The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-02-04
.SEARLE GOES
INTO OFFICE
SUCCEEDS ANDREWS AS SHERIFF
OF HAWAu-THE TRANSFER OF
THE FORCE-THE SPEECHES.

HlLO, February John G. Searle.
! late Of Kau, became sheriff Of Hawaii
| yesterday morning by virtue Of his APP
pointment as such by Governor Carter
l.. A. Andrews retired from Office after
eight years service on this island and
nearly seventeen years service in the
! police department, with the best wish
es Of a host of employees.
At noon on Tuesday the policemen
from as far out as Honomu on one side
and Puma on the other assembled with
the clerks i'm the sherff's Office for the
purpose Of saying farewell to the old
and greeting the new sheriff. They
entered the Office from the King street
door and were quickly followed by
some leading and following citizens.
The men lined up and Sheriff Andrews
addressed them saying:
you are here gentlemen, to meet
| Mr.. Searle who has been selected by
| Gov. Carter to take my place as sheriff
Of Hawaii, The respect and devotion
! you have shown me, some Of you dur
| ing long terms Of service. and others
not so long 1 wish to ask for Mr.. Searle
/ Like me he is a haole but he has
high regard for the Hawaiians and l
believe that he will have your inter-
ests at heart just as / have had pro-
vided you show to him the same 10y
atty you have always shown to me.
Mr. Searle is not new to the work Of
this Office for he became connected with
the department many years ago so
that he comes among you man of ex-
perience. He will insist upon loyalty
and he will demand that you be at
tentive to your duties l dislike to
leave you but it was the governors
wish that some one else take up the
work of the department and he is to
be congratulated upon the selection Of
so competent a person to be the head
Of the department on this island"
Mr.. Andrews then introduced Sheriff
Searle who said:
81 am not only glad to meet the men
of this department but ! wish to say
to you that l want to know you all
better. I have no grudge to work out
nor have I anything against single
man on the police force. / expect to
= manage the department through my
deputies and all Of my orders will be
issued to you through the deputies
and they are to be obeyed. The depu-
ties must have your respect the same
as I hope to have it and you are al
ways to remember that you are gentle
men and that 1t is your position, not
your strength that is to command the
, respect of the people with whom you
, come i'm contact. | do not want to
hear Of case where i'm making an
arrest the officer is cruel to his prison.
, err. You have no right to use VIC
lence If a prisoner resists you hold
him and take him to the station with
; out cruelty. This applies to people of
: any nationality and there should be
, no favorites, no exceptions, for you
, must remember that the poor have
, rights as wGcs as the rich. ] propose
having "A system whereby the COM
plants against officers may be inVes-
tigated in a business like manner and
i'm this / will have the assistance of the
business community The orders to
.. you governing your actions as officers
will be promulgated by the deputies
through the captains of police and
, demand the same respect for them that
the deputies command from the Of
4 ficers AS | said before / have moth
ing against any of you and ! hope that
: matters may be so that you will all
n continue I'm the employ Of the depart
ment."
q Sheriff Seare was then introduced
+ individually to each Of the men be-
4 ginning with Deputy Sheriff Fetter anc
passing on to the captains and lieute-
nants and patrolmen and finally to the
prison guards and Office clerks Whei
8 they reached Mahi, who came here
, with Sheriff Andrews when he became
f Sheriff of the island, Sheriff Searle saic
. to him I'm Hawaiian Sheriff Andrews
4 tells me that you look upon him as &
4 father, we'll so do / and | want you e
+ stay with me and with this feeling o
q relationship we will be brothers"
, When the last greeting had been Of
, fered the men were ordered to dut!
s but they held back. Deputy Sheriff
Fetter began to speak a farewell t
Sheriff Andrews but gave it up will
the remark Later we will say fare
!. we'll" He seemed to be broken vi
= at the idea of Andrews retirement.
= HAWAII LEGISLATORS ARRIVED
Ie A. Fernandez and j. ID. Lewis repre-