The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-23

economy in government and If the pol.
icy of retrenchment in Territorial af.
fairs is commendable, certainly IL is as
commendablc to favor an economical adj
ministration of the government of the
City and County of Honolulu, unless 1t
is Intended that what may be saved to
the taxpayers of the City and County
through retrcnchment in the Territorial
Government is to be used to pay the
increased cost of the municipal govern
ment, in which case the taxpayers OF
Oahu will benefit none from the adop.
tiOn of the economical Territorial Gov.
eminent policy. This is not as we
believe, the intention or the desire of
the members from Oahu, nor the desire
of the taxpayers we are here to rep
resent.
"In the City and County of Honolulu
are many citizens dependent upon the
municipality for employment. By in.
creasing the salaries of the officials of
the municipality as outlined in the bill
under consideration, the amount avail
able for the necessary public works will
be correspondingly decreased, with the
result that fewer laborers can be en-
ployed upon the roads and streets of the
City and County.
Z" In regard to the increase proposed
in the compensation to the members of
the Board of Supervisors, we desire to
state that there appears no justification
whatever for the increase. The Super
visors are elected as representatives of
the people and the amount of compen-
sation allowed them is not to be re-
garded in the light of salaries. The
90 LII al
each Supervisor is to compensate him
for the expenses necessarily incurred i'll
the performance of his duties, not as
payment for the time taken up in the
performance of those duties. AS sal
AIRY the amount allowed would be de-
cidedly insufficient, but as compensa'
ton, such as is intended, the amount of
fifty dollars per month is ample at the
present time.
"Your minority would favor an
amendment to the act to place the
salary of the City and County Attorney
at figure such as to enable him to per
form all of his duties by foregoing all
private practice. We believe, though,
that such legislation should first be en-
dorsed by the governing body of the
city.
I" For the reasons above outlined, your
minority recommends that House Bill
No. 122 be indefinitely postponed.
Respectfully submitted,
ga. d. CASTRO,
"DAVID KAMAHU,
"Minority.n
This was too sensible to appeal to
many of the members, however. Correa
said he was surprised at such a re-
port. He was especially surprised that
Kamahu should have the silly idea of
trying to keep down city expenses.
Kaniho seconded the adoption of the
minority report. He thought the rea-
sons in this report outweigh those adj
vanced by the advocates of the salary
grab
Kamahu defended his position as one
knew what salary they would get be-
fore they accepted the nominations,
and so far none of them have com
planned about their present salaries.
Kinney defended his bill, making his
maiden speech. He also was surprised
at any idea of county economy. Kin
ney said the Mayor was only a boy
with a few months experience and
was getting all he deserved.
Kanho wanted to know why the
boys in the Board of Supervisors de.
served more than they were getting,
especially when these boys had been
naughty and broken the law.
Rice moved the previous question,
which carried.
The minority report was Outvoted
and the bill declared passed on second
reading.
Committee of the Whole.
The House went into committee of
the whole on Senate Bill SO, the addi-
tional appropriation bill, with Naka-
leka in the chair.
Rice explained that there would be
100000 unexpended from other appro.
priations for the current period and
that the items in the present bill were
for extras on other things for which
the money voted had been insufficient.
Single moved that subcommittee
be appointed to check over the amounts
in the bill, naming Rice, Long, Dou-
thitt, Coney and one other.
Rice explained that this would be
unusual, and Shingle moved that the
committee rise, report and ask that the
bill be referred to special committee
TO be named by the Speaker
The House adjourned as soon as the