Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-11
SUPERVISORS
To HOLD COURT
Grave Charges Against
KoOlauloa Deputy
Sheriff
COUNTY ASKED TO
SUPPORT FREE LIBRARY
SOLOMON PECK REMAINS IN OF
FICE-PAElE'S REPORT ON
HOPKINS SALARY Is
DOWNED.

| Inc county supervisors neld livery
session last night. Chairman G. w.
Smith presided for the first time since
| his return from the revenue refund
mission to- Washington. All the Super
yisOrs were present. as were Senator
John Lane Fred I. r. Warehouse,
County Sheriff Brown. County AttOr-
ncy Douthitt. County Auditor Bicknell.
County Engineer Gere. County Clerl;
| Kalauokalani. Honolulu Road Oversecr
Johnson. Chas. Hustace. Jr.. Geo. Ma
wakoa. Il. r. Rodgers, members Of the
press and others.
Solomon Peck. road oversecr Of Koo-
laupUko. against whom windward cit
liens had been pleased tO prefer
charges OF using road men for hiIi
private work and of employing an en-
convict. was, with a little suggestion
on the part of Chairman Smith. cham
pioned by Supervisor Paele and the pc
iitiOn against him tabled with thud.
| Paeles report recommending the
raise OF the salary OF Manley q. Hop.
kns. Treasurer Trent's clerk. was
| turned down. Detective Lake was OK
onerated. A petition called for the re-
mOval OF Deputy Sheriff Kequoha of
Koolauloa. for malfeIsancc In Office.
Amdavits were filed against Kekuohs
by Attorney w. w. Thayer previously
publishCdD. Sheriff Brown. Chester
Doyle. Joe l.eal and some KOOlau folks.
The Sheriff. Doyle and Leal testify ,n
Il Kokuoha's negligence Of duty In the
matter Of the recent Kahuku Japanese
murder. Koolau people declare that he
tried to blackmail a Chinese In regard
to young Hawaiian girl.
Il Members of the Board considered the
charges very serious and the Board de-
cided to sit as board Of impeachment
ut 1850 y. m. next Monday.
This will be "a new experience for the
Board and IL Is up to County Attorney
Douthitt to show the Board how to act,
lie was told last night that this was
expected of him. Copies Of the charges
will be sent Kekuoha.
Paeie's report on the increase of sal
ary for the Treasurer's clerk was
brought up. Action had been deferred
at the last meeting. Lucas moved that
action be indefinitely postponed. The
report declared that salaries had been
raised In other departments without the
knowledge OF the Board as n whole.
The electric light department was cited
as particular Instance. The chair
man thought the charges very serious.
Cox Favors Raise.
Cox said II was no more than right
that Hopkins be allowed n raise In sal
AIRY.
smith said there were some serious
charges against the Board In the re-
port. He had found that some salaries
had been advanced with the full knowl'
edge OF the Board. This was all done
with the full knowledge Of the Board
Cox said nothing had ever been said
about any raise in the electric light
department 10 him. lie did not know
anything about II until he ran across
the information himself. lie wanted
his name entered ON the record as en-
tirely disappearing the manner In
which the electric department salaries
had been raised. lie did not think IL
was right Moore said he had not
deemed II necessary to draw CoX's at
tention to the raise In the electric ligh,
department.
Adams believed there was consider
able carelessness ON the part of some
members OF the Board; that they signed
approval to things they had not read.
Must Have Publicity. .,
Cox said that II was only right that
the matter OF the electric light depart
ment raise should have been brought
before the Board, so the press and thu
public and the taxpayers generally
could know what was going on. 9th
or departments had come before the
Board asking raises for employees, why
should not the electric department do
the raising in public manner?
Moore remarked that Hopkins had
been raised once In January, along
with lot Of other clerks.
Chairman Smith put the motion OF
Lucas, seconded by Adams, that the ro-
port of the. committee be indefinitely
postponed.
Cox again stated that he wanted his
name to go on record as opposing tho
motion. The motion was carried, Cos
and pnplo voting against IL