Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-18

make application.
Mr.. Houston. No. air. tho object
Is to prevent them from making an
plication twice to omen nm lands
Mr.. .MondeiI I Withdraw my
amendment. Mr. Chairman. although
the amendment offered would ac-
complish the burmese sought
The Chairman. The Clerk will
again REPORT the amendment ofrored
! by the gentleman from NJicbioop
The Clerk read as follows:
Amend the section by insert
ing after the word homestead
ers." In line II, page o, who
have not heretofore made ap.
plication under this act"
inc question was taken, and the
amendment was agreed to.
Inc chairman. The question Is
on the ,hrst committee amendment.
Mr. houstoh. Mr. chairman, when
~ comes TO the amendment that has
been onered by the committee to
section v--tnat Is, the increase OF
! saiaries Tor number OF ofhcials--
l want TO state what was already
s'ated Dy one OF my colieagues OF
the minority as TO these salaries;
the minority melnbers OF the com
mittee al favor the salaries as hx-
eu by Tue sehateHbill' and we VIII
favor those fgures as the proper
amounts Tor these salaries and VIII
vote against the amendment OF the
committee.
The Chairman. The question is
on the amendment striking out
seven" and inserting "ten."
Mr.. Mann. / hope the amend
ment will not be agreed Ito.
As ] understand, the Governor of
Hawaii now receives $4,000 year.
That Is the statement made In the
report. The bill as Il passed the
Senate has already raised that to
$1,000 a year. Now Il is proposed
by the committee amendment to
raise II to $4,000 a year. We have
got to stop somewhere in the ex-
travagance Of government IL we in
tend 10 maintain semblance OF
economy An increase of $2ooO n
year In the salary of this governor
Is suiicient' we pay the governor
Vi new MEXICO, 1 DeiieVe' S3O0o u
yea'' we pay 'ne so'erhor OF ART
Ao"a' pei'e'e' $oooo u year. ana
'pe so'erhor vi A'aSka' $oooo u
'ear'
MI uoou. HOW ABOUT PORTO hico
mr, manh' 40 not KNOW out
eNpeo' we are
ooo'. We p"y MN $ooVo
yea'' anu give MN an executive
'""''o"' eta
MT. mann. do not remember
what the salary at Porto Rico Is,
put ! KNOW that we nave gone wild
win regard 10 salaries at Porto Rico
ana III the Philippine Islands, both.
we are putting burden upon them,
put they are paying IL out OF their
own treasury we pay very Few gov
erhors III this country $lo'OOo. ,
Mr.. eRodenberg. My colleague
knows that We pay our governor
$4,000 a year and give him an ex-
ecutive mansion. IT'S
Mr.. Mann. stated while YOU
lwere not. here that our governor was
paid $4,000 a year and given an
executive mansion to live in; but
There is quite n difference between
| the State of Illinois which Is repre-
scented in this House by 25 Members
land probably we Will have an in
crease--paying that salary To the
governor of our state and the salary
paid to the governor OF the Territory
of Hawaii. Congress is not paying
the salary of the governor of the
State of Illinois. II we keen ON with
these salaries. with the propositions
that are pending before this House
:already increasing the salary OF al
most every government oaicial we
can not talk ON this side of the House
about having made any pretence OF
running an economical government
but we will be, charged by gentle.
men on the other side OF the House