The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-21
HUGE CONTINGENT !
Fund ISPLANNED
FORNENGOVERNOR
Leaders Of Legislature Propose
q To Give Mccarthy Power
+ ~ bof Financing Boards -
FOOD COMMISSION IS Z. Il
"a ~ ESPECIALLY AFFECTED
Proposed Action Shows, Conf
dence of Lawmakers In Com.
ing Head OF the Government

Ing Head OF the Government
Showing the full measure Of conf
depce the legislature reposes in Gov.
ernof.to-be Mccarthy, it Is extremely
probable that the law makers win over
turn al precedent and to meet vexinR
questions Of financing various boards
and commissions that have come for
ward at the special session with palms
extended, will pattern their action az.
ter that taken at Washington in dele
eating power to the executive and put
the whole thing, so far as spending Is
concerned, into the Governors hands.
A measure has been offered restoring
the Governors contingent fund, which
was taken away from the outgoing adj
ministratiOn at the 1917 session after
the Governor had been charged with
frittering away the 100000 annual APP
preparation that had been given 10 him
for emergencies. In restoring a con.
tingent fund to the new Governor 10
was first proposed to increase IL from
the $4,000 that was formerly voted
to 100000, and now the new project
that is virtually decided upon IL to
make the appropriation all Of 5000, 900
with no strings Of any kind attached
IL was pointed out yesterday by a
senator that various boards have come
forward with requests for appropria.
tions of various kinds without having
determined Win any degree of clear
ness what needs exist for the money
sought and seemingly without knowing
what they will do with the money after
they get it. Such variety Of demands
and contentious have been brought for
ward that 1t is now proposed to cut
away all red tape in the matter Of a.
nancing boards and commissions and
place full control of them and their
finances into the hands of the exeeu-
tive.
Discussions Ended
The lengthy and seemingly endless
discussions which have been the order
of business for the past two days in
the ways and means committee Of the
senate, while the various food admin
istratiOn measures have been under dis
cussiOn, were brought to an abrupt
close yesterday afternoon when this
body went into executive session with
Governor Designate Mccarthy, Chair.
man Cooke, Of the finance committee
of tile house and Attorney General
e Smith and it was practically decided to
settle these vexed food Administrations
measures oby. ,delegating .,extraordinary
powers to Governor Mccarthy and rec
Ommending a contingent fund for his
use for emergency measures which will
total 100000.
This measure, in the event that 1t
becomes a law, will give the Governor
power to appropriate sufficient money
TO carry on the territorial food com;
mission to the end of the biennial pc
Rod, if he sees fit; to provide q re-
volving fund for the purchase of for
eign grown rice, in the event that the
project is q feasible aud practicable
one, and to provide money for the es-
Establishment of n fund for the en-
couragement of the taro industry and
to guarantee prices so that the grow
ing Of tarO in this Territory be stimu-
lated.
The measure proposed yesterday
gives every indication of the unbound
ed confidence that both branches of the
Legislature have in Governor Me
Carthy's ability to handle these i'm
portant measures as they arise.
VIII Cut Red Tape
As one senator aptly put it yester-
cut all red tape and delegate to our
new Governor the same power that
congress in it's wisdom has delegated
to President Wilson. We will delegate
the full responsibility of the proper
handling of this fund to Governor Me.
Carthy with the knowledge that he Is
perfectly competent to handle the vari- |
GUS emergencies that may arise and he
would not be hampered with eumber-
some commissions who talk much and
do little"
Prior to the executive session Of the !
ways and means committee yesterday |
afternoon, this body investigated at |
considerable length the claim of T. +. |
Farm, who is asking for $l6,47S.25 as
n relief measure owing to the destrue'
ton Of his dairy and number Of cat
tie last May during an outbreak of the |
anthrax epidemic. Farm was repre-
scented by Attorney Thayer, who brought !
to the attention, of the committee the '
fact that through the destruction of /
Farm 4 property, in a large measure,
the serious epidemic of last summer
was stayed and practically wiped out.
1t was also shown, that by the action
OF the board of health, Farm was A.
nancially wiped out and was left prac-
tically penniless. In fact, it was
shown that, he did not have enough
money left, after his remaining cattle
had been auctioned, to meet his fnan-
eial legations Senators Hind and
Coney were appointed a special com,
mittee to investigate the merits Of the
various items set forth in the claim.
Speedy action is promised on this meas
uTe. t'S
At the morning session of the ways
and means committee it was decided
to recommend a fixed tax rate for the
clty and county of Honolulu at IL per
cent. Judge a. Perry, representing the
chamber of commerce opposed any
change in the present tax rate but af-
ter listening to arguments by Deputy
County Attorney Cristy and Supervisor
Mott Smith, withdrew his objections.
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