The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-02
IN The HOUSE
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were made or asked for during the
campaign. He stood for the poor, he.
said, and opposed salary raising be-
cause the revenue of the Territory
does not justify it. 1t was wrong, and
should not be countenanced.
Kaleiopu took the floor. He said that
by the law passed in 1905, the coun-
ties should take care of their own sal
aries. He didn't see why the mem
bers were interfering now in counties
outside their own. He thought ecOno-
my was poor talk from members who
had allowed the passage of bills allow
ing more money to the Attorney Cen
erals office, and in other departments
He wanted to know if the idea was
to crowd out the County officials in
order to allow money to purchase the
cigars and luxuries of the Territoriol
officials. We was willing to see County
attorneys at 5000 per montr, provided
the Attorney General should not get
more. The County officials have much
work and few assistants, while the
and a board of helpers, and as a result
do aJmost nothing. If the member
from the Fourth district is willing to
give the Auditor of the Territory $4,000
then he will be willing that the Coun-
ty Auditor shall receive $4,000.
Rawlins said it was a constant cry
in tht County of Oahu that there is
lack of funds causing the cramping
of the sheriff's and police departments.
Besides he said an act has been passed
which will reduce Oahu's income by
nearly 100000, by allowing the income
taxes to be collected in the separate
counties. The police and fire protec-
ton has had to be cut on account of
Where is the money coming from?
We have today passed bill allowing
the working men 1925 when working
on public works. We have passed a
bill raising Witness fees. All this
comes out of the County's revenues.
would not object to increase of sala-
ries in some case, but if we are going
to raise salaries all along the line, let
us take stock, and first consider ways
and means for replenishing the supply
of the fountain from which this Off
cial drunk must come.
Kaleiopu wanted to know who were
at fault that the County is in the state
Rawlins describes, and answered that
the supervisors of the counties must
answer the charge and not the legis-
lature. He cited the purchase of the
Kunst park, and declared that there
had been $4,000 needlessly and wan
tonly expended.
Rawllns took the floor He was not
here, he said, to excuse the acts of the
last legislature, nor the recklessness
of the supervisors, but the matter is
one Of cold, hard, facts of the present
situation. The question is that we
shall now have to get along for two
years with an income reduced by $780,.
900, and how are we going to do it?
Rice objected to the statement Of
figures made by Rawlins. He said thai
! INC ulllGlSllNC tlll9 year 4AollA lAiC III
come tax would be only $4,000 de-
crease.
At this point the Speaker cut short
the debate and the vote to raise Ha
wallis Auditor to $21OO lost, while Ma
ui's was raised to $500.
On the item of the deputy sheriff o
Eva, Rawlins moved to fix it at 1920
instead of $500.
Paoo opposed this by reading a lonl
statement Of the comparative humble
of arrests made in EVA district will
other districts.
Hughes said that he had lived a
Eva, and although the deputy was I
good man, he had never seen him do
ing anything much more strenuou
than summing himself on the station
platform.
Correa defended the deputy by say
ing that the district had been enlarged
Rawlins claimed to know PERSONAL!
whereof he spoke when e'said the dis