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

porting laborers from foreign c1un
Z titles. what Is the uae ui apprpfiatlnr
tor the salary OF y Commissioner u
I Immigration
Rice moved that the item be De.
ferrcd, as the member might know
Fomothing more about immigration by
the time they had been through The
hin
! AFTER CAMpBELL'S SCALP.
The item of $500. salary NJ the Treas.
urer. aroused the expected opposition.
kalolopu moved 10 make II $500 Pail
moved to make II $3.50
we were called grabbCrs few days
ngo,' said Kaleiopu. In view of the
statement Of the chairman OF the III
nance Committee that the salaries In
this bill run $4,000 over the income. |
am In favor of reducing this item: also.
Tor the reason that the Treasurer has
twelve clerks under him Besides that.
one-third of the work that the Treas
urcr. used to do Is being done By tho
County Trcasurers. II his work is re-
duced, his pay ought TO he reduced.
Rice objected TO the statement that
the work of the Treasurer has been
reduced. HE sees TO the collection Of
all taxes. the same rs he did before we
had county government" he said Il
think he should get $3.50. the same as
now. | second MIR. Pali's notion"
kanihO wanted to know what should
he done with the officer below the
Treasurer II the lattcr's salary be cut.
lie should be paid In proportion TO
the work he has to do" he said. III
we cut the Treasurer's pay. we will
have to cut the pay of the Registrar"
he said
Kanho wanted to know why tho
clerk of the House, the interpreter. the
ftenographer, are receiving more pay
than the Legislators. we are the
lords of these men," he said "If we
pay them In proportion to their work,
why should we not do the same In re-
gard to the men under the Treasurer"
| $3.50 FOR TREASURER.
The motion to make the item $3.50
was put and carried. A rising vote
was called for. with like result.
RICE WANTS CONSISTENCY.
Sheldon moved TO make the salary
of the Registrar Of Public Accounts
1926 instead OF $3.50. as In the bill
Kaniho moved the item pass as In
the bill.
Rice favored s225. Il think" he
said, "the Registrar Is earning all he
gets now, but this Territory can't af-
ford TO raise any salaries"
| Kaleiopu favored passing the item as
In the bill This man" he said, has
lots OF work to do"
81 want to see everyone In this
House consistent" said Rice. They
want to cut down one item and the
next they want to raise"
The item passed at 1925.
! Regarding the item of si75 for sal
ary of Bookkeeper and Deputy lnsur-
nnce Commissioner. Rice remarked
that that is one of the few salaries the
Senate did not raise Il guess they
didn't care for the man" he said. 81
move the item pass as In the bill"
Sheldon moved to change the title
OF the Office to Flduciary Commissioner
and TO raise thief salary to 5000 Ka-
leiopu supported the motion. This
man Is doing lots of work." he said,
He goes around and examines into
the condition OF banks"
That's true" said Rice, but he
gets a salary of 5000 for that and does
the work In the evening.
| Kaleiopu wanted to be shown. Rice
told him the United States government
pays him the salary. THAT may be
true" said KaleioDu, but we have no
proof of It," Neither have we any
thing to show that he examines the
national banks" answered Rice. THAT
may. be an Irish answer. but II Is In
line with the gentleman's statement.
A LooTING SENATE.
The Senate wanted to play poll
tics" continued Rice. They went Ia
work aud raised all the salaries and
then wanted Ms to cut them down.
The Senate has not done II duty by the
\ taxpayers In boosting these salaries In
this way. This House of Represents
tives is the only stand between the
looters and the public treasury. The
Senate raises all these salaries and
then leaves to us the disagreeable
work of cutting them down.
The item passed at S175 as In the
bill.
MORE INCONSISTENCY.
Rice moved that the item OF SAC
for license clerk pass. This IL a raise
Of $685." he said, but the work Is
worth It,
Sheldon called the attention of the
House to the fact that here was some
more of the inconsistency Of which
Rice had spoken. He objected to the
raise.
Kaniho moved that the pay of the
official remain at sll5 as ut present,
Mahoe seconded. The amendment was
lost and teh item passed at $40.
TAX ASSESSOR.
The next conflict arose over the
item of $3.50 for salary of tax assessor
of Oahu. Kaleiopu moved IL be made
$500, sheldon amended to make II
1925, the present figure, The item
passed at the latter figure.
Kaleo wanted to make the salary OF
the deputy assessor $500 instead OF
Sl75 as In the bill. He ought to have
as much as the Registrar, said Kaleo
The item passed as In the bill at Sl75
Action on the item of si6,i0O for as
SCISSORS, clerks and interpreters, oahu
was deferred.
The salary of the tax assessor OF
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