The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-23

ing this money. The Speaker remind.
ed the House that economy, like
charity, should begin at home, and that
if retrenchment was to be the slogan
of the Legislature, the policy of pay.
ing So day for two hours work was
not consistent.
New Laws in Force.
Secretary Mott Smith notified the
House of the signing by the Governor
of the following bills: House Bill "a I;
Senate Bills 4, SO, 62 and 50.
Militia Enrolment Bill.
House Bill So, the resurrected bill
authorizing the various county assess.
ors to prepare lists of citizens capable
of bearing arms, was reread a third
time. The Military Committee pre-
sented majority and minority reports,
Kaniho and Like being the minority.
Before these reports were presented,
however, a message from the Governor
was formally and gracefully presented.
Private Reasons of State.
The majority report was then pre-.
sented, which stated that Adiutant
General Jones had explained the full
intent of the bill, which explanation
led the committee to recommend the
passage of the measure.
Rice wanted to know what the Ad.
souri, and that as yet he had not been
shown why it was necessary at this
time to pass the bill. He thought the
census taken next year could do the
work, and moved the postponement of
the vote until Wednesday next. His
motion carried.
Oahu Against the Field.
Senate Bill 81 was taken up. This
is the bill providing for representation
on the Board of Education for the
outside islands, one each from Kauai,
Maui and Hawaii, and two from Oahu
with the commissioner. The Kauai del
egates objected to the three Oahu mem
bers, and wanted to cut one out, Shell
don so moving
Cohen said he could not understand
the stand of the Kauai member. Oahu
had over half the population and paid
more than half the taxes and should
have at least half the membership of
the board. The way the Kauai mem
bers wanted to fix things would be to
have the tail wag the dog.
Sheldon said the trouble had always
been that Oahu never did ask for any
thing, but just took it. He objected
to the dog wagging the tail so much
that the tail was getting worn out
Oahu had wellequipped concrete
schools; the other districts had barns
Now the other districts wanted 9
( change.
] Kaniho and Pigstys.
Kaniho agreed with Sheldon that the
schoolhouses in the outer districts arc
barns. Kaniho said that some of those
in his district were more like pigstys
He referred to three particularly, built
before he was born and never since
repaired. He had hopes that condi
tions would change when Sheldon I
amendment passed.
He related what he said was an in
teresting thing and that was that h'
had had to allow school to be held il
his church for the last five months oil
account of the number of Japanes
children crowding in. He thought th
time had properly come when the tai
ought to do some wagging on it's owl
account.
Waiwaiole saw no remedy in cutting
out one of the Oahu members. Fo
the first time the outer islands wer
given some representation, and h
thought the bill as it stood guarantee,
fair treatment for the outer districts
Alfonso Defends Hawaii.
Alfonso announced that Cohen wa
off the track in his statistics. II
quoted the census figures of ten year
, ago to show that Oahu was not S
much when compared to Hawaii.
Departmental Mistakes.
Rice stated that the Legislature ha
been TO blames for not appropriatin
for school building for the other il
lands For Kauai in 1905 there wa
Sl6,740 appropriated and Kauaians p'
titioned that this amount go into on
or two good buildings. The board dre'
up plans without consulting the pei
+ pie of Kauai, built 7room school wit
only ten foot ceilings. Now they hay
= to build new schoolhouse at that yer
t place, The last Legislature voted $l2
D 000 for school buildings on Kauai A
+ Kapaa they put up a ten'rOom seho'