The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-07
HOT AIR CHARGES
AGAINST ANDREWS
(Staff Correspondence

EILO, Feb. 5.--Governor Carter yes
| charges against Sheriff Andrews For
mer Police Captain Keolanui, who was
elected sheriff over Andrews at the re-
cent election on the Home Rule ticket,
Home Rule party stands sponsor for
them and Home Rule attorneys helped
to prepare them. Gov. Carter said yes
terday that the charges We're the same
as had been previously presented, but
that he would investigate them again
and see what they amounted to. Ke-
olanui requested that they be kept Sc
cret although half the Home Rulers in
town know just what they contain.
One of them promised the Advertiser q
copy of the charges, but evidently
secret fight has now been determined
upon.
The charges in substance are that
Andrews is personally unpopular, that
he uses his Office for his own advaIi-
tage and that he has no regard for the
rights of the people. The old telephone
charge has been revived, the charge
which was investigated by the legisla-
ture but about which nothing was
done. The sheriff was charged with
having had telephones placed in the
homes of his policemen and then to
have compelled the men to pay for the
service by deducting the monthly rem
tai from their salaries. The legisla-
ture passed a bill to reimburse the
police There is also a charge that An
drews did not pay his men the salaries
provided by the legislature, although |
it is admitted that the money so de-
Quoted did not go to the benefit of the :
sheriff, but of the government. There /
is a charge however that he has used |
his office for his personal benefit, by |
prisoners to do private work |
for him. There is also a charge that |
he compelled the people of Hilo to pay |
him garbage charges, he having estab-
lished a company of his own. This
charge will probably fall to the ground,
as after KeeIanui was elected sheriff,
the supervisors renewed the old garb-
age arrangement with Andrews on be-
half of the county.
Keolanui also objects to Andrews ac-
tions during the recent election, charg
ing that he used men on the police
force to assist in his election by COM
oelling them to make campaign speecn-
IS in his favor. He is also said TO have
employed a native as prison luna
md to have then taken the man along
With him as a singer. There is another
.harge that the sheriff slapped two
nen on election day, while there is also
me that he compelled, a Portuguese
Who had his horse tied in the street,
o pay for impounding 1t. Keolanui also !
laims that Andrews mistreats visitors !
o his office and is arrogant, '
Governor Carter was also given the {
ames of witnesses to these alleged
iolations of office, and there may be a
caring on the matter before the Gov
rnor leaves. Governor Carter, how
YER. believes that most of the charges
lade have already been investigated ::
nd found to be without foundation. !
nd says that there should be less Sc :
-ecy and if the men complaining really !:
elieve the charges they make are true. :
ley should present them to the grand :
Try for investigation. Another abuse :!
,mpIained of is that no attorney can =
IT out a warrant without first having :;
ndrews' 0. K. upon it. The matters !:
resented. the administration thinks, =
lould be presented to the proper tribu- :
a. a grand jury, and that then the !:
lblic will be satisfied with the results =
the investigation. /
Governor Carter said yesterday that I:
expected to use the appropriation :
hich had been made for the st. Louis :
position. The failure of the county |:
t has changed the situation entirely ?
ON a financial standpoint, and the J.
erritory is better able to make the
penditure than before. when it was
ced with the loss of nearly three +
urths of the Territorial revenue. No
der has been sent to Honolulu for :
e use of this appropriation, but re- \
est from Honolulu by wireless would
~ likely be honored by the Execu- :
e. l.. NJ. r.