The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-08


named no Chinese interpreter for the
district court and asked the board to
nominate someone. After some discus.
sion, during which Logan stated that
he wasn't familiar enough with the
Chinese to suggest a name. it was de-
eideG to decline to make any nomina.
tion. The clerk was instructed to so
notify Mr.. Andrade and to suggest that
he ask the City Attorney to name a
man. This last was at Cathcart IS sug-
gestion. Willie Crawford beamed in
the doorway during this part of the
proceedings.
Logan was the first to ask Cathcart
to make the nomination, but the legal
adviser Of the Board bashfully declined
TO openly express any preference he
might have at that time.
Logan's motion in this was put by
the Mayor and got unanimous vote.
Then followed the motion to adjourn.
also put by His Hopor and carried with
no dissenting voice.
The Board will meet again this af-
ternoon at one o clock.
Road Work Begins Today.
Supervisor Quinn, the chairman of
the majority committee in charge of the
road work, announced after the meet
ing that everything was in order now
to get to work on the roads.
"We start right in with full force
of men tomorrow he said. "The
first job to be tackled will be King
street. We will start in at River street
and finish up all that end of the street
| clear out to the Fort. We will have
four steam rollers and we will push
things right along from now on.
"We are also going to start out a
repair gang, whose work it will be to
keep moving around the city to watch
| for the beginning of breaking up on
the roads. Just as soon as break
starts we will have it repaired. We
intend not only to build good roads but
to keep them in repair once they are
built. In this we expect to have bet
ter roads, make them last longer and
have the expense less than ever be-
fore in Oahu
Democrats Are Satisfied.
The Democratic leaders express per-
| feet satisfaction at the situation now
developing in city government affairs.
There is some dissatisfaction expressed
at the partisan manner in which the
City Attorney is acting, sitting at the
Board meetings and openly coaching
the Republican members in the scrap
under way. As the City Attorney is
supposed to be the legal adviser of the
Mayor, the fact that he does not hold
himself in an impartial attitude is Sc.
verely commented on.
owe are quite satisfied at the way
the Republican majority is exposing its
| hand said one prominent Democrat
last night. "The fact that the Repub.
licans at yesterdays meeting under
took under, their socalled rules to ap.
point long list of employees is some
thing that shows the Interpretation
they intend to put on those rules.
1.-The point we make is that the law
expressly provides that any measure
or action involving the expenditure OF
city funds must be submitted to the
Mayor for his approval or veto. Ger
tainly rules that admit of the appoint
ing of many employees on salaries are
something that involves expenditure
of money, and the fact that as We
nothing has been submitted for thu
approval of the Mayor Shows that tn,
intention of the majority of the Super
visors is to strip the Mayor of ever,
vestige of the authority imposed in hin
by the law. This is what we want tn,
public to see before the matter is takel
into the courts.
eff the Supervisors by rules can vot,
salaries to officers, they can by rule,
also go ahead and build a city hall o.
do anything else they want without con
sulting the Mayor in any way, thu
making him fgurehead pure and sim
pie. The Supervisors have reached ou
too far and has stultified their every
action. The court will certainly rule
so and the validity of everything done
so far will be denied.
"The city will suffer for allSthe ac
tions so far taken.
Compromise Being Talked.
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