The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-18

branch Of the legislature from which
this bill emanated (the house, failed
to pass Senate Bill as, providing for
woman suffrage, the passage of which
this committee has recommended"
But the committee explains in the
following manne its reason for re-
commenting that the plebiscite bill
pass.
However, we find that a very
great majority of the supporters of
woman suffrage, and particularly the
women themselves, confident of the
success they feel nus follow the
justice of their cause, are in favor
of this measure, and in Difference to
their wishes and judgment we have
concluded to recommend the passage
of this bill"
Senators Russell, Baldwin and Ka-
mauoha signed the report. Senators
Pachedo and Coney declined to con
cur. That the bill was a rushed up
affair, and hat several of it's provi-
siOns would not hold water and might
serve to knock it out altogether, was
the assertion Of Senator Pacheco.
c. A. Rice said he saw no reason for
rushing the proposition. He was not
satisfied that the bill was in proper
shape and asked for more time to
consider it.
Senator Pacheco is right" declar-
ed President Charles C"hillingworth.
There are serious defects in this bill,
and if We approve it as it is, it will
be the veriest camouflage. Members
of the house know hat this bill is
Detective
Battered about from senate to
house and back again to the senate,
the woman suffrage question has I'M
doubtedly tried the patience of many
of the legislators. The matter has
appeared to date in four different
forms: First, giving the women the
right to vote by direct legislation;
second, the Jarrett plebiscite bill;
third, the Andrews-iudiciary commit
tee amendment providing a plebiscite
to be participated in by both men and
women; fourth, the straight plebiscite
proposition on May II.
To Limit Foreign Language Schools
A bill has been introduced in the
house by Representative Henry j.
Lyman of Hawaii to regulate the
hours during which pupils may at
tend private schools. In part, this
measure provides:
mo private school shall be con-
Quoted in the territory of Hawaii
where the hours during which pupils
are required to attend such private
schools, precede the hours during
which pupils are required to attend
the public schools of the territory, ex
cept, when in the discretion of the
department of public instruction, such
attendance at such private school
during such hours, it shall be for the
benefit of the said pupils so to do"
District Court Salaries Pared
The house municipal committee has
used the ak with considerable vigor
on the bill providing for increases in
salary for district magistrates and
their clerks. AS the measure stands
now, the following salaries are pro-
vided for these officials in the county
of Maui; District magistrate, Lahai-
ma, $120; Waikiki, $175; clerk and
stenographer, Waikiki district court,
$75; second district magistrate, Ma
kawao, $35; district magistrate, Ma
kawao, $125; Hama, 500; Kipahulu,
$45; Molokai, SIS; Lanai, $25.
Hawaiian Language Bill Up
To Governor
The senate has passed on third and
final reading the bill providing that
a course in the Hawaiian language
be established at Lahainaluna school,
Maui. The bill now goes to the gov
ernor for his approval.
Maui Loan Fund Items
A total of $500, 900 is contained in
thn Loon Fund hin ~ oronnda1 hyr tho
senate. The following items of in
terest to the island of Maui are carri-
ed in the measure:
Wharf and harbor improvements
100000.
Belt road, Kailua, eastward, $780,
900.
Waterworks and pipeline, Hama,
$4,000.
Kula pipe line extension to Keokea,
Kahului beach lots, $4,000.
Road and bridges, lao Valley $780,
900.
Appropriation Fights
The house finance committee will
probably report out today on the
general appropriation bill. This is
the measure that increases the sal
aries of the heads of the several ter
rltorlal departments to 5000 a month,
with the exception of the attorney
general, who is given $3.50 a month.
What the house fnanciers have done
with these particular raises is being
kept more or less of a secret, 1t was
reported recently, however, that they
might not be approved, and might be
slashed. The senate has deleted the
territorial marketing division appro-
priation from the measure, and has
reduced the National Guard apprOpri-
alton from $1OO,O 900 to $4,000. Nation
al Guard officers, it is understood,
have stated that they might be able
to get through the coming biennium
on $50, 900, or $4,000 a year. 1t is
known, however, that the house fin
anciers have increased the a%ppropria-
ton bill total to something like So
600, 900, as against the senate total of
$4,3O9,3 1863.