The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-04-07
APPROPRIATIONS
IN THE SENATE
FINANCES THE RAGE WITH THE
MEMBERS OF UPPER
HOUSE.

tee Of the whole, or as il is now face.
tiously known since it boosted all the
figures possible, the committee Of the
''hole, yesterday faced measure t.
which it had almost, but not quito
agreed.
Tho debates twisted themselves
around the extension OF county govern
ment, its powers and emOloments,
There were few items in the pub
lie works ana lands appropriations that
the senate baked at, among them the
superintendent s salary, and also the
liquor commission appropriation Of
$4,000.
The consideration of this last item
resulted in healthy man.s2el cxulO-
sion in seeral quarters, and lsaprescrt-
tative Watkins who was formerly
chairman of the commission, was called
in from the house to explain whether
or not this sum was not too large.
In the course of questioning by Fair
child, Watkins became somewhat
lpeeved and said that he would bring
out his ''faets and fgures' when the
bill got into the house, practically de.
Ginning to offer any encouragement to
the senate as an alien and mlch.to.bs-
disturbed body,
This attitude led Fairehild to pat
the clamps on the item and he voted
with the cut-rate corner who hammer
cd the item down 60 $4,000, which is
still $4,000 more than the liquor com-
missions got in the last bin
No Counties Hero.
The consideration of this item
brought out reference to The well d..
fined idea existing in the Legislature of
turning over the liquor commissions
and their fees and expenses to the
counties, an idea which has already
been partially or entirely Incorporated
,, in pending bills,
Chillingworth took advantage Of thu
occasion to announce his hostility to
this proposition and did his best to
squelch it, succeeding in so far as 10
: lead the senate to keep the item in the
territorial appropriations.
: Chillingworth voiced his strong dis
! trust of the ability of the supervisors
to handle this part Of the government,
and even limited that the city fathers
would dispose of it with mere appro-
priation of thousand dollars and let
4 it go at that, as not having a thing
to do with roads.
All Counties Here.
There was one bill, however, in which
the senate was delighted to express its
belief in the governmental ability Of
the counties and its desire to extend
its powers as far as possible along all
} lines. This is senate bill AZ, which
the senate reverted to order to take up.
: This bill has as its worthy object
the turning of all circuit courts over
! to the counties The idea seems to
! have been the result of an agreement
J by which the counties get all license
J fees and fines and costs.
There are a number of employees and
attaches in the courts, and anything
: that carries high-salaried positions usu.
LAZY looks good to the counties. The
senate by way Of impressing just how
highly salaried and important positions
each of them were, carefully enumer-
ated each and affixed thereafter the
salary he was going to draw. Unfor-
tunately for the counties, however, the
mayor and the supervisors win never
have a chance to get in deadlock over
them, for the judges still have the
power of appointment.
A Lemon?
The senate says to the counties, in
effect, that here is a chance for them
to show their legislative ability by reg.
ulating the courts, and here exactly is
the way it should be done-this man to
draw so much, this man so much, and
SO much to be appropriated for that
The supervisors, in fact, are delegated
with the power to pay the bills.
AS this doesn't come out of the terri
torial pork barrel, the combined senate
made rush on it. All the clerks sala-
ries were boosted a little over the sum
set in the original bill, and the total
appropriation carried in 1t was in
creased about three and half times.
The item of $4,000 for expenses alone
was inserted for the first circuit court,
the senate not caring to leave even this
up to the counties. A juvenile court
expense item of $1,000 was also inserted
for fear that the counties might over
look this, and then to be sure that the
counties would not have an inch lee
way in having anything to say about it,
a large item for the purchase of law
books was also Incorporated.
The same thing was done all through
the list, the clerk at Hilo almost get
ting sl75 a month in the general exu-
beranee, and It was not until 1t was
discovered that the local judges had
asked for only $3.50 for their clerks that
it was trimmed down out of respect.
Cut out Interpreters.
Provision Is only made for two In.
waiian interpreters in the first circuit
the Portuguese aud Chinese interpreters
having been left out. The supervisors
can, Of course, exercise their powers
over the court by appointing a Chinese
or Portuguese interpreter aud making
all the appropriations they want for
them.
chillingworth made q fight 10 save
the japanese interpreter, aud will prob
/ alits ataa.aaa au the aFauuH that la IL