Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-12

other. All he wanted this morning, as
expressed I'm resolution he intro.
duced, was an appropriation Of $780,.
0O0 for the construction of new schoo!
houses on the island of Oahu, as fol
lows: Kahuku, Broom building
$500: Kahuku, teachers cottage,
$500: Kaaawa, teachers cottage
$500; Kailua, 1.room school building
$1,000; Kailua, teachers cottage.
$1,000; Waipahu, Broom addition,
$500, Kauluwcla, 1i.room school
building. si5,OOO Manoa. 1.room
school building. $500: Moiliili. Groom
school building, $1,000; Normal school
science and laboratory departments,
$4,000; Waialua, 4.room school build,
ing. s6S00: Wahiawa, l.rocm school
building. $500; Waialce, new dormi.
tory. $4,000.
Hihia had resolution to appropri-
ate $4,000 for a hospital at Lahaina.
ll5heiamaTThed offpn, tab. .octlcrc
Mayor a Fisurehcad..
House Bill 1876. Douthi;t's measure
amending the Municipal Ac', came up
on third reading.
Kamahu promptly rose to object to
the clause providing that the power Of
appointing employees shall lie with
the Board OF Supervisors. lie didn't
think anything like this could be
found In any OF the cities OF the States
IIn fhnttnht urnNlH lao IL
II law were passed TO repeal the CT.
tire Municipal Act, much better than
to make the Mayor a mere fgureheai
kaleiopu's Admission.
Kalciopu stated that Kamnhu was
mistaken. the bill does not make the
Mayor u figurehcad. IL am the meh,.
Der who wanted to make the Mayor o
hgurehead and ! brought In a bill 10
do so. But the Republican members
objected to this. | brought In my
bill to deprive the Mayor OF all his
privileges and power, but after con.
sultation with the Republican mem.
bcrs, | have agreed to let my bill 20
and to support this measure, which
allows the Mayor to retain certGin
power and authority. II Is only right
and proper that he should have some
power. But II Is not proper that q
Mayor of his standard should lower
himself by appointing the laborers o.
the road department.
Like moved to defer action until af.
ternoon to give him time to prepare an
amendment. The motion. however.
was lost, and Douthitt moved the bill
pass its third reading.
$4,000 for Rhodes.
| Kama offered an amendment To
raise the salary Of the Mayors secre.
tary, c. l.. Rhodes, to $4,000 year. lie
| must have had the wires crosseu, how.
ever and somebody gave him a bunch
for he hastily Withdrew the rmend,
ment and subsidized.
kanho Would Fix II.
Kaniho thought the bill good one
but Il needed finishing touch Oh
so. He offered IA verbal amendment
/ under suspension of the rules. The
effect of this was that instead q va
cancies in City and County ,iectiv,
officers being filled by the Board Of
Supervisors, they shall be filed b,
the Mayor with the approval OF III,
Board of Supervisors.
Rice moved the amendment no tab
led. This carried, to Kaniho's s,l
preme disgust. The Kohaie states
man therefore ranged himself on tn,
other side, and moved the indeGnit,
postponcment VI the bill, which, h,
said, would make the Mayo a ner,
fgurehead. There is too much polite
In the business of the City and Count,
of Honolulu, Kaniho sal No soone
are the Supervisors elected than the,
begin TO sacrifice the good OF the PEG
pie to the interests of their party. II,
thanked the Republican members O
/ the House for what they are doing fl
respective Of party, but said tine Re
publican Supervisors are making al
sorts Of trouble by PLAYING politics.
Therefore. | ask You not tn max.
a ilgurehead, jumping jack OF III,