The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-29

Editor Advertisers. In your issue of
yesterday, you spoke of Sheriff Brown
asking young Crabbe to resign and gave
his reason for so doing. From the
standpoint of one who is not interested
in the matter one way or the other,
only to see fair play. it does seem to
me uncalled for, and would better have
been unsaid than said for more reasons
than one
In the first place it is more natural
for a son Gf he is a dutiful one) to
help his fathers interests along than
to help an outsider. That is natural,
aye that's human nature. Secondly,
by Sheriff Browns act he places him.
self in the very same predicament that
Sheriff Henry was blamed for of which
there was such howl from the Brown
faction. for discharging two or three
from the force for being too previous
in politics against him, the only diff
ference being Henry had some cause,
by the very acts of those themselves
whom he let out, which everyone
knows, while Sheriff Browns act to
Young Crabbe does not seem to have
had cause for SO doing, unless, per-
haps. he might imagine Crabbe was
working against him secretly.
When Sheriff Henry discharged those
above mentioned he did the right
thing. for they made no bones of airing
their views against him, who was at
the time candidate for Sheriff against
Brown, he being their superior officer
and they working under him.
In order to have discipline in the
ranks. he had no other course to pur-
sue than the one he did, to wit, dis
charge them. 1t would have altogether
been better for them to hand in their
designations long before. if they felt
they could not conscientiously work IN
harmony with him or in his favor,
which would have saved a good deal
of i'll feeling amongst those concerned.
But they chose to weather it out in
a sort of sink or swim" fashion, con-
sequently got their just dues by being
discharged.
But not so in Browns act towards
young Crabbe (although somewhat
s1milar), therefore take exceptions.
from the mere fact he has not done
IS yet anything that would Justify him
in asking for his resignation. We do
not hear that young Crabbe has been
round running the Sheriff down, or
damnine the Governor and calling the |
powers that be liars.
When asked by the Sheriff if he was !
going to work for his father, he re- |
piled manfulIy, that was his inten- |
ton" That did not infer he was then |
working fer his fathers candidacy. |
We certainly would infer, however, by |
his answer, that when the time came
he certainly would.
What other answer could Sheriff |
Brown expect from a dutiful son than
what he gave when his fathers inter
asts were involved? Did he expect he
would work for him when his father
" as Il candidate for the same position
he was running FOR? If he did, he does
lot understand human nature, and the
sooner he learns the better.
If he leaves at the end of the month
rs Der order. that settles it, but If he
vas allowed to remain in his present
position 1 am persuaded when the time
me that he must get out and work
or his fathers candidacy he will act
ike a man and send in his resigna-
ion and give his reason for So doing.
md not go about it in sort of sink
II swim" fashion as others had done
before, as mentioned above.
FAIR PLAY.
Honolulu, March IS, 1866.