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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-26
DOLE SUSPENDS AUDITOR
AUSTIN AND FILES LIST OF CHARGES
POLICE ON THE CHINA
SEARCH FOR FUGITIVE
WRIGHT.

Thinking that perhaps Treasurer
Wright did not make his escape on the
Alameda and might make an effort to
leave on the China today the police kept
thorough watch over that vessel last
night. Detectives searched every hole
and corner of the Pacific Mail liner
during the early evening.
The China had gang of men at work
on her all night taking 500 tons of coal
into her bunkers and as this went in
the police kept a look out for any per-
son who might try to smuggle himself
aboard during the confusion occasioned
by the work. 1t would have been a
very hard matter for anyone to get on
the vessel surreptiously. AT the en-
trance to the wharf a Customs inspec-
tor was stationed. There was another
at the foot of the gang plank, and
still another at the top of the gang
plank. In addition to this the watch
man of the steamer and a quartermas-
ter We're on deck. With the represen-
tatives of the police force there also
there was but very small chance for
anyone to gain the deck without be-
ing seen and thoroughly inspected.
The China sails. at noon today for the
Orient Taking in hve hundred tons
of coal here was an unusual proceed
ing but it was made necessary through
a part of her bunkers being filed with
cargo in San Francisco. There is also
another reason and that is that coal
can be obtained cheaper here under
present conditions in the market than
it can be secured on the Coast
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PEARY
MISSED THE POLE

SYDNEY (Cape Breton), September
1S.-Robert e. Peary, the Arctic explor-
er;, is home from the north after an alb
sence of four years. his ship, the Wind
ward, arriving here this morning from
Cape Sabine, with all we'll on board.
Peary did not succeed H. reaching the
North Pole, which has been for years
the goal of his ambitions, but he did
make the farthest north that has been
reached through the Greenland route,
his feat only being surpassed by DR..
Nansen and the Italian Duke of Abruz-
ri. The latter still holds the record.
Peary's most northerly point was 81
deg. IL min. of latitude, which is in the
Polar sea, northwest of Cape Hecla, a
point on Grinnell Land. Peary reached
this latitude after an arduous and peri
lous sledge journey, during the latter
portion of which he was accompanied
only by Matt Hensen, negro COM
panion, and two Esquimaux.
THE FRAN RETURNS.
HAUGESUND, Norway, Sept 19.-
The Arctic steamer Fran, homaward
bound, with the Sverdrup expedition
on board, passed Utsre today and took
q pilot on board.
Captain Otto Sverdrup, who was in
command of the Fran during DR.. Nan
sens expedition to the North Pole in
1885, sailed from Christiana, Norway,
for the Arctic regions, June "a, 1898.
Previous to his sailing Lieutenant
Peary complained of Captain Sverd-
rup's expedition and the Captain ex-
T. oil
to reach the Pole, but only intended to
explore Greenland and to make a study
of the ice in that region and by means
of sledging journeys to explore the un-
known regions of North Greenland.
AN EXPERTS VIEW.
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-Dr. Frederick
A. Cook of Brooklyn, who was with
Lieutenant Peary on one of his Arctic
trips and with the Belgica expedition
to the South Pole as chief surgeon, ex-
presses the opinion that Peary's latest
endeavor was by no means failure
and that the axplorer has added mate
rial to the annals of science which will
be found invaluable, in fact more valu-
able than the actual discovery of the
Pole itself
.'All this talk about the terrible dam
gers to be met before reaching the pole
is sheer rot continued DR.. Cook. "A
man, all things taken into account, is
just as safe on the Arctic ice fields as
he is in New York. There are no fever
germs there, no contagious diseases, no
niasmatic swamps, no sewer gas, no
decaying vegetables, no rotting rags.
Everything is on ice. There is no dan
ger in traversing the ice fields, nor
from the cold, which is not SO severe as
the cut of the saline blasts en the At
lantic sea coasts.
IT is the food question: he added, that
was the "cul de sac that closes up the
way to the pole. When this problem
is solved reaching the pole will, in his
opinion, be quite simple undertaking.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-26
He Declares That the Executive Has No Power
to Summarily Remove him---henry c.
Meyers Named for Austn's Place.
After the Charges We're Formulated Austin Refused 10 Give Up
Ills Office and Told the High Sheriff That Force
Would Be Required TO Eisct Him.

When either the condition mentioned
In paragraph "(A)" as above, shall oc-
cur; or, in the alternative, when all the
conditions mentioned in paragraphs
"(B}" to s(E)', inclusive shall concur,
then, and not until then, will your au-
thority TO suspend me be complete; and
any attempt to so suspend me before
then, will be premature on your part,
Illegal iand will be met with all the
resistance l can oppose to it.
l deem 1t my duty to thus advise you
OF my views upon this matter, arrived
at as the result of much considera ton,
and supported by the advice of coun-
sci. in order that you may possibly be
deferred from an act which, if attempt
ed, might lead to violence, and other
unhappy consequences.
have the honor to remain, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed H. C. AUSTIN.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-26
AUDITOR AUSTIN TO THE GOVERNOR


Honolulu, September, 1902.
Hon. Sanford B. Dole, Governor of the
Territory of Hawaii, Honolulu, Ha-
waii.
Sir: Referring TO some recent con-
,versations between us, wherein you re-
quested my resignation as Auditor of
this Territory, and intimated your de-
termination to suspend me from said
office, in the event that I should refuse
or neglect to resign; and in view of that
intimation, and of any possible attempt
on your part to put into execution the
intention therein expressed, have to
submit as follows:
The measure of your authority in the
matter of suspension is Section s of the
Audit Act, (Aet 80, Session Laws of
been complied with, you have no right
to suspend, or to attempt to suspend
me from my said office.
The provisions of that section clearly
show, as a prerequisite to the exercise
must have offended, in some one or
more of the particulars therein set forth
as a ground of suspension. 1t is OBJ
sumed against me; it must be regularly
and formally found to exist, and such
finding can be arrived at only as the
result of:
(A) A formal confession on my part,
Which has not been made.
CD Charges and specifications, set
ting forth such facts as constitute one
or other of the causes of suspension
therein set forth.
(O An opportunity for me to be
heard in defence of such charges and
in reply to such pecif1cations,-bot as
to their legal effect, if true, and as to
the immateriality of any thereof,-in
other words, an opportunity to either
demur. or plead or both.
CD A fair and impartial trial of
either, or both, the law ana the facts
which may be involved in such speci-
fications.
(E) Following such fair and Impair
tial trial, a formal finding, upon the
evidence adduced, of such facts as, in
point of law. constitute such offence or
offences as is or are contemplated by
said Section s.
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BOYD DID NOT RETURN
FROM COAST ON
CHINA.

Henry Louisson, who returned in the
China yesterday, brings information
that James H. Boyd did not contem-
plate returning in the China. Efforts
were made last evening to find Mr.
Louisson, but he was not at the hotel
said that in conversation with Mr..
Louisson, the latter said that he met
Mr.. Boyd on the ferry at San Fran
cisco and the Superintendent of Public
Works, in conversation, remarked that
he was on a vacation for the benefit
of his health and that of Mrs. Boyd.
He said also that he had heard that
Haywood Wright had become involved
in some little pililzia, but that the gov
ernment had not indicated that he
should return, and unless such a sum-
spend more time in California E. s.
Boyd was downtown last evening, look
ing for letter from his brother, but he
received nothing, and hearing the story
recounted by Mr.. Winter, expressed
some surprise and disappointment that
his brother had not come home at once.
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ritory, as by law you were required to
do; and by reason and in consequence
of your transactions and conduct afore-
said you have SO compromised yourself
as to incapacitate you for the faithful
and efficient auditing of public ac-
quence of your neglect aforesaid to
properly audit public accounts, and of
your pon-feasance in office aforesaid,
grave defalcation has occurred in the
Department of Public Works, and the
confidence of the Territorial admins
tration in the correctness of public ac-
counts throughout the Territory has
been impaired.
For the foregoing reasons and in the
interest of an honest administration of
public affairs in this Territory, I, San
ford B. Dole, Governor of said Terri
tory, hereby suspend you from the Of
flee of Auditor of said Territory, pend
ing such answer and defense as you
may see fit to make to the foregoing
statements, charges and specifications,
and such further Investigations as may
be made relative thereto. You are here
by ordered to turn over all books, ac-
counts and other records of the office
of Auditor of said Territory to Mr..
Henry c. Meyers. Deputy Auditor of
said Territory.
(Signed) SANFORD 3. DOLE,
Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. !
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IT ERBERT c.. AUSTIN, Auditor
h i for the Territory was sns-
pended by Governor Dole yes
terday, following refusal to
accede to the executives request for
his resignation. Deputy Auditor II. c.
Meyers was appointed to take charge
of the office, but has been prevented
from doing SO, by the further refusal
of the Governor. An attempt to remove
Mr.. Austin was made by High Sheriff
Brown yesterday but was unsuccessful,
the Auditor resisting and teInng Mr..
Brown that he would yield only to
Governor Dole requested the resigna-
ton of Mr.. Austin as auditor some days
ago as a result of matters brought to
light in the investigation of the B. H..
Wright shortage in the Public Works
Department. The request was not COM
piled with and to the intimation that in
this event the Governor would suspend
him, Mr.. Austin sent demand for
charges and specifications to the Gov
ernor.
Following the receipt of this letter
Gov. Dole again requested the auditor
to resign, instructing the Attorney
General to draw UP the charges as re-
quested. This formal document was
handed to the auditor and he was given
until two o'clock yesterday afternoon
to further consider the matter.
The correspondence which passed be-
tween the two officials was as follows:
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HIGH SHERIFF SERVES NOTICE.

Following Mr.. Austins refusal to re-
sign the Attorney General at the direc-
ton of the Governor called in High
Sheriff Brown who was requested 10
serve the notice of suspension upon
the auditor. This he did by giving the
latter to Mr.. Austin and the following
letter to Deputy Auditor H C. Meyers
requesting him to take charge of the
office:
Executive Chamber. Territory of
Hawaii.
Honolulu, Sept. %, 1902.
Mr.. Henry c. Meyers, Deputy Auditor
of the Territory of Hawaii.
Sir: Mr.. Herbert c. Austin, Auditor
of said Territory, having this day been
suspended from said office by me, pend
ing such answer and defense as he may
see fit to make to certain statements,
charges and specifications of official
misconduct made by me against him,
and such further investigation as may
be had relative thereto, /, Sanford 3.
Dole Governor OF said Territory, here
by direct you 20 take charge and con-
troll of the books, papers, accounts, rec
ords. and all matters and things per-
tanning to said Office and to conduct
the said Office until further notice.
tSigned) SANFORD B. DOLE,
Governor of the Territory of Hawaii.
Mr. Austin signified his intention of
remaining and told the sheriff that he
would get out only by the use of
violence. The High Sheriff withdrew
and informed the Attorney General of
this action, and was instructed to go
to the Governor for further orders, as
it is solely within the province of the
executive to suspend the auditor As
Governor Dole had already left the Of
fee and it was then past office hours,
no further action was taken, and the
matter is now at a stand still, though
the effort to enforce the order may be
repeated today.
THE GOVERNOR SPEAKS BRIEFLY.
Governor Dole SAID last evening: Il
served Mr.. Austin with notice of sus-
pension today and gave it to the High
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II ERBERT c.. AUSTIN, Auditor
for the Territory was sus-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-14

this means, the franchises of the public
| service corporations, some of which are
Of great value, will he reached for tax
alton. me laea Is the same as that
at the last session of the legislature
| which was referred to the tax commits
sion, and by the tax commission incor-
porated into its proposed bill.
The other bill which I have introduced
provides for an annual tax on foreign
corporations doing business In this state.
1t seeks to impose q tax on that part
of the capital stock that is EMPLOYED In
this state equal to the tax paid by do
| nestle corporations Such law is de-
sirable not only for the revenue that it
produces, but also for it's tendency to-
ward equality.
Representative Pennington has intro
duced duplicates of theseE bills into the
house. Of course the house bills must
be passed instead of the senate bills, for
they must originates in the house. being
bills for raising revenue. They have
been introduced into the senate at this
time SO that the senate may be consid-
ering them.
Gov. Lind, in his last message to the
legislature, recommended a tax on for
eign corporations such as is proposed by
this BILL a tax on corporate public fran
chiseS, and an amendment to the con-
stitution allowing an income tax.
believe that if this legislature will
pass these three bills and adjourn it
will have afforded all immediate relief
that is necessary, and we will have a
constitutional amendment that will en-
able the next legislature to pass a tax
law that will be just and equitable, and
one for which we shall not have to apol.
ogize, and all this can be done without
interfering with the business interests
of our state, without that alarm to our
citizens which must result from a dras-
tic and inquisitorial tax law, and with
out so radically and hastily changing our
tax law that doubt, uncertainty, distrust
and confusion follow.
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templates the greatest good to the
greatest number. A few orphans or wild
oWs may suffer, but you cannot change
the whole law for them. / would be in
FAVOR of protecting the widow and or
phan, for whom someone else is plead
ing, but the constitution provides a law,
and any law enforced may be expected to
work hardship to some one. We hear
someone else pleading for the farmer, but
the law VIII not bear injuriously on the
farmer
1.-THE farmer pays his local taxes first.
That is the bulk of his tax 1t takes a
given amount to run his town, and it
makes no difference whether his land is
assessed % per acre or 500 per acre. His
county tax is ordinarily about mills,
and If all the property in his county IS
raised three times it will make no differ
ence to him in cash. The state tax, now
2;S3 mills, we believe. by the tax on pub
lie service corporations, can be reduced
to hSff mill. City real estate is assess
ed nearer It's real value than lands in the
country, and the increase in assessments
Will be greater in the country.
I'VE have recommended that the town
boards OF review be abolished, because
they have outlived their usefulness Very
constitution covering county offices, the
county boards of review must be elective.
We would prefer that at least two dis
interested citizens might be appointed
We recommend a state board of review
instead OF the state board of equalization.
because the members of the board of
equalization each represents judicial
district and feels that it is his duty to
keep down the assessment in his district
We want to raise the assessment. The
men are all right, but the system is
wrong. "A permanent tax commission
would insure fairness 1t has proved a
good thing in other states, and would
prove good thing in minnesota"
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DIVIDING THE LOAvES
METHODIST BOOK CONCERN APFOK-
TIONS SALARIES TO HIGH OFF,
GALS, BUT ON VERY REA-
SONABLE BASIS.

CINCINNATI, Oio, Feb. 13.-The Meth
odist book committee today heard addt-
tional annual reports, among them being
those of J. NJ Buckley, editor of the
Christian Advocate at New York, and OF
G. w. Smith, editor of the Christian Adj
vocate at Pittsburg. The report on sal
aries was adopted, allowing the widow
of Bishop Wiley $500 and the widow OF
Bishop Haven $500. Bishop Bowman, re-
tired, gets $500, and Bishop Foster re-
tired, $2,375. Bishop Andrews gets $1,000
because of his residence in New York.
Bishops Merrill, Warren, Foss, Hurst,
Walden, Mallalieu, Flower, Vincent,
Fitzgerald, Joyce, Goodsell, McCabe,
Cranston, Moore and Hamilton get $4.75O
each.
The publishing agents. Homer Eaton
and George p. Mains, New York. HI. O.
Jennings, Cincinnati, and S. II. Pye, Chi
cage, get $4.750 each, also editors w. ".
Kelley, the Methodist Review; j. M.
Buckley, the New York Advocate. and T.
B. Nicely. editor Of Sunday school publ
cations Editors d. D. Thompson, Levi
Guildbert, A ]. Mast, c. 3. Spence and
F. NUM- 81 444 each, and I. r. Scott and
A. N Fisher, $1,7O0 each. /. G. Penn, as
assistant secretary Of LIE Epworth
League, was allowed salary of $1,7VJ.
A dividend of $4,000 was declared out
of the net profits of the publishing houses
to be distributed among the annual con-
ferences
The annual reports showed the fol-
lowing: Eastern publishing houses: AS
sets, $2,008,411; liabilities, $262,927; net,
81, 745, 4S4 Western publishing houses: As
sets. $1,6l5 10; liabilities, $110,l34; net,
81 sos, SIS. Profits: Eastern. $107 eco; West
ern, $127, 1873. Sales: Eastern, S924,SOJI
Western, $1,146,447.
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DUNN ENDORSES BILL
STATE AUDITOR DOES NOT WANT
TO SEE III DEFEATED.

The long expected discussion of the pro-
posed tax code by State Auditor Dunn
did not develop the sensationalism that
had been anticipated by both sides of
qualified Endorsement 10 the permanent
tax commission, real estate and public
service franchise clauses of the proposed
code, and his equally unqualified disap-
prevail of the proposed constitutional
amendments The other features of the
code he declined to discuss. The galleries
were filed to hear Mr.. DunH who sat
through Gov. Ives address. When call
change of mind. He said:
L have listened very attentiyely to Gov.
Ives, and / do not care at this time to
have very much to say. l had soma
things to say when I came up here but
[ think I will not say them. 1 do not
wish to put a straw in the way Of the
passage Of this bill, with a few amend
mentS, if necessary. I think on the whole
the commission has produced a very good
measure. I think the commissioners Ia
bored honestly. l know they labored ar
duously, and I want this bill to have
a fair chance on it's merits
1.-The real estate featG1 es of the bill are
excellent. and 1 hope you gentlemen Of
the legislature will not lose sight of that
that fact. The public service corpora
ton features Of the bill art also excellent,
and these two features of the bill Ger
tainly should have no opposition.
II also believe in permanent tax COM
mission. The state board of equalization
is unwieIdy, and its power is limited.
"Some features of the bill I do not con-
cur in, especially the constitutional
amendments. l do not approve of them.
I do not believe in throwing down the
bars and removing all constitutional re-
strictions. I believe the constitution
should say just exactly how property
shall be taxed; what shall be exempt
and what shall not be exempt. would
be in favor of a constitutional amend
ment to replace the tax on real estate
mortgages by a license, say of 1 per
cent It would result in a much larger
revenue than the present tax, which is
and always will be evaded. 1t would be alb
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Congressional JIdetights.

WASHINGTON Feb. Been supt.
Johnston, of the Bethlehem Steel COM
pany; ex-Secretary Of the Navy Her
bert and several others representing
large concerns doing work for the gov
ernment. were before the house COM
mittee on labor today, in opposition to
the bill limiting to eight hours the sery-
ice of those employed on work for the
United States. It was stated to the COM
mittee that many Of the large pieces of
steel armor, ETC., cannot be made within
eight hours, or in eight-bour shifts, and
that the success of the operation Is large
" dependent on longer hours. This, it
was explained, worked to the advantage
of the men, as well as the company, by
means Of bonuses, etc. The hearings
continued throughout the day
M. Townsend, representing the Hong
kong Shanghai bank, was before the sub
corcmittee of the committee on Philip
pines of the senate today, and discussed
the question Of the currency in the Or
lent. He recommended a full-weight sill
Der dollar as the proper basis Of cur
rency in the Philippines, instead OF the
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solutely fair as between the resident and
nonresident MORTGAGE, and it would not
be an onerous burden for anyone
II would like to see the constitution
amended to provide for an exemption of
$3.50 on household furniture, or exempting
all hous ehold furniture. Then you would
be doing the poor man service You
would render the poor man in the city
a real service. 1t would not reduce the
revenue. The 500 exemption you now
have means everything exempted in the
country, where the personal property is
divided up between all the members of
the family; 1 would not only exempt
household furniture. but | would put an
exemption up to $500 on deposits in saw
ings banks, or all banks. 1t is good pub
lie policy to encourage thrift. And
want to say to the gentleman O. A. Pc
terson) who the other day saw a hard
ship to the farmer and the owner of a
little home in eXempting the savings IN
banks, that if it were not for the little
savings in the banks there would be no
little home"
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peso, as provided in the government bill.
Gold currency, he said, would increase
the cest of everything. He said it was
desirable that the American coin should
take the place of the Mexican coin,
The Indian appropriation bill, complet-
ed today. carries 1854, 800. The item for
support Of schools is 7,920; for fulfill
ing treaty stipulations, $2,1O2,157. The
Dawes commission is reduced in MEM
bership from four to three. as its work
will be completed in two years. Among
the general provisions is one forbidding
the Withholding of rations because Of at
tendance at non-government school; also
requiring Indian Territory judges to re-
side at Muskogee.
A resolution offered by Mr. GaIllnger
was adopted by the senate, directing the
postmaster general to send to the senate
a list of the persons employed in the
division of rural delivery at the time it
was included in the classified service,
whence they were appointed and whether
they were subjected to an examination
before they were placed In the classified
service.