Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-09
Expenses of Convention May
Be Met From Governors
Contingent Fund

Armed with gaVel of size and ap
aren't weight, Chairman NJ. c. Pa
checo frowned upon the charter con
vention at its third meeting in Nc
Kinley high school last night, and the
<rown or the gavel. or both, had such
an effect upon the delegates that there
was not one cutburst of amendments
to amendments" during the entire ses
sion.
The report of the finance commit
tee was the important business OF the
night. Daniel Logan reported for tn
committee that they had received ar
offer of the nakai pavilion on thC
Young Hotel roof garden for futur-
meetings of the convention, and ia
committee strongly recommended tina:
the offer be accepted with thanks
The motion was made and passed
unanimously, Chairman Pacheco be
ing delegated to make all tie neces
sary arrangene with Manage
Thiele of the Young Hotel. and at the
same time carry to the management
a written expression of the con"en
tons thanks. The Young Hotel of
fers the makai pavilion with all chair:
and all tables Thict. the delegates may
require, free-sutJect only II the
needs of the hotel management ir
which case the convention will be Civ
en- "a hours warning in order that
they may find a temporary mcet:nc
place.
The second part of the finance com
mittee report met with more oDnos;
ton. The committee recommended as
follows:
List o. Expenses.
Your committee has carefully est
mated the expenses of the convention
as follows, and would recommend that
the schedule be adopted: Assistan'
clerk, ray for session, $3.50; typewrit
ing, 500; translating. 500; staten
cry, $50; printing, including first an
final draft of charter, $3.50; ianit9r
SEQ; adVei Using. $50; incidenta's, in
Guiding rental CT fu ntdrc, $3.50: To
tai. $1,000.
This estimate his bon sill lite
to Cove. nor Plnkiam,7 who has in
formed your committee that he vii
take up with the encouragement tAo
question of advancing the amount Out
of the CONTINGENT fund. Upon receiv
ing the reply of the governor your
committee will promptly report it t"
the convention"
The discussion Of the night ecntere'
on this report. it being the opinion o
many that the secretary Should re-
ceive more than So a. day. 2 william,
C. Achi EXPRESSED his bpnEietion thaf
the position of secretary was worth ST
a day if it was worth cent, am
many others followed with long
speeches which said the same thinr
w. O.. Smith opposed any change
in the schedule. He had been on tn"
finance committee, he said, and knew
from the manner in which the COVER
nor had spoken that he would give ne
more money than the sum mentioned
in the report. =
Here j. H. s. Kaleo discovered thu
there were two important officials,
omitted from the payroll, the sergeant
at arms and the messenger, but Ka
leo's suggestion vas overlooked in the
rush Of ideas which followed.
Paulo Hokii supported the commit
tee vigorously. A. D. Castro then
moved that the committee be sent back
to further confer with the governor.
Charles F. Chilfngworth, seconding
the motion made by Castro, statef
that if the members of the convention
thought that they could get the $120'
and then dispose Of it as they pleased
.hey were very much mistaken.
Will Check Each Item.
THE governor will go over ever
detail of the submitted list" he said
and before the convention can use E
cent of the contingent fund each o. it,
h. i hIrk hn or.