The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-07


poyees They shown weak mprovden
searchg of what County Treasurer Trent disclosed last night
prove the quality of service they render the public and according
Treasurer Trent they have added expense the public the
matter OF clerk hire to look after gamshment of
rants. ~
probably that the proportion public employees who be-
necon with charges OF with petitions bankruptcy with
nishments and assignment warrants is not large
No doubt the larger proportion public employees live within
and render good service the public 1t would therefore be
unjust these all in the class But certainly the whole
body of public employees brought disrepue
weakness or worse OF some Of hem and time that the Territorial
authorities took the matter of the County authorities have
very wisely taken up the matter Of prevention
credit to the Territory that ganshmen and assignments
salary
require the services OF clerks look after them is
credit to the service that public employees have not drawn their
poyes filing petitions bankruptcy avowedy escape the
clutches of the money credit that the
Attorney Generals Department finds condition of affairs which jus-
es giving its departmental services free employees from the
entangemen of usuy Above ALL credtab the service
that employees get friends to bring couse garnshment
against their salaries months in advance for the purpose defeating
delaying the claims of creditors.
There something radically all this and calls for prompt
and adequate and handling the hands the heads of de-
partments
There circumstances where
fortunes overwhem leaving the the only
But these reputation honesty fair dealing would
nave made such recourse unnecessary For the usrer alter all only
eacs what the business demands and though he eac much is
because the business he has himself against all the casual
e OF death or DISMISSAL from POSITION besides those OF weakness dup
ciy dishonesty and delay and these alone in the individual with
whom he dealing, but the For every business the
losses incurred through the bad risks have to be made up by the pro-
fits accruing through the good.
But aside from the occasional OF misfortune weakness and
mprovdence the broad and the wide lead to the
Weakness and mprodence recommendations pub
lie other employment No masters and
when public employee found be the
the exceptional he ought to be dismissed from the public
service 1t would take long before such policy vigorously
forced would put an end to the business the usu among public
employees.
In the next pac though this would require action the of
the legislature neither the Territorial the County
should liable ganshe That the Territorial government
allowed itself to become liable makes exception govern
1t the almost universal rule that governments of kind
county municipal federal liable ganhees. No fed
era employee this Territory have his salary gansheed and
public abuses growing of this has been made
while the federal has certainly escaped the scandals Of the
which the Territorial service has experienced 1t this
would the just creditor from getting his dues by
nmen But the debtor honest and able pay garnishment
will not be and he not honest Treasurer Trent
shown how he and how them do defeat the claims OF the
just creditor.
But the scandal has such proportions apparently
branch the Territorial service that high heads depart
for their credit and reputation put end it. The
County very seeking any such
dial in its service.