The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-01
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dred dollars a month. In one instance
mother and daughter are employed
by the Board of Education and the nus
band draws good salary for elerlcai
nosition in a business house on / OFT
| street. Still another is the teacher
whose husband is drawing good salary
in an institution while she teaches
school because she would rather mre
the household work done than have the
| bother of looking after it herself. And
| vet she has not a child who is an ex-
Dense. The married white women get
| the best salaries while the single ones
are shunted into places where the pay
| is small.
| Much has been said in the Senate
| about discrimination shown by the SUI
| perintendent of Public Instruction. One
Senator said on Saturday that if there
was better Judgment and more dlscrim-
| ination shown the need for such meas
ure as that introduced by Senator Dow
sett would not be so great. With more
of the better schools to offer the teach
ers who would come from the universe
ties this Senator believes the standard
could be raised materially. And he
believes that in the positions in the
schools paying two hundred dollars
month men and women with superior
training for the places could be obtain
ed without much difficulty.
THROUGH THE MORNING.
Senator Lane stole march on his
colleagues by watching the clerk while
he was reading the journal. Directly
he said adjourned the tall young
man from Palama moved adoption. 1t
was the first time he had looked natural
for a week.
A communication from the Superin-
tendent of Public Works in answer to
an inquiry by Senator Coelho, relative
to the pay of laborers on Maui for
October and November, 1906, was not
satisfactory and few remarks were
made on the subject. Coelho was for
sending it at once to the Judge of the
Second Circuit and have the matter
investigated by him. In his opinion
the superintendent was trying to cover
up a deal by which the men had been
kept out of their pay. He had merely
replied to the query by saying the
vouchers are on file. Senator Coelho
remarked that vouchers are always sign
ed but the men are sometimes kept
out of their money by the person who
uses it in the payment of his personal
debts and who returns it when con-
venient for him to do So
Senator Chillingworth contended that
the reply of the superintendent was in
due and correct form and opposed the
action Of sending the matter to the
circuit Judge. II the men have not
been paid it is a case fol. the grand
jury, not for the judge.
Senator Kalama suggested that It be
sent to a committee for investigation
and suggested the Ways and Means.
Senator Dowsett agreed with him but
thought the Public Expenditure COM
mittee was the one to handle it, and
to that one it went.
THE GRAB BILL.
A rather lengthy debate followed the
reading of request for the return of
House Bill No. 1856, relating to sal
aries of the county officials. When
first called the request was fled and
afterwards taken. up. Senator Make
kau made a stiff fight against return
ing the bill to the House, claiming |
that as it had passed first reading in
the Senate it was too late for any
such action. The House rules say g. |
bill may be returned within twenty !!
four hours but it happens, also, that
the House rules do not govern the ac-
ton of the Senate. The request to |
return was granted. The action of |
lcHdtOf IAdhthdu WAS eHOt uHuGTStOcai
by his colleagues. It seems the House |
would reconsider the question of the
salaries of the county officers with a
view to decreasing them under the
amount provided by the bill. The SEN |
ator from Hawaii believes in the de-
crease and for that reason it is not
known exactly why he objected so
strenuously to the bill going back
Senator Coelho made a short state.
ment relative to the Molokai trip, |
warning the Senators against any risk
of accident and adding that the Board |
of Health would not be responsible. |
There are certain rules of the Board, |
he said, which would have to be OBJ
served by the Senators and in the event
of an infraction the Senators would |
be treated as ordinary citizens. SEN
ator Lane objected to the remarks and
asked to be given the same freedom
of action that is allowed fha commit