The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-30
DEMOCRATS ARE
FULL Of PLANS
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| Thursday. So far he has given no init
nation of who will be his choice for
/ particular offices, except that he has
reiterated his intention to maintain
cordial relations with the party organ
iZation. There is a good deal of specu-
lation as to who will receive the APP
pOintment as Road Supervisor. There
are number of applicants, it is said,
besides those who have filed their APP
plications through the County Commit
tee. But the Mayor elect has given no
intimation of where his choice will fall.
The Mayor-elect rendered his resig-
nation as a member of the Board of
Supervisors of Oahu last night on the
ground that as Mayor-elect he had to
perform certain duties during the
month of December, and there might
be considered some incompatibility be-
tween the exercise of functions under
the municipal act and the performance
of duties as a Supervisor under the
board showed their kindly sentiments
and good will toward him by object
ing to accepting the resignation, mere
ly receiving it and placing it on file.
The decision of the Supreme Court
declining to give a recount in the
mayoralty contest seems to meet .with
very general public satisfaction. Many
Republicans have expressed themselves
as glad the decision was given as it
was. It ism t that there is any feeling
against the Republican candidate, Lane,
but it is apparently the feeling that
there was a fair election and fair
count, and that a recount would only
continue the uncertainty and the. ex
citement of the election which they are
glad to have over. There has never
been much enthusiasm for the contest
among Republicans generally, so that
the decision of the Supreme Court
throwing it out is not at all unsatis-
factory to the party as whole.
Mayor-elect Fern intends to make APP
pointments to all the offices that under
the County We're filled by appointment |
of the Board of Supervisors, that be-
ing the Interpretation the Democrats |
put on the requirements of the munich |
pal act This Interpretation of the law |
does not seem to be seriously contro- |
verified, if the utterances of the Repub- |
lican Supervisors elect on the subject |
indicate their views. One of them in |
discussing the matter, seemed to admit |
the Mayor-elect's power under the law,
in the matter, but seemed to think that !
the supervisors by reason of their power
to appropriate or withhold money for
the public service could coerce the |
Mayor into sharing his appointing pow
err with them. His argument seemed |
to be biased on the theory that the |
in voting salaries would
vote them for men and not for posi-
tions. He said:
owe were elected by the people, as
was the Mayor said this Supervisor,
and we have to appropriate public |
to the best uses and to en-
plOy the best men to get the best re-
suits. | do not mean that the Mayor |
will not appoint good men, but l un- /
derstand there are some political obi
cations to be paid off, and, of course,
that means jobs to some who may be |
What / am getting at is |
that some of the men proposed for
public offices in the gift of the Mayor, !
are not as capable as some in. Our
duty to the taxpayers Will not permit
rs, or, at least, myself, to vote for an /
appropriation for such an officer. l !
don t mean that [ would lend myself |
to tlibustering, but we Supervisors
have obligations to the public, Just as |
the Mayor has
The Democrats propose to have an |
organ. The Aloha Alma is now owned |
by a corporation in which Democrats /
are almost exclusively stock holders 1t |
has been the party organ for several /
months. 1t is proposed now to con !
Slderably increase the paper in size, !