The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-03-06


Nakaleka's $3.50 per day minimum
public laborer bin tin Monday, his mo-
ton to defer being privileged and
crowding out Kamahu's effort to make
the minimum 81.
The resolutions so far entered in
the House for items to be inserted in
the appropriation bill, to be taken up
when the bill is considered. amount to
about ten millions of dollars.
Sheldon agrees with Kaniho that the
row between the Mayor and the Super
visors was born in the ballot box, and
says the County ought to pay for Coun-
ty work. but he disagrees with Kaniho
that the Supervisorial employees should
try to take their pay out of the bonds !
of the Supervisors. Sheldon voted
aye on the passage of the Kaleiopu re-'
munerative bill. /
Decorations in the Senate may eX-
eel those in the House, but for some
IOther things, including work, the
House has the Senate beaten the length I,
of the proposed belt road around the
island.
Cohen does not intend to put in a
bill abolishing the S. PEI performance
license for theatrical exhibitions.
Chalrmen of standing committees of
the House have been getting some pet,
names. Thus, the head of the finance
committee is known as Treasurer Rice;
Il isl
Farmer Single; the education COM
mittee's chairman is Principal Long;
the health committees leader is DR..
Coney; the military committees guide
is General Alfonso; the judiciary COM
mitttee's boss is Judge Douthitt; and
the printing committees master is
Editor Correa.
Coney is the tallest of the Represen-
tatives; Castro is the youngest; Rice
has the bluest eyes; Douthitt has the.
reddest moustache; Long looks around,
at the girls in the gallery the most;
Sheldon has the best digestion; Hubby
! is the quietest; Kaleiopu is the most
often heard from; Furtado is the,
proudcst of the words he uses; KanihoI
is the most eloquent in Hawaiian; AT,
fonso is the most greedy lin the inter
ests of the Big Island); Like is the,
roundest-and Speaker Holstein is the
squarest.
Mr.. Heneke. Did you went, Mr. Kuli,
to the House of Representative on
Monday night to heard about the taxa
ton matter?
Mr. Kuli. No did not go Mr.. He
neke, what they did?
Mr. Heneke. You see just like this.
Mr. Honorable Joe Cohen he got one
bill for the increase of taxation from
one sense to one and half sense. Then
another bill says to make graduation.
Then some more bill says to kill the
income taxation. Then one more bill
says to amend the organic action. So
many bills like this make the Finance
Committee worry. So Rice and Shingles
they make decision to have public
meeting to help them.
When the meeting open Mr. Rice, he
explain the objection of the meeting
and call on Governor Carter, to voice
himself. Mr.. Carter says he is from
Missouri, and down there, when taxa
! ton is one sense, that is enough. He
/ says the time when he was governor,
was hard times, but he use the axe. The
appropriations bill was very long bill,
] CO hn hn in ho1
! just like Roosevelt, when he cut the
! Panama knot and make America half
and half.
Mr. Peck of the Mcintyre corner
bank, he says all taxation is inquisi-
ton, and Judge Perry he kokua this
voice of expression. Mr.. Gait of the
"Hawaiians Trust" make a speech like
this,
Gentlemen: / have been here very
long time, and | notice that the bottom
all drop out of real estate but taxes
keeps up. Now if you increase the
taxation, and put this on top of the
real estate, some day 1t will fall in"
Mr.. Faxon Bishop said the corpora
government is all for the politician.
Mr.. Spalding of the Claus Spreckels
Bank said that the government is
spending too much money, and that
better for them to deposit the money
in the banks. If they make transfer
of the government business to Spree
kels bank, then the bank spend hall
of the government money for salaries
and the other half he keep on deposit
) Mr.. Kuli. What you think about
2 this, Mr.. Heneke.
Mr.. Heneke. l told you my idea oil
this taxation affairs. You see, thu
Finances Committee do not want u
raise the taxation because so many
objection from somebody. So the!
call this meeting and everybody OBJ
iaatiOn tho, UNpanaac Com