The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-23
Laborer's Pay Bill.

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Laborer's Pay Bill.
House Bill 80, Nakalelxa. on third
reading, met with request from Mo.
anauli for further deferment. The
Speaker stated that this bill had been
deferred again and again and ought to
be settled. Moanauli explained that
his bill, 135, was an Improvement on
this bill inasmuch as it excluded Homo.
lulu from the $3.50 day scale and put
the city pay at $500 day. He want
ed both bills to come up together.
Like favored the deferring because
he too had bill specifying the pay
of the city roadmen at $500 a day, an
amount to which he thought the labor
ers entitled.
Sheldon wanted to know how much
oftener the bill was to come up and be
pulled down. He thought the time now
had come to either pass or kill it.
Castro opposed the form of the bill
and also the intent, as an encroach-
ment on the power of the counties to
fix the pay of the laborers. He thought
the county supervisors could be de-
pended upon to pay fair wage ac-
cording to the financial condition of the
paiNlSuld liz aoHNNN Ava "a AhA
ing of the chair on the form of the
bill.
Nakalexa thought the bill had been
deferred long enough and asked that
| it be read third time so that he could
move that it pass
The Speaker referred Castro s re.
| quest for a ruling on the form of the
| bill to the chairman of the judiciary
| Committee, who overruled Castro.
Moanauli said he feared some of the
members could not vote intelligently
upon the bill but gave no reason why
he confined his opinion as to the limi'
tations of the members to the particu'
lar bill being debated. He acknowl'
edged that he was one of the ones
whose minds need clarifying upon this
particular subject He renewed his re
| quest for a postponement of the vote
until Wednesday.
| His motion to defer was lost.
Kama said he had an amendment tc
offer, this being to the effect that He
nolulu laborers would receive not les:
than $500 day and those outside
would get not less than $3.50 day.
| Alfonso offered an amendment to the
amendment that the laborers at Hilc
receive not less than 1915 day. Dou
| thitt seconded his amendment. Kaniht
moved this last amendment be indef
initely postponed, and there was anoth
er motion to table. 1t was tabled.
Alfonso moved to table Kama ;:
amendment. 1t also was tabled.
Alfonso moved the indefinite post
ponement of the bill, Sheldon moving
its third reading.
Kamahu favored the bill as providing
a limit to the Federal government al
| to what laborers' pay should be
Now the laborers on the fertilization
works were getting from $1.25 to SIZE
a day. On the Hilo breakwater, very
low wages are being paid. LaborerI
ought to receive good pay no matter
who they were working for. He tossed
a bait to the Kauai members by telling
them that the Federal government
would probably want to build for
there before long. For the benefit o.
all laborers he wished to offer al
amendment, this being to put the fg
ure back to So.
AS this was the same as Kama Z
tabled amendment, the Democratic S:
was ruled out.
After another half hours debate il
which nothing new was brought out,
motion to make the minimum limit ap
| ply only to territorial work was mad
and carried, and in this much abridged
shape the bill finally passed.
SENATE ROUTINE.
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