The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-01-25
IN
THE POLICE

The County Board of Supervisors in
tends to have something to say about
the changes being made and contem-
plated on the police force. 1t is going
to inquire into the reason why Repub-
leans are being laid off or given no.
tice of dismissal and why Democrats
are going on the force in their places.
Chairman Hustace can not see how
this jibes with the declared intention
of Sheriff Iaukea not to fire any of the
police for reason of their political con-
victions, nor how 1t agrees with the
resolution passed at the last meeting
Of the supervisors that partisanship
was not to be taken into account in the
making of appointments for the public
payroll.
1--WE are going to take up the matter
at the next meeting of the supervi-
sors." said Hustace yesterday. I'VE
passed resolution that politics didn't
go any more, applying 1t more particu-
larly to the road department, but 1t
was meant for ALL"
Secretary Atkinson is also of the
opinion that the changes in the de-
partment are not all for the best. The
old maxim of the spoils belonging to
the victor he believes to be a poor
policy to follow In the present state
of affairs.
IF Iaukea is going to run his depart
ment on political lines, all right, but
the case. If 1t is we will know how to
meet It, l think 1t n shame that some
of the changes have been made though.
One officer who has been on the force
for years and has been good man has
been fired and his job given to a man
who has been sent to jail time and
time again. That is not the right way
to manage affairs"
According to statements from the
Sheriff's office, the matter stands in
this way. There were some officers on
the force whose presence was not
wanted by the new executive because
the men had shown themselves such
strong partisans that loyalty from
them could not be expected. Others
were not desirable for other reasons,
These men were accordingly let out or
notified that after February their SER
vices were to be no longer required.
This was done before 1t was known
that there was to be any cut in the
police appropriation and other men had
been appointed to fill the vacancies,
chosen, as might well be supposed,
from among the friends OF the present
Sheriff
Then came the cut In the police pays
roll, making 1t necessary to prune down
the force to meet the lessened appro-
Naturally IL the axe must be
again applied It's edge would be d.
rected against those not known to be
thoroughly in sympathy with the new
heads OF the departments, the result
being that in cutting down the appro-
'riation the Republican Board of Su-
'ervisors has legislated some of the
republican policemen out of their Jobs.
1t is not the desire OF Sheriff Iaukea
o have to cut down the number OF his
nen. nor was 1t his intention to dismiss
hese until the action of the supervi-
ors forced him into doing 80.
Among the latest proposed changes
a the department Is the appointment
j. ]. Fern. who will succeed Law
ence Twomey as a driver on the
atrol wagon. and the letting out OF
Tiki, the Japanese interpreter, who
Ices would be dispensed with after
ne first. There will be fewer court
Ulcers after that time. too, the money
1t making this retrenchment neces-
Try.
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