Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-16
HOUSE.
Twenty.sseond oay-Afternoon SEES.
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ANY HluOunN VI HlOutS 'lOi HHiuiftc
but not one cent for promotion, Is the
latest slogan In the House. Boost
the salaries OF clerks and janitors.
give the poor, down.trodden road lab
orers's $3.50 or 5000 a day-but let the
Promotion Committee get out and
hustle for the rent
Putting this motto into election the
House yesterday afternoon. sitting as
q Committee OF the Whole TO consider
the Current Expense Appropriation
Bill, chopped the $3.50 month Promo
tlon Committee item out Of the bill.
And Robert w. Single led the at.
tack on the Promotion Committee. II
was solely due to his efforts that the
item was killed. for though when he
urged that Honolulu ia about the only
part Of Hawaii that derives any bene.
At from the work Of The Promotion
Committee and thai Maui and Kauai
are. being taxed to support an insti.
tuition TINT does them no good, other
learned statesmen were encouraged to
stick pins In the Committee. II is
hardly probable that any very ener.
getic attack would have been made II
shIng!e had not pointed the way. Rice
seconded Shingles efforts to have the
Promotion Committee left out In the
cold, and Rice's action In this matter
may be taken as Indicative Of the fact
that later on he is going to throw the
harpoon Of economy into some OF the
departments In q way that will make
them shrek with anguish, ~
Indeed, Rice got a fairly good start
yesterday. when he insisted on depriv.
ing the Attorney General Of one of his
deputies In order to save money. The
matter was left IN the air when, at
4:45 the committee rose. but 1t was
practically agreed that II Deputy At!
torney General Larnach retains his
Job, some OF the ONCE help must 20.
Deputy Sutton also is slated for the
Rice, chairman OF the Finance Com.
mittee. has been preaching economy
all the session, and ne has his eye on
a large number OF items In the appro,
priatlon bill which he proposes TO
eliminate. The, Finance Committee
made Its report yesterday and econ,
omy was the keynote OF the recon-.
meudations made. It Is proposed. to
save $llS,000 from the current ex-
penso fund by transferring items ag.
gregating that amount to a special ap.
Precipitation bill to be introduced appro-
priating the money to be raised by the
special income tax for immigration
and conservation.
Secretary Mott Smith and Attorney
General Hemenway were on the grill
yesterday AFTERNOON, the latter espec!
tally being made the target FOR vol.
ley OF embarrassing questions.
Before going Into Committee OF the
Whole the House transacted small
amount OF other business Z. '''. .n"F.,
The Generous Like. ~ ...''.. -
Like is the latest honorable Repre-
sentative to fly to the aid OF the down.
trodden Territorial land County road
laborers by prying' them out OF the
Slough Of Despond witha hill to boost
their wages. Like believes In being
real generous other peoples
money. His bill provides that the
poor servants OF an exacting Honolulu
public shall receive not less than 20 a
day. i' go 49, - I've a- q ~,
From the number OF these wage
boosting bills that have been intro.
duced. one who did not know might
imagine that jobs in the road depart.
ment were going begging Instead OF
being considered 30 valuable that n
gang Of men is will to put In two
months outside the door OF the Road
Supervisor In the hope OF getting the
jobs. -..... +.
Batting Campbeit. .u. a.,r e.
The batting of, Marston Campbell,
Superintendent OF Public Works, is
the popular diversion Of the House
nowadays, When the Campbell hat
ers can find no. bill on the calendar
coming from the once OF the superin,
trodden HerritariaI and County road
pay him for firing Robbie Boyd, some
one can always introduce a resolution
intended al a slap at Campbell or 10
make him trouble. Makekau intro.
duced the latest Anti Campbell resol,l
ton, It calling upon the Educational
Committee to ascertain from the Sup
erintendent Of Public Works the fol
lowing information In regard to the
construction OF the Mckinley High
School: .. ..
Has the building been accepted and
paid for?
II so, why was It accepted and paid
for when II was in an unfinished con
dition? -, r,..
Why was the building accepted In q
leaky condition, It being leaky now?
Why was not the pointing Of the
joints completed In the very front oil
the building where the columns OF the
portico butt up to the main from,
walls? 10
Why were the dish pavements tC
carry on the. rain from the downspouts
NOT InStallalo