The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-06

iiieh'S TO once. hefusaIs, appeals, same
strike one, strike two, strike three.
you re out, score six to one.
AHA announced Supervisors list of
standing committees and moved the
adoption. He got it, the same round
the block way as everything was be-
ing passed, with an intermission to al
low Logan and Cox to officially decline
TO serve OH any standing committee
that the Mayor might name.
Quarter Million Appropriations.
Logan, chairman of the finance com
mittee of the Supervisors, just named,
then rose to introduce an appropria-
ton bill carrying quarter of mil
lion for the expenses of the next six
months.
"This bill calls for an appropriation
some 1888 over the estimated in.
come he said. after acknowledging
that the bill had been hurriedly pre-
pared and that he was not positive
about some of the figures, these hav-
ing been supplied by a clerk. ''The
estimates were given me as being very
; conservative ones, however, and are on
the same basis as the former county
estimates, so we are safe in that re-
spect. There is also assurance that
our income from the Territory will be
greater than the amount given, espe
cially for the next six months period.
This bill will allow an expenditure of
$1S,925 a month on the roads, in ad-
dition to $1625 from the road tax
fund. | move that the resolution be
adopted and that the clerk be author
! lied to advertise the necessary five
days in the papers. The bill is very
conservative one
: Aylett seconded the motion and
Fern refused to put it.
"Until / am satisfied as to the le-
gality of the business being transact
ed, | refuse to be party to it. |
rule the motion out of order. -
81 am astonished at that ruling, -
said Logan, rather severely for him..
l''This resolution does not affect any
of the questions in dispute. / think
that this is remarkable ruling of
yours and that you ought to take it
back This resolution is just as ben.
eicial to your hui, or faction, or what
ever it is, as it is to us. I am here
with my colleagues fighting princi-
pie of law. We are in regular session
and this is a regular matter of bust
ness. -
Fern declined to be advised as to
his ruling and declined to withdraw it.
"Then, in all seriousness, Mr.. Mayor,
| demand that you allow me to appeal
from your ruling and that you put the
appeal. y
Nothing doing, whereupon Logan put
the motion to override the Mayor and
then the motion on the resolution.
Logan Weary of Counting.
els there any more important bus
mess to be done2' asked Logan. 81
don t want too much of this extraor
binary business. | would like to ask
the Mayor when he thinks he will be
, able to preside over our meetings.
am getting weary of the job.
"Mr. Logan. and Members of the
Board,' answered the Mayor, ~ an
not blocking your business. This boarc
seems to have found way of doing
| tnlU2S THAT SsttiShtS II. an uDi BuI
ting anything in your way, but | de
cline to have any part in it until
am satisfied of the validity of what
r we are DOING
One Real Committee Named.
After some little jangling back ant
forth about committees, communica
ton was read from the owners of th
Mcintyre building, offering the entir
second floor for $3.50 a month. Tn
i. Supervisors wanted to close with TIL
e offer at once, but the Mayor asked tina
I the matter go to committee. Logan
=, agreed. provided the committee be
special one and not one to row about
0 Fern finally named Logan, McClella
: and Cox, this being the first commit
4 tee of the board concerning whose lie
gality there is no dispute.
Elected officials Name Assistants.
The County Attorney, County Cler
and District Magistrate, in communi
/ cations, announced the assistants the
wanted All were approved by tn
Republican members of the board afte
going through the usual routine o
counting out the Mayor. Logan want
, ed TO know what objection the Mayo
had.
q '|These are not the same as othe
county employees he said. "There
no question in dispute, no raising G
S cutting salaries. There can be no di
0 putting the privilege plainly laid dow
l. in the law. If you 60 on in this wa
. we will very soon interfere with you
subordinates -
Rival Chairmen Clash
There was a clash between Quinn an
G Mcclellan over the bids submitted f.
u supplies. The bids were opened an
read and on motion referred to TIL
= roads committee. No one objected, th
< Mayor having his committee in min
: and the Supervisors their s. The char
men of the two committees, Quinn an
n Mcclellan. both demanded the paper
from the clerk who fed to Cathcart fc
advice Cathcart advised him to rec
81 ognize Quinn. although it was fnall
decided that none of the bids were j
J. order. not having been advertised 70
: Logan stated that he did not thin
the Mayor should object to considerin
! the bids, as the supplies were principa
" mule feed and ne was advised tina
, tho mules locked I'D were getting hur