The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-01-17
ANDREWS IS
NOT YET OUT

There is not spot nor n stain up
ON the personal integrity OF Lorrin A.
Andrews. Sheriff OF Hawaii" said
High Sheriff Henry. returned from his
trip to the big island yesterday.
mo man can say that there is.'
Andrews Is still Sheriff of Hawaii.
He viii continue in Office until the
first of February. when he will hand
In his resignation to the High Sheriff.
And then Searles will! be appointed in
his place.
"sheriff Henry has come back" said
Governor Carter Yes, he has been
up to see me, to report on the results
OF his trip. He reports the people of
the big island very greatly pleased at
the course of events. No, Andrews is
not out of office yet. He was not sum-
marily removed. He will relinquish his
place on the first of February Searles.
who will succeed him, is a man well
known on Hawaii, and very popular"
There was a good deal of dlssatis-
faction with Andrews" said Sheriff
Henry, but he has many people with
him, too. He had taken n garbage
contract, and while I do not believe
that he had made cent out of It,
still that was used as a club. And
then there was general laxity in the
enforcement of the law in the outside
districts by some of the officers under
him. This was a matter that II was
felt could be remedied in no other way
than that taken. Then there was much
complaint concerning the exaction of
excessive surety bonds.
II do not know that there will be any
more changes among the deputies. at
least for the present. 1t may be that
the change that Is to be made will be
the means of inducing the officers in
the outside districts to pay more heed
to their work
Il had very pleasant trip to the
big island" went on the Sheriff, "al-
though of course it was a hard trip.
| visited Hilo, going from there to the
Volcano House and so on to Kailua,
where / took the Mauna Loa for home.
There are some hardships in a trip
pleasant bits to 1t also"
The removal of Sheriff Andrews is
matter that has been much discussed,
and upon which conclusions have been
various. The garbage contract story,
although 1t was used as a club by the
enemies of the deposed officer, is not
thought to have been the main reason
for the change. Whatever may have
been said, the garbage contract was
rot a matter in which there was at any
time any faint of graft. At the worst,
1t was an indiscretion on the part of
Andrews. and q bad business invest
ment to boot. The Sheriff should never
have attempted to dispose of garbage,
even as a private citizen, as it was a
matter properly in the province of the
Board of Health.
Away down low, 1t is said that the
real reason for the removal of Andrews
was His failure to embark with what
was deemed proper degree of enthu-
siasm In Governor Carriers liquor cam
paign. The Sheriff, as the officer re-
sponsible for the enforcement of the
liquor law, has one view of that law.
The Governor has view, also, as ev-
eryoody knows, and perhaps the view
OF the Sheriff of Hawaii did not accord
with the view of the Governor. Al all
events, the liquor law was not enforced
on Hawaii satisfactorily to Governor
Carter, who has declared open war on
Illicit liquor selling-and Sheriff An
drews has lost his job or will lose 1t
on the first of February. The conclu-
sion from this state of facts is ire
sistible.