The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-08-07
TO
INVESTIGATE THE
SHERIFF NAMED
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(From Thursday
The air st the meeting Of the Board |
of Supervisors last night was surcharg-
ed with political electricity and the
lightning played throughout the hour
and a half that the members debated. |
It was the first time for several meet
$ings that the full membership of the
fRioard was present and the various
Vows more than made up for the series
eof tranquil meetings of the past month.
- Chairman Hustace brought up the
~ question Of the trouble in the Sheriff Is
He Office and insisted on an investigating
III committee being appointed; Harvey
NJ and County Engineer Gere rowed over
the purchase of theodolite for the
engineering work; Hustace accused the
members of having combined to down
Gere and Archer demanded an apology
and got it; Fern came out as a cham.
pion of the poor man, pounding the
table with both fists during vehement
v sksreech of five minutes and taking the
* -, of the Lord in vain with every
u MYs breath; Hustace expressed his
n I'M that all the white men were
Nyartss driven out of the country, apro-
l;S.v,f the Gere debate and asked il
aould appoint a special committee
ina''nr .Sestigate into the matter of Archer
shlr y " fool or not; Glen Quinn chal-
ted the members of the Board, col
rini8ively and individually, to clay a
ker on word l have uttered, and
mutually the meeting adjourned with
sstace stating that there was politics
l,,.p. 10. ,aori-
ar Gere to resign rather than stand
Z the treatment he was getting.
has A MERRY LITTLE MIDWAY.
The meeting started off quietly
snough until after the minutes and the
6mmittee routine reports had been
lead The Sheriff reported the arrests
itor the month and the other police s,a
tistics. Treasurer Trent's report was
Il received and filed and some commune
cations were read. David Watson, who
was candidate for the Board at the
last election, applied for the position
of poundmaster for Koolauloa without
3 salary. He was given the job and $50
was appropriated to build pound.
Road Supervisor Cummins' bond for
$4,000 was approved and accepted. Two
petitions for more lights were read, one
IN from the residents of Makee road and
Il
v bowl street between Luso and Kinau
lane, both being referred to committee.
!! II. P. Wood, secretary of the Promotion
Committee, brought to the attention of
! the Board the condition of the Punch
bowl road, with hope that it might
be made passable for autos and car
II ridges.
fThis brought out the first unkind
4 words of the meeting, Chairman Hus-
tAce announcing that it was all the
] founty could do to build roads to peo-
hrle's houses without building pleasure
4 drives.
w IAUKEA ON TOAST.
wv Chairman Hustace, after the routine
I had been cleared away, then announced
that he had something to bring
Il to the attention of the mem
/bers, that being the present state
of affairs in the office of the
4 County Sheriff. In his preliminary re-
marks he was delicately indefinite, the
) discussion in fact dealing in generali'
flies until Archer asked: "What is the
Amatter with the Sheriff, anyhow'
swspapersio
81 feel that this is a matter that
Mould come up to this Board" said
fustace, opening the ball. cit is a
duty that this Board ought to take up
The idea of going to the Attorney Gen
eral may be all right, but L feel that
it should be taken up by us as well
The Sheriff is county official AND
nothing like this trouble now on sh )ult
be allowed to go without an investiga
s tion by this Board We have the
a-.ower to impeach the Sheriff for NAL
s seasance in Office, but 1 want to SCI
= special investigating committee ap
wv Hpointed to go into the matter and SCI
~ n there are any grounds for impeach
4 slent proceedings. If the Sheriff il
guilty, we want to know; if he is no
= guilty we want to know and shohlt
fsay so. 1t is not what this japanese
Shas done that we should investigate
fput what the Sheriff as county officia
WAS done"
So far no one had said that tn,
Sheriff had done anything but at tbi
point none of the members pressed
for any particulars. Harvey suggested
that the matter was up to the Attorne,
A General and that the Board would onl,
<~t.} cate matters by butting in. Mil
when appealed to, stated thai
~. Voard had a right to investigate
N M Cox wanted to let the regular
klIl. e6 committee attend to the matter
Il discussion as to whether thel.
Tnything to investigate and whe.h
Gfwas not best left to the Attorney
Mal became general. Cox quoted
~sd4iAo show that until there was &
bal complaint the Board had nc
Or TO investigate, while Hustact
"a reminding the members that the
be looked to them to see that every
x was run properly in the county
What is the trouble, anyway
I'd Archer. ''Newspapersi Some
as the newspapers say that l am {
but they can't prove it"
Do you want me to appoint spe
committee to investigate the
irge?'' asked the Chair, who added
tat there were enough rumors in and
al of the papers to Justify an inves
CATION into the sheritf's conduct