The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-06-16
Specifies His Unfitness
For the Office
He Seeks.
June "a, 1905.

June IA 1905.
Mr. p c. Jones Honolulu, Hawaii
Sir: response for statement of
position connection with the political situation am
very glad give you the following
believe the Republican has made mistake in the nom
Arthur M Brown for Sheriff.
the other Richard Deputy Sheriff. The latter
Office with limited powers, and information received
the voters in that district are not going to support
other hand question of Sheriff for
the whole Island different matter and we can know only
June what the attitude of the voters of Oahu
going to be-
There two grounds my belief the party has made
moral the other political and the former by far
the important.
There comes every party when it is ques
whether he follow the dctum of the
party, and he alone decide.
believe it was morally wrong Brown, for
by experience his administration of the office will
corrupt and lawless 1t that did
any against him. but because of
his failure administer that Office in the My final
Judgment he had the strength resist hattery
yielded temptation put himself position where
law perform the duties which the Of
of chief of police His familiarity with his subordin
ates perhaps won him political support but forced him
to of his Office Either his judgment of
illustrated by those he gathered around him.
he under such obligations them for of kind
them when he found them much
less control them be that the police today not
well satisfied because they required to do and there
esprit which often be built by
looking irregularities and condoning onses thereby sacrificing dis
j. .ciplne and efficiency So much for his weakness
Now corrupon admitted by Browns best friends
that there considerable corruption the Department but they
hardly thought fair hold Brown responsible for this. Now
this be Brown not have realized that Chinese
aman does handsome silver gifts literally enter
police judiciary with champagne dinners without
pecng consideration in He may have known
which gambling hold of this
community being openly conducted He have
this gambling suffering and forced Ha
aian women to appeal to those who EMPLOYED their husbands
of the wages order feed th chill
complaining that husbands gambed away all their
mos II s not usual for Hawaiian women to wait all dav on nav
around the Offices be there when their husbands
paid to plead with them to part of their salary
Brown may have known that his subodnates while
duty uniform drawing often wasting their
playing for money and drinking saloons failing
wherein they differed from of and leisure who amused
themselves similar their clubs He have been
sincere his belief that the law permitted the formation
alton of number of illicit liquor clubs which existed
his administration he could fail harm being
only the but those who had paid their licenses
required by law and his official duty in reference the matter
plain.
by threatening to
employee of his department who assigned his and
leaving his cashier distribute the that he creating
splendid opportunity monopoly the moneylendng
He have known the profit that only the
making but that his cashier also making
had signed by necessary capital
carry making advances to
police officers and may have been that this done with the
most phanthropic intentions But the O. us found in the
drawer amounted much than the principal
of those who signed them be credited profits
those usually associated with philanthropy.
may in the
cheney of his force could be maintained smaller
te than that which he had finally submitted except by replacing
the Hawaians with white which he claimed much
greater efficiency could be obtained with the
money that impossible good policeman
attempt coach instruct Hawaans
Call it weakness what you may the which
former administration of the police oppressed
and the fear that they created through their absolute
ecuton persecution be fully known; gambling
and agrant corruption the greatest
friction existed between the police department
torney General with both of which the
laws.
Those need technical legal proof of these
indeed be blind Boys STEPPED being sent to the
Reform School Girls thirteen years age were found
intoxicated The the gambling outfit was
heard main The the Young