The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-06
LETTER WRITING
HAS DONE GOOD
Sheriff Iaukea Brings Results
About Satisfactorily, but
Quietly.

If | can accomplish the same re.
suits in quiet way that could b,
making arrests I feel that I am JUS
titled in doing sp,'' said Sheriff Iaukea
yesterday in regard to the charge a6i-
vanced against him by Chairman Hu.-
tace of the Board of Supervisors, that
he was not enforcing the Automobile
Ordinance as he should sT notice
that Mr.. Hustaee makes public men,
ton of the fact that there is mucl,
| less speeding Of automobiles than there
used to be, and + think this very fact
shows the results / nave been able to
bring about with my letter writing
The idea of the ordinance is to check
high speeding, not to cause the arrest
of anyone if 1t can be avoided.
1t must be remembered that the
ordinance in question was in doubt as
to it's legality for some time. We had
made an arrest as test case, on an
understanding with the members of
the automobile club. Young Lewis
was arrested and his case was appeal.
ed to the Circuit Court. While his
case was pending we did not want to
take any further action, and the mat
ter was only decided the other day, the
appeal being dropped because, have
been told, the others interested failed
to come up with their share of the cost
of fighting the ordinance. By that
time the new ordinance was in course
of preparation and / did not want to
go ahead with arrests uaeil il was Civ
en- out. because I did not know what
direction it would take.
s'In the meanwhile, however, I wrote
warning letters to all who were re-
ported to me as running their machines
too fast or of allowing minors to act
as chauffeur, calling their attention to
the ordinance. In almost every case
the matter has been remedied. The
main trouble with Hustace, the same
as a good many others, is that they
are not as familiar with the ordinance
as they think they are. For instance,
the ordinance allows an unlicensed
person to run a machine provided a
licensed person is on the front seat
with him. Now some have called my
attention to persons SO driving, think
ing that the law was being violated.
The unnumbered machines being run
are almost without exception machines
in stock with dealers and the law al
lows them to be exhibited and driven
licenses and numbers.
In one breath Hustace states that
the police are doing excellent work. |
when the mention is made of larger |
and in the next he de- |
clares that the police are rotten. mi
the matter of more money I am only |
going to ask for what we real |
ly need. / do not want as much /
as was given before, but / want |
enough TO pay the country police a |
living salary and also to increase
the special force. The men on i
the special force are working long /
hours on small pay and are doing ex-
cellent work, but I must have at least |
two more men in order that the onesI
I have now can get a little rest. In |
this matter of an increased appropria- I
ton should think that the Supervisor
Chairman would at least wait until the
matter comes before him in the proper
way before hurting out his opposition
20 granting the increase. It looks to
me- however as if Hustace were try
ng to hinder us in every way he can.
5 You might say for me. however,
added the Sheriff in conclusion. that
am sorry Hustace isn't pleased and
hat hereafter / will try and do better
or his sake"