The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-28
SENATE DOES
GOOD WORK
Railroad Bill Has Pass
ed---Married Women
Get Attention.
SENATE-THIRTIETHs DAY.

All was serene in the Senate yester-
| day until Senator Brown called, by
ing bills in their possession for ten
days or more to produce them forth
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
That they are reported upon almost
as soon as they are presented and
that delay is not tolerated. For that
reason his comand, from his view point
was just one.
But Senator Coelho, when he recov-
cred from his surprise, turned loose
in his BOSOM He told the honorable
member that the committees had busi-
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
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 I'M
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
bills are Senator Coelho said Sena
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 some
opposition to his resolution and prompt
ly withdrew it.
Unconsciously Senator Dowsett seems |
to have raised a tempest in a teapot |
by the introduction of a bill for the
relief of the hardworking 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 pubic /
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
bill that was reported In
this paper on Wednesday. Yesterday
the Committee on Education reported
on it favorablv and the bill was call
I'd for second reading. Senator Smith
lidn t shout murder, exactly, but he
expressed himself in way that seem
I'd to indicate a desire on his part to
Kill the measure, and incidentally, any
me who did not agree with him. He
.ited cases where men failed to sup
port their wives and said it would be
/ hardship on those ladies who had
,een obliged to earn living By teach
NC. Senator Dowsett suggested the
livorce court in such eases, at which
emark Senator Smith again showed
n inclination to kick. 1t was against
lis principles in this case to do any
hing that would infict a hardship on
he ladies who feel they are obliged
o teach. Senator Dowsett replied that
t was the law of California and sew
raj States in the east and it had not
inflicted a hardship there. Then Sen
tor Smith asked how he knew.
There was a temporary lull in the
iscussion and Senator Smith suggest
d an amendment to the effect that
he law would apply to any married
romen not receiving support from her :
usband This was acceptable to the +
ntroducer as well as to Senator Coelho ,
Tho showed himself to be an ardent
Importer of the amendment to the
resent law and said young women on ,
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