Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-09
Deadlock Between
Chairman
buStaCe and CathCart
ONE STANDS FIRM: OTHER WON'T BULGE

Board of Supervisors recedes from
his present position and allows Coun-
ty Attorney Cathcart to run his own
Office instead of its being run by Hus-
tace, the matter of the deputy to the
County Attorney will be taken to the
courts and fought out there. A state
ment to this effect was made by
Cathcart last night at the meeting OF
the Board of Supervisors.
As has been expected, the matter
of the resignation of Deputy County
Attorney Olson and Cathcart's APP
pointment of Fred. Milverton in his
place was the chief subject of debate.
Hustace tried to prevent any further
discussion of the matter by putting
his foot down and stating that the
matter had been settled at the pre-
vious meeting, when the Board re-
fused to accept Olson's resignation
anu confirm the appointment OF Mil
verton. THE Board considers Mr..
Olson the Deputy County Attorney"
he said, land therefore Mr.. Milver-
ton does not exist"
But Cathcart refused to consider
Milverton a dead one, and once more
stated his position to the Board, in
sisting that he was the County At
torney and should be allowed to run
his own Office and appoint whom he
pleased as his deputy. He made a
clear and logical statement OF the
law in the matter and or what he con
sidered his rights, and related at
length the facts ana occurrences
which had led up to his requesting
Olson to resign.
But with Hustace this was about
as effective as pin prick in the hide
of fhrinoceros, and in the end the
matter remained as 1t had been In
the beginning. Cathcart announced
cmphatically that he refused to rec
cgnize Olson as deputy since the be-
ginning of the year; Olson still chung
tenaciously to his s175-a-month job;
Hustace planted his feet firmly and
refused to bulge, and the Board,
with the exception of Harvey, sat
dumb.
This by no means, however, ends
the trouble, and 1t is fairly certain
to be the cause of another scrap at
the next meeting, unless some sort or
settlement is arrived at In the mean
time.
Cathcart's reason for wanting to
get rid of Olson and appointing Mil
Yerton in his place, as stated by him
last night, amounts to this: He wants
a man who will do fair proportion
of the work of the Office in return for
his salary. Hustace wants a deputy
who will be his own confidential ad-
wiser.
The subject first came up through
the reading by the clerk of the fol-
lowing:
Honolulu, T. H., Jan. 1, 1908.
hereby nominate and appoint Mr..
Fred. w. Milverton as Deputy Coun-
ty Attorney of the County of Oahu.
JNo. w. CATHCART,
County Attorney.
This, addressed to nobody in par
ticular, was read by the clerk as n
to the Board. He was
quickly corrected by Cathcart. how
ever, who stated that the notice was
merely to be filed in the clerks Of
flee. IF | had meant 1t for the
Board" said Cathcart, 81 would have
addressed it to the Board
Hustace Stands by Olson
The matter was accordingly pass
ed. Hustace asked Cathcart II he
wished to address the Board, but
the County Attorney shook his head.
Shortly after he stated to the
Board that since the first day OF jan
uary he did not recognize Mr.. Olson
as Deputy County Attorney.
THAT matter was discussed at the
last meeting, Mr.. Cathcart," said
Hustace, land the Board considers
Mr.. Olson the Deputy County Attor-
ney."
Il merely wished to state my posi-.
ton. Our ideas of law differ, It
seems" returned the County 'Attor-
ney.
Milverton a Dead One
Later on Harvey brought the sub
iect up again. He said he thought
the matter should be settled.
THE Board has refused to recog-
nize the dismissal of Mr.. Olson" said
Hustace, land he is still the Deputy
County Attorney"
"If may interrupt for minute"
said Cathcart, Mr.. Olson was not
dismissed"
You'll have to wait until Mr., Har-
vey gets through" cut In Hustace,