The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-26

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Expenses, supreme and District
Courts. $4,000 was deferred pending
the decision 81 the Legislature 20 turn
the district court over 10 the counties,
Circuit Courts.
Douthitt made long statement re-.
garding the needs Of the Circuit Courts,
recommending a number Of items
Clerk. 10 act as cashier and book.
keeper sl75 month, was the first one.
Kama moved to table Il at once.
L After fifteen minutes warm discus.
sion. the item passed as amended.
Douthitt's next item was: Two
clerks 60 assist in clerk 5 office az 500
each month. The item carried.
The next new item was; Three court
room clerks at 1925 month each. Car.
ried.
Rice Raises Rumpus.
Then came: Three assistant clerks
and bailiifs, at 800 a month. Rice
wanted to know ii the bailifIs did any.
thing beside rap on the table. He NOV.
ed the item be tabled.
Douthitt got mad He raised his
voice several tones and denounced Rice
and defended Judge De Bolt as man
who had made n reputation as "A man
of economy "False economy and
"court Gripping tactics" were among
the things talked about. He referred
to the saving of $4,000 from the last
appropriation for the First Circuit.
''All l ask is that you pay heed to
the wants of the judges of the Circuit
Court who took the trouble to come be-
fore the Judiciary Committee and state
their wants. urged Douthitt, who fin.
ished with a sparkling peroration con
corning the time when economy falsely
applied becomes extravaganza.
Rice said the line had to be drawn
somewhere. Already the estimates had
been exceeded $4,000. Now $1,000 more
was wanted. Where was it to endf
There were other things besides courts
which needed money.
Douthitt read statement from
Judge De Bolt and called for a vote on
Rice s motion to table The vote stood
twelve to twelve and Cohen gave a
casting vote against Rice.
Single wanted to know why Sheldon
voted against the Judiciary Commit
tees recommendation.
Sheldon explained he had not been
at the meeting of the committee re-
ferred to by Douthitt.
"Where were you9" asked Kawe-
wehi.
"That s none of your business" re-
torted Sheldon.
The item then passed as asked by
Douthitt and the committee rose.
Enabling Act Signed.
Notice was received from the Gov
ernor that he had signed number of
bills, among these being the Enabling
! Act, which had gone to him in the
morning and for the signing of which
a great many people were waiting.
Those who are on the road department
payrolls can now get their long de-
ferred pay.
Another bill that was signed is the
one making it prima facie evidence of
gambling to be caught behind barri-
caded doors with any gambling appara-
tus in the room. Under this law the
police ought to be able to stamp out
the greater part of the gambling now
going on.
A Refunding Bill.
As the last item of business for the
day, Rice presented measure author
izing the issuing of bonds for the pur-
pose of refunding the territorial debt.