The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-03-29
SENATE DOES
GOOD WORK
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DAY.

day until Senator Brown called, by
resolution, upon all committees hav-
ing bills in their possession for ten
days or more to produce them forth
with. The command fell as bomb on
the floor and it seemed as though
the members would have to take to
the tall timber to get away from what
appeared to be the Indignation Of the
corpulent Senator from the lava belt.
They realized that the committees, of
which Senator Brown is an active mem
Der, have never once held up a bill
That they are reported upon almost
as soon as they are presented and
that delay is not tolerated. For that
reason his Command, from his view point,
was just one.
But Senator Coelho, when he recov'
ered> from his surprise, turned loose
the walls of wrath that he'd been stored
in his bosom. He told the honorable
member that the committees had bust
ness to attend to and they were doing
their duty as honorable members
should. The Senate, he remarked, is
small body and there are few men
to do the work put upon it. For him
self he had been burning midnight oil
until the can is empty. He rather
scored the Senator from Hawaii and
Senator Smith followed suit. Senator
Dowsett said as member of the Ways
and Means committee he had done his
best to get the work out as fast as
possible. If he was to bring in un-
finished reports it would mean delay
of work.
Senator Brown explained his position
by saying that he did not want further
delay in legislation; he wanted to get
through with the work and if the bills
are to be acted upon the committees
must report. AS much as anything he
would like to know where all of the
bills are. Senator Coelho said Sera-
tor Brown was not the only one whose
bills had been lost in the shuttle, he
had one or two in the hands of the
committees and he was willing to trust
them there until they had been in
vestigated.
Senator Brown saw there was son e
opposition to his resolution end prompt
ly withdrew it.
Unconsciously Senator Dowsett seems
to have raised tempest in teapot
by the introduction Of a bill for the
relief of the Woodworking married
women who are obliged to teach school
in order to keep The pot boiling. 1t
appears there are some ladies here,
wives OF men in good employment, who
are filing positions in the public
schools at the expense of single men
and women willing and capable of per-
forming the duties. In order that the
evil may be corrected the Senator in
PRODUCED bill that was reported in
this paper on Wednesday,. Yesterday
. on it favorably and the bill was call
ed for second reading. Senator Smith
didn't shout murder, exactly, but he
expressed himself in a way that seem
ed to indicate desire on his part to
kill the measure, and incidentally, any
one who did not agree with him. He
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port their wives and said it would be
hardship on those ladies who had
been obliged to earn a living by teach
ing. Senator Dowsett suggested the
divorce court in such cases, ct which
remark Senator Smith again showed
an inclination to kick. 1t was against
his principles in this case to do any
thing that would infict hardship on
the ladies who feel they are obliged
to teach. Senator Dowsett replied that
it was the law of California and sew
eral States in the east and it had not
inflicted a hardship there. Then SEN
ator Smith asked how he knew.
There was a temporary lull in the
discussion and Senator Smith suggest
ed an amendment to the effect that
the law would apply to any married
women not receiving support from her
husband. This was acceptable to the
introducer as well as to Senator Coelho
who showed himself to be an ardent
supporter of the amendment to the
present law and said young women on
Maui had to come to Honolulu to get
positions because there were no vacan-
cies on Maui.
Action ON the bill was deferred until
Thursday at the request of Senator
Knudsen who is rather opposed to it
but who is apparently open to convic-
ton. The measure has strong support
in the House and will no doubt pass
there.
The railroad bill introduced by Sen
ator Makekau passed second reading
yesterday without any opposition. 1t
is rumored that it will meet snsg
when it reaches the House for some