The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-19

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Square Deal Demanded.
Ronate nIii "a. 10 cfcatc Board ~
Education along limos to give each "
land representation. wns attacked 10
third reading by The Kauai delcgaiioh
sheldon called attention 90 The facf
That according 10 the bill the super
iutrndent and The two Honolulu mum
beers provided for constituted quowu
and could 20 ahead and DO business ~
special meetings at any time.
&C. DO not believe ID is time 10 turt
the schools over to the counties yet. ~
said Rice, in "a strong attack on the
hill as ID stood, "hut We Ia the othcf
islands demand just representation o.
this board. This government hands
over lump sum Of over seven hun
drcd thousand dollars and We want req
rcspntatiVcs on that board 10 see that
the teachers on our islands are given
fair treatment in the way of salaries. y
The speaker presented statistics 10
show that Kauai 5 teachers were re
cciving an average of only $6i9 each =
year. He compared the expenses of
the school maintenance on Kauai ana
in Honolulu and gave notice that he
had an amendment to present. lie
moved that the third reading go over
until today to allow him TO present the
amendment.
House Bill 40. Concy, giving tho Su-
perintcndent of Public Works the
power To shut of the water from prem
Uses against which are delinquent sewer
rates to force payment, on third read
ing was deferred.
Maui Against Booze Bill.
Kaniho presented petition signet
by sixty-fvc of the citizens of Maui
as follows;
"The undersigned citizens of the
Territory of Hawaii, residing in the
Second judicial District, rospce fully
petition the Senate and the House OF
Representatives of this Territory not
to change or alter the present laws of
the Territory relating to the manufao'
ture and sale of Intoxicating liquors. F"
New Bills Presented.
Moanaul introduced bill to amend
the Municipal Act. taking away from
the Supervisors the power to fix the
compensation of the city laborers. The
intrOduccr has bill in before the
House fixing minimum rate of S2,0o
II day himself.
Alfonso introduced bill TO provide
for the appointment and duties of Ii
censc inspectors aud collectors in the
several counties Under the bill the
Treasurer is to appoint some one in
each county TO see that those who
should take out licenses do so. The
salary of this official is put at 800
month.
Kaweweh had measure before the
House restricting the right to impound
cattle at large on the public roads To
police officers, while bill passed the
day before giving that right to all and
sundry was withdrawn, reconsidered
and indefinitely postponed.
Senate Restrictions
Tho House Concurrent Resolution
calling upon tho Delegate TO secure an
appropriation to purchase the private
4 fisheries of Hawaii for the use "of all
the people, came back from the Sem
| ate amended so as to make the bene-
ficiarics "ctizens and those eligible TO
/ become citizens
The consideration of this went over
until the afternoon.
Hihio Wants a Road.
Hihio made the only morning request
! for money, a resolution from him ask
: ing for $4,000 to open road from Ho-
: nokeana to Kaopala, Kaanapali, Maui
Civic Federation Petition.
The Civic Federation, through its
president, William II. Castle, petitioned
against cutting school appropriations
and lowering the compulsory school
age.
Library Bill.
Single Is bill to establish free pub
lie library and appropriate $4,000 far
it, was referred to the Education Com
mittee.
Shingle and Castro Mix.
The House was long in getting into
committee of the whole, the first hour
of the afternoon session being taken
up in receiving reports from standing
committees. On one bill there was a
majority and minority report which
brought Shingle and Castro into con
hict, Shingle accusing his colleague of
having swelled head. Castro made u
reply effective in that it was couched
in calm and parliamentary language.
This came up over the bill to give
! MiItHOuHtlut0 lltu On All ROuuh
stored by them and power to collect a
month s storage bill on everything
once in their warehouse unless a writ
ten agreement calling for LEGS be made
out The Agricultural Committee had
the matter in hand, the majority re
port recommending that the bill be re
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
Castro did not concur, objecting to thu
principle of one committee shifting u
bill to another. lie presented a mi
nority report which included substi-
tute bill.
Shngle stated that Castro was moi
trying to work in harmony with his
committee, Castro retorting that he
was trying TO do his duty and not pass
on all the work.
Finally, as an outcome of the little
family spat, both reports and the bin
itself were tabled, leaving it open for
Castro TO present his bill as a new
bill.
| Tabled Ava Bill NN