Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-30

me senate amendments hppiOpil-
ating $500 to buy heiaus and pun.
honuas were Tapped on and also Shell
don's item of $4,000 for the Wal
mea river embankmcnt. The Tlilo
pilot boat was given $3.50 less than in
the bill
The committee knocked out the
$1,000 item for the extension of the
Waimea water works, and also an
item of $4,000 to fight forest and
grass fires. The leper settlement
loses the $4,000 for new buildings,
and the appropriation for the Malu-
lsni Hospital, Maui, was cut from
$4,000 to $4,000. The only boost was
in the grant to the Promotion Com
mittee. which was given $4,000 in
stead of $4,000.
This report was adopted by the
House without any debate.
SALARY APPROPRIATION BILL
The conference report on the sal
airy appropriation bill was presented.
Chairman Rice explained. that II had
been the cause of many wrangle,
and not all the members were salts
fed, but II was the best that could be
done Time was short and failure to
agree would mean an extra session.
lie moved the adoption Of the report.
KunihO. of course. could not let
such an opportunity go by to show
, his eloQuence, and the full measure
OF his stubbornness.
lie began by kicking at the inser-
| ton of the item for bacteriologist and
/ Iathologist. I'VE have had resolu-
| ton" he said voting a lack of con-
fdencc in the Board of Health, and
we go to work and give them bac-
| teriologist. What good has all our
| talk done?"
He wanted the report committed
to another Conference Committee. It
might necessitate an extra session, he
said but he would rather have that
than have this item 90 in.
Kaniho's satellite, Mahoe, second
ed the motion.
/ Kaleiopu. a member of the Confer
once Committee, stated that this item
| had been a matter of difference in
| the committee, and II had appeared
last Saturday as If no agreement
could be reached regarding It. Pres
! ldent Pinkham had been summoned
| to appear before the committee, and
IL response to questions, had admit
! ted that the present incumbent of the
! office Is not specialist, but has gain
ed his knowledge only through his
experience. A compromise was then
agreed upon to the effect that no sal
AIRY should be paid except to n spe-
Cialist. This Is intended to knock
out DR.. Mcdonald.
Kalciopu's speech was intended To
I smooth matters over and keep down
: any strong opposition TO the adoption
of the report. In this he was sue
cessful. There were no more speech
ct and the report was adopted by Il
vote of IS to I.
The amendments made by the Con-
! ference Committee include the fol-
lowing:
The total Is raised from $1,712,-
l40 to sl,725,1S0.
The words and Hawaiian transla-
tor" are knocked out from the item
! fer salary of Archives Librarian.
This will enable Lydecker to hold the
Job.
An item of s25 month is inserted
/ as the salary of Commissioner of I'm
migration.
The heads of all departments are
given $275 month instead of $3.50
as in the bill rs passed by the House,
lhe Superintendent of Water Works
and Sewers is new item inserted
with II salary of Sl75.
The 1920 item for pay of three
sewer engineers is amended to read
pay OF sewer engineers and fircmen,
$l2, the separate item of $64S0
fer salary of three firemen being cut
out.
The item for pay of three public
grounds is reduced from S6iS0 to
$500.
The harbor master is given $40
in place of SEES. The Superintend-
cnt OF Animal Industry is given $3.50.
The Land Commissioner gets 1915
and the secretary, sub-agent and
chief clerk $500 instead of $l75.
The janitors of the judiciary De-
rartment get $45 instead of $50. The
LailiG OF the Supreme Court is cut
from $40 to SIS, and the Portuguese
interpreter of the First Circuit is
made to serve both the Circuit and
District Courts at IA salary OF 500.
Clerks and interpreters of the Ho-
noluu District Court get II total of
S3l5 instead of S345.
A whole bunch of District Magis-
tratcs get a reduction of from s. to
$2j each.
Under the head of Department Of
Attorney General the item for court
officer Is reinserted at $50, thus
leaving Chester Doyle in his present