The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-08

the Government were really no guides Il
/ the House There was a disingenousnes:
about the whole business which would not
/ be tolerated in any other country. Regard
ing this particular item, it was a very
/ liberal allowance for the service as printed
/ in the bill.
/ Mr.. Castle moved a an amendment that
/ the two items be referred to select com
+ mittee His motion was not for the pur-
/ pose Of making any reduction. There had
/ been large expenditures by the Board OF
Education, and the Finance Committee
report the accounts correct. He took it
that it vas the will OF the Assembly to
designate what expenditure should be
made under any particular appropriation.
There were various resolutions and petit
tiOns for assistance to private schools
before the Legislature and the should
be considered. The committee could exam
inc into all these matters, and any sug
gested amendments could be made on the
third reading of the bill.
Mr. Kaulukou moved that the items
read, support of Hawaiian and English
schools 100000; support of common
schools $1,000
Mr. Dickey said that the schools I'm the
district of MakawaO were i'll a bad state
AS 4 member of the Finance Committee
he could say a thorough examination of
the accounts of the Beard had been made,
and there was not found any item but
what was judiciously spent. He was still
of the opinion the item should be increased.
Mr.. Dole would support Mr.. Castles
motion to refer to a select committee.
There had been quite difference of opinion
OH these two items. No reason is shown
to increase the item for common schools.
The increase was Just whim of someone's.
The President of the Board of Education
should know what was wanted, and he had
not asked for any increase. From his re-
port, they might almost diminish the APP
preparation. He opposed the two items
being put together; it would be better to.
detail the expenditures. One of the most
Objectionable features of the reports to this
House is the frequency of inciden-
tails. 1t is simply refusal to give certain
items, or arises from sheer Incidence.
Mr.. Nahinu said the House had right
to know how the Board of Education had
expended the sums of money entrusted to
them. He did not think the money had
been properly expended. The pay of
teachers was badly proportional. He was
opposed to putting the two items together;
it would give the Board a better chance to
misappropriate.
Mr.. Keau was in favor of referring the
items to select committee, to consist of
thirteen members. The Finance Commit
tee, of which he was member, had ex-
amined all the vouchers and found them
correct.
DIR. Wight was a great advocate of edu-
cation. When visiting other countries he
had proudly stated how high a state OF
education the native Hawaiians had been
brought to. He had stated that from one
end of the Islands to the other the chill
dren could read, write and cipher. The
Hawaiian children were able to put to
shame some of the white children. Edu-
cation was a pet child of the missionary
influence i'll the earlier days. They nour-
ished and cherished it. In those days the
President of the Board of Education had
an assistant i'll each district to point out
the shortcomings. That assistance was
not now favorably looked upon. He did
not stand up TO speak for the missionary
influence; they had left their fruits be-
hind them. The honorable member then
went on to make several suggestions re-
garding the educational system. He
thought that measures should be adopted
whereby parents should be compelled to
send their children to school.
At 1905, on motion of His Excellency
Mr.. Gibson, the committee adjourned until
o'clock