The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-13

Of the Mayors secretary to $4,000 a
year.
As soon as Kama saw the Mortified
look on Kaleiopu, he hastily withdrew
the amendment. II see [ have made
a mistake he explained.
Kaniho Urges the Axe.
Kaniho also had an amendment to
offer. as follows: That appointment to
vacancies in elective offices be made
by the Mayor with the approval Of the
Board of Supervisors.
Rice asked what would happen if
they failed to agree, Kaniho telling
him it would be the same as the Gov
ernor and the Senate.
The amendment was tabled on mo-
ton of Rice.
Kaniho then moved that the bill be
indefinitely postponed II was plain
Ia him that Honolulu was only to have
high salaried igurehead He object
ed to things generally when elected
city officers fail to do as the people
want but are pulled around by politi-
clans. He wanted to compliment the
Republican Representatives, who were
not doing politics, but working for
the country, but the Republican Su-
pervisors were not worthy of any such
commentator. He appealed to the
sense of fairness of the Republican
majority in the House to kill the bill.
s'Let us not make jumping jack
of the Mayor or something like the
Bonnie poi-eater, who eats and grins
and does no work. he said, making
a special plea in closing to those
among the Republicans who were once
Home Rulers, telling them not to close
their open hearts to what was fair and
just.
He referred to Rice's eloquent ref
erence to geese and golden eggs in an
other debate, and asked again not to
kill the fly on man s nose with a
club.
There were no flies on Kaniho, but
his motion was promptly dubbed to
death, nevertheless.
Kauai in Favor.
Rice said that the outside members
had nothing to do with the affairs OF
Honolulu except to settle Honolulu S
trouble for her. He therefore favored
the bill as one way of settling the
trouble.
Sheldon urged the outside members
not to block the requests of the Oahu
members on Oahuan questions, while
Kaniho wanted to know whether he
meant the requests of Douthitt and
Kaleiopu or Kamahu and Like. The
Municipal Act was a Republican meas
ure. and he hoped that the desire to
change it was because a Mayor of
Democratic origin had been elected.
On the ayes and noes. the vote stood
10 to il in favor of the bill. Kama,
Like and Kamahu, from the Oahu del
egation, voted in the minority.
Excepting Honolulu.
Moanauli presented a new bill which
is to raise the pay of public laborers
to $3.50 day as a minimum in all
parts of the Territory Except the
City and County of Honolulu. -
Resolutions.
Cohen presented a list of new
schoolhouses necessary on Oahu and
asked for an appropriation of $l06,S00
to build them. The list includes:
Kahuku, Broom school and teacher S
cottage, $4,000; Kaaawa, teachers cot
cottage, $4,000; Waipahu, broom addi- |
building, $4,000; Manoa, 1-room |
building, $4,000; Normal School, sci. |
ence and laboratory departments, 49, |
600; Waialua, 4-room school building, |
$4,000; Wahiawa, 1-room school build |
ing. $170O; Waialee, new dormitory,
$4,000.
Hihio asked for $4,000 to establish a
hospital at Lahaina.
Kaniho presented a resolution to ap- |
propriate $4,000 for a hospital at Ko-
haia.
Sewer Rate Bill Debate.
House Bill 40, Coney, was debated /
on third reading. This is a bill to
compel the payment of sewer rates by |
shutting off the water from those prem
ises against which the sewer rates are |
delinquent. The Superintendent of |
Public Works is given the power to |
do the shutting off, after given ten !
days notice.
IF we want the government to be |
able to collect sewer rates and water |
rates, let us pass this bill; if we want |
it so that people do not have to pay |
their water and sewer rates, kill this |
bill. This is all there is to this bill. -
he said. explaining that there was out. |
standing now some $4,000 in uneollect |
ed sewer rates.
Long Attacks Measure.
Long was strong in objections He
saw in the bill hardship upon the |
poor of the city, who are now being
forced to connect their houses with the |
sewer system. Long referred to the |
fact that there was a bill now before
the House making unpaid sewer and
water rates a lien against property
and stated that the Superintendent of
Public Works had stated that ne would
be content with the latter bill, The
bill under discussion would be a hard
ship against the poor and for that rea-
son he asked for the indefinite post
ponement of the measure
Pay for What is Received.
Rice supported the bill. stating that I
IT was not the poor who would not paw
but those well able to. The Sanitary