The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-05

On record M fatefine the rut
ltirc nnld that the Treasurer col
lceted nj she taxes frat the snme h,
before AMI the amount was incfeas
ing. II would be- unwi.c 20 cot down
On the office from which She cvcndc
came. ilc favored leaving the SALARY
NJ stio. ~ AZ present
sheldon frvored waiting for cuts
until those officials were reached who
had nothing To do but smoke cigars,
~ hnd been referred to.
kaniho had fine audience OF the
great unwnshrd To- listen and refused
to leave the matter alone until he had
reviewed the whole salary position,
citing the pay Of tho Governor and
wanting to know why tho officials of
the House, the clerk and stcnographcr,
get more money than their master the
House momucir. Th'a was IN raswer
to the cortention Il at IL the Treasurer =
salary he cut the salaries of his sub
ordinntcs should also be cut. He failed
to see it.
The erlary was put Mt $3.50 n month
on standing vote of fourteen to
twelve.
Sheldon moved to cut The registrar of
public accounts to 1925, Kaniho OBJ
jecting. Rice supported the motion,
failing to see where the Territory could
afford to raise any salaries. Kaleiopu
favored leaving the item as in the
bill. $3.50.
Rice called upon the members to be
consistent and not want to cut the
Treasurer to 5000 and then raise his
assistant to $3.50.
The salary passed at 1925.
The salary of the bookkeeper and
deputy insurance commissioner was
next under fire, Sheldon warting to do
the House of Lord IS act as the Senate
had done and do little boosting. Ka-
eiopu, the grab opponent self-declared,
rooted hard for the raise, which Rice
pointing out that the Senate
had only played politics in the bill
by raising salaries all along the line
and then coming to the back door of
the House and asking for them to be
cut down.
81 am not taking advice from the
Senate. 1 think the Senators should be
men enough to stand on their own feet |
md not play politics in this way. Tho
Senate has not done it's duty towards
he taxpayers of this Territory. Now |
his House is the only thing standing
between the taxpayers and the hooters
# the treasury"
The salary was left at $1,000.
CONSISTENCY A JEWEL.
Sheldon twitted Rice with inconsist.
ncy for favoring a $25 raise for the
cense clerk, and Kaniho moved to
ut it back to $l15, the present pay.
he motion was lost and the raise was
anctioned.
Ealeiopu wanted to cut the Oahu
ax assessor to 5000, twenty-five less
han at present. Sheldon amended the
'em to 1925, the present figure, which
assed.
Kaleo moved raise to 5000 for the
equity tax assessor as he did the same
ord as his chief Sheldon wanted to
now if he were under the same bond
nd responsibility. Kaleo said he didn t
ire anything about bond or RESPONSE
llity, all he wanted was to see the
llary raised. His motion WIS lost.
Action was deferred on the $4,000
EN- for salaries and commissions of
,puty assessors, collectors, clerk and
lterpreters, Oahu. The same action
as taken on similar items for Maui,
avail and Kauai 49, ..F,
The item of $2400, for an expert
dexer Tor the Bureau of Conveyance
lught haniho's eye and he moved {
strike the item out. There seemed
, Dor al ,l,,
,partnent to him. Kaleiopu explain.
what the work was and pointed out
re need of the indexcr The item I
sed as in the bill. n
Kaleiopu thought that the Superin- 7
ndent of Public Works had nothing I
do worth more than 5000. Besides o
little road work his duties were moth {
&. Sheldon disagreed and moved to
1t the salary at $3.50, something for t
hich nalelopu demanded reason. a
he salary was put at $3.50. 4
The salary of the first assistant clerk I
as raised from 800 to $125. i
Correa wanted new item put in |
500 for a second assistant clerk, {
tion on this being deferred. /
Coney moved to reduce the stenog-
pher to 300 instead of 1925. Correa n
ncnding by making it $40. b
Kaleiopu had forgotten how little a
g Superintendent of the department
ID under his control according to 81
mself and dilated on the amount of @
)rk to be done by his stenographer, $
voring the salary at $125. That ii
was the best one in the a
'rritory anyway. The item passed at a
20. n
81 move the item be stricken out, . D
id kalelopu. on his feet as soon as 81
g salary of the Assistant Superin-
ldent was reached. "
The bill says he Is IN engineer. el
far as / know he is not an en- ell
leer, a stationary engineer or loco Il
tive engineer or any other kind. il
hen we wanted to build Nuuanu
m we had to send to Washington or o.
w York for plans and what is the $,
suit of his work? The people are a
W in fear of loss of life and property ST
I'm the breaking of the dam. This II
the kind of man that we are W
Sed to vote salary for OF
Rice moved to make the item read nj
salary of superintendent of water
rks and sewers, 5000 The Terri %
y needed a superintendent of water tn
nd 10 |