Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-16

Mr.. Joe Cohen win. stop and think
OF the number OF votes ! got as COM
PARED with him. he will; see that I
represent few more people" Shin
gle said he opposed the item because
Oahu and the eastern part Of Hawaii
get, ninety per. cent. of the benefit
from people coming to the Territory.
II does not seem fair to make Maui
and Kauai pay for What. they do not
| get. He preached the necessity Of
economy and insisted that the ex-
penses Of government must be cur
tailed somewhere, and II was just as
well to commence by cutting out
that $4,000 Promotion Committee
item.
Alfonso was so undecided by the
arguments of Single and Castro that
he said he didn't feel capable Of vot-
Ing on the question. lie moved to
defer action. On .G.t p. .m
The motion to strike ont the item
was put and carried on rising vote.
The Promotion Committee item was
killed. Single and Kamahu were
the members OF the oahu delegation
who helped kill the item,
Permanent Settlements. g.. f-.
The usual Permanent Settlements,
$4,000 for ex-Queen Liliuokalani,
$500 for Mrs. Emma Barnard, $500
for Mrs. Kamakani Simeona, 1900
for Mrs. Mary Stolz, and $500 for
Mrs. Mahelona, all passed.
Hemenw1y On Grill. 'u' ..u NJ sra.
Rice was the !first. to- attack the
Attorney Generals Office. When the
item Of 5000 month for second dep
uty was reached. he said he could
not see why there should Sbe any need
for so many in the ofice when each
of the Counties has a County Attor-
ney. He asked Hemenway IL he
could not get along with one deputy
II the County Attorneys prosecute
their cases in the Circuit Court.
Mr.. Hemenway replied that he
could not, and referred the members
TO his report to the Governor show
ing the amount OF work done by the
Attorney Generals Department.
Much OF the work done is in the ma
ture OF opinions rendered to the Gov
ernor. In addition to this the De-
Drtment during the past two years
handled 47s civil cases and 466 Grim
inal cases, besides handling the
Grand Jury work. He agreed that
the criminal work ought to be done
by the County Attorneys, and said
that had been his policy since he had
been In Office. But In many cases he
had to assist the County Attorneys.
To illustrate, he said he received a
letter from Maui In the last mall
urging him to assist In the prosecu-
tion Of the criminal cases ut the
term OF court at Waikiki.
4 The last Legislature made an APP
preparation Of $3.50 for a court off,
Ger. This work has been done by one
lof the deputies tMr. sutton. The
present bill contemplates cutting ON,
this officer. so the. once will be
short one deputy. =. b.,
! Rice still objected. saying he
thought the Attorney General ought
to put more work on the County At
; torneys. He hated to cut out the
second deputy, who, was a friend OF
his. but the Territorial responsible
ties are being kept too large. The
Territory was not started. right, and
II Is being found hard matter. to
adjust It. one .,.sr.. .........
Douthitt wantedto know II the de.
partment could not get along with
one clerk and one stenographer
Hemenway thought he might get
along with one clerk, but both ste.
nosraphers are kept busy all the
time. De-. 49,. Age. ,.-
No Extra Lawyers. u.sra, rev. .
On Hemenway's. statement that II
the Item passed as in, the bill. he
would not employ outside counsel tc
assist In the work Of the department
Sheldon moved that the item, pass
Rice still protested, however. and
continued his fire. of questions. con,
Guiding by moving that the item b,
deferred. This carried. ~ r."
Single moved that the. salary o.
the clerk be increased froms the con,
templated 500 to SIPS. and, that th,
, items OF Assistant clerk, $75," ant
Assistant stenographer. s75," b,
cut out The motion was ruled ou
OF order.
The item OF 3i25. for the salary. o
the clerk was passed. =. "a, h.
: Between the Horns. ,. ,, an.
Single put Hemenway between
the horns Of dilemma by askinI
which he would rather lose, his sec
I, ond deputy or the assistant clerk an,
assistant stenographsr. p, Hemsnwai
hedged, saying he would prefer L