The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-12-31
ATHCART IS
BIZ MPED
AGAIN
rFrom saturdays Advertiser)

FFrom Saturdays Advertiser.)
County Attorney Cathcart got anoth-
er nasty jar from the members of the
Board of Supervisors at their special
meeting last night Fred w. Milverton,
a candidate for the office of deputy
county attorney, got a little of what
was passed out at the same time.
Another row between Cathcart and the
Supervisors along the lines Of the pro-
tracted squabble over the appointment
of A NJ. Brown is very likely to result.
The affair arose over nicely word
ed letter from Cathcart saying that as
C. H. Olson has resigned as his deputy
he had appointed F. W. Milverton in
his place and hoped the board would
be good enough to confirm the appoint
ment and vote Mr.. Milverton the same
salary as Olson was drawing. Accom-
panying the letter was a copy of Oh
sons resignation, addressed to Cath
cart, not giving any reasons why he
did not want the job but saying how
tremendously he had always found the
affairs of the office. On the face Of 1t
it was just a nice little friendly note.
This sounds all right" said Chair
man Hustace, after the letter and res
ignation had been read, 'but there is
more behind it than is stated. The
question now is whether we are pre-
pared TO accept Mr.. Olson's resignation
or not?"
Archer thought they should. since the
resignation had been made by MIR. Oh
son. If there was anything back of it
Ct was not stated.
Fern wanted to know from Olson,
who was present, whether that was
really his signature and whether he
had signed it of his own free will or
not.
well, was requested to send in
my resignation and of course 1 did So"
answered Olson.
''The reason Mr.. Cathcart wants to
make a change is that he wants more
assistance in his court work." explain
ed Hustace But if he wants assist
ance why does he not go to the .Attor-
ney Generals department for it? They
are doing nothing in the criminal
courts now and 1t looks as if it were
up to them to help. 1 don't see why
all our arrangements should be upset
because the County Attorney is busy.
We are all perfectly satisfied with Mr..
Olson as our deputy and we do not
want to change"
Then the discussion became general,
Archer and Cox expressing fear that
there would be friction in the County
Attorneys department if the resigna-
ton was not accepted, while Hustace
read extracts from the County Act to
remind the board of its powers.
"Since this trouble we had over
Brown have not felt like going to Mr..
Cathcart for any advice" said Hus-
tace. It have since always gone to
Olson and now, if Mr.. Cathcart wants
assistance in the courts it is g1ing to
leave me without anyone I can consult
with down town. The next thiag you
know you will be asked to eppoint
another man in the County At{Vrney's
department. We must keep a check on
all these things"
"How is he going to get more as
sistance by firing one man and putting |
in another?" was Ferns conUndrum, |
after which the board broke out into |
Hawaiian in an effort to explain to
each other Hustace making motions to
show that Cathcart was pulling wool |
over someone's eyes.
Cox got back into English with a |
suggestion that the resignation be ac-
cepted and that no other appointment |
be made, the board retaining Olson as
their legal adviser and independent of
Cathcart.
1.-The County Attorney is taking pri-
vate cases all along" he explained,
land if he is so busy let him drop
those outside cases and attend to the
county business" The County Act was
consulted again and it was found that
this could be done, while Archer re-
marked that he would rather have Oh
son than any man who had been
travelling around in China and America
and not staying in Honolulu.
Kealoha wanted the matter to lie
over until the members could ges furth
er light, but Fern cut in with a motion
to refuse to accept the resignation and
let Cathcart think what he liked about
1t. This motion carried with vote of
four to three, Archer, Cox and Kealo-
ha voting to accept the resignation,
and Dwight, Fern, Harvey and Hus-
tace opposing it.
mr. Olson remains with US" an
nounced the chairman.
AUTO ORDINANCE AMENDED.
The amendment to the Automobile
Ordinance, lowering the age Limit on
chauffeurs to fifteen years, was read
for the third time and passed by
unanimous vote. not a word IL oppo-
sition or criticism being evoked.
DECEMBER ACCOUNTS PASSED.
The payrolls of the county from De-
cember 10 to date were passed and the
men will get their money in time for
a New Years celebration. These ac-
counts were:
Fire department ......... 1,S6s.55
Kapiolani Park ... 246.5Oi
Electric light department. 3S0.25
Police and fire alarm. 5000
Fixed salaries ........... 10000
Keepers of parks ...... 10000