The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-09-02

Bill in committee OF the whole. Noble
Marsden in the chair.
Before this came the special order,
third reading of an act to reenact the
old law of desertion.
Minister Brown moved the bill be in
definitely postponed.
Rep. Kahookano moved it pass.
Rep. Waipuilani favored passage OF
the bill. The old law had been a good
one. 1t prevented desertion. Now a
woman takes advantage OF any little
thing and leaves her husband, and he is
without remedy.
Rep. Kapaehaole- The law which
this seeks to repeal has come to be re-
garded as the blot on the Legislature of
1888, one OF the worst laws which they
passed. A great many Hawaiian fami-
lies have been broken up as conse-
quence of the present law.
Rep. Nawahi after speaking moved the
previous question Carried The ayes
and noes were called.
Noble Widemann-As l look at it, it
is a step downwards and backwards.
Yet as all the native members are for it,
1 prefer not to vote.
The motion to indefinitely postpone
was lost by the following vote:
Ayes-Cummins, g. Brown. Mccarthy,
j. NJ. Horner, Burchardt, Baldwin, Wal
bridge, Anderson, Won Tempsky, Isen-
berg, C. Brown-11.
Noes-Berger, Muller, Pua, Kauhane,
Cornwell, G. n. Wilcox, Kanoa, Cum
mings, Lucas, r. W. Wilcox, Bush,
Nawahi, Baker, Kahookano, Waipuilani,
Apiki, Paehaole, White, kanealii, Kalua,
Halstead, kamai, Knudsen, Rice, 4. s.
Wilcox-25.
The bill passed.
A motion to reconsider was made and
lost.
The House proceeded to the consider
alton OF section OF the Appropriation
Bill.
Expenses of supreme and circuit
courts, $1,000. Passed.
Expenses steam tug, $1,000. Passed.
Support of prisoners, Sl5, 900.
Maintenance Insane Asylum, $1,000.
Quarantine expenses, so, 900.
Leper settlement, $25 900.
Pay of police, $15, 900.
Inc;dentals civil and criminal expenses,
5000.
Coroner's inquest, 81 900. Passed.
Rep. Brown moved the House take up
committee reports on items OF the bill.
Carried.
The House proceeded to consider the
item for education of Hawaiian youths
abroad. The committee report was read.
Noble Widemann moved it pass at
IS 900. with the proviso that the youths
be recommended by the principals OF the
schools.
Rep. White favored $4,000.
Noble j NJ. Horner was hot in SYM
pathy with the item at all. Let us spend
the 10000 on schools here, and great
many more will get the benefit of them.
If our schools here are not good enough,
we can make them better. If you put
this money into normal school, it will
he of some use. But what good has the
Government ever got from sending any
body abroad? Our home schools do
some good. Witness our worthy secre-
tary. Calls OF, he has been abroad
We want to educate our school teachers
here, not to send them abroad.
Noble Widemann explained that the
object was not to make school teachers,
but to give promising pupils wider oppor-
tunities than our schools can afford. 1t
is necessary that there should be no
partiality in the selection.
Noble j. NJ. Horner wanted to know
what the poor fellows who were not so
bright were to do. Shouldn't they have
Government help too?
Rep Brown favored the item, and he
thought Noble Widemann's proviso that
they should be recommended by the
principal OF the school good one. The
speaker referred to the case OF Harry
CRUDE Marchant, now studying engrav-
ing in Boston as a case where Govern
ment assistance had been wisely rem
dered.
Rep. R. ". Wilcox moved it be Sl5, 900.
Rep. Kauhane said the Legislature
has always been willing to appropriate
money for the purpose, but the difficulty
has been with the way in which the
choice has been made. There ought to
be some law fixing the way in which the
choice is made.
The item passed at $4,000, with the
proviso offered by Noble Widemann.
Rep. Bush moved the House rise and
report progress. Carried.
The report was adopted.
After notice of meetings had been
given, the House adjourned at 4 :05 till
Monday.