The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-30

/ Not NrHiinn vHa received from she
Senate that House hllls 90 and ilb
had passed oil tests and were feady fot
the nnvvrauf.
senate Mils ioi. M ana ma camc
in aud wctc passed on first reading.
Committee o. tae whole.
After some janglng between shla
Gle and Rice ~ 20 where the commit
tee would next begin 90 mutilaic the
Governor estimates in the appfopri,
ton hill the Legislators took IN the
deferred matter ~ hospitals. immedi.
atcly after the noon recess Concy
reported that from February %. 1905.
to February eS this year. 1920 patients
were treated at the Queens Hospital,
of whom eighty came from the
other Islands The income for two
years ending December 81 last had
been sjo,9sl.3l and $4,000 from ;hc
government. total of S9las4.3i.
There were also number of special
donations for certain wards or beds in
the hospital. The hospital was free
and had many expenses. being behind
financially and without prospect Of
pulling even. The majority of the pa.
TENTS from other islands were treated
free. although a large proportion are
paving patients
FurtAdo thought the information not
definite enough and wanted detailed
lists. Correa objected. He thought
the information definite enough to con
vince the House that the hospital was
for the use of the whole Territory. He
called for action and moved the item
pass as in the bill.
Rice said that no one in all fairness
could expect the outside islands to sup.
port each their own hospital and have
the Territory support the Queen Hos.
pital. He was sure that IS per cent
of the free patients from outside were
entitled to free treatment under tho
will of Queen Emma. If the Queen y
Hospital must be helped, either let
Oahu do the helping or let the Terri.
tory help all the hospitals
Rice pointed out that Kauai money
was to be used to build children &
hospital in Honolulu to show that Ka.
uai was always willing to help Homo.
lulu. He also said that all hospitals
should be exempt from taxation.
Shingle said Rice was not stating
the matter fairly, because Oahu pro.
posed taking care of the Leah Home
and the Kapiolani Maternity Home.
Even with $4,000 from the Territory,
the Queen S Hospital ran short $4,000.
He appealed to the Hawaiian members
to keep running the institution en-.
lowed by Queen Emma.
On show of hands the item passed.
Single then moved to strike out the
items for the Leah Home and the
maternity home. They were struck.
In quick succession the items for the
Hilo and Maui hospitals went out, the
total under hospitals being cut in all
from $6S,200 to $4,000.
National Guard
KanihO was called upon to speak
upon the item for $1,000 for salary of
the Adjutant General. He promptly
responded.
81 move to amend it from 1925 a
month to $780, he said. 81 have
said and | repeat that when war comes
this Imam will be hiding in the glue
bushes, l was inclined at first to
strike the item out, but as we have
two militia bills on our hands we have
to have some man, even if he would
run in case of war You have all seen
my soldiers and my guns out at Dia-
mond Head, big guns that will shoot
anywhere. Compared with those guns
what could the Adjutant General dos
1t is foolish to spend Territorial money
fattening this thin person. | wonder
he doesn't get fatter, but he doesn t.
Some of you may think this a
joke, sbut | am going to stand my
ground | am not in favor of paying
good money to men who only stand
around -
Coney said it was question OF
J whether the department is really need
ed or not. If not, cut it out alto
gether; if it was, good man was
wanted. A 1928 man was more apt to
; look for glue bushes than a $3.50 man
! The forts and guns must be backed
up by militiamcn.
, :" For myself, Mr.. Chairman, don 7
want any mainlanders to have to come
here to protect me. i want to do il
myself and have my children brought
: up able to defend themselves. And
) to have good training for our militia
} we must have good man at the head
and you can not get a good man fol
little money"
, Alfonso moved to put the figure al
5000 a month.
Kamahu said that Colonel Jones
would have a good thing 5000 as AID
9 jutant General and $l75 as court
: stenographer. Correa set him right.
> Kaniho asked permission to talE
: some more, insisting on his cut going
} into effect. All man who would ruI
and hide was worth was $3.50 a month
, 1t was not question of salary giving
: courage because the U. S. regulars only
/. got $l3 month and they did not rur
away. He thought regular army pay
= enough for Jones. He resented any
imputation that regular army MAJ
g could run away. He thought Jones
Q ought to get, perhaps, about ten cigari
a month
Rice said "some kind friend" hai
sent him a copy of the Nationa
Guard magazine, from which he learn
ed that the Adjutant General of Colo
3 RADIO received 5000 a month.
: Coney reminded the members that
, Hawaii was much more important
I station than Colorado or other INLAND
n | Western Statns