The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-03

get these salaries outside of these of.
fees
Kaleiopu told Hughes that if he had
been in the House in 1905 he. would
know that each county was supposed e
regulate it's own salaries. He wanted
to know what Hughes meant by an in.
| crease of pay. He again wanted To
know what business It was of Kauai
and Maui what pay Oahu gave its Of
| ffcials.
| In the salary bill of the Territory
you will see that some of the officials
are to get $500 and the House will
probably support that bill. In addi-
ton incidental money VIII be given
amounting to nearly a million dollars.
These incidentals are to let the officiaIA
travel about and smoke cigars
The speaker then enlarged on the in
cidental fund, now in the Senate, sta
ting that he had overheard a remark
that the Attorney General had been
glad to get $4,000 although he had
asked for $4,000. We could see the
good work done by the county officials.
but can only see the Territorial Of
ficials eating up the three millions pro-
vided for them, for their cigars and
newspapers and such. If the treasurer
of Oahu should only get 5000 a month,
the treasurer of the Territory ought
only to get 5000 a month.
The Attorney Generals department
and a criminologist.
II would like to know what that fell
low does?' exclaimed Kaleiopu.
IL.
with that of the County Attorney OF
Oahu, and made other comparisons
along the same line, saying that the
Territorial Auditor got $3.50 a month
for doing nothing and now it is whis-
pered he is to get $500 a month for the
same work.
If Hughes would be willing to cut the
Territorial Auditor to $4,000 a year he
would be willing to cut the County
Auditor to $4,000. He would be willing
to have all the Territorial and County
salaries the same.
Rawlins said the real point affecting
Oahu had been lost sight of. The
main kick is because the county has
not enough funds, resulting in a cut
of the police and fire departments. on
top of that oahu has lost 100000 year
in the changes of the income tax law,
passed by the present Legislature.
The matter has simmered down to
the fact that the police and fire de-
partments have been cut already and
the Oahu members must be careful
about raising salaries.
Where is the money to come from?''
was the conundrum thrown at Kalei
1,au oil ,slfc
ing the laborers pay and giving witness
fees in criminal cases. These amounts
will come from the counties. not the
Territory. 1t may be that the Terri !
tory was receiving too big a share, but
this should be readjusted before any |
RI Use of salaries all along the line be
adopted. Some of the officials he
knew were underpaid and some of the |
Items might be increased: the pay of
the auditor. for instance. was too low /
at $500. IT should be $4,000.
KUNST PARK PROPERTY.
Kaleiopu threw the blame for the cut |
on the police department on to the |
not the Legislature. The /
had shouldered the Kunst /
park property spending $4,000 for 1t. /
They had been elected as good and /
men, but diverted this l
amount from the payrolls.
The details Of this deal were given /
by Kaleiopu, who saw no virtues in |
it, He jumped on the purchase Of a /
$4,000 automobile, which was sold for 4
$780, and blamed the past Board Of /
for squandering at least /
$780, 900. This was the reason why the |
police department was suffering, not .
because of any fault of the Legisla-
ture.
Rawlins said he was not here to de-
Tend the supervisors. Perhaps during 4
their eighteen months Of power they I
had spent 100000 foolishly. But Oahu
was up against a hard fact that they
We're going to face big deficit of $780,
200 in the next two years.
The real question is whether oahu
IAN get along on it's income, not the
merits of the Kunst deal There is