Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-13
M CLELLAN CHARGES
RECKLESS FINANCE
Punches Logan's Plan of
Expenditure Full
Of Holes

without reference to any of the
| legal questions involved" said Su-
pervisor Mcclellan. 81 opposed the APP
preparation bill the Republican ma
jority seem determined to enact upon
the ground that II is bad finance in
the first place, and that IL sweeps
away or tends to sweep away most of
the checks and safeguards against
extravaganza and improvident expen-
diture, which the Municipal Act seeks
to create. II makes II easier for the
spirit of extravaganza to have its
way. 1t makes II harder for the
spirit Of economy and of carefuness
in the expenditure of money to make
itself felt.
I'm the first place, this is new
government. II succeeds, in general,
to the functions and duties of the
County of Oahu, It is true; but 1t is
nevertheless a new government. The
Supervisors, therefore, II seems to me,
ought to have gone carefully into the
matter of the duties and obligations
imposed by law on the new govern
ment, considered every expenditure
1t ought to make. every service It was
called on to perform, the grade of
ability required in each particular
part of the public service. and hence
the reasonable compensation that
ought to be allowed. The sources of
revenue and their amount ought to
have been studied, and a general sys-
TEN of municipal finance studied out
that would have provided for a suit
able treasury balance always to be
carried to meet emergencies. and to
provide that there shall always be
money on hand to pay warrants when
presented, so that neither employees
nor those who furnish materials or
supplies need have to register their
warrants nor discount them.
This could have been done either
In a conference of all the members of
the Board, and in consultation with
the Auditor and Treasurer as to the
finances. and with other elective OF
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done by committee appointed for
that purpose, which was what | pro-
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len, noord NJ s,roryisors ana nrao,i
|raIIv witbout ,nv member or tho
poord having talon o,vth,ro more
than n mammal mr. acouiesc,py mar, IN
its formation. NJ Ioost that 10 nv in
fcrmoti,n and boyo NOT hoard a
dopiod
"The custom and nroctice NJ tho
ponrd oT superyisors os tho countv
lof Oohu was tal,on witbout opv in
luuirv os IN wbatber ,bo, nroctIco mr.
lrustom was good mr. not mr. wbotber
LIN was tho host cus,nr ar nroc,ico for
ltbo CIV and county r., ndont soIar-
les seem IN have boop ,doptsd from
those maid nv tho countv witbout anv
Investigation of the approprintenoss
or the SALARY and services IN each 9TH
err.
"Ip short instead nj opterinV u,on
an Independent study of the subiect.
and framing an augmentation hin IN
the basis of that study the hin pre.
sentod 10 ope that Suneryisor J.ogan