The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-05
SLASH|NC
SALARIES
House Prunes $22, ,22O
From Territorial
Payroll.
HOUSE -ThRTY-EIGHTH DAY.

Twenty-Five thousand two hundred
and twenty-five dollars is the amount
pruned of yesterday from the terri
torial employees salary bill by the
House, the knife being used unsparing-
ly in many cases, principally upon the
salaries of the higher officials, while
| during the discussion OF the bill there
were many grandstand plays for rails
/ ing the amounts down for clerks. jani-
tors and the lesser officials. Kaniho
distinguished himself particularly in
the reasons he advanced at various
times for favoring some of the cuts,
being helped out admirably by Kalei-
| opu.
| Rice opened the discussion of the bill
by reviewing the financial status of
the Territory and pointing out that
there would have to be some drastic
slashings done to make both ends meet.
Including the bill under discussion the
total appropriations so far made by
the Legislature were 100000 more than
the estimated income. The same speak
er, later on In the debate, launched out
into an arraignment of the upper house
for the manner in which they had act
ed over the bill The Senators had
played at politics in the measure and
had net been men enough to come out
squarely in their opposition to some of
the items but had voted for them and
then sneaked to the House members and |
asked them TO kill the big salaries
voted
There is only this House between |
the looters of the treasury and the /
taxpayers, he exclaimed.
This appropriation bill is the last
one to come up this session unless a
loan bill be introduced, which Is re-
garded as an extremely improbable
thing now. Following 1t viii be the
liquor act and the married women
school teacher bin as the two other i'm
portant matters of legislation for the
session. The House viii probably take
until "Wednesday Of next week to con
ciude their work on the appropriations
Morning Session. /,
The order of the day yesterday was
a short one, only one bin being down I
for a third reading, one for a second
reading and one for a consideration in
of the whole. This last one, '
however, was the appropriation bin
for the pay Of territorial
employees.
The bill for third reading was House
Bill 172, disquaIifying public employees (
.or non-payment Of taxes.
WAIMEA EMBANKNENT. {
waiuea win get the repairs to the
tone embankment of the Waimea riv-
r if the Public Lands committee get
heir way. although the favorable re-
ort presented yesterday on Sheldon's
House Bill 163. appropriating $4,000
or the purpose. was out Of order and -
for improvements :,
PUNCHBOwL DRIVE. /
The petition Of 100 citizens that
respect street be extended around
unchbowl. as recommended by Park
.xpert Robinson. was viewed with
avor bv the same committee and a
that $4,000 be aside
Or this work was included IN their
7port The report was adopted on Z,
lotion Of Castro. who had presented
le petition. The report included a u
ib at the Governor 5 policy Of hold se
z Hp the expenditure Of appropriat- in
I money. stating: This is one Of the l.
lportant improvements that the Gov
'nment should encourage and when the III
legislature appropriates money for such =
Irpose it should be carried out and uN
II held up for some reason or an us
her OF
SUNDAY LAW QCASHED. u
The second reading Of House Bill n,
3, kaluna 5 Sabbath Observance act, i
as as far as il got, being tabled on a
g report Of the committee. The ia be
ing Of the measure had been delayed u,
til the introdueer was present 10 nm
tend the obsequies. nj,
TERRITORIAL SALARIES. II,
The House went into committee Of eri
e whole at $50 for the consideration no
Senate Bill so. carrying SIPS, ,140 as
r the paw Of territorial employees. lal
stro was called 10 the chair. ed
Rice drew the attention Of the House
the fact that the bin called for pr
lounts So. 900 IN excess of the esti- a
Continued on Page Tnree.) Tn