Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-06-15
BROWN CHALLENGES CARTER.
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breath that | actually surrendered the
control of my office to my subordi.
mates, and the next breath says prac.
tically that | either did that or else
my Judgment of the men ! had around
me was poor.-Which does he mean?
On the charge that my judgment is
poor am willing to rest upon the rec.
ord of criminals-many of them des.
perate criminals-brought to justice
by these same subordinates whom h0
decries. / probably have given conf.
denCe to some during my official ca
reer where 1t was misplaced, and II the
Governor has never done that and has
made no such mistakes while In office,
then the Governor is better man than
] am, in that respect. but I submit that
the records showing the apprehension
and punishment of criminals includ.
ing many dangerous criminals, during
my term of Office, demonstrate that I
preserved law and order and provided
safety and protection to the lives and
property of our citizens in a substan.
I
heard no complaint to the contrary
except in the general accusation by
the Governor that my administration
would be "lawless" as well as weak
and corrupt" | suggest right here
that this accusation of the Governor IL
more than reckless. 1t is itself law
| less.
The Governor proceeds to insinuate
that the police today may not be so
well satisfied because they are requir-
ed to do more. deny that they are
required to do more; and I, In turn.
criticize the judgment of the Govern.
or and his own moral standards in al.
leging and evidently believing that
esprit de corps" can be built up In
the police force, or any other body of
self.respecting man by overlooking ir.
regularities and condoning offenses
and by sacrificing discipline or eff.
cheney. ! say that the esprit de corps
OF the police force can only be built
up by discipline and refusing to over
look Irregularities and conformation of
offenses except where kindness to a
man, and the giving him another
chance will bring him up TO proper
standard, and ! suggest matters and
to create an unfavorable impression
against an official, in such matters as
gambling, Illicit sales of liquor. etc,
which are always going on, let me call
the attention of the Governor to his
own case.
He claims of 'illicit liquor clubs"
so.called. where natives have formed
clubs, buy liquor and sell, or are sup
posed to sell exclusively to members
Of the club. The Governor was him.
self chairman Of the house committee
Of the Pacific Club and II was under
his regime and his direction that the
system whereby each man kept his
liquors In his own locker was changed
and the club system was inaugurated,
being precisely the system which these
natives adopted when organizing the
clubs that he claims | should off.hand
have raided and destroyed totally In
my administration. 1t Is therefore
seen that the Governor himself presid.
ed over what he calls an Illicit club,
and was the organizer of II himself.
1t may be said, what of 1t, two wrongs
don't make a right, and ! recognize
that this is so, but 1t shows that at
the time these clubs were inaugurated,
and for a long period thereafter they
were looked upon as not being In
violation of the liquor law. Governor
Dole expressed that view and others
learned in the law as WE'LL Conceding
as do that Governor Carter in estab-
fishing the club system of handling
liquor was not subject to criticism,
merely ask that the same reasonable.
ness and fairness Of judgment be exer-
cised by him in considering my position
while Sheriff in reference to these
clubs which now by decision OF the
Supreme Court have been declared to
have exceeded the limitations of the
statutes against liquor selling. IL the
Governor must ieave his seat and aban-
don the dignity of his Office to get
after me certainly his cause and his
accusation should be that II Is in order
for the Governor to retract his an.
nouncement that he believes that any
esprit de corps can be built up in the
manner he suggests.
The Governor then turns to what he
calls the subject Of corruption" He