The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-11
maui HAS
TROUBLE
Pay
No Attention
to Law.
Old Magistrates Are
Ousted by
County.
Republicans Who Refuse the Oath
Turned Out of Office by
Home Rulers.

| MAUI, Jan. Son the 4th count,
government on Maui was Inaugural tee
| at Wailuku with some pomp and cere
mony. At noon the twelve county of
ficers elect arrived at the court hous,
in carriages and were received by the
| local military company
After the formality of administering
the oath of office, Circuit Judge j. w
Kalua in most felicitous speech in
| Hawaiian stated that he had approved
the bonds of the Supervisors and con-
graduated them on their accession tc
office.
! Chairman T. B. Lyons of the Super
visors replied thanking the Judge for his
| courtesy. Then the new county sheriff
took charge of the police department
and the five supervisors went into ses-
sion which has continued all the week.
{, The bonds of the other seven officers
were approved and minor appointments
discussed.
Quite heated controversy took place
during one of their meetings concerning
the retention in office of VIM. Saffary.
deputy sheriff of Wailuku, who is a
Republican and who refused to take the
( oath to the Home Rule party. Sheriff
White wished to appoint him whether
he would affiliate with Home Rulers or
not, but the Supervisors at length had
their way and thus emphasized the
great principle of Maui Home Rulers
that no one shal1s hold a county Office
without subscribing to the party oath.
The Republican district magistrates.
hold-oyer" appointees of Governor
Dole, have also been asked to subscribe
to this .cast-iron'' pledge.
Judges w. A. Mckay of WaiIuku and
Charles Copp of Makawao have refus-
ed and consequently two new judges
have been appointed. Confusion, frfc-
ton and perhaps worse must happen
from these actions.
On Thursday Judge Mckay adjourn
ed the Waikiki district court, there
seemingly being no business Imrne-
diately on his departure a new magis-
trate. Thomas Clark, enters the court
room and tries case of which Judge
Mckay had no information. At Maka-
wac on Friday Hao Kekapai appeared
in the court room and declared that he
had received his commission as, district
of Makawao. Judge Copp
that he was the district
and should act as such until
the expiration of his commission.
Inasmueh as the Supervisors have the
power to fix salaries, their probable
ff. I.s4.
judges by failing to appropriate any
money for their salaries.
Another case of friction between Ter |
ritorial and county authorities is this: |
Enorme Ferreira of Kokomo (Maka- |
cense to date from December 80, 1903, |
but signed by Treasurer Kepoihai at |
1926 a. m. Jan. 4, 1904 County Attor-
ney John Richardson declares Fer |
reira's license illegal and the County |
Treasurer has issued a license to sell |
light wine and beer at kokomo to a
Portuguese resident of Huelo. i
Some of the appointments of the SUI
oervisors are as follows:
Deputy Sheriffs: For Waikiki, $500;
or Makawao, Adam Forsyth: for La
laina, c. B. Cockett; for Hama, W. L.
Mossman.
Deputy Tax Assessors: For Wailu-
XII, L. M. Vettlesen; for Makawao, Geo.
3. Schrader; for Hama, W. L. Hardy;
or Lahaina. VIM. Kaluakini.
TEACHERS MEETING.
Monday afternoon, the 4th, the teach
rs of Makawao. district held their reg
liar meeting in the Makawao school
ouse. The program consisted of an
Instructive lesson on the new Re
ublic of Panama by S. r. Dowdle and
n exposition of the Teaching of
Iorals in Government Schools, by G.
:. Copeland. a plan of devoting a
fhole day for teachers meeting every
wo months instead of an afternoon
1onthly is under consideration and
was appointed to report up
n it at next meeting.
STRAYS.
On the 1st, the First National Bank
Wailuku declared and paid a divi-
end of three per cent.
Epiphany was observed on the 9Th |
V local Roman Catholic churches.
Tuesday afternoon, the 18th. the an
ual meeting of the stockholders of the
Laui Telephone Co will be held at the
ala Plantation office.
superintendent r. w. Filler Of the
,ahului r. n. Co. has been making {
Their notable Improvements at Kahu-
Ii in addition to the new and ornate
abroad station. The square between
lie Kahului store and the depot has
cen filed in with good soil and planted {
grass. This park-liSe aspect is much {
Iore impressive and attractive TO the {
sitor than the former sandy waste {
The Keanae and Honomanu rice
anters have just harvested a verWI