The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-27
Question of Appointive Or Elective
Supervisors is. Debated
at Length.
Several Prominent Men Give Their Views-..W
O. Smith Submits the Text of a New County
Actflaywoods Practical Talk

To be appointed or to be elected is
the moot question concerning Boards
of Supervisors still at issue before the
County Act Commission, the subject be-
ing treated in various forms at last
nights session by Judge Dole, w. o.
Smith, John Emmeluth. William Hay
wood and the various members of the
Commission.
William Haywood of Washington
presented views on the government of
the District of Columbia claiming for
it the most beneficial method of provid-
ing for the interests of the community
residing within the circle. There was
to be found honest government executed
by three commissioners. Such a form
for Hawaiian municipalities would, in
his opinion, be of the utmost benefit to
all the taxpayers.
On the other hand Mr. Haywood de-
precated the prevailing method of TAX
ing all the Hawaiian difficulties onto the
floor of Congress. He advised the Com
mission as well as the community against
sending even the County Act to Con-
gress. The Supreme Court Of Hawaii
was the proper body to which the Act
should be referred for determination as
to its legality.
Governor Dole did not believe that
the trainers of the Organic Act had the
purpose in mind of looking to the future
establishment by the legislature of gov
ernments within the territory, when it pro-
vided that boards of all kinds were to
be appointed by the Governor. In his
opinion, this provision was meant only
for the territorial government boards
and not for boards provided for in any
new forms of lesser governments within
the greater government.
John Emmeluth agreed with Judge
Dole in this respect.
When the Walking Declaration of
Independence, as Mr. Emmeluth once
said he had been dubbed, arose and
agreed with Judge Dole, there was
straining of necks to ascertain whether
there was not some mistake. But MIR.
Emmeluth repeated his assertion, and
his new attitude was amply borne out
when Judge Dole and Mr.. Emmeluth
walked out of the hall together and
down the street almost arm in arm
w. o. Smith suggested way out of
the appointing and electing dilemma by
proposing that the act provide for the
election of seven, nine or twelve mem
bers for the various supervising boards,
the Governor to appoint from those
elected the requisite number of officers
to make up the Board. He presented
to the Commission a copy of County
Act which he had drawn up privately
and which had not heretofore been made
public. The Act expressed his views
completely, having been drawn up when
he was a member of the Republican
County Act committee three years ago.
The meeting opened with all the COM
present save Mr.. Beckley who
is on Molokai, and with number of |
citizens present. The meeting last night !
as on other occasions was greatly ham
oered by drum and bugle corps prac-
icing in the yard, but this will be done
away with by next meeting.
VIEWS OF WILLARD.
The secretary read the following
-iews on County Government from
ohm Willard of Kauai:
Lfhue. Kauai. July %, 1904
70 the County Commission, Honolulu.
T. H.
Dear Sirs: In reply to the questions
ubrnitted in reTc renee to the county
ct under consideration by your body,
is my opinion:
First: An elective board of super
-isors under county government is