Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-20
GRAB BILL PASSES
ON Second READING
House ForgetS Economy
And Fayors Salary
Boosting
HOUSE
rwenty.six,h oay-Anernoon Session.


honorable Representative have lie.
,larod numerous times and with vary
ng degrees of eloquenCe or yOcifera.
iun-but II IL economy with a string |
lied to II to keep It from wandering |
90 far. When It comes To county |
matters. the House forgets all about
Is Wanted economy and goes To the |
opposite extreme. Or perhaps they |
ire economical in Territorial affairs |
hat there may be more money left to |
'quander in County business
The House put itself on record yes
erday afternoon as favoring County |
Extravaganza and the waste of the
'ublic funds when by an oycrwhelmiug
;ote 1t passed the grab bill" on nec.
nd reading over the protests of min.
brity Of the special oahu committee
appointed to deal with the measure.
The grab bin" House Bill 1872. In.
reduced by Ruel Kinney Of the Fifth
District, proposes to boost the salaries
II the members of the Board of Super.
iisOrs of the City and County of Ho.
lolulu up from the present measly SIT.
icnd Of $50 a month to SIS per. and
he salaries of the County Attorney
county Auditor and other officials in
proportion.
Corroa as chairman of the special
committee, submitted report favor.
ng the passage of the bill. Castro and
iamahu, however. refused to concur H.
he grab and submitted "A minority re-.
IOrt, recommending the indefinite
IOstpOncmcnt of the bill. They did
lot feel that, when the Municipal Act
has been In force less than three
months and no showing has been made
hat salaries are insufficient, the time
has come when amendments increas-
ng the salaries OF the several city and
county officers of Honolulu should be
considered. So far as the Supervisors
ire concerned, there appeared TO the
committee no justification whatever
or the increase. The Supervisors are
elected as representative of the PEG.
pie and the amount of compensation al.
lowed them Is not to be considered an
The light OF salaries.
Furthermore, there is as much need
Tor retrenchment In the expenditures
II the City and County of Honolulu as
in the case of the Territory, unless
what is saved by Territorial economy
Is to be used to pay the Increased cost
OF Municipal government.
Correa was deeply panied, grieved,
shocked and surprised at hearing any
such sentiments expressed In the
House OF Representatives, and said so.
Kaniho, however thought the minority
showed great deal more good sense
than the majority.
Kamahu, one Of the signers of the
minority report, made the point that
the Supervisors and other officers
knew. when they ran for election, what
they were to get, and they had never
made any kick.
Several other members expressed
their ideas on the. question. Rice
moved the previous question. The mo.
ton to adopt the minority report, op.
posing the grab, was put and lost. The
majority report, on motion of Correa
was put and the House voted In favor
Of salary grabbing.
Nothing Done.
Abandoning for the time being the
Current Expense Appropriation Bill
the House In Committee Of the Whole
tackled another appropriation meas.
ure, Senate Bill SO, the Special Appro.
priation Bill, and succeeded most ad.
mirably In doing nothing. That Is
about what the Committee OF the
Whole has done all week.
When the committee, with Nakaleka
IN the chair, took the matter up. il
developed that no one had checked
over the large sums of money to be
appropriated. Single, therefore,
moved that the Committee rise and re.
port back to the House with the rec.
concentration that the matter be re-
ierred to u special committee To look
into the items of the bill. This was
done and the Speaker appointed a
special committee.
A New Way Of Lobbying.
The Speaker Informed the House
that he had received two more com.
munications relative to raising the
school age and lowering teachers sal.
aries. These, he said, are word for
word the same as two that were re.
ceiyed and referred to the Education,
al Committee. This" said the Speak,
or, appears to be new way of lobby,
ing"
/ Affonso's Bills.
Alfonso introduced two bills, alike I'm
text, one amending Section l2S of the
Municipal Act, the other amending
Section 70 of Act 49, Session Laws OF
1905, to read each deputy sheriff shall
within his respective district, have tho
power, and under the direction and
control Of tho Sheriff Of his county
perform the duties required by law OF
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