The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-09
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DAY,

Rodgers. secretary, was received IRON
the Board of Education in reply to a
resolution of the Senate asking for
certain information. 1t enclosed In
printed form a supplementary report OF
the department for the year 1902 and
referred to it for a portion of the de-
sired information.
Paris thought the Senate ought to
insist on it's rights. Its questions had
not been answered.
! Bishop did not understand that any
thing had been refused. The answer
/ referred to reports that contained the
information.
] Paris said the question was whether
there were any fixed rules whereby
, teachers salaries were arranged. The
information in reply was merely a
schedule of what the teachers were
paid He moved, seconded by Lane,
, that the resolution be referred back to
the Board of Education.
McCandless thought perhaps there
was a misunderstanding. The resolu-
ton was read over again. and after re-
marks by Dickey in defense of the re-
ply. Paris withdrew his motion and
accepted a substitute that the reso
luton and reply be referred to the
Committee on Education
NEW BILLS.
McCandless introduced bill to pro
vide means for maintaining the Chi
nese hospital in Honolulu.
Achi introduced a bill to amend sec
tions 55S 80 and $50 of the Revised
Laws
Hayselden introduced a resolution to
appropriate $4,000 from the loan fund
for the extension of the Lahaina wa
terworks.
THE SUNDAY Law.
The bill to amend the Sunday law
cams up for third reading. Senator
Achi moved it be deferred for one week
and referred back to the same COM
mittee, as lots of people wanted to be
heard on it,
Dowsett .tslled DicEey TO read his
that was rejected yester- |
day which provided that no admission ;
fee be charged for outdoor sports on ;
Sunday. He thought it was only fair
that the aquarium, the museum, the
zoo and similar institutions should be
free on Sunday. as we'll as baseball
Dickey renewed his amendment, Civ
ing reasons for not including the aqua
rum, zoo, etc. These were private
enterprises, some of them were very
inc and. if made free on Sunday their
owners might close them on that day,
which was the only day a large pro-
portion of the public could indulge
themselves in innocent sights and rec
cations
Dowsett thought there should be no
,se-sa,- sr,,,,
vas free one day in the week it might
IS well be Sunday. After hearing the
emarks of the two succeeding speak
RS. however, he withdrew his proposed |
ompelling those who had money in 5
ested in innocent shows to make them l
rec on Sunday.
Isenberg. taking the floor with Vice c
resident Paris in the chair, spoke I
gainst putting the aquarium and the +
90 in the same category as baseball. i,
n the ground that it would lead TO r
heir closing altogether on Sunday n
his would deprive the working people -
sources of enjoyment. Although he
as president of the Baseball League :,
e admitted that the Sunday games ;,
ld been as good as the League games, -
nd he had helped to pay the expenses. :,
1t if admission was charged on sun :,
~ it might lead to the introduction =
professionalism on that day with r
tendant abuses
The amendment carried by TO
a show of hands W
Dickey secured the passage of an II
her amendment in the section relat- OF
2 to disturbance of religious worship. I'll
strike out the words land whether it
oh offense be committed on the
prd's Day or any other day" be- 10
use they would make the law IN no
Institutional -
Bishop proposed to substitute hack G,
wing for "hackmen." but as the n
lection would apply to several 9th
occupations specified he withdrew -
2 amendment as opening the door to -.
-erminable changes.
Finally. the bill assed third read
:, with only Dickey's vote against