The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-01-11

$31, 1920
This, it will be observed, does not
contemplate the payment for inter-
preting, printing nor typewriting. Some
of the bills have to be typewriter
many times owing to changes. so that
each change may be noted and the
whole bill from its first draft to the
final bill may be compared. This all
means money.
Representative Hughes has plan for
saving the salary Of a chaplain. He
would dispense with the services of
regular official in this capacity for the
session and would have the Legislature
call upon the different religious demon,
nations to provide a chaplain each
week. the different denominations to
alternate.
Mr.. Hughes has some excellent ideas
governing the rapid discharge of the
duties. He would have the bills In
conformity with the platform of the
Republican pledges disposed of first,
and when that is done the appropria'
tion bill would be Immediately taken
up for action. He thinks that in this
way the session may be closed on time.
The law committee of the Territorial
Central Committee held an executive
session yesterday for the purpose or
considering matters to be presented to
the Legislature at the coming session.
1t was supposed that this committee
would learn from the Secretary the
exact condition for the disbursement of
the m oney and when this information
is obtained arrangements will be made
accordingly
HOW POLITICIANS VIEW IT.
The Federal appropriation of 100000
for legislative purposes in the Terri
tory, which is regarded by the local
politicians as rather a mixed blessing.
is not intended to cover all the eX-
penses of the coming Legislature. Its
scope is strictly limited to the items
specified in the act providing it, which
reads in part:
For legislative expenses, namely:
Furniture, light. stationery, record cas-
ings and files. printing and binding, in
dexing records, postage, ice, water,
clerk hire, mileage of members. incl
dentals, pay of chaplain, clerk, SER
geant-at arms, stenographers and mes
senSers. thirty thousand dollars: Pro,
vided, That the members of the Legis-
lature of the Territory of Hawaii shall
not draw their compensation of two
hundred dollars, or any mileage, for
any extra session held, in compliance
with section fifty-four of an act to pro-
vide a government for the Territory of
Hawaii, approved April thirtieth, Ammo
Domini nineteen hundred"
From this 1t will be seen that no
provisions are made for payment of
seasonal indemnities for members, for
interpreting during the session nor for
translating bills and statutes into Ha-
waiian. These latter two are going to
be stumbling blocks and probable COM
plications are threatened. The one item
for printing, for instance, provides only
for printing in the official English
language. The items of expenditures
will be scrutinized at Washington and
all other printing bills will most prob
ably be thrown out.
This appropriation, too, places the
Secretary of the Territory in a some
what peculiar position. To secure the
fund 1t is necessary that he shall file a
tond for $4,000 and be held
under it responsible for the disburse-
ment of the fund. To protect himself It
will be necessary. therefore, that he
exercise an auditors power over the
to be paid from 1t, al
though the Legislature will be inde-
pendent OF him in passing the appro-
priations Then, too. the fund Is only
available provided that no extra ses-
sion is held at which the members vote
themselves an indemnity, thus tying up
he 100000 until after the time during
which an extra session can be called
has passed,
In all case OF dispute the final arbiter
S the Secretary OF the Treasury at
and this opens up a pros
'ect of a drawn-out correspondence,
by yards of red-tape.
1t Is understood that Secretary At !
ilnson has not yet filed the bond re- {
luired to make the thirty thousand
valuable. {