Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-12-09
SUPERVISORS SETTLE
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controversy touching the wholly unjus.
Gifted and insulting insinuation contain
cd in the sentence last above quoted,
which understand to be the language
of the instructions under which your
communication was written, | feel II
incumbent upon me to enlighten the
members OF the Board as to certain
points, In connection with the question
1t issue, full understanding OF which
1 am sure would have saved them from
taking such ungraCiOus action as your
letter reports.
The Andrew Adams blanket" war
rant was passed at meeting OF the
gOard OF Supervisors held ON Sept. u.
According 10 newspaper reports OF the
meeting (which have never been de.
MED, so far as know. a little scrap"
was INDUCED IN between Supervisors
Adams and Lucas as to whether the
warrant should be issued in blanket"
form or not. On Sept. Sth or 9th, and
before the Andrew Adams warrant was
presented to me for payment a bill Of
Injunction, issued out of the First CIR.
omit Court, was served on me, cnjOin-
ing the payment of the warrant, and
commanding me to appear and answer
On a date fixed. | Immediately refer
red the matter TO the County Attorney,
who neither agreed nor refused to rep.
resent me in the case, until tine eve
OF the date set for the hearing. and
decree would have issued against the
Treasurer by default II had not per.
sonally appeared and secured u contin.
nance.
Under date of Sept. Il, received
from the County Attorney a long com
munication, the kernel OF which quote
briefly as follows
so far as | am concerned can see
absolutely no difference as matter
of law between the payment of the An.
drew Adams warrant and the Samuel
johnson warrant 1.-THE subject of the
opinion hereinbefore quoted). -.
have never advised you to pay this An.
drew Adams warrant.
e" - | would advise you as County
Attorney not to pay the same. How
ever. should your private counsel ad.
wise you that 1t should be paid, and
you desire to act upon his advice, |
would suggest that you employ him to
defend the McClanahan injunction pro.
ceeding."
was quite willing to make use of
this suggestion voluntarily offered by
the County Attorney, but thought it
due the Supervisors that the matter
should first be referred to them.
Hearing of no objection on the part
III che Board OF Supervisors to the EN-.
ployment Of special counsel, and my
letter OF Sept 18th being still unan.
swered, and such course having been
suggested by the County Attorney,
engaged Judge Whiting to fight the in.
junction.
Notwithstanding an adverse ruling
IN the lower court, the court of last re
sort declared the Andrew Adams war.
rant a proper one, and upheld the
Treasurer in his opinion and COnten.
tion that the same should be paid And
nothing is asked but that Judge Whit
ing be allowed reasonable fee for
his painstaking and successful services
in the premises. !
| will thank you to kindly present
AIMS communication to the Board of
Supervisors at your first opportunity,
end II these honorable gentlemen still
feel that the individual" who occu.
pies the Treasurer office is a person
who must be dealt with differently
from the County officers who happen
10 wear political clothes OF different
cut, then so let II be.
THE Treasurer's letter Is very dis.
courteous to this Board. The Chair
has never given the Treasurer any oc.
casion for the language used in this
letter." said the Chair.
Send It back TO him." said Lucas. !
why didn't you give 1t to us to
read" said Archer, I'VE (Archer and
Paele) want to understand it, There's
nO need to rush about this"
Take 1t home and sleep with it,
eaid Lucas.
I'VE will suspend action on this un-
ill Mr.. Archer and Mr.. Paele get
through reading it," said the Chair, d