The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-02
PO|STATESMEN
WERE VERY
WROTH
From saturdays Advertiser1

The Territorial Senate quashed two
Coclho measures yesterday, incidentally
showing that it was not going to be
misled by any of the senile measures
fatbere by the statesman from Maui
Senate ill No. ., which provided that
only unmarried women should be EN-
ployed as teachers in the schools OF the
Territory was dropped to oblivion. The
Committee on Education, to which the
measure was referred, rendered re-
port finding that the bill was impraeti-
cable at tue present time, introducing
in it's stead substitute bill that pro-
yides representation for each island on
the Board of Commissioners of Public
Instruction.
The Judiciary Committee of the SEN
ate reported on the other Coeiho bill,
providing for bail commissioners in the
judicial districts of the Territory. The
committee found that the mdnsure
would limit the legitimate discretion
of the courts and would tend to create
abuses and be directly contrary to the
best interests of the public. The report
of the committee was adopted, and that
made quash number two for the states
man from Maui,
Coelho was heard from again during
the discussion as to the disposition OF
the substitute to his schoolteachers
bill. Senator knudsen made an obser'
walton about wasting time, and Coelhc
shonted an exception to what he term
ed the "personal remarks of the Sen,
ator from Kauai. Knudsen disclaimed
any intention of hurting the dignity of
the statesman from Maui, and the Sen
ate smiled. In fact, there is well
grounded impression in the Senate that
Coelho is earning more than his salary
he can always be depended on for q
few handsprings when the proceedings
become dull.
How does a Hawaiian eat poi2 That
was the great question of the day IN
the House of Representatives yester
day, when Representative Like de
nounced the pictures taken by r. X
Bonine at the Lunalilo Home as earl
catures on Hawaiian customs and some
thing which should be suppressed. Will
nuaver in his voice, the Honorable
member from the Fifth, and Demo
cratic member at that, related the
shameful story of how the Bonine pie
tures showed a Hawaiian man stripped
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been seen by him since he was boy
The horror of the thing impressed
itself on others of the members, on
of whom wanted to rush through
law forbidding the taking of picture
of poi-eating and have it passed in tim
to prevent Mr.. Bonine from skippin
outp to the States with what picture
he had. Both Rice and Coney tried t
mollify the more rabid members int
persuading them that the fault of Nj
Bonine was an unintentional one.
resolution was passed, however, askin
him to stop showing the picture and
destroy the film, and Kaniho wanted I
know if this would stop the showing @
such pictures on the mainland.
No one mentioned the fact that tn
pictures had been exhibited all over tn
Islands and applauded by Hawaiian
wherever shown, nor that the princip'
applause at the exhibition on Thur
day night had been from the Hawaiian
present, nor that the picture was take
of two well.known old Hawaiians
the Lunalilo Home, people who ate Il
poi for the express purpose of shown
how it was done. Neither did al