The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-09-27


motion, put it to vote. vote on i
and then announce how it had gone
This without even leaving his chair
as anyone else would have
Now. Mr. Cathcart. you are gettin
too personal again" broke in Hustace
land you have got to stop. Let m
give you a little advice. If you vii
! strike out that Brown item yourself
initial it in your own writing and pas
it in. we will pass it,
/ Now, that's what the chairman
says" said Cathcart, turning to tn,
silent six, but what does the board
say? I knew very well already wha
Mr.. Hustace would say
/ The board didn't seem to be very
/ anxious TO say anything, even if any
of the members had been given g
! chance, for in fear that one Should
| speak, Hustace reminded them:
Gentlemen, we are on sure ground
now We know where we stand. so don't
make any move to get off it,
well, I wish you would give some
of the members a chance to say for
themselves WHAT llSy KNOW, anu
Cathcart turned his batteries again on
the head of the table. You seem to
want to do all the talking that is to
be done. I am not talking to you. 1
know very well that you are sure
where you stand. You are very sure of
everything. I also know better than
to try TO talk to or reason with you
or even to expect any kind of decent
treatment from you
Embroidered by this Archer edged
into the game. 1--WE don't want to
have TO take this up to the Supreme
Court" he said. Think of all the
lawyer fees and expense"
There would be no expense at all,
Mr. Archer" explained Hustace. 1.-THE
question would only be referred to the
Supreme Court for a decision"
"Your legal advice is very interest
ing broke in Cathcart. but what I
want to know is whether you are go
ing to pay my employees or not. And
I want you to settle in fair way by
motion whether you are going to fix a
salary for Mr.. Brown or not. I win
strike out his name and initial it if
some member in fairness will either
move to fix his salary or not to fix
it,"
"Mr. Browns salary has got moth |
ing to do with u.s. said Hustace.
"Oh, I'm speaking to the board, not |
to you. I know all that you think |
about it, and as for the law you are
quoting, I suppose you get it where |
you get your opinions, ali out of your
own head"
1.-THE clerk is here now; he can make
out new and proper payroll for you
and you can present it. 1 hope that
you will insist on this being done, Mr..
was all that Hustace deigned
% answer to this.
You think. then. that striking out
he name and initiating it will not do
low, them" asked the irate attorney.
mo, we have gone too far now to
lccept anything but new payroll
answered Hustace, whereupon Cathcart
licked up the rejected papers and
walked off with them, in company with
Jerk Buffandeau.
There was another little 1ull in pro-
ceilings until a communication from
he County Attorney was read, in which
he board was asked to fix Mr.. Browns
alary. +
"A motion to table will be in order"
aid Hustace, whereupon the County
attorney announced that he had to
ave some assistance in his work. The
hartman announced that the board
Tas ready to act on any other names
e wanted to suggest.
"You want to name the man I shah
mploy?" asked Cathcart.
THE law gives us that right" re-
pended the chair.
you're getting to be quite a law
er, aren't you," was Cathcart's reply
D this. why don't you name all my
"Well, the law gives us that right,
oo,'' came back the chair, "but the
upreme Court will decide about that
[ustace then chucked the letter aside
nd that settled that phase of the mat
sr.
Archer was responsible for bringing
ne matter up when it came to going
yer the County Attorneys amended
counts. He thought that it would be
air to pay Brown for the four days
e had worked before the board re-
used to sanction his appointment
[ustace wouldn't admit that there was
lch a man as Brown in town, how
ver and refused to consider the sug-
astion. He warned the board against
ny opening wedge and cautioned all
lie members that they had the lawyers
n the hip now and wanted to keep
lem there.
When the estimates for the coming
onth We're considered the corpse of
rown again f1oated to the surface,
ustace instructing Fern to cut down
lie County Attorneys estimate from
100 to $625, leaving out the s175 for
District Court prosecutor.
you want to block the work." mild
interposed Archer.
mo blocking about it, answered
ustace I'VE are ready to consider
~ names the County Attorney wants
bring up. He might have had some
imes ready for US to consider at this
eeting."
Fern obediently amended his figures
Id continued reading.
well, is there going to be any
'osecuting attorney?" queried Cox,
1t no one paid any attention to him. y
Id he subsidized.
This finished the Brown incident for V