The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-09-23

kept by MN 70 the object Tor which It (
mas been ostensibly retained? How
shall We know, and who shall guarantee (
that the money 50 retained by the Mar
shall shall not remain IN MS pocket, 20 0e
devoted to his private purposes? 1t must
be plain 70 al that aystem such as
pursued By the Marshal in THE particular
js such a. no man, sensitive OF his repu-
tation for honesty, would care 70 adopt
or pursue The good faith and honesty
Of any official who adopts or pursues
sucn a system must remain constantly
under suspicion, and the system itself
even If tolerabie to the blunted moral
sense of the official concerned, should
not he tolerated By his superiors, or by
the law.
Another instance, similar to the last,
which came to the attention Of your
committee, was as follows;
A fireman of one Of the fJreign steam
ers was arrested and convicted for the
unlawful possession OF opium and was
fined $3.50. which fine he paid. Mr.. W.
J. Sheldon having secured information OF
the ofense, arrested the party with the
opium in poSsessii17, and claimed one
hall Of the fae. viz, 1925 The party
from whom sheldon received his infor-
nation did not make = claim 10 2 share
OF the fine, a. b. was there in the private
employment of Mr. Sheldon, and in
making his claim Mr. Sheldon repre-
scented his informer a. We'll as himself
But the Marshal refused TO admit Shell
| don'S claim, except in part. He paid
| Sheldon $40, taking no receipt, but this
amount is Acknowledged by sheldon as
/ having been paid to him. The Marshal
I claims to have paid ShelIon so on this
} account, but can produce no voucher,
nor any witness to the payment. Your
| committee therefore find the claim OF the
/ Marshal a.s to the payment of the $40 in
| dispute as being not proven.
| The MarshaPs excuse for the nom
/ payment to Sheldon OF the balance Of
! this fund, (which he admits TO be $55,
| and which Sheldon claims to be s75) is
/ that he is waltz z to make up his mind
/ who is entitled TO the balance, he stating
1 that other parties have made claims
I thereto. Your committee are not in
/ formed OF any other person having a
/ valid claim to any part of said fine, and
we regard the Marshal's reason for the
| non-payment of the balance of that fine
/ 1879 to Sheldon az being unreasonable
and untenable, and We recommend the
exercise by the Attorney General of his
authority to secure the payment of such
balance to Sheldon.
AS to reform Of the system of which
! your committee herein complain, in the
matter of the distribution OF opium fines,
We would say that provisions dealing
with the subject are contained in Bill
now referred for consideration to this
committee, and when such Bill comes
before the House for further action, we
hope to be able to recommend appropri-
ate provisions for the purpose.
Respectfully submitted,
Is. VI. KoAHoU, Chairman,
C.. W. ASHFORD,
Il. d. WALBRIDGE,
J. MARsDEN
Aiiolani Hale,
August Goth, 1892.
/ Rep. Ashford said there were recon-.
mendations in the report that the At
torney- General exercise his authority
TO secure the turning over the opium
to the Board of Health and to compe
the Marshal to pay Mr.. Sheldon wha
was due him.
lie therefore moved adoption of the
report, with the recommendation tina
the Attorney General give it his i'm
mediate attention.
Rep. Waipuilani moved as ar
amendment that this report, part o
the report of the Finance Committe,
and the report Of Opium Committee
No. which would be presented in {
few days, be made the special order o
the day for next Tuesday. Carried
Rep. Ashford also presented anothe
report as follows:
To the HONORABLE JOHN S. WALKER
President of the Legislature:
, SIR - Your select committee, t
. whom were referred the questions @
the Hon. Noble Thurston to His Elk
} cellency the Minister of Finance
: respecting the order issued by sal,
Minister on July 80, 1892, that onl,
% per cent. of the governmental oh
: legations should be paid in gold, an
: the answers of said Minister to sal
I questions, beg leave to report as fol
lows:
, We have held conferences with tn
: Registrar of Public Accounts, aut
with other officers of the Government
2 concerned in the receipt of the publ
D moneys, and we find the condition c
I facts to have been, and to be, as fol
l lows:
2 The cash in the Treasury has bee
steadily shrinking in amount durin
the present year. In round number:
p, there was in the Treasury, on Febru
8 airy 18th last, $1,000 silver and 1925
/ 900 gold. Since then, the ratio of gol
to silver, in the vaults, has consider
e ably tiuctuated and greatly decreased
s as will be seen by the subjoine
e figures, representing the cash @
q hand at periods of about two week
e distance. The amounts are in thou:
ands of dollars.
s Silver Co
r February 13 -..--..-..- 40 -....... 3.
-i.-..-- 81 D
J, March 12............ 81 ... go. 2
q 19 81 . 2
April g. So - Il
- 29.. 70 ~ 2
. May 7................ y ...-.-.. 1
e - 24. 81 ...
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D | uEG O-.-------.--..-.- %
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