Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-06-16

lines as during my incumbency. ] con.
tended then and do so now that 1t is
far better that money needed by the
men during the month before pay day
should be advanced through the office
and under It's control so as to keep
better track of what the men are
doing. and 1t was for that reason that
did endorse note whereby my
cashier raised money to carry on the
business OF making advances to the
men as charged by the Governor. The
cashier had control of these advances
and made his profit. The men were
free to borrow from him or anywhere
else they pleased. There was no com.
plant made to me by the men against
him. The only regulation in connec.
ton Herewith being that not more
than one-half of the mans monthly
wages should be loaned him between
pay days.
The system In question has been
thoroughly investigated by two Grand
Juries and one Legislative Police Com.
mittee and no adverse comment made.
AS continuation by my successor
speaks for ITSELF
Hawaiians and the Force.
Continuing, the Governor charges
that II may have been sincere in my
statement to him that the efficiency of
my force could not be maintained on
any smaller expenditure than that
which I had finally submitted, except
bv replacing the Hawaiians with white
men. In which case | claimed, so he
says, much greater efficiency could be
obtained with the same amount of
money; that II was impossible to make
q good policeman out of an Hawaiian"
| ask the electors first why, in their
judgment, the Governor put the fore
going statement into his arraignment
Of me for a weak, corrupt and law.
less administration" How did It aid
his case, or what did It have to do
with his accusations wide and reckless
as they are, even If | had said to him
that white man was q better officer
than native, or that no Hawaiian
could make a good policeman, or that
the efficiency Of my force could only be
increased by changing from native to
white men? What has that got to do
with proving either weakness, corrup.
ton or lawlessness on my part, or any
other accusation with which his ar.
E, raignment bristles? I suggest to the
consideration of the electors that the
motives back Of that talk are not much
above the motive back Of the average
race appeal made occasionally by those
representing the dregs of the different
parties represented in Territorial poll.
tics. Unfortunately It is utterly false
rs well. Natives make good officers,
and my whole official life proves that
. ] have acted on that conviction, and
deny seriatim from first to last the
truth Of every word of the accusation
Just referred to. The only reference
to Hawaiian officers as against white
officers in my talk with the Governor
on the day of my resignation, and that
Is the only time we discussed that
subject at all, was contained N q
statement by the Governor to the eff.
feet that one Of the complaints against
me was that had too many Hawaiians
IN my employ. My reply being that In
my experience Hawaiians made the
best police officers for the class of work
they were required to perform.
deny the next assertion of the
Governor that my department op.
lpressed the poor
No oppressor Of Poor.
! call on the Governor how my de.
partment oppressed the poor, and in
that connection that he come down to
something approaching definite state
ment of fact. What does he mean
that the fear created by the power of
prosecution and persecution during
my term of Office may never be fully
known. If II Is fully known to the
Governor let him publish 1t, or If par.
tally known to the Governor let him
give out the part he knows, to.wit:
the part he knows about 1.-The fear ere.
ated through the absolute power of
prosecution or persecution" The sue.
ceeding declamatory statement that
gambling was open and fragrant and
that corruption was RAMPANT" | as.