Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-16

SHldTN, nut Simply 10 get men III
there who will enact good legisla
tlon as Hawaii has In the past; and
we want II possible for poor man
to accept place in the legislature
without hardship TO himself
This is very important matter.
Our people and legislature have al
ways been conservative. No bill.
passed by our legislature has ever
f., been rejected by Congress- This in
crease was not asked by the legisla-
ture alone; 1t Is favored by the peo-
pie of that Territory, so that we
can have men in the legislature, not
to represent certain element or
special interests, but the community
as whole-a community that Is
more cosmopolitan than you can find
, In any part of the world.
When you require men to legis-
late on the complex questions arts.
ing in those islands. you need to
have men who are dependable, and
who VIII do what is right. Not
withstaiiding the fact that we as a
Territory are heavily taxed, the tax
payers are willing to give to the
legislators $1,000 session. This
fact constitutes strong reason why
the House should vote for the $500
recommended by the committee.
Mr.. Mann. Mr.. Chairman, I hope
the committee amendment will not
be agreed to. II the committee
amendment is agreed to, IL means
! that this bill will probably hang in
conference for some time. IL this
committee amendment is agreed to
and the other committee amendment
raising the salaries of the officials
out there as proposed Is agreed to,
1t WIN very much delay the passage
of this bill. Now, the Senate bill
without the committee amendments
already has proposed to raise the
salaries OF these legislators so per
cent, from $500 to $500.
Mr.. Hamilton. But we abolished
the extra session. 1t amounted to
$500 and $2OO-s6O0-which is the
same amount.
Mr.. Mann. oh, the gentleman
has not abolished the extra session.
Mr.. Keller. They abolished the
pay for It.
Mr.. Mann. Well, they have not.
The bill reads:
And the sum of $500 for
each extra session.
Mr.. Hamilton. ...ere is no spe.
cial session.
Mr., Mann. Oh, that Is distinc-
| ton too fine haired for me to draw.
the distinction between special
and an extra session.
Mr.. Hamilton. VIII the gentle
man permit an interruption? There
are three kinds of sessions.
Mr.. Mann. know all about
that.
Mr.. Hamilton. Well, the gentle
man does not know about the extra
| session.
Mr.. Mann. Very well; go ahead.
] will demonstrate to the gentleman
that am Just as familiar with that
proposition as the gentleman is, be-
cause | think | extracted all of the
information that the gentleman had
| on the subject.
Mr.. Hamilton. No: | have more.
| Mr.. Mann. Well. will be very
glad to have It in the gentleman's
own time. You have abolished the
authority to call special session
| following a failure of the appropri-
alton bills at the regular session,
and that is all you have abolished.
You have not abolished the. right
to call special session at all. That
is carried in the bill now. Whether
you have or not makes no differ
ence. You propose by the bill, with
out the amendment, to increase the
salary of the legislators so per cent.
from $500 to 5000. The subter-
fuge that was adopted by some of
them through falling to make ap-
preparations, and therefore compel
ling the calling OF an extra session
to make the appropriations, was
glazing swindle on its face, as the
gentleman knows, and It can not be
properly said to be part of the
compensation now existing for the
legislature.
The gentleman abolishes that to
prevent that glaring swindle. A so
per cent. increase at this time Is a
sufficient increase. They can get
very good men for that or less. For
a sixty-day session of the legisla-
ture, or a ninety-day session at the
utmost, this amount of $500 Is
plenty. An Increase of so per cent.
ls enough There is no occasion for
making an increase Of 100 per cent.
think the committee has been
| quite too liberal in appropriating
the pay of these, legislators out Of
the funds raised by the legislature.
would much rather leave 1t to the
legislature to say what their pay
should be.
Mr.. Good. viii the gentleman
yield?
l. Mr., Mann They have tn answer