The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-03
SENATE HAS
GOOD DAY
Some important Bills
We're Put Through
the Mill.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DAY.

Keeping everlastingly at it brings
sueeess in business, as well as in doing
things in the Legislature. Senator
Smith had tried several amendments to
the married women teachers bill and
failed. Yesterday Senator Lane pro-
posed one identical with one pro-
nosed by the senior Senator from Oahu
and it was accepted without the slight
est objection from the father of the
hill. Whether it was because Senator
Lane presented it or because of
change of heart on the part Of Senator
Dovsett is not known
ACHI FoRESTALLED.
Charlie Achi's s call for a mass meet
ing to protest against the passage OF
a bill requiring medical examinations
for school children by specially ap-
pointed physician, seems to have been
for naught, as the Education commit
tee, by Senator Hewitt, presented re
port on the bill yesterday recommend,
ing indefinite postponement.
Up to yesterday morning the Senate
had acted on 81 Senate bills, heard,
1I5 reports from standing committees
and 143 from House committees, list.
ened to twenty-eight communications
from department heads and the read
ing of twenty-seven petitions and six
teen messages from the Governor. One
Senate joint resolution was acted up
on and six concurrent resolutions and
three conference committee reports
were received. To this may be added
4 goodly bunch of business that was
disposed of during Tuesday.
Morning Session.
After the routine work Senator
Hewitt presented the following report
on the school children S medical exam
nations:
.sBin No. 149. entitled An Act to
provide for Medical Inspector of
Public Schools, have had the same IN
der consideration.
ssYour committee finds that there is
very strong public sentiment against
the passage of this Act; that the duties
prescribed in the bill are now perform
ed by the Government physicians and
ekat carrying out the provisions OF the
Act would create great additional
expense which your committee feels Is
not justified by the conditions prevail
ing In the schools.
Matters Of public health, your COM
mittee feel are safe in the hands OF
the present Board of Health and your
committee further finds that a consId-
erable portion of the bill as present
ed is missing and the bill is therefore
incomplete and we recommend its in
definite posfponement.' -
Senator Hayselden s bill providing
for the eommemoration OF the anniver-
sary of the time the first constitution
was presented the HawaiIans by their
King passed first reading by title.
THIRD READING BILLS.
There were a number of bills called
for third reading, most Of them from
the Rouse. The first to pass was SEN
ate Bill No. so, relating to married
women teachers. Senator Lane moved
TO amend SO that it would read g sup
ported by their husbands and the
amendment carried without opposition.
When called for final vote Senators
Smith, Mccarthy and Knudsen were the
only ones voting against the bill
Senate Bill No. 73 was deferred
House Bills Nos Sc, 9I, 104. log and
157 passed third reading. House Bill
No. 102 was reeommitted on account of
there being so many amendments added
to 1t.
Senate Bill No. 81, relating to the
establishing Of an electric light COM
pany on the island of Maui was passed
the second time as amended. House
Bill log, amended to strike out the
word 'tpoliee'' passed the second read
ing.
House Bill No. 13S, relating to the
Hawaiian library was sent to the Mis-
cellaneous committee
AT l0:45 there being nothing on the
desk or the President or clerk, re-
cess was taken until 1:30 p. m
Afternoon Session.
There was plenty done during the
question as to the earning power of
any OF the members. There was bust-
ness from the rise to the fall of the
curtain and the germ of extravaganza
was at the bargain counter all the af-
fernoon. Someone wanted the bill ap-
propriating money for the use of de-
partments called up for consideration
so that there would be no delay later
on IN the session. When the bill was
read there were several surprises and
one or two items were deferred. Take
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It by and large ii was a pretty good
day all around.
OIL BILL AGAIN.
Senator Dowsett. from the Commit.
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