The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-16
ADAMS NOT
SUPERVISOR
Has Left the Country
and Lost His
Job.

And here's a pretty mess. Accord
ing to a section of the County Act,
appearing on page SO of the volume,
Supervisor must reside continuously
during his term in the district from
which he was elected. Ed. Adams
was elected from the Fifth, but neither
district, nor precinct, has laid eyes on
him since April, when he departed for
California. He is now in Seattle in
charge of the office of Alexander &
Baldwin, and will probably remain
there until next January. The franz
ers of the County Act provided for the
appointment of successors to men who
had died, resigned or moved away, and
while Mr.. Adams has not done either
of the first two. things mentioned, he
has certainly moved and may be con-
sidered out of the board.
WILL PROBABLY RESIGN.
Now that this matter has been de-
cided Mr. Adams will, it is said by
his friends, tender his resignation as a
Supervisor at Large. He has notified
his friends here that he will not again
be a candidate for election, and, as far
as that goes, if he is to remain away
until next year it would not be pos
sible for him to be elected in No
vember The question of the legality
of his position since it was rumored
that he would not return has been
pretty generally discussed among the
lawyers who are interested in the cam
paign, and it is said the opinion is
general that he is out of the board.
MOURN IS EMPHATIC.
at
the jail, and mighty popular Hawai-
ian, denies in pretty decided language
that he will be a candidate for the
office of Deputy Sheriff. He says he
has never been asked to be candi-
date, has never asked to be and would
not be under any circumstances. His
name has been used without his
knowledge and he wants it understood
that he will stay where he is in pref
erence to being Deputy Sheriff.
SOME KICKING.
There is a bit of kicking being done
I gainst the Supervisors for not taking
: greater interest in the appointments
to lunas' positions in the Road De-
partment. One of the kickers said yes
terday: "It is all very well for Mr..
Lucas to say he is out of politics, but
is he? And if he is, is it right? 1t
does not seem to me right for the Road
to have all to say as to
who shall be given positions on the
roads and streets, and yet understand
this is being done. 1t seems to me to
be giving too much power into the
hands of Sam Johnson, power that
should be in the hands of the Super !
visors.'
Echoes of this kick are heard in all .
precincts and it is annoying to some
Of the members of the county COM
1t is said that that organize
ton is not consulted by Mr. Johnson
On any of his appointments and it is
not known that Lucas has been spoken
70 at any time since he declared him
self out of politics.
VIDA IS SMILING.
While some of the powers are look
ng around for man to run for Dep
lty Sheriff, Vida smiles and wonders.
He is as compiacent as some of the wit
nesses in his defense We're at the
nearing on Tuesday night and looks as
though the actions of his opponents are
real funny to him. There is a desire
N some quarters to take the lid from
he Sheriff and see what is going on
n his noddle There are few who
N his noodle There are few who
believe Brown does not want Vida and
there are others as innocent as
come on or John Lane. After while
lane will wonder why he had not heard
all the things against Vida before the
primaries