Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-06-28

some OF the gentlemen OF the com .
mittee. and their devotion to the legis /
ative duties they have heretofore been .
called upon to perform, we confess to I
some surprise at the very mild character /
ol their views a. therein expressed. We
are well aware that upon this commit /
tee there are a majority whose sympath |
les run strongly with the administra- /
ton. and that in order TO conciliate
these sufficiently 10 obtain their in
dorsemcnt IN common with those of the
committee belonging to the opposition.
to any report which might be made, the
necessity would arise for no little com
promise and trimming OF sentiment III
| IS, however, question in our minds
whether a majority report. thus shorn
of much OF It's force, would be prefer
able to a more definite and outspokcn
report from a minority 1t Is true that
/ those signing such a report are not
/ limited in It's discussion before the
house. TO the utterances there made,
and it NAV be this fact, that has most
. largely tended to induce the signatures
OF some who entertain very decided
opinions as to the necessity OF sweep
ing reforms in the police and prison
systems Of the country, and the espc-
eial necessity of meeting the needs OF
the times 10y the appointment Of more
capable and efficient officers than at
d, present arc in control OF such affairs.
These we hope to hear during the pro
spectivc discussion OF the report upon
the question of It's adoption or rejec-
ton, and that they will speak in no
uncertain tones we have every reason
and J3gHk, to expect. 1t NAV he as
unpleasant for members of the CON
mitec, who are upon friendly terms
with the marshall or certain OF the
head sherifs OF the islands as us, to
condemn them for their official in
competency but we trust that friend
ship in such case will be made alto
gethe subServlent to the weiphtlcr
considerations OF official fitness and
the public good However many per
sons friends Marshal Parke may have in
. this community, there are few, even Of
these, who believe him capable oil eff
ciently filling the very important office
he now holds: and the sentiment OF the
community is strongly and almost uni
, vcrsally adverse to the idea OF the mt
ness OF some of his pets holding high
office under him. We have met a tr0'
who, while agreeing with us entirely
in our opinion OF the official lncompet-
ency of the marshall, have at the same
time expressed disincllnation to see
any changes made AT present, upon the
=. ground that underline prevailing system
of favoritism in the selection of officers,
the place might be filled, by some one
- inhitely less competent than the pre-
,, sent incumbent. Such thing, though
" possible. would be very unlikely, ano
, would show a state of affairs ever more
)" lamentable than we would anticipate.
+. The report says: "A change is need
II ed in the manner of the performance
!, OF the duty of the marshal and the
:, deputy luushaln We should think (
>" too, when nearly all the work done by
y either is office work and largely of ;
'e clerical nature, which might, as tlg,
OF committee says, ''be done by compe
ID tent clerks The outdoor supervision
OF policemen on duty is wholly neglected
so that neither discipline nor effective
" II ness is to be expected, and shameful
u irregularities in the conduct OF subor
, dinates are allowed to exist and go un
:. :, checked AT present we will not g
u into details, but can bring forward mum
~ berless facts, well authenticated, in sup
y port OF such an assertion. But this
y not the worst; the tendency seems L
~ be in many instances to ignore or e>
ie cuse such facts even though they b
'. brought directly to notice, The que'
u. ton in such cases seems to be more
~ as to how the informer shall be ioun
u out and marked, than as to the truth {
~ the charges made. Had the Marsha
10 half attended to his duty, he woul
VI have known something of the dis
&c graceful facts which called for tn
;" recent official investigation OF priso
~ matters. Notwithstanding his vaunte
ne prescience, and his thirty years
W of experience, he had first to be told {
VI these facts through the newspaper
after they had became stale scandal
the community The very remarkab
e' sagacity which led him to discover an
s' announce the cause of the lal
NJ laiors death as accidental belol
&C any evidence had been heard in ii
&c matter was, in the more recent cas-
ne singularly wanting, The Marshal is r
~, minded, in the language OF the iepor
81 that Property interests, and the prC
~ portion OF the foreign population, hay
~, grown rapidly in the past few year
: and style OF administration adapte
y" to the wants of ten years ago, is nc
adequate to the state OF affairs whic
now exists, also thatit is isnecessaryt to ''r
rds iterate, that the blame for the lac
no. of discipline and efficiency of the p'
II lice department OF the kingdom, shoul
n.y. not be charged to the system or II
lry class of cons,ables employed ; but
zen the lack OF supervising officers possesse
hs' OF the requisite qualifications. II Il
rs words OF the committee mean anythin
Ns tney mean that thS iiaJoii'y VI "
II committee realize the fact that the p
eh lice department is depiorably ineiiicier
an and that this inefficlency is the result
pc continuing an incompetent man at
is head. Now it is well known that mar
ma other incompetents throughout Il
The country, in this department, are he
ne in office mainly, il not solely, throui
lde the personal friendship and eN-offic
nj influence of its head excellent &c
erS tlemen perhaps, and perhaps to he
h f,aan,ad tor their nersonal worth b