The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-08-07

''Well, / thought II was the Sherih |
who was making charges against Jap.
anese for trying to bride him." said
Archer, who seemed to have failed so
far to grasp the idea that 1t was the
Sheriff and not the alleged briber who
was on trial.
awe don 7 care how many japanese
have tried to bride him. answered
Hustace, "what we want to know is
what his attitude has been towards
them. | want to go on record before
the public as stating that this Board
should declare itself ready to go into
this question just as it should be ready
to watch all the county Offices. 1t is
only fair to the Sheriff that we inves-
tigate.'
Finally, after the arguments had
been gone over again, kealoha moved
that a special committee of three be
appointed, Archer seconding the mo.
tion, which passed without any con.
trary votes, some of the members mot
voting at all.
Hustace then named Fern, Archer
and Kealoha, instructing them to re-
port on Wednesday next.
QUINN A SPOKESMAN.
Attorney Glen Quinn addressed the
Board on behalf of the residents of the
upper Waikiki side of Palolo galley,
who had not a road that was SAFE to
travel over after dark and only with
quiet horse in the daytime. He rela.
ted a narrow escape he had had himself
with a green horse and asked that some
road work be done.
I Hustace informed the Board that the
al
themselves, therefore no road was
4 the kickers This aroused the attorney,
who made jury speech of several min
utes denying the charge. Finally his
request was referred to committee and
the incident closed with a request that
the spokesman see that there was flu
ture harmony in his valley.
ENGINEERS SALARIES.
A request from the County Engi-
neer's department that $500 be appro.
priated for the purchase of theodo-
lite for his work, led to a warm scrap,
in the course of which Hustace accused
the members of always trying to block
the requests from the engineer. "He
has been loyal and faithful servant
to this county and ! do MOI see why
everything he asks for should be op-
posed as it isl he said.
4 "He gets well paid for all he does, y
retorted Harvey. "When man is
engaged as an engineer he is supposed
to have an instrument of his own.''
- "Not when they work for 1925 a
month"; said Engineer Gere.
i Harvey stated that he could get just
as good engineers as Gere for hun
dred dollars month less than that and
there was a general spat projected. II
turned out, finally, that Harvey had
Surveyor Boyd in mind when he re.
ferred to cheap engineers, and Boyd e
engineering mistakes were made the
subject of monologues from Hustace
and Cox.
BY vote of four to three it was
. finally decided to buy the instrument
In the course of this debate Harvey
, asked what had become of the former
assistant engineer, Hustace answering;
81 am sorry to say that he has had tc
leave the country, the same as all
: other white men,
ARCHER OFFENDED.
Archer asked leave to speak, charg
, ing Hustace with misstating the situa
tion in saying that the members were
: opposed to the County Engineer. He
! disclaimed any hard feelings and de
! manded that Hustace retract his words
This Hustace did, stating that if h,
i. had said anything to offend Archer h,
1 was sorry for it. He repeated his ide'
that the Board always opposed the en-
/ gineer, Immediately afterwards, how
4 ever.
:. Then, after Hustaee and Harvey ha'
a exchanged compliments and Fern hat
!. banged the table in an effort to fine
q out why there was always money Il
!. buy horses and buggies and instrument
n for the county officers there was neve
). any money to build roads for poor men
. the meeting adjourned until Wednes
4 day next.