawaii.
Paris said the Senate appeared to
forget what had been done with the
bill Instead of two counties, as in
the original bill. Hawaii had been
made one county. Taking it as a
whole, there was more reduction in the
submitted proposals for Hawaii than
| for any other island.
Dowsett personally did not care, as
Hawaii would have to pay for it's own
officers but it seemed absurd to have
such very high salaries for Hawaii
when other counties were cutting down.
Brown was very much surprised at
| the objections after the action of the
Senate in referring salaries to the dele
cations. 1t was fair to suppose that
| the Senators from Hawaii knew what
| their constituents wanted and what
| was right.
Dickey moved to amend the Hawaii
report so as to make the clerks sal
airy the same as for other counties
and adopt the rest.
Wilcox noticed that the Hawaii re-
port had salaries of supervisors in
Guided which the others did not. Paris
, replied that Maui reported on the pay
of supervisors. Dickey held that the
salaries of supervisors must be made
uniform
Achi moved that the report of Ha-
wall be adopted
McCandless did not think the Hawaii
Senators realized that the work of the
clerk was cut down. He moved that
the clerks salary be referred hack to
the Hawaii delegation.
President Isenberg cut the debate
short by calling for show of hands,
when the report was adopted by the
vote of u members.
SUPERVISORS PAY DOUBLED.
The president asked for a decision on
the question of salaries of supervisors.
McCandless moved it be $500 as in
the bill. Dickey objected that a mo-
ton was unnecessary, the item not be-
ing in question, but this was disputed
and Bishop moved that the salary be
$500 for all supervisors.
Hayselden moved in amendment that
it be $500.
The president ordered the ayes and
noes called, when the amendment,
making the salary of a county super
visor $500 a year, passed by the follow
lowing vote:
Ayes-Brown. Dickey, Hayselden
Hewitt Kalama, Paris, Wilcox, Woods