The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-10-29
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

office. There was no disposition to deny
that he was kept out by force, but the
lawyers thought it best to have a
'rastle" with the individual Strong Arm
of the law who stood guard at the door
of the Public Works department, and
Boyd bravely went forth to rastle. He
tarried not after breakfast, and did not
hesitate for a moment when the we'll
guarded capitol building loomed up be-
fore him After the rastle he retired,
defeated with honor" and now he and
his counsel have physical evidence of
what every one else in the capitol build
ing knew, that the governor had order
ed James II. Boyd kept out of the office
of Superintendent of Public Works.
There were very few witnesses to the
encounter but the lawyers are said to
be satisfied" Boyd reported to them
the results of his assault on the building
and they were content. If there had
not been enough fighting to satisfy
honor or convince a court, Boyd was
still ready for the fray He would have
returned to the building alone, and be-
fore a larger audience would have
rastled with Elvin till more police had
to be called, and even until he had to
be borne bodily from the scene But
the lawyers We're satisfied and so was
Boyd, to say nothing of the governor,
and the matter was therefore turned
| over to the lawyers typewriters, who
| proceeded to work upon a writ of man
damus.
The action of the Governor in calling
for the resignation of James II. Boyd,
and in removing him from office when
the resignation was not forthcoming,
was by all odds the dominating topic
of conversation today. 1t was discuss
ed from every side. Some regretted
that Boyd had made such action nee
| eSSary for his own sake; others on aC-
count of the general public good AL
most everyone agreed that in view of
| the restitution by Boyd of something
over $4,000 to the treasury there was
nothing else for the Governor to do.
| The cynical spoke of the regrets they
imagined might be felt by Boyd, or at
least by his attorneys, that all this
money should have been restored to
the treasury now that the winter time
| is coming on.
A few people expressed a fear that
the removal of Boyd at this time,
just on the eve of an election might
have a bad effect on the result, per-
haps endangering the Republican tick
ct. This idea was vigorously combat
ted, however by most of those to whom
it was expressed, the counter PROPOSE
ton being put forth that the situation
out of which this action in regard Ia
Boyd grew, has been going on for six
weeks or more, right through the cam
paign. The Republicans have beer
fighting the campaign with this thinG
hanging over them, and that in spite
of this the party has the situation wei
in hand; that the mere elimination OF
a series of events which has been go
ing on for so long, cannot have any
such radical effect as that expressed
in this fear. 1t was argued that the
Republicans either had the fight prac
tlcally won at this stage of the cam
paign, or they didn't. If they had, THU
incident couldn't affect, them, and /
they hadn't, the Home Rulers woulC
win anyway. But beyond this 1t wa!
argued that the Governor had no righ
to consider it's effect on the result o
the election; that if there was groun,
for Boyds removal, he ought to be re
moved at once.
1t was pointed out also, that Boy
had not been doing anything particu
.lar4y to help a Republican victory. II
4 had been away most of the time durin
the campaign leaving after giving in
4 structions to subordinates in his de
partment not to do anything to aid tn
4 party, and that since there appeared
probability of Boyds removal, some G
i these subordinates had gone vigorous
4 ly into the campaign for the Repub
lican party