Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-31
HOUSE.
Thirty.Fifth Day-Afternoo and Night
Sessions.

Seven hundred and seventy.hye thou
sand dollars is the amount which the
Legislature intends to appropriate for
teachers salaries. This Is the figure
In what Is virtually new apprOpria-
ton bill. to take the place 1! House
Bill ~. introduced last night. and II
puts an end To the fears OF the teach.
ers that they were to be made to pay
tor the economy about which the Leg.
islaturc has talked so much this SEES.
sion. This $4,000 Is $4,000 more
than the amount called for in the Gov.
errors estimate as set forth in the
original appropriation bill. The total
which II is now proposed to appropri.
ate for the public schools is S7S9,OOO.
The new bill Is not actually new in
the sense that II bears different mum.
her and has to pass through first read.
ing, but It is to all intents and pur.
poses new. II IL the result of the con.
rerences between the Finance Commit.
tee Of the House and the Ways ana
Means Committee Of the Senate aud
their determination to urge that more
public utilities be turned over to the
Counties. Under the provisions of
this bill and Of other special measures
already passed It is proposed to give
the counties the control and manage.
ment and have them support the wat.
or works and sewer works. the
wharyes and landings, the schools dis.
trict court houses. iails and hospitals.
sanitation, food inspection, etc. In
consequence OF this the total carried
by the new appropriation bill Is only
1924 7S6. rs against 50 PAS 226 In the
bill as originally introduced
During the afternoon session some
progress was made with the appropri.
alton bill though not as much as
might have been made in the time
consumed. The economical ideas of
the House evidently do not apply when
II comes to time. n time Is money,
the Representatives are wonderfully
eXtravagant. They have wasted so
many valuable hours wrangling over
nothing or over points that ought to be
clear to a siX.yearold child that Shin.
gle announced yesterday afternoon
that 1t would be necessary to begin
TO hold night sessions in order to get
through with the appropriation bill.
There should have been no necessity
Tor anything OF the kind, but several
sessions were absolutely lacking In re.
suits, the members taking up the en-.
tire time scrapping among themselves
without accomplishing anything. The
session last night was of this char.
acter, the deliberations of the honor.
able Representatives sounding more
like a cat fight in the back yard than
anything else.
All the work OF the House is done
by about dozen of the members, the
others think they are extremely busy
but as a matter of fact they do not
count, and are not intended to count.
The House leaders allow them To talk
and argue SO that they will imagine
they are doing something and not get
stubborn and attempt to take the BIZ
In their teeth and run away, but as
matter Of fact the laxative ones are
simply being humored like children.
At the afternoon session of the
House, In Committee of the Whole,
Single made one OF the most import.
ant statements of the session. This
was In part the statement already out.
lined In regard to what II is proposed
to give the teachers. He said that he
and Senator Fairchild, OF the Senate
Ways and Means Committee had inter.
viewed the Governor In regard to the
proposed turning over to the counties
OF more power and responsibility, and
the three of them had carefully gone
over the financial situation with this
In view. The Governor on learning
what the Legislature wanted to do had
gone over his estimates and had
agreed TO the $4,000 increase in the
amount for teachers salaries. Also It
was resolved to provide contingency
fund of $4,000, to be used, with the
approval of the Governor, In making
mp any deficiency which may develop
In any of the appropriations for the
various departments. He stated that
II the Legislature will carry out the
proposed policy over half a million
dollars can be saved to go for public
improvements.
In the revised appropriation bill the
policy has been adopted of making
lump sum appropriations for the run.
ming expenses of the various depart.
ments, instead of approprlating spe-
cifc sums for clerks, stenographers
and other employees. The idea is that
with a lump sum at his disposal, the
head of department will be able to
use 1t to better advantage. Instead
for instance, of being Obliged. as here.
tofore, to spend 800 month for
clerk when he doesn't mead a cIarl,