The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-18
MAUI HAD
TWO SHER|FFS
y White Hit Hard by
the Courts De-
CisiOn.

The tension of several days of anxious
waiting was relieved on Wednesday
afternoon when telephone messages
swept over Maui announcing that the
Supreme Court had decided adversely
to the county bill.
Treasurer Kepoikai had arrived on
Wednesday mornings Claudine to turn
over the tax assessors department to
the new officials. if he found them duly
qualified Upon receipt of the confirm
alton of the news however he turned
over the office and records to former
Tax Assessor w. T. Robinson, with in
structions to him to put his former dep
nties to work at once.
On Thursday morning Sheriff Bald
win received a wireless from High
Sheriff Brown of Honolulu instructing
him TO assume the duties of Sheriff of
kaui and to demand return of the
property in possession of Sheriff-elect
William White. Sheriff Baldwin duly
presented himself at the sheriff's Of
flee and demanded to be reinstated, and
for possession of the property deliv-
cred TO Sheriff White. Mr.. White de-
clined to vacate or turn over the prop
erty until he received further advice
from the Acknowledgement as to what
he should do.
Sheriff Baldwin, however summoned
all his old police force went to the
sheriff's Office and practically took pos
session In the meantime the Board of
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Sheriff White laid the matter before
them They fully discussed the situa-
ton, and took the position that as
neither they nor the sheriff had received
any official communication on the sub
ject- that il would be proper for Sheriff
White to hold his position until Off
cially notified that his election was in
valid The Board invited any citizen
present to express his views and Mr..
w II Robinson, Mr.. J. y. K. Keola,
Mr.. Thos. Clark and others commend
ed the position taken by the Board,
and suggested that they would be
justified in holding the offices to which
they were elected, until officially noti-
fled that the election was void. Sheriff
Baldwin was privately approached and
requested to withhold action until Of
fetal notice could be received from Ho-
ever, stating that his instructions from
High Sheriff Brown We're positive and
left him no alternative in the matter.
After much elaboration the Board
adopted a resolution substantially in /
structing Sheriff White to hold his Of
flee until officially notified to the con-
trary. Sheriff Baldwin was called be-
fore the Board, informed of the reso-
luton, and asked what course he pro-
posed to take in the matter. He re-
piled that there was absolutely only one
course for him to take in the matter /
and that was to implicitly obey the or
ders of High Sheriff Brown. He added
however that while he could not recog-
nize White as sheriff, still he was per-
fectly willing that Mr.. White should
occupy the rooms of the sheriff's Office
until he was ready to turn over every
thing A mutual understanding to this
effect was had and with two sheriffs to
took after our welfare, peace reigns
serene On central Maui
Some business has already been
transacted by the new county officials.
a marriage license was issued by the
tax assessor, several instruments We're