Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-06-15
CARTER TELLS JONES
Why He
DOESN'T LIKE BROWN

Following Is q letter addressed t
p. c. Jones. the preparation of which
occupied Governor Carter part of yes
terdsy. anticipated in yesterdays Bull
letin, OF which the Governor would sa,
nothing when asked II he was engaged
in the getting up of such an alleged
indictment:
June IA. 1905.
Mr.. p c. Jones. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Dear Sir: In response to your re-
quest for statement OF my position
In connection with the present politi,
cal situation. I am very glad to give
you the following:
I believe the Republican party has
made a mistake in the nomination OF
two Of Its candidates-one Arthur NJ.
Brown, for Sheriff, the other Richard
Lane, for Deputy Sheriff. Koolauloa.
The latter Is minor office, with lin.
tied powers, and IL information receiv.
ed Is correct, the voters in that dis
trict are not going to support any such
nomination. On the other hand. the
question Of Sheriff for the whole Is.
land is very different matter, and
we can know only on June goth next
just what the attitude of the voters
of Oahu Is going IN bo
r,. ,.
~. A.. '' ny o.e'
one moral, the other political. and the
former is by far the most important.
ihere comes time with every party
man wnen II Is question OF conscience
Us 10 whether ne can follow the dictum
VI tue party ana ne alone must de-
cue.
! believe 1t was morally wrong to
nominate Brown, for II we can Judge
by past experience, his administration
OF the office will be weak, corrupt and
lawless. It is true that did not rc.
move Brown because of any criminal
charge against him. but because of his
failure 10 administer that ONCE In the
proper manner. My mai Judgment OF
MN was that ne mad not the strength
10 resist nattery; that ne yielded to
te"p'atoh' ana put himseit In POSI-
tioh "here ne couid not enforce the
Jaw anu perform the duties which the
omce OF chie1 OF police requires. His
familiarity WIN MS suDordlnates per-
maps won MIN poiitical support. but
iorceu MIN 10 surrender 10 them the
eohtroi OF MS once. Either his judg.
ihent Oh men was poor, as Illustrated
ny those ne gathered around him, or
ne was uhder such opilgations TO them
LOT support OF one KIND or other that
he couiu not remove tnem when ne
to"ho them out much less control
mem ~ may DC true tnat the ponce
.ouay are not so wen satished' because
'he! are ,equireu 10 10 more' ana there
may not De that esprit de corps which
.an % oi.eh pe punt up d! overlooking
'ee'"'i''es anu cohuohihs oHehses'
'ne'ep' sacrihcihs oiscipiihe ana em'
'ieu's' oo much ior his weakness.
Now, as to corruption: 1t is admit.
ted by Browns best friends that there
was considerable corruption In the De.
partment, but they hardly thought 1t
'O' s"Ao'
Now, this may be true. Brown may
not nave realized that Chinese hack
man does not present handsome silver
gifts or literally entertain the police
and Judiciary with champagne dinners
without expecting some consideration
In return. He may not have known
OF the tremendous extent to which gam
ping had taken hold of this community
ana was being so openly conducted.
ne may not have known that this gam
ping caused great suffering, and fore.
Gu Hawaiian women to appeal to those
VINO employed their husbands for a
part NJ least OF the wages earned In
order TO Feed their children. complain.
ing that their husbands gambled away
oil their earnings. 1t is not usual for
hawaiian women to walt all day on pay
days around the offices SO as to be there
when their husbands were\ paid, to
piead them to save part of their
salary.