The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-22
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

House of Representatives.
Rep. Richards reported that House
Bill No. Al had been printed and
House Bill No. % typewriter.
Rep. Richards reported for the Com
mittee on Passed Bills that the bill
providing for expenses of the cholera
epidemic had been presented to the
President for consideration.
Senate Bill No. As, relating to the ex-
tension of streets in Hilo, passed third
reading.
Second reading of House Bill No. AZ,
relating to Bureau of Public Instruc-
ton.
Section 4, providing for the prohibit
ton of clergymen and heads of holy or
ders from serving as commissioners,
provoked quite good deal of discus
sion.
Rep. Hanuna moved that the words
conveying that idea be stricken out of
the section.
Rep. Rycroft put the matter in ra-
tionaI light, suggesting reasons why
main intact.
Rep. Bond echoed the same senti-
ments as Rep. Rycroft and was imme-
diately followed by Rep. Hanuna, who
said that the provision of the section
was simply a roundabout way of say
ing that clergymen and heads of holy
orders were real bad fellows, in no
way qualified to act as commissioners.
The law was supposed to be an i'm
provement over the old one. 1t was
doubtful if this was the case in it's
present form.
Rep. Richards-The last speaker has
claimed that the new law is supposed
to be an improvement over the old one.
This is a fact as we'll as a supposition.
The Constitution provides that no cler-
gyman or person in similar station of
life shall be elected President. That
is good provision and the present law
carries the matter further 1t says
that he shall not be commissioner.
Anyone at all acquainted with school
matters knows that there are one or
two sects which will never mingle. 1t
is an astonishing thing to me that this
matter has been brought up by mem
bers from the country districts who
have had every opportunity to note the
workings of schools. The Sunday
School and the Church are the proper
places for children to learn religion.
In the school every religion should
stand on an equal footing The fact
that a clergyman or head of a holy
order is forbidden from holding, office
as a commissioner does not necessa-
rily mean that he is incapacitated from
such service by the nature of his voca-
ton.
Minister Cooper asked to be excused
on account of important business.
Section z, relating to the report of
the Board of Education, which should
be handed in during February of each
year, was postponed until the presence
of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Section 22.-Every private school
shall be subject to the supervision of
the Department. 1t shall be the duty
of the Department to require that
teachers of private schools be persons
of good moral character; and that the
premises of such schools comply with
the rules and regulations of the De-
partment as from time to time pro-
mulgated with regard to sanitary con-
ditions and hygiene.
To Rep. Hanuna the reading of this
section was like waving a red flag at a
QUILT CduSSu Hill u MAKE d run anu
a jump at the offensive words, broad
side on Rep. Hanuna launched forth
into long harangue, saying that the
Board of Education had never had any
thing to say about Kamehameha, Pu-
nahou, ST. Louis or other institutions
which he could mention.
After that the Government got a
roasting. why, do you know" con-
tinued Rep. Hanuna, that there is a
teacher on Molokai who gets drunk
every day and another one at Kaupo
who was instrumental in marrying off
a girl and boy of his school without the
consent of the parents? These men
are still in office. Petition upon petit
ton have been sent down from people
at those places, but the men are favor
ties and no attention has been paid to
the voice of the people. I tell you this
section should not be passed. 1t is in
consistent. The Board of Education
doesn't give the private schools sim
gle red cent, and yet it wishes to boss
and control them"
Rep. Rycroft-The Government
knows such schools as Kamehameha,
Punahou and st. Louis are alright. 1t
would be a great mistake to strike out
the section, for it is intended to reach !
those schools which are doubtful IN
the propriety of their rules and regu-
lations 1t is of paramount Importance
proper manner.
AT II noon House took a recess until
1:30 p. m.