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

giving the nth : representatives was
the fact that district had an unusual
ly large population, and was continu-
ing to grow.
Whereupon Representative "Bill'
Rawlins got to his feet and said he
guessed he might as well make an
oral amendment to give the fifth
thirty representatives, as he intended
to move into that district shortly.
The Kupihea amendment died the
expected death by a vote of Is to II.
Representative Paschoal of Maui then
put the motion to table, which was
carried, and the house then adopted
another motion which sent the bill in
to everlasting sleep.
Here is the reapportionment which
the measure provided:
Senators: Hawaii, 4; Maui, 2;
Oahu, Z; Kauai, 2.
Representatives: East Hawaii, 5;
West Hawaii, 8; Maui, 5; fourth dis
trict, Oahu, Z; fifth district, Oahu, Z;
Kauai, 8.
County Fair Building Hopeful
Senator II. w. Rice's bill providing
for an appropriation of $4,000 for the
erection and equipment of a territori-
al fair building at Kahului, Maui, has
passed the senate and is now before
the house finance committee, and a
report is expected Dor probably
this week. Indications are that the
measure will pass without amend
ment. The bill provides hat no mo-
ney shall be expended under the APP
preparation until the Hawaiian Com
mercial and Sugar Co., shall have
conveyed to the territorial a suitable
site for the proposed building, the con
veyance to be upon the condition that
in the event of the territory ceasing
TO use the building for territorial pur-
poses, the land shall revert to the
grantor.
Another Freak Bill
Another bill relating to school
teachers has come to the house, the
i%ntroducer being Representative Kupi-
hea. 1t prohibits payments to any
person teaching in d public school,
whose child or children may be at
tending private schools in grades
similar in standing TO those of the
public schools.
Brown Wants A Statue
Representative John Brown, Jr., of
Maui. introduced in the house recent
ly a bill appropriating $4,000 for the
erection in the Capitol grounds o. a
statue of King Kalakaua. The meas
ure points out that Kalakaua was the
last king of the Hawaiian Islands,
and that during his reign the Ha-
waiian Islands became of national in
%portance by reason Of his wise and
capable management Of public affairs,
and were brought before the notice
of the entire world as a kingdom
where every resident enjoyed equal
rights. regardless of race or nation
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Employees Pension Bill
The house of representative has
passed on second reading upon re-
commentator of the municipal COM
mittee, the Jarrett bill providing a
pension for all government employees
who have served continuously for
20 years or more. Two changes have
been made in the original measure,
the first providing that the pension
fund be handled by a board of three
trustees, and the second eliminates
school teachers from the benefits of
the fund, there already being a pen
sion fund for ~pedagOgues. The bill
will be given it's final reading in the
house today and then go to the SEN
ate.
Teachers Bill About To Pass
Yesterday the house passed on final
reading the bill establishing a new
schedule of public school teachers
salaries. The original senate meas
ure fixed the monthly payroll at $115,-
900 a month, but the house finance
committee has increased this sum to
$119, 600. If the bill becomes law, the
yearly payroll will be $1,416,000, and
the biennial payroll S2,S32,O00. In
answer to a question yesterday,
Chairman A. Lewis, Jr., of the finance
committee, stated that the average
increase in teachers salaries was
around 33B per cent, which was the
percentage sought by the teachers in
their several petitions to the legisla-
ture. officials of the department Of
public instruction, and the teachers
themselves, were consulted while the
finance committee vas celebrating
g. kIhe measure.
havares Fights For Lobsters
Representative Tavares of Maui,
madee a vigorous fight on the floor
the house yesterday in opposition
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the law which protects Holsters, craw
fish and crabs. He claimed the high
price of these commodities was due
to the existence of a fish ring" or
trust in Honolulu, and declared it
was his personal belief that the police
were mixed up in the p~urpOrted trust.
Representative Rawlins of Oahu also
fought the measure. The house, how
ever, sent the measure to the senate
by a vot of 10 to 8.
Suffrage Still The Football
Following a veritable uproar last
Saturday over the report of the judi
ciary committee, which recommended
that it pass, the suffrage
plebiscite bill has been deferred in
The senate until this morning, and
what will be the ultimate fate of the
no one can predict now. AS
a matter of fact, the upper chamber