The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-03-07

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as IL Eis now constituted is not com
proper legislation forthe city and eoun.
ty.sE He did not think the legislature
eOnId givetths city financial relief and
he further believed that the hoard
should find its own salvation. The tax
law would have 20 be, ameRded TO get
things Strengthened ont, and as the
taH commission would not be- ready to
report uptii sometime NEXT year there
would By, 20, chance Of having relief
shat way. He thought that those real
Iy interested in the city government
shoulA get together In the coming can.
PaigH and see to IL that only men who
would work for the benafit of Homo
hbu shonld b, elected TO the coming
legislatuges snd they should be made
10 'declafe themselves daring the cam.
Paiea 30 as to show whefe they stood.
He didenot think u would be amiss to
ask for . snhstantial appropriation
lrsm the terIftory iatl the coming Tegu-
lar session fog the roads OF the county.
T' In regard to the bond issue, Logan
WAS OF gfhe opinion that the bond cleo
ton should he PIT OF until the regu-
stated Athat on asesunt Of the neglect
of the iegislatpras which have, met
since the last census to rsapportion the
representation that all the laws passed
were III 'galy passed and in his o. Union
aneoRstitutionaL q / g 80 49,.
Finance Chairman Hopeful
~ do not believe that we are in
NGch fngAeial hole ~ most people
DO" csnttHped the speaker, "aRd /
feel eeaadeAt that with strict economy
We will be- able, to, poll through ami
have . little left for road maintenance
fos the, last six months of this yeaT
u there are no, more ;over-spent appFe-
Rr'atioAs brought In TO the, hoard by
the, road committee, There has been
too march looseness in the matter of
RsEehssing goods by the different de-
Partments and eyea your honor has
been guilty Of this 81
~ am pretty sure that the Governor
'giARbt call q special sessien, as had
II pretty stRalght from maA very
sioss 10 Mn PiAhhsm that he would
HolliRgeS was Of the opinion that
the only thing the special session could
DO would be to 90 amend the frontage.
tax law that the country people who
were mostly the large plantations, rich
landlords like LINK" McCandIess
would haEe to bnild the county roads
outside of the city. The taxing of
The people in Honomlu for the build
ing Of roads and letting the planta.
lions and rich Of, by building their
roads for them, was unfair to the PEG.
pie of Honolulu; 81 "'3N
Honingss and LApsn ppias
1--WE are all tight TO handle our own
moneys said Holfinger. f'We do not
hFve TO have tAet legislature help Us.
Maybe we went a little TOO speedily at
first, but we are cutting down expenses
now" "a
i Larsen thought that the superv isorsI
had been crying wolf too much. He
did not think that the supervisors
were going to jail any more than he
th0ught they were going TO church.
1--WE have not grated In the spend
ing Of the money! he said. eve
have spent III for the city and have
much 10 show for ID We have spent
possibly extrasagantly, bot we are
no worse that way than all the other
boards. We have tried to do too mae
with what we have had We should
have spread'H over s,laBgeE space and
then there would not be such o howl. 3"