Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-02-06
Chas. HustaCe Defeats
Harvey-Fern-Achi
Strange Political Move
CHAIRMAN OUT-TALKS SALARY.CHANGERS

Charlie Hustace to talk longer and
more persistently, and his stubborn
ness in refusing to put Il motion
which was on the face of 1t nothing
more nor less than a political job,
prevented Supervisors Harvey and
Fern, backed up by couple of pawns,
from putting through at the meeting
OF the Board of Supervisors last night
the rawest safeguarding political
deal that has ever been attempted
since the County of Oahu was or
ganized. Charles eloquence and
long-windedness turned into farCi-
cal failure what for two hours look
cd like successful attempt to saddle
the taxpayers with an increased ana
wholly unwarranted burden, and
kept out of nice, fat job man who
was recently discharged from the
police department.
The plan which Harvey and his sat
elites tried to put through was the
long-talked-of separation of the road
ana garbage department so as to pro-
vide new jobs for certain politicians
and throw the control or the garbage
department and its patronage into
the hands of Harvey, Fern, Achi, ct
al, so as to allow them to organize
in Kakaako in readiness for the next
election. This proposition has been
simmering for some time, and was to
nave been sprung quite while ago,
hut circumstances We're not prOpl-
tious, and 1t had to be postponed.
Last night, however, the salary
boosters stole a march on Charlie
Hustace, who had up to that time had
his weather eye out for storms. They
caught him mapping, and 1t looked
for a long time as If they would win
out.
Kealoha, who had been counted on
to stand with Sam johnson and with
Hustace and Dwight against the sep
aration of the two departments, had
been forced to stay away from the
meeting. Archer, acting in his usual
apparent capacity of tool for Har-
yey, had received his instructions
| from his boss and had, as chairman
of the Garbage Committee, favorably
reported the resolution, and 1t wa'
offered by Harvey's man Friday -
Fern.
| AChi's man, Rathburn, the expo
lceman, was on hand in the back o
the room, ready TO receive aongratu
latlons and smilingly bow his thanks
when the plum was handed to him
| Sam johnson came in late, to ilnC
| Hustace and Dwight fighting for hin
and for the taxpayers of Oahu Coun
ty. He promptly jumped into thu
ring and proceeded to hand out fact
and figures that made Harvey, Fern
ct al, look like so many small boy
caught stealing jam.
The arguments of the Harvey con
tingent were peculiar. They claimed
that the health of the city demanded
that there be a new head to the gar
bage department-and II was point
| ed out to them that Honolulu wa
never more healthful. They ClaimeI
that the work of the road department
was suffering from inattentiOn be
cause the Road Supervisor was ais
in charge of the garbage department
and II was proved to them tina
never before had the work of road
building progressed so fast or so sat
isfactorily. They claimed that tn
people of Honolulu were dissatisfied
with the service given by the gar
bage department-and figures wer
placed before them showing that new
er before has the department had 81
many customers and so few com
plants. They claimed that the gut
ter8 are not always kept entirel
cited to show that the cleaning OF tn
streets and cutters Is not part of tn
work of the garbage department, bu
comes under the road department
They said the law forbids one ma
holding two jobs-and the Deput
County Attorney stated that this lay
applies only to Territorial employs
It would have been ludicrous If
had not been 80 painful. Poor oil
Archer was really pathetic. His pc
sition was pitlable, for he SCENE
to obey the instructions of a boss /
approving the resolution offered, an
when called upon to support his stan
with facts and figures, was absolut,
ly at loss what to say, for he hare
ly knew even the contents of the re!
olutlon he had so obediently approx
ed. His strongest argument was thi
he had once seen delivery WACO
leave a bale of hay at the door of