The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-01-08
C VERNNENT AT A STANDSTILL
WHILE OFFICIALS DO POLITICS
one Real COMMITTED Named.

After some little iangling back and
| forth about committees, a communica-
tion was read from the owners of the
Mcintyre building, Offering the entire
second floor for $3.50 n month. The
Supervisors wanted to close with the
! offer at once, but the Mayor asked that
the matter 60 to a committee. Logan
agreed, provided the committee be n
special one and not one to row about.
Fern finally named Logan, Mcclellan
and Cox, this being the first commit
| tee of the tlard concerning whose le-
gality there as no dispute.
Elected oficials Name Assistants.
The County Attorney, County Clerk
and District Magistrate. in communi.
cations, announced the assistants they
wanted. All were approved by the
| Republican members of the board after
going through the usual routine of
counting out the Mayor. Logan want.
ed to know what objection the Mayor
| had.
"These are not the same as other
| county employees he said. "There is
no question in dispute, no raising or
| cutting salaries. There can be no dis.
putting the privilege plainly laid down
in the law. If you 60 on in this way
we will very soon interfere with your
subordinates. +"
Rival Chairmen Clash.
There was a clash between Quinn and
Mcclellan over the bids submitted for
| supplies. The bids were opened and
! read and on motion referred to the
roads committee. No one objected, the
Mayor having his committee in mind
and the Supervisors their IS. The chair
men of the two committees. Quinn and
Mcclellan, both demanded the papers
from the clerk WHO fled TO Cathcart for
advice. Cathcaft advised him to rec.
ognize Quinn, although it was finally
decided that meme ,of the bids were in
order, not having been advertised for.
Logan stated that he did not think
the Mayor should object to considering
the bids, as the supplies were principal
| ly mule feed and he was advised that
the mules locked up were getting hun.
CRY.
The third motion put by the Mayor
! and carried was one to adjourn. The
\ board will meet again this afternoon at
three o clock.
How the Fight Stands.
As matters stand at present, both
parties to the dispute profess to be sat
isfied and state that if the other side
doesn't like the way things are going
the courts are open to them.
81 haven't anything to bring before
the courts,' said Mayor Fern. "The
Republican Supervisors can start an
action if they want to,n
''What have We got to kick about7"
asked Jim Quinn, spokesman for the
majority. "Aren't we doing nil right I
If Fern wants to go to law, why let
him.
\ Road Work at standstill.
Tommy Cummins and John Wilson
both claim to be in charge of all road
work, the latter as the Road Supervisor
and the former as Getty and County
employee To the casual observer in
the office of that official, it might APP
pear that the two contestants were the
best of friends, for they are both seat
ed at the same desk. Yesterday, how
ever, Cummins left Wilson in charge OF
the Office while he went out to boss the
street. t.sweepers and see that other nee
essary work was carried ahead. Little
or no work is being done on the streets
Captain Coster having the horses
; wagons ard implements locked up il
the government stables. C0ster woult
not allow anyone to enter the stables
yesterday 1t was expected that the
dispute would be settled one way o.
the other at last night IS meeting o.
: the board, but, as no definite action wa
taken, the dead-locked condition o
road affairs will probably continue.
The question is, who is going to b
: aid for all the loafing now being done