Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-07

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lion whether under the law | have q
right to pass upon the re,ting OF oo!i
cations and liabilities ia the first In
stance, and whether | have the yett
check upon such action by the Board
OF Supervisors or not. that Is the
main point In question
When this appropriation bill comes
before me, II It does, Il viii BE- iargely
q question simply whet!rr shan
agree TO the paying Of hiils herctofors
incurred by the Committees of thg
Board q fSupervisCrs where | have had
neither voice nor sGy as to whether
these liabilities IA the ngst instance
| should he Incurred or not.
Anyone who read he rules vote !
through by the Board OF Supervisors ~
their. arst meeting could see at once
what those rulcs meant. They went
lar wide of the question of who shuul, /!
he officers or who should not. or VIII .
should appoint them or who should re-.
move them. and. believing as / do that
! have, under the law, the right t. pass
pom and approve or ver1 any proposed
| expenditure of public money before
the obligation has been incurred, upon
the direct Issue Of whether the same
shall be incurred or not, ana believing
also that this right Is vital one to the
public interests, have been cGmpclle /
to enter consistent protest against al.
action involving expenditures in this
'om the beginning.
Now how Is that Issue TO be settled?
II compromised, compromised in
what way?
] do not consider that have any
authority to waive such n right any
how. II the court hollis practically
that my veto does not reach the uues-
tion of mourning obligations, but
Cnly comes In after the obligations
have been incurred on the question
OF paying existing obligations, well
and good, but II Is clearly a matter
that cannot be compromised on the
side by anyone; the courts have got
to decide that issue.
stated in my inaugural address.
and have repeated since, that | wish
the matter settltd before the courts,
and that Is still by desire, and | am
more than willing, and have always
been so, to have the matter settled
promptly In court. Not a single per-
Eon has approached me from the 9th
ei sidt suggesting suit or any COM
promise, other than the one to divide
up Offices. as already stated.
The Board of Supervisors Is abso-
iutely in the hands of the RepubIi-
cans. the courts have been omen to
thin from the very first, and | can
not understand Mr.. Smiths almost
threatening letter addressed TO me
this morning, If he desires the mat
ter settled before the courts, and
now suggest to him that he TAXI u
hand and have the matter settled
promptly before the cour,, assuring
him that ! will meet him mare than
hair way In that matter, and telling
him also that ! have never been adj
yised TO do otherwise by anyone,
counsel or anyone else.
Moreover, ! suggest that whatever
my intentions, have had little op.
portunity 10 obstruct anything; /
have entered my protest in the only
way open to me at the time, which
has been promptly Oyerridden by the
Board of Supervisors. Perhaps even
protests under the circumstances are
an offtnce to Mr. Smith, or perhaps
he is not fairly informed as to all
the facts and issues involved.
II has been suggested that the real
time for intervention by the courts
will be when an attempt Is actually
made to pay out and deliver money
from the City ana CourIy Treasury
to the employees create and con-
trolled by the committees of the
Board OF Supervisors; However, Mr..
Smith may be able to suggest some
prompter and more complete settle
ment of these issues. II so, well and