Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-05
HONOLULU HAS MOST
CURIOUS FORM Of
GOVERNMENT
! Type By Itself Without
Mayor or Officials of Its
Own It Is Managed by Ter
ritoriaI Officers,

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governed city In all the world. SAYS ,
writer IN the New York Herald. AL
though 1t has a population of nearl,
lity thousand, and is one Of the mos.
important seaports on the Parine
ocean 1t has no mayor or collection
or other officials distinctly its own
and II has no city corporation. It's af-
FAIRS are directed by county and terri
torial officials only. and 1t is only dis
tlnguished legally from the remainder
OF oahu county, which embraces the
entire island of the same name, by be-
ing a separate judicial district and
having its own deputy sheriff ana dis
lrict magistrate, who serves as police
Judge.
Honolulu is distinguished in other
ways from all other cities Of the
world. One of these. observes a writer
in the a Francisco Call, is its having
served successfully as the seat of gov
eminent of a monarchy. a republic
and an American territory. Its PRES
ent odd form of government is due To
its novel history, but it is quite certain
that IL Will not be many years more
before it will have both laws and Of
Metals of its own, and in his way be
like other cities Of modern times.
Geographically considered Honolulu
is the most westerly situated city on
the globe. Far beyond it, on the
ocean, the old day dies and a new day
Is born to make a trip of twenty-four
hours around the world before ending
its existence also. Figuratively speak
ing, the city might be considered The
commercial gateway between the Oc-
cident and the Orient.
Associated with thoughts of Homo
lulu invariably come those of a land
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seas of a beautiful island clothed in
tropic verdure. of a harbor crowded
with tall masted ships and smoking
steamers, and of an inviting. peaceful
city with shaded streets and beautiful
homes surrounded by numerous trees
and we'll kept lawns. Every visitor
goes away to tell Of the attractiveness
OF the city and the island, but there
are indeed few who know anything
about the peculiarities of the city gov
eiaament.
Almost Communistic.
There is nothing in the appearance
of Honolulu to indicate that it differs
in form of government from other cit
les, and this is probably why the aver
age visitor does not come in contact
with its popularity. Every modern
convenience is noticeable. The streets
are paved in the most modern way.
The people own their own water sys-
ten and a part OF their own lighting
system. There is a modern street car
system in the city and its suburbs. but.
owing to the lack of a distinctive city
government. the public improvements
In Honolulu are paid for by the prop
arty owners in all parts Of the island
we'll as by those of the city proper.
There is an efficient police depart
ment in Honolulu and there are ordi-
to Govern the people. but the
police are directed by the sheriff and
jurisdiction over all parts of the
island, while the ordinances are made
ny the board of supervisors and are
effective in all parts of the county.
There is no chief of police and there
are no city councilmen or aldermen.
In the present police system there is
one Objectionable feature, and that
win probably be remedied at the next
session of the legislature. The deputy
sheriff is elected by the people and his
duties conflict with those of the sher-
IN. who has no way of enforcing obed-
from the man under him. This
has necessitated the appointment by
The sheriff. Arthur M. Brown, of an
sheriff. who at the present
line is Henry Vida. This appointment
was not due to friction between the
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he part of the sheriff TO have a man
o assist him over whom he can eNer-
Use legal authority. The present dep
tty sheriff in Honolulu is ]. $. Kala-
<iela, a popular Hawaiian native who
lccepts certain specified duties, and
.hus does not bother with the sheriff .
his assistant.
No Brutal Criminals.
If the tourist should visit the police
f. rT-x.r.1... ta .-...Y Ca
t one of the most interesting features
# the city. Really brutal criminals
ire not much in evidence there. for
people are generally of that peace-
BILE nature for which the Hawaiian :
are famous. Occasionally, of |
curse. there are serious crimes COM 4
nitted. but the average trial in the \
,olice court Is Of some simple minded 4
,erson whose ignorance. rather than ]
desire, has caused him to vio- 4
the law.
An example of this kind was a Jap 4
nese who was arrested for stealing E
mans trousers. The japanese 4
Tho had lost the garmept met a fell +
NV countryman in the street wearing
ne believed to be his property. +
lie demanded possession of the goods 4
n the spot and when they were not &
eliv2red Immediately a fight ensured, i
nd later the whole . thing was ex- 4
lained in the police court.
Arrests for stealing clothes from
clothes lines are quite COM
knew of one native woman
no had her neighbor arrested for
one of her chickens with a
lex. The police judge in such eases
enerally manages TO strdighten mat =
srs ont and then advises the contest
mis- in a fatherly way To- avoid future r
b. leaving each other en- s
rely aio@e. E
MY curiosity was aroused N morn g
on entering the office Of the dep
~ sheriff 10 see him examining two
sewing machines, of h kind
are made Go be fastened To an or
mary table. Two native women were
andiug near a%nxiously watching him
Then asked him what he was doing
p cxulained To me that the women
we'd i'm the same house and had
got their machines mixed.
hay had decided to let him deter
inc 10 whom they respectively be-
ngcd-
nv what mental process the women
the deputy sheriff 90 Identity
machine would be hard 90 deter
but az they have "a great respect
q the ability ~ officials % D. propa-
E they would have found nu fauli
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