The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-05-16
THE SENATE.

The Senate got down to work in
earnest yesterday, Senator Dowsett
from the Ways and Means Committee
presenting the reports on the two
bills, salaries and current expenses,
which had been referred to the COM
mittee to get the appropriations with
in the income of the Territory, if pos
sible. And, as a result of the work
of the committee, the salary bill pass
ed third reading yesterday, and the
current expense bill second reading
The salary bill now goes to the House,
which has not had whack at it at
all, and the current expense appropri-
alton bill will be read for the third
time in the Senate today.
The reports ON the bills showed that
the Ways and Means Committee had
been putting in some pretty hard work
while the Senate had been waiting.
The salary bill, the report upon which
was presented first, shows that the al
lowance in the bill was cut by the
committee from $1,46s,312 to 1885,
$50, and this was cut from the Gov
ernor's estimate, which was $1,627,-
600. This was cut of about $71 600,
and it was made even greater when
the bill came to be considered, the
amounts as finally appropriated foot
ing up 1896, 0S0.
The current expense bill was also
roundly cut by the committee, the to-
tai appropriations in the bill falling
from $1,4S7 ,595 to $1,3S7, III. This is
saving on this bill of $l00,47S, and
this was increased rather than dimin-
ished when the bill came up for second
reading, although nobody will know
exactly what was saved until Clerk
Savidge comes to make his footings.
GRAFTERs KNOCKED OUT.
Senator Dowsett read the reports
himself, putting in that on the expense
bill first. 1t was sweeping docu-
ment, incidentally cutting out the item
inserted by the House at the instance
of the grafters to pay $4,000 for de-
Tending the County Act to attorneys
who had agreed to do the work with
out fee from motives of good citizen
ship-that is, one of them agreed to
do the worn Iree from motives of
good citizenship, and the other one said
that he did. An effort was made by
Senator John Lane of Oahu to have
this item put back in the bill when it
came to be considered on second read
ing, Senator Palmer Woods of Hawaii
seeonding the motion to insert, but
this last attempt of the grafters re-
ceived only the votes of Lane and
Woods. The other Senators understand
that the Territory cannot afford lux
uries, and are good enough fnanciers
in the public interest not to insist up
on paying for what is offered them for
| nothing.
After he had read the report on the
current expense bill, Dowsett read the
report on the salaries bill. 1t was a
very technical document, the changes
being made line by line and by number
in the printed bill, and so it was prac-
tically impossible to follow. The rec
ommendation of the committee, how.
ever, was that the bill be passed as
amended hv the report, the measure
being on third reading. The report
was laid on the table to be considered
with the bill. The bill itself, as the
order of the day, came up at once, up
on the conclusion of the reading Of the
report, for third reading. There was
no dispute upon the report until il
came to the cut in the commissions tt
be paid TO Tax Collectors. This sun
is fixed in the bill at $l2,5o0, and tn,
report of the committee cut it to $11,
400. The recommendation was adopt
ed, after some debate.
THE BILL PASSES.
| On motion of Achi, the item of $l2;
month for superintendent of sew
ers was not adopted, there being a ma,
already provided for in the Board o.
Health Department to look out TO
this work.
| The salary of the High Sheriff wa
cut to $2l2.5o per month, and this wa