The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-10-16


voice rose angrily.
Hustace asked why this matter had
not been brought before the board be-
fore.
Opposed to Drinking Man.
Cox then said he heard there was
grumbing in Koolau and he thought
possibly some of the charges against
Gere were true. Then Fern asked
about the former petition and Hustace
sprung the tripartte plea to squash
the petition. "That is also the voice
of the people, commented Hustace,
as it was read. Hustace said he had
thinking the board would take no no
tice of the Gere petition. Cox, in
commenting again on the matter, said
he did not want man in the county
employ who drank That was the one
thing he had against Gere, although he
was not sure Gere was ever drunk on
duty.
Then the final vote was taken, as
follows:
Against the petition-Archer, Cox,
Dwight, Hustace. To sustain the petit
tion-Harvey, Fern, Kealoha.
Wanted Peck Fired.
Then Kealoha presented a memorial
to dismiss Sol. Peck. That went the
way of the other petition. The petit
TONERS wanted Peck removed and John
Bell appointed in his stead. The pc.
tition was signed by joint commit
tee from the Republican, Democratic
and Home Rule parties.
Then, after all the voting was over,
Fern jumped on Kealoha, saying that
if he was supervisor of Koolau, where
there are a hundred voters, he would
see that the overseer and luna were
Koolau men. He would own his own
road supervisor. Why doesn It Kealoha
own his own lunai That was the cry
of Koolau. They wanted their own
man, not an outside man. Fern ad-
dressed Kealoha in terms that were
whitening. Everybody jumped on Ke-
aloha-and Kealoha had very lame
answers and arguments throughout.
Then another Koolau matter sprang
up. A poor Portuguese boy, whom Ke.
aloha said was only eighteen years old
is employed by the county. Kealoha
and petitioners want him out to make
room for a voter. Hustace said that
this boy was Il credit to Koolau. He
was working for his mother and fam.
lily of children, the father being dead.
Without work the family would be
thrown on charity.
"But there are voters who want
the work. protested Kealoha. And
for once Hustace had no reply to such
statesmanlike arguments. The young
man is said to be twenty years old.
Sidney Jordan, examiner of chauf-
feurs, was granted three weeks leave
of absence to go to San Francisco
on business, and Theodore Hoffman,
was appointed to take his place tenn
porarily.
Two Months Bills.
The following payroll accounts for
the first half of October were passed:
County Clerk, $40; Kapiolani Park,
$ls4.5O; County Engineer, $2125O;
County Attorney, $40; fire depart.
ment, $l77s.O5; electric light depart
ment, $373.25; police and fire alarm
system, $95; keepers of parks, 800;
police department, $3200,65; road de-
partment, 5000; garbage department
$l32.50; Hawaiian band, $675; County
Attorney, So; poundmaster, $l2.75.
The following September accounts
were ordered paid; Koolauloa road
district, $635.30; County Auditor,
1910; Eva road district, $7S5.s7; road
department, $1,000; road department
Queen streeD, l6S9.92; garbage de-
partment, $305,57; road department
$4,000; Waialua road district, $4S6.62
Waimea bridge, $22,01.