The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-03-30
NED CRABBE IS
ASKED TO
RESIGN


sign his position In the Police Depart-
ment because he is going TO support
MS own father for the Republlcan
nomination for Sheriff OF oahu county
and has agreed TO hand In his reslgna-
| tion.
| Ned Crabbe. as everybody knows ia
the son OF Clarence Crabbe. former
Territorial Senator, who was Browns
chief opponent for the nomination for
Sherin In the last campaign, and who
would have beaten Brown i'm the CON
Vention IL Governor Carter had said
the word
Ned Crabbe is holding a small clerk
snip In the Police Department. and has
been holding II, so far as public knowI
edge goes. very efficiently. At an
events 1t is not because OF any in
efficiency or incompetence that he has
| been asked to get out 1t is a matter
OF politics. pure and simple. Ned
Crabbe, 1t is feared. in supporting his
own father and thereby following the
dictates OF nature. would present a
spectacle that might disorganize the
Brown police machine.
CRABBE IN THE FIGHT.
1T is true" said Clarence Crabbe
yesterday. My son Ned has been
asked to resign from the Police De-
partment because he has said that he
intended TO support me I'm my cam
didacy for the Republican nomination
for Sheriff.
VIII tell you the whole story. az
Ned told II to me. 1t was a part OF
MS duty at the station the other day
TO go into the Sheriff's private office
and receive instructions relative to
the service of some legal paper Henry
Niua was there at the time. Brown
handed him the legal document, and
gave him directions as to it's service.
Ned received his Instructions and
turned to go out, when Brown called
him back saying:
Hold on, Ned. Don't be I'm a hurry.
L want to talk to you. / understand.
Crabbe, that you are supporting your
fathers candidacy for the nomination
for Sheriff
ASKED TO RESIGN.
have not gone to work yet an
swered Ned.
But you will support your fathers
candidacy?
That is my intention
Nh'u thcy teii IIc, lTaDDe,' the
Sheriff went on. that you are a can
didate for Deputy Sheriff yourself
That answered Ned, is not true.
1 nave never had such an idea
But 1t is your intention to sup
port your fatherY again asked Brown.
Such Is my intention Ned an
swered again.
That is right, Crabbe'. said Sheriff
Brown OF course you should stand
by your own father. But. at the same
time, do not think you should be in
the department.
You mean the Police Department.
Yes, / think you would better re-
sign. II you stay in the department
and work for your father, 1t will be,
bad for discipline. The other men on
the force will think that they can do
the same kind of thing, and that viii
upset all discipline.
Then L Will resign right now,' said
Ned.
NEED NOT HURRY.
No need to be in a hurry about
It, answered Sheriff Brown. Wait
until the first of the MONTH
When my son told me about this"
Mr. Crabbe, II asked him
at once whether he had resigned. He
said that he had not. He said Sheriff
Brown had promised to give him
letter of recommendation, certifying
that his work had been satisfactory,
and that he did not want to hand i'm
his resignation until ne had received
that letter.
II advised Ned at once not to re-
sign, to wait and compel the Sheriff
to discharge him; but he said that
he had promised to resign, and that
he would keep his promise. And Of
course, as he did promise, l want him
TO keep his word
II do not feel any bitterness toward
Brown for what he has done In this
matter. or course, II he wants to dis
charge Ned, he can do so, / suppose.
But / dealt fairly with Brown two
years ago, and he has not kept polit-
cal faith with me. And l am I'm
the fight against him 10 stay, and
viii beat him.
BROWN BROKE FAITH
why, when ! heard that Brown
to be a candidate at the
coming election / would not believe
I. When Brown was candidate be-
fore, he came TO me and asked me To
get out OF the way, told him that
could not do 80, IN justice TO the
men who had supported me.
'Of course you can he said, Take
something else. ! only want TO be
candidate this time. I want vim
iloation, | VIII not be a candidate
again