Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-06
SUPERVISORS GALL
ONE ANOTHER liars
Inspiring Spectacle At
Meeting OF County
Fathers
ROW CAUSED BY DW!GHT'S
FIRING A PARK KEEPER
0ahu's Business Directors Devote an
Evening to Playing Politics
and Fighting Among
Themselves

LIAR" shrieked Supervisor Frank
Harvey, banging his fist on the desk
SO that the windows ratified the
Clerk nearly jumped out of his chair
and Palau, one of the park-keepers,
fed from the room with wall of
| "Auwe!"
"Liar!" beloved Frank Archer,
elaring fiercely at Supervisor
Dwight.
1t was beautiful row, an inspir-
ing spectacle, that of the business
ltanagers and directors of the Coun-
! ty playing politics and hurting cpl
! The ostensible cause of it all was
whether or not one insignificant old
park-keeper should be fired But the
cal seat of the trouble lay deeper. 1t
was a question as to whether the
Board of Supervisors should be run
! by the Triple Alliance, consisting of
4ustace, Dwight and Cox, or by the
Big Four, made up of Harvey, Fern,
Archer and Kealoha.
In the end the Big -Four won out
and Kailimai the Aala park-keeper,
retained his job. Whereupon Dwight
Ipetulantly resigned as chairman of
the Committee of Roads, Bridges and
Parks
The row came when Hustace ask
4 q had Il Inn ~
bring before the Board. Before that
the meeting had been dry, taken up
with the routine work of passing
bills, receiving reports, etc. But the
storm broke when Dwight replied to
Chairman Hustace that last Sunday
be visited Aala Park and found So
da water vendors selling their wares
on the park grounds and the band
stand filled with people who had no
business there, all in violation of his
instructions to Kailimai, the head
keeper. Whereupon he had suspend
ed Kailimai, subject, of course, to the
approval of the Board.
Il have heard lots of complaints
about Mr. Kailimai, said Dwight.
He is supposed to be at the park all
the time but he is hardly ever there.
He does not attend to his duties. For
these reasons | suspended him last
Sunday, subject to the approval of
the Board.
Dwight stated that he had talked
the matter over with Kealoha, the
other member of the Park Commit
tee and Kealoha had agreed that Ka-
ilimai should be suspended
In response to a question by Hus-
tace, Kealoha stated that he had in
structed Kailimai not to allow any
soda water carts on the grounds.
Kailimai was present at the meet
ing and was called upon to speak in
mis- own defense. He admitted that |
he had been notified to keep soda
water sellers off the park grounds
hut protested that there was none on
the grounds last Sunday There |
were some on the adjacent land own
ed by Judge Frear, but he had moth
ing to do with this.
Archer came to the defense of Ka-
i'imai and stated that he was at the i
park last Sunday between $3.50 /
and 3:45 and he saw no soda water
stands on the grounds.
BOY ORATOR
nd Il oil fnr
was called by Dwight as the first wit
ness for the prosecution. He stated |
that he saw boys selling peanuts,
etc, from baskets but he saw no
carts or wagons on the park grounds.
Fern stated that he understood
that the former Board had regula-
ton allowing Kailimai to permit |
whom he pleased to enter the band |
stand. Kailimai had bought 25 |
chairs which he was entitled to rent |
to those who wished to use them. Ka-
ilimai had been going by this old
regulation, and Fern said he didn't |
think it right to fire him for doing |
what he had been allowed to do.
Archer stated that Kailimai was
not supposed to work on Sunday, but !
the former Board had instructed him |
TIC be present at the ball games, and |
lad allowed him the privilege of
renting the chairs as pay for this
work.
A POOR WITNESS
Dwight called on Palau to sub |
stantiate his statement that Kali |
mai did not attend t. his duties.
Palau apparently mad nothing to
say against Kailimai III spite of the |
insistent questions of Dwight and
Hustace who tried hard to make out
a case against the park-keeper,
Cox interrupted the inquisition by /
saying he couldn't see any use in all /
the questioning The Board ought +
to take pwights statement and sus-
tain his action in firing Kailimai. /
Dwight wouldn't lie
Archer objected "a this aud |