The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-26

(Signed) SANFORD B. DOLE.
Executive Chamber. February %, 1903.
Senator c. Brown reported for the
printing committee that a number of
bills had been printed and were ready
for distribution.
DISCUSSION OF SCHOOLS.
Senator J. T. Brown introduced a
resolution from the Kau Republican
/ precinct Club asking that the control
of education be given to the counties,
and also that the counties elect district
magistrates. The resolution was sign
ed by G. E. Kinney as president of the
Seventh Precinct Republican Club.
Senator Brown called attention to the
fact that the resolution had not been
signed by Senator ]. T. Brown, and
ferred to committee: 81 am not ready
to vote as yet upon whether or not the
county should be given control of the
schools said Senator c. Brown. at
is a subject that requires a good deal
of thought, and there has already been
considerable debate one way and the
other. I am not ready to vote on the
resolution today. 1 don't think with
out committing myself that the Board
of Education should be changed at
present. We want to keep education
and religion out of politics. If the
Senate adopts a resolution like this,
it binds itself to what is stated in the
resolution-namely, that the counties
should have control of education with
in their boundaries. I think the res
olution should go to the education
committee and afterwards to the coun-
ty committee. The county bill will
come up for discussion in a joint COM
mittee of the House and Senate, and
until these two committees are ready
for a joint meeting this resolution can
properly be left with the educational
committee
Senator Paris stated that he didn't
think the resolution should be received
by the Senate in it's present shape He |
said he had received a copy of similar |
resolutions from the Kau club, and had |
sent them back to be put in proper |
shape in the form of memorial.
Senator Baldwin stated that the COM |
munication was not even addressed to |
the Senate
Senator Kalauokalani said that the |
Senate should not be too hasty in set
ting aside anything from the people, |
though he agreed with Senator c. |
Brown that this resolution should be |
sent to the education committee. If |
a communication was set aside at once,
the people would not care to make
known their wants to the Senate.
Senator ]. T. Brown stated that he
agreed with Senator c. Brown and
believed it a little hasty to act on the
matter at once. He said that he ex-
pected to have lots of these resolutions
and did not believe that they should
be refused, but that some disposition
should be made of them.
Senator Paris called attention to the
fact that the resolution was out of
order. and that the proper way was to
send it in the form of a petition.
Senator Kaiue agreed with Senator
Paris. and said that communications
should be properly presented, and this
one should not be received. He sug-
yested that the proper way was to
refer it back to the introducer to be
put in proper shape
]. T. BROWN A REPUBLICAN?
Il am glad to see that Senator Brown
8 a Republican" remarked Senator
Baldwin, "for presume he is a mem
DER of the Seventh Precinct Republican
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