The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-20

condition of the City and County.
his House IS on record as favorino
economy III government and if the moi.
ley OF retrenchment in Territorial af-
falrs is commendable, certainly it is as
commendable. to favor an economical ad-
mlnlstratlon of the government of the
CITY and County of Honolulu. unless it
is intended that what may be saved to
the taxpayers of the City and County
through retrenchment in the Territorial
Government is to be used to pay the
increased cost of the municipal govern
ment, IN which ease the taxpayers of
Oahu will benefit none from the atlon-
! ton of the economical Territorial Gov
eminent policy. This is not. as we
believe, the intention or the desire of
the members from Oahu, nor the desire
of the taxpayers we are here to rep
resent.
9 In the City and County of Honolulu
are many citizens dependent upon the
municipality for employment By in
creasing the salaries of the officials Of
the municipality as outlined in the bill
under consideration, the amount avail
apie for the necessary public works will
be correspondingly decreased with the
ployed upon the roads and streets of the
City and County.
In regard to the increase proposed
in the compensation TO the members Of
the Board of Supervisors, we desire to
state that there appears no justification
whatever for the increase. The Super
visors are elected as representatives of
The people and the amount of compen-
oil RI ha
garded in the light of salaries. The
amount of six hundred dollars allowed
each Supervisor is TO compensate him
for the expenses necessarily incurred in
the performance of his duties, not as
payment for the time taken up in the
performance of those duties. AS a sal
airy the amount allowed would be de-
cidedly insufficient, but as compensa-
ton, such as is intended, the amount of
fifty dollars per month is ample at the
present time.
"Your minority would favor an
amendment to the act to place the
salary of the City and County Attorney
at a figure such as to enable him to per-
form all of his duties by foregoing all
private practice. We believe, though,
that such legislation should first be en-
dorsed by The governing body of the
city.
''For the reasons above outlined, your
minority recommends that House Bill
No. 122 be indefinitely postponed.
Respectfully submitted,
A. D. CASTRO,
s.DAVID KAMAHU.
Minority"
This YVES too sensible to appeal to
many Of the members, however. Correa
said he was surprised at such re-
port. He was especially surprised that
Kamahu should have the silly idea OF
trying to keep down city expenses.
Kaniho. seconded the adoption of the
minority report. He thought the rea-
sons in this report outweigh those adj
vaneed by the advocates of the. salary
grab.
Kamahu defended his position as one
of the minority. He said the officials
knew what salary they would get be-
and so far none of them have cons,
Kinney defended his bill, making his
maiden speech. He also was surprised
at any idea of county economy. Kin
ney said the Mayor was only boy
with a few months experience and
was getting all he deserved.
Kaniho wanted to know why the
bows in the Board of Supervisors de-
served more than they were getting,
especially when these boys had been
naughty and broken the law.
I. Rice moved the previous question,
| which carried.
The minority report was outvoted
and the bill declared passed on second
| reading.
A New Way of Lobbying.
The Speaker announced that he had
received two communications Identical
with two others received the day be-
| fore, one from Rev. Doremus Scudder,
| the other from the Mid Pacific Instl-
/ tute, both dealing with school appro-
| priations and compulsory school at
| tendance.
ssThis seems to be new way or
| lobbying said the Speaker, referring
the communications unread to the Ed
ucation Committee.
| Committee of the Whole.
The House went into committee of
the whole on Senate Bill SO, the addi-
tional appropriation bill, with Naka-
| leka in the chair.
| Rice explained that there would be
$4,000 unexpended from other appro-
| priations for the current period and
that the items in the present bill were
for extras on other things for which
the money voted had been insufficient.
Single moved that a subcommittee
be appointed to check over the amounts
in the bill, naming Rice, Long, Dou-
| thitt. Coney and one other.
| Rice explained that this would be
unusual. and Shingle moved that the
committee rise, report and ask that the
bill be referred to special committee
to be named by the Speaker.
The House adjourned as soon as the
| rennrt was acted npon.