The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-04-13
MRS. BROWN HURTS
HER CASE by HER
.MASTERFUL MANNER
Takes rosssExamination Of Kin
ney Away From Attorney
and Scares Senators
FEELING AGAINST TEACHERS
GROWING AMONG S0LoNS
Disposition To Believe Depart.
ment Of Public Instruction Was
Right Now Predominates

As TO why the department Of public
instruction got rid Of the Browns Of
Waimea, there is little doubt left in
the minds of those Legislators who lis
tened to and watched Mrs. Brown at
the hearing given her Wednesday. AZ
TO how it got rid of her, there is room
for debate. ....
| BY the aggressive and masterful
manner in which Mrs Brown drove
home her points, she hurt herself as
much as the substance of her testimony
may have helped her. .e@
"Why, l thought" said one senator
yesterday, "she was going to pull
Kinney's hair when she had him on the
4 grid" III. g.sa
This was the closing incident of the
hearing, when Mrs. Brown jumped from
her seat into a chair that cut her attor.
ney off from the witness and, taking
the case away from counsel, began to
cross-examine the superintendent OF
public instruction with rather alarm
: ing show of menace. So. ..,'
In a case where the issue is one Of
: personalities as much as of fact, sucl
. incidents have their weight, and tn,
J, disposition among several of the com
4 mittee yesterday was to uphold the ac
ton of the department in refusing I,
I renew the contract of Mr.. and Mrs
o Henry c. Brown of Waimea, while in
+ clining to censure the methods by whicl
|. 1t was put into effect. vi EF
3 Such a disposition makes any deci
}, sion most difficult, and when there !
( added the reluctance of the member
o to be pulled into personal fight, wha
o may be expected is a desire to see
some noiseless exit from the Who'll
o squabble. And that is precisely wha
(, is taking shape.
q Mrs Brown 3 chief complaint is tina
!. she hash t been given hearing, or, Q
Re she herself put it, she hash 7 had
Ie square deal. Ignoring for the purpose
Y, of the argument all contentious by I'll
d department that she has been hear,
re several members of the committee fe
lie that if she were given the hearing 81
e. asks--even if, as Superintendent Ri
n. ney maintains, it would be 'still a
10 other hearing the. appearance Of /
III Justice would be removed. Also the 7
sponsibility would be shifted.
@. Should the whole joint committee
as solidly in favor of everything 81
O. Browns advance in their own beha
v, there still is doubt what the legislatu
ii could do about it. Thorvald BrhnC
NJ one of their strongest champions, reco
ps nized this. when he told the commit
Of Wednesday that he knew the depa
nd ment could not be compelled to rel
be state the Browns. .,.iE.t.. ...-,.
why, then, should the legislatu
.. having no responsibility In the premis
M take on itself the burden of de
q. rooted feudf This is the argument
on those Legislators who wish to get fir
il under. l.r-..' ..> -.
to No meeting of the joint commit
II was held yesterday and when it is he
re it probably win be an executive sessi
A decision will issue in the form OF
written report, and there is ikeliht
that this report win recommend
other hearing by the board of edu
ton. rE
Should this indeed he the recC
mendation there is very little likelih,
N that the Browns Of Waimea win hi
. won anything substantial from ii
W long fight, for the board has its n
stiffened and is likely to turn a d
ear to any thought Of reconsideratio