Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-03-19
R|(t HTS HARD
At OAHU COUNTY
Knocks Out Honolulu
Appropriation
Items
HOUSE
22nd Day-Afernoou Session.

III tne House Manlpu 10 go through,
and, backed up by his blind following
who always snecze when he takes
snuif. lie succeeded In knocking sew
oral OF them out.
II was entirely unnecessary for him
10 give any reason for his opposition
TO any item. All he had tn do was to
get up and move that 1t be stricken
out. and stricken out II was.
The Oahu representatives fought
very well on the floor for their con-
stituents' interests. but II is not work
ON the floor of the House that counts
50 much as quiet work In committees
and with individual members. and of
this there appears to be little evidence.
In addition to knocking out the Oahu
items, Rice succeeded. with the able
help of Rawlins. the lawyer represen-
tative, in cutting down the appropri-
alton for the running expenses OF the
Attorney Generals department. Fiji
teen thousand dollars was asked for.
The Committee of the Whole. at the
instance of Rice and Rawlins. granted
$4,000.
Probably the most ridiculous thing
That has been seen in the House during
he present session was the action OF
the House In giving the island of Ha-
wall $4,000 for maintenance OF aud
repairs 10 lts wharVes ana landings,
while oahu gets only $4,000. Maui
and Kauai were given $4,000 each. Ha-
wall has, OF course. only one wharf of
any Importance. ana that, as one mem
Der put 1t, Is In the wrong place and
cant be used. Honolulu has "A large
number, where practically all the ship
ping business OF the Territory Is done.
Dut that makes no difference to the
Drllilant Representative from Kauai.
ne doesn't ike oahu, anyway, and
TINS Island Is going to get the worst
OF u eVerytime II ne can bring 1t about.
Rlce also succeeded III knocking out
the item OF SlO,UOO Tor the support OF
pnDhc library ana pairing down the
appropriation Tor the Promotion Com
HllItee from S2",OOO 10 Sl2,OOO.
Inc commute. 81 the Whole finished
us WORK on the current expense appro-
| Eria'loil plII' ana II VIII probably be
reported 10 the tiouse Tor hnai pas
| sase louu!' AZ HhdllS amended IL car
,iea i,eils assIesallng sl,ofo'4O1.
Ems 10 0li-o lioNED'
Ni'eI slt transaction Oh shiaii
a'houht D, routine business, the House
,vsoi'eu i'Sei INTO committee OF the
Whoie loi the purpose OF resnminG
comsiueraioih ot the Appropriation
Bill
chairman kalelopu stated that while
.he orlsiial Dili called Tor appropria'
tio's asSTesa'ihg si'oSS'ioo' amend
.hehts ALREADY made To the bill had
drought the amount up 10 sl,639,il5.
'ohsiueratloh OF the Items Tor the
ATTORNEY HeneraIs Department had
Deeh deferred uhiii he could he pres
| Vh'' MI felerS was called, ana tooR
,he seat reserved Tor those VINO are TO
De subjected TO the questioning ny the
member
| Tue hrst thils they wanted TO know
| tDout WAS the item Oh sl5,OOo Tor Incl
hchthIs' MT. refers explained, stating
long lS' Oh purposes LOT Wilch the
money mas been PAD III the past III
general way ne said' the ihhd mas
oeeh expended LOT such expenses as III
tne op'liloh Vi inc Attorney Hehera
dis necessary
salaries Oh stehographers, messeil-
|
ed IN TINS Item Tor the next biennial
period lhey Deing included this Time
VI lhe salary appropriation Dill.
"iCH WANTS 10 KNOW.
rice wanted 10 know, since TINS was
the case why the Attorney General
was asking Tor more incidental money
IMAM formerly lie wanted To know II
the department could not get along Oh
less lie thought 5000 month ought
10 Dc enough.
| refers replied that ne could gel
along on mat IN way, nut the Attor'
neF Hemerais department was different
from all others IN that whiie expenses
one hiohlh might DE over $1,000, the
next they might not be rSiOO.
FOR the last hiteen months sale
refers the department has been run
LOT less imam ever before.
| u you were 10 ask me II ! could
get along on Sl2,OOO a year, or $4,000
OF even 5000 ! would say yes. But
lhe ehciehcy OF the department de