The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-08

though Oil objected
lMR. COOPER ANSWERS CUES
TIONS.
Mr. Cooper appeared and Chilling
worth said that the statement hac
been made that the officer was not
needed. Mr.. Cooper said that he hao
suggested to the Finance COMMITTEES
that upon the going into effect of the
County Act on January 1st change
in the organization of his office could
be effected as he would not need all the
machinery. 1T goes without saying,
he continued, that 1 will need expert
men to assist me in carrying out the
large enterprises which are contem-
plated in this loan bill. 1 am not an
expert in the construction of wharves
and other works which have been pro-
posed L do not consider myself COM
petent to undertake these things with
out suitable assistance behind me. ]
must have suitable help. 1t would be
money in the pockets of the people If
the work IL ali properly done. My
l intention is to secure the best man
possible for the purpose
Answering Mr.. Harris, Mr.. Cooper
said he would not be competent to
make drawings. draw specifica tons
and make plans, adding: Il should feel
helpless without man specially edu-
Gated in that line of work.
WANTS FLAT ANSWER.
Fernandez took up the questioning
( trying to secure an answer that the
! Supervising Engineer was the Assist
ant Superintendent of Public Works
and finally asking fatty if Marston
| Campbell would be the man chosen.
All the answer he could get was that
. -, Ia kN.a
secured. Kaniho asked why bill Gre
ating the office had not been drawn, but
he was laughed out of court.
| Kumalae asked if it was not a fact
! that the item was inserted because of
the fear that the House would again
| cut out that office, but he was told
suavely that Mr.. Cooper had no fear
that the Legislature would fail to treat
wisely all the governmental affairs
that might come up. Mr.. Cooper
showed that no law provided for the
Assistant Superintendent only a pro-
vision in the appropriation bill. Kuma-
lac then asked fatty if Campbell would
not be employed, but Mr.. Cooper said
that he had not made up his mind. II
Mr.. Campbell did not come up to ex-
pectations. he said another man would
be secured; personal Friendship would
man would be secured for the place.
Lewis tried to secure an expression
that the employment of engineers out
side the department would be prefera-
BILE, but Mr.. Cooper showed the neces-
sity for expert supervision.
QUESTIONERS CALLED DOWN.
Kumalae came to the front again. |
this time to know if Mr.. Cooper con-
sidered himself competent to detect
improper plans submitted to him and
to ask what was considered a proper
salary, Mr.. Cooper saying he could tell
when things are right and that good
man could not be had for less than
$3.50 or $500 a month.
Pae1e wanted to know if Campbell |
was the only competent man in town
and was told that there might be 9TH !
ers, and then he rather impertinentIy |
asked, if it was not the intention of
the Superintendent to reinstate him |
after the House had directed that he |
be discharged. Mr. Cooper asked that |
he be excused from answering the
question, whereupon the Speaker de- |
clared that this was not a proper ques- |
ton. There was some further uues-
tioning in which Kupihea and Dill ask |
ed Mr.. Cooper about his intentions in |
regard to his assistant, the matter be- |
ing practically closed when Mr. Cooper |
said:
WOULD NOT BE PLEDGED.
''It is my duty to employ only COM !
petent men. I do not pledge myself in |
this matter, but I will see that only |
competent men are placed in Office I
have paid the greatest respect to the
wishes of the Legislature. This is the
lawmaking body. If I am to do good
work I must be surrounded by men in
whom I have confidence"
After Mr.. Cooper had retired Kuma-
lac moved to amend the item so that !
it would read, Supervising engineer
provided that it is not Marston CarD-
bell, s45O0". Kaniho made a rambling
statement after which the Kumalae /
amendment was voted down and the
motion to strike out was lost by the
close vote of twelve to thirteen, the
roll call showing the following:
Ayes-Damiana, Fernandez. Kali
Kaniho, Kealawaa, Kou, Kumalae,
Lewis. Oil. PaeIe. Purdy-12.
Noes-Andrade, Aylett Chillingworth.
GandaI. Greenwich, Haia, Harris, Ke-
liinoi. Knudsen, Long, Nakaleka. Pail.
Vida-13
Immediately this was done. Keliinoi
moved that further consideration he
postponed uHlll IOIIOTTOW, WHICH WAS
agreed to.
Long then moved to reconsider the
vote on the conference report on the
Loan bill. Aylett said he was opposed |
to reconsideration. He said he would |
oppose the motion all the time. all he !
wanted was fair play. He was called |
to order when he tried to discuss the /
merits of the report. Again when in |
the course of the argument Aylett |
used the word fraud, Fernandez call |
ed him to order.
The motion to reconsider was car |
ried by thirteen to ten. and seeing the |
absence of sufficient votes to carry the |
Loan bill on third reading. considera- !
ton was ordered for this morning at |
10 o'clock, and the House then adj
journed.
TNAEEnEn CnEC