The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-19

primarily to provide for personal rep
resentation of pending cases.
Rawlins wanted to know why the
Public Works Department had to pay
Cathcart for a suit to collect water
rates and the matter not dealt with
by the Attorney General. Peters .ex-
planned that the suits had been accu-
mulating and at the time when they
department to handle them, so Cath
cart was employed with the consent
of the Governor.
Rawlins further wanted to know if
the counties did not now pay some of
the incidentals. Peters admitted that
the expenses were mingled. Prior to
1903 the fund for the department had
been 100000, when witness fees had
been paid from it and police fees. Since
the County Act had gone into force
these fees had not been paid from this
fund.
| Rice was glad to hear that economy
was being practiced and thought that
| the department. would not be crippled
by cutting $4,000 off the item, making a
motion to this effect
| Hughes smoothed the cut by softly
explaining to Peters that so much
money had to go SO far and the cut
was really necessary.
| Peters said that the effort of the
| dana Dir haI hxr bo
amount of money to carry it out BY
| giving five cents there would be a five
| cent department and so on up the line.
| Answering a question by Rawlins,
| Peters said that the idea was to in
| crease the efficiency of the office, not
to have it just go along. The money
| would be economically used and would
| not be spent unless necessary.
Rice explained that the Legislature
| could not appropriate over their rev.
| enues in any event.
| The item was finally amended to
| read: "Incidentals, $12,OO0," and an
| item for expense of appeals outside
| the Territory, $4,000, was passed. For
| the current expense of the High
! Sheriff's office, support and mainte-
nance of prisoners $4,000 was passed.
PLEA FOR KNOWLEDGE.
| Kaleiopu left the chair to designate
a vote against the item of $4,000 for
the establishment of library as the
worst crime imaginable Education
| was needed for Hawaiians. Ignorance
is crime and to prevent the spread
of knowledge worse crime. There
was opposition from the country men,
bers, but the libraries could be circu-
lating ones. Today many Hawaiians
a mo nd N
saloons and other places and neglecting
their families because they do not know
their duty toward others.
Rice thought there were enough rich |
people in Honolulu to support the Ii
brary. The Territory had no money |
for it and he moved the item be strick-
en- out.
Hughes explained that the item was
for a circulating library and intended |
for general public benefit. Many chill
dren had to leave school early and were |
untitled for life's battles and there are |
no means now whereby they can get /
an education. This circulating library |
is formed for the benefit of such and
because it will help to educate these he
would support the measure. Cut out
unnecessary items if the appropriation
must be cut down, not this one.
RlCG ASKED HUGHES IL Tie 1eTIllOiy
hadn't got along very well SO far,
which drew a retort that there were
very few Hawaiians III responsible |
positions and that could MOI be called |
getting along very well.
A show of hands led to a demand |
for a standing vote, then for the ayes
and noes, the vote standing IA ayes,
II noes.
PROMOTION JUMPED.
The item of $4,000 for promotion
was jumped upon by Rice, who moved
to cut it to $4,000. Hughes jumped up
to say that every Republican member
had been elected on a promise to help
the Promotion Committee. On vote
the item was cut to $4,000
PUBLIC WORKS ITEMS.
The item of $4,000 for maintenance,
repairs and additions to government
property reused the ire of Rice again.
who demanded specific items The
proposed division was Oahu. $4,000.
Hawaii, $1,000; Maui, $1,000; and Kauai,
$4,000. which was fair. Rawlins also
objected to unspecifed items, instan
cling the switching of the waterworks
money last session for the Nuuanu dam.
The items We're called for
WHARF REPAIR MONEY.
Rice suggested a division Of the
$4,000 put in for the repair of wharves,
as Oahu, $4,000; Hawaii, $4,000; Maui.
$4,000; and Kauai, $4,000. Oahu did not
need much repair money having just
had 100000 spent on new wharves.
Hughes appealed to the common
sense of the members. Honolulu ham
died ninety-nine per cent of all the
shipping.
Rawlins wanted to know what about
the 100000 of loan money. lying idle.
on which the people were paying in
terest. Why not build the Hilo wharf
from that. He suggested that $4,000
be given to Oahu.
Rice agreed provided Hawaii got
$4,000.