The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-15
WILL HAVE WHITE POLICE THE AUSTRALIA ARRVES'I
MARSHAL BROWNS PLAN FOR
NEW PERIOD.
Best of Native Talent and an Expert
White Force to Go In Honolulu
Doom of the Crooks.

Marshal Brown has a plan for inn
proving the police force of the Islands
which will doubtless succeed, and will
be an immense step ahead in the mat
ter of preserving law and order. To
carry out his ideas the sum of $4,000
additional money for the next biennial
period has been asked for, and the item
has met the approval of the executive.
The principal improvement in Homo
lulu will be the addition to the force of
foot police a number of shrewd, capa-
Bile and energetic white men. These are
wanted for an emergency that has new
er existed before-the presence in Homo
lulu of an increasing number of Coast
toughs. While natives can handle cases
of drunkenness and sailor fights as well
as anybody else, they cannot tackle the
sort of business that will be required
of the white officers.
The Marshal has already selected two
of his men. James Hanahan, an east
ern policeman and detective, is a famfl-
lar figure on the streets. A. A. Fox,
who has made an efficient head of the
quarantine guard force, is the other
man chosen. He will be mounted most
of the time. If possible, the remainder
of the white force will be selected here.
If not, they will be selected from the
best men of San Francisco and other
Pacific Coast cities. Only men of eXcep-
Then the Marshal has a plan for In
creasing the efficiency of the native
force. He carries thirty native foot po-
| lice, who receive $45 a month each. 1t
has been the experience that as soon as
one of them became a competent and
valuable police officer he would get a
| better position outside, and leave the
department. 1t is now proposed to raise
the pay of all from $45 to $50 month.
This, think" says the Marshal, will
! enable me to command the services of
the very best of Hawaiians."
The additional sum of $4,000 for the
| two years is asked for Honolulu. It is
plain that the money will be we'll eX-
pended. Hawaii will also get $40, 200.
Maui, Molokai and Lanai together $10,-
900; and Kauai, $4,000. The salaries of
the country police will be raised from
| $50 to $40 month. This will also ena-
BILE the department to get better men,
which is now so important on account
! of the increasing number of plantations,
laborers and police work. On Lanai,
where there has been a single police
officer heretofore, there will be cap
tain and four officers. The remaining
$4,000 is for maintaining prisoners. II
| is the present policy to keep as many
prisoners on the various islands as pos
sible for road work. This plan increases
the cost of maintenance.
An increase of $4,000 is also asked for
lncidentals. There has been great in
crease in this way for the period just
closed, and indications are that there
will be still larger figures next period
1t is significant that the Attorney
Generals department is the only one
that did not run short on its appropria-
ions in the last period. 1--WE did 1T by
constant care and some stinting," eX-
planned Marshal Brown. IT hope, how
ever, that there will be no necessity OF
stinting in the current period, for the
reason that the work to be done Is
most important and should be Loyalty
supported"