The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-27

ASSISTED
Bill to Exempt From
Taxes---Teachers
Affected.
sENATE-TWENTY-NINTH DAY.

SENATE -TWENTY-NINTH DAY.
Monday was a strenuous time for
Senator Brown, so strenuous that when
Tuesday dawned he had quite subsidized
and Senator Mccarthy became the
fact that in the matter of appropria-
tions for salaries for the officials on
Hawaii, or the cutting of the salaries
of the heads of the departments, the
Senator from the Reed s Bay district
of Hawaii was on the firing line from
start to finish. He worked for the in
that was faulty only in that it was
overdone
The suggestion of Senator Dowsett
as to the amount of money for school
teachers seems to meet with only half
hearted support from the other mem
bers. 1t seems that the $660,000 rec
commended by the Senator will not more
than pay the teachers under the old
schedule, at least that is the view held
by the opposition. He says, however,
that he has carefully figured the sal
aries as paid and allowing for the ad-
ditional teachers there will be money
to spare.
The appearance of Senator Knudsen
on the floor yesterday was the cause
of some pleasure to the other members
and his vote was the means of saving
one of the vetoes by the Governor.
There was scarcity of members and
when the vote was taken the Kauai
Senator voted 'fno' to the motion to
The school question was again to the
front and Senator Dowsett is the lead
horse to the relief of the underpaid
teachers. He rightly argues that it
is the girls who get small salaries who
should have the aid of the Senators.
He is opposed to married women, with
pying places as teachers and keeping
out worthy, capable girls and men who
are looking for billets where they may
get the money with which to maintain
family or themselves. The California
law has some such provision and the
proposed by Senator Dow
sett is taken from it. His amendment
provides tor the appointment and re-
moval of teachers. 1t says: 1.-The de-
partment may, from time to time, ap
point and remove such school teacher, |
agents, servants and officers as may |
be necessary for carrying out of the |
purposes of this chapter and regulate |
their duties, powers and responsibilities |
when not otherwise provided by law, |
provided, however, that no married |
woman entitled to support from her
husband, who is capable of supporting |
her, shall be employed as teacher in
any public school in any taxation dis
trict of the Territory having a popula-
ton of more than fifteen thousand
In speaking of this provision the
Senator said his attention had been
called to the cases of married women
engaged as teachers in the public
schools at the expense of young girls
who had taken a course of training for
the purpose and with the expectation
Of being given positions but only to
be told that there are no vacancies.
He cited an instance where a man and
ais wife are drawing three hundred dol
ars from the treasury every month as
teachers and to other cases quite as
glaring. He is of the opinion that the
,vil should be corrected and it seems
10 him that the only way to obtain
he result aimed at is through enact
nent by the Legislature
Relative to the salaries of teachers
he states that there are very few
drawing two hundred dollars a month
md not more than fifteen who receive
yver one hundred so that his cut IN
he proposed appropriation will not af-
,ect so many as would appear at first
hought. He contends that the amount
10 mentions should be sufficient for all
purposes but that he is open to con-
riction and will not insist upon that
um being adhered to.
The railroad bill was up yesterday
laving been deferred from last week.
There was the bunch of amendments
promised and so many of them that
here was danger of the bill falling
rom top heaviness. The idea OF the
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