The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-19
PROCEEDINGS
Of THE SENATE

The native Senators who are con-
| tinually shaking the Organic Act in the
faces of the Republican members, and
calling their attention to its provisions
on almost every little item which
comes up, fail ignominiousIy IN their
ideas as to what it contains when 1t
comes to conducting all proceedings OF
the Legislature in the English Ian
guage. In other words, their memories
are exceedingly short on that point.
The Organic Act specifically states
that the proceedings shall be in Eng
lish. Interpreter John Bush has his
own ideas on that subject, especially
when Senator makes very long
speech i1Athe native language, for the
speech N4y be interpreted into Eng
lish and It may not. Oftener it is not.
The reporters who endeavor to keep
a connected story of the proceedings
while the proces Gings are turned into
English, and then comes a long break,
and as result the reporters are una
BILE to keep pace with the matter I'M
der consideration. The Senate has
done away with a stenographer, and as
result have evidently formed the be-
lief that owing to his absence it is not
necessary to have their speeches made
over by the interpreter.
| For the space of fifteen minutes at
a time yesterday afternoon, but few
words of English would be spoken, and
! it was only occasionally that the re-
porters could obtain even glimmering
of what was going on. A stranger sit
ting in the Senate chamber would i'm
agine that he was looking in on an
/ Hawaiian debating society, instead of
a body which makes believe to con-
struct laws for the good of the com
munity.
| The Senate turned its attention to
school matters in the afternoon. La
| hainaluna School came in for a big
share of the debate. oily Bill'' was a
fierce advocate of the passage of the
appropriation as given in the bill, and
for all he could get as well. Kanuha
was in favor of money for re-embel-
fishing the school.
There are lots of schools in this
FTerritory that don't give a complete
i education; they only glitter. In La
| hainaluna School they get a finished
heducation. MT. Atkinson, the Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, has rec
commended that an appropriation be
made to renovate the school. Four
thousand dollars is not enough for this
purpose. 1t is a high grade school"
Senator Kanuha ought to know, as
he is on the staff of the Kamehameha
School in this city.
| Senator Paris thought that if the
| Senate passed the loan act the appro-
priation asked for by the superintend-
ent might be granted, but to put in
the item as he desired it, was like so
much waste paper, for it would not
amount to anything, and there would
be no prospect of getting anything.
| Senator Achi was in favor of the re-
establishment of the school, as he was
personally under obligation to the in
stitution for the rudiments of an edu-
cation. He did not, however, approve
inserting such an extraordinary
| amount. when it would not be possible
to make a large sum available. He
was in favor Of the smaller sum.
Senator Cecil Brown scored the idea
of making Lahainaluna a high school
He had understood the government
did not intend to make it high school,
as there was high school in Homo
lulu. A special act creating a high
school would have to be passed by the
Legislature.
Upon vote being taken it was
agreed to defer action on the item for
the present. The Senate then ad-
journed until this morning.