The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-10
SUPERVISORS
ARE PUT ON
THE GRILL
CFrom Sundays Advertlser)

The County Committee met in one
room where Supervisors at-Large
Adams was on the grill over appoint
ments made by the County Board of
Supervisors. In an adjoining room the
Territorial Central. Committee also held
a session.
The Territorial Committee discussed
the proposed change in the size of the
precincts for Honolulu. That change
was TO make more precincts. thereby
cutting the larger precincts down, so
that the number OF votes in each would
be evened up on smaller basis. The
matter went over to the Executive
Committee for consideration. although
the general sense of the meeting was
that there should be no change from
the present boundaries.
Chairman John Waterhouse presided
over the talkfest of the County Com
mittee 1t was largely attended
meeting and most of the members
seemed TO have 1t in for the Super
visors because of some alleged appoint
ments of men TO office or jobs who
were not on the lists submitted and
recommended by the County Commit
tee.
1t was openly charged that the SUI
pervisors. of course meaning only the
Republican members of the Board of
Supervisors, had appointed outsiders.
II was also charged that the Super
visors had treated the County Com
mittee with contempt and its recon-
mendati had been spurned.
Naturally. this brought out a large
a,nnnpt Of ta1lf cnfna pf pannpTy and
fingers were shaken strenuously in the
faces of members.
1t all finally wound up with the pas
sage of a resolution offered by Charles
Hustace. Jr., that the Republican
members of the Board of Supervisors
supply the county committee with
list OF appointments made during their
regime, and from this the committee
hopes to ascertain whether or not the
Supervisors appointed outsiders or
men whom they allege We're dropped
from precinct rolls and who are looked
upon as no longer Republicans.
An amendment was also passed to
the effect that in future the County
Committee will again take upon itself
the duty of presenting the names of
future vacancies.
To this, Jim Quinn demurred. He
didn't think it worth while. None of
the Republican Supervisors ever listen
ed to him. So what was the use of
doing anything now? Let matters
slide along And yet Quinn was first
in the field to kick against the super
visors' alleged action, so some said.
This brought out a spirited rebuff
from Hustace. who said: 81 want to
go on record as being in favor of keep
ing the Republican party together. |
am going to fight for the Republican
party, first and last even If l have TO
go down with my flag flying. | don't
take water. Jim (Quinn), you want
to get into line"
This statement was met by applause.
Hustace then added that although the
County Committee could have some
thing to say, yet the executive COM
mittee often took the wind out of the
general committees sails. He was n
worker. personally. but the executive
committee did not seem to want n
worker and he had been turned down
''Then," said Chairman Waterhouse
I'm n spirited manner, II appoint you n
member of the executive committee
here and now, for there's a vacancy"
After the smoke cleared Hustace
tried to smile and succeeded In thank
ing the chairman for the honor con-
ferred upon him.
Adams was charged with having been
"mum" at former meetings of the
County Committee when matters af-
fecting the matter of appointments had
been brought up. Adams distinctly re-
futed this charge and said II he was
''mum" at any time it was probably
while other members We're doing all
the talking. Adams charged Quinn ON
the either hand, of being one of many
people who talked generally on the
streets about this or that shortcoming
of the Supervisors but who did not
take any responsibility i'm anything.
Even Hustace came to Adams de-
fense by stating that Quinn after maxi
ing a show of fighting for a principle,
backed down when IT came to doing
anything and preferred to let matters
slide along as before.
Then Quinn talked about I.nrrln An
drews. He was the only real politician
Honolulu, or AT least the Republican
party, ever had. He was "A party man
through and through and a good lead
er. He did not let Civic Feds get in
while he was welding the big stick
Adams at one time during the dis
cussion said that I'm the event OF an out
sider having been appointed as alleged
by the committee IL was the duty of
county committee members 10 can the
attention OF the Republican Supervisors
TO the matter, but none OF them ever
did. Tho Supervisors We're not sup
posed 10 know every detail about a
man whom they We're appointing.
Quinn said that Adams should know
this personally, He made "a strenuous
campaign and came IN touch with lhe
voters ana should have known their
aflilations, he was 90 blame
And so Il went ON through the even
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