The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-05
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MAJORITY
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decision staring them in the face, the
Republican majority of the Board OF
Supervisors were in "a quandary last
night as 20 what mode Of procedure
to take 10 hold their position. and were
apparently afraid that the Democratic
mayor might have something up his
sleeve 10 shatter their own plans, tho
net result being that no business what
ever was transacted beyond the read
/ ing of the minutes of the preceding
two sessions.
The suddenness Of the presentation
of motion to adjourn until 4 o clock
/ this afternoon made by Supervisor
/ Quinn, and seconded by AHA, quite
took the breath away from even SUI
! pervisor Logan. Supervisors after
wards explained that there was really
no business to do; no payrolls, or any
thing in fact. The City Clerk, on the
other hand, had a batch Of business to
bring up before the meeting, and in it
was the very important matter of
! damage suit for $4,000 brought against
the getty and County of-Honolulu"
yesterday. matter which should have
been officially referred TO a committee,
or the City Attorney, last night. An
other important matter was the report
! on the charges made against road over
seer solomon Peck by the Mayor, which
was to have been brought up in its
regular course.
A Quiet Beginning.
When the board convened there was
quiet expressed on the collective super.
visorial face. The reading of the min
utes were proceeded with by Clerk Ka.
lauokalani, during which Mr.. Logan
came in and took his seat. At the
conclusion of the reading Mr.. Quinn
arose and moved to adjourn until to-
day, and was quickly seconded, and
the motion passed.
Mr.. Logan stated afterwards that
had he arrived before the Supervisors
took their seats and learned of the
contemplated program for adjournment
he might have opposed it, as he had
some. business to present and knew of
more besides He stated, however, that
the Supervisors were receiving advice
during the day as to what procedure
to adopt at the meeting and that pos
sibly the Supervisors were not prepar'
ed to go ahead.
1t is understood that the Republicans
were afraid that if the meeting swung
along to regular business the Mayor
would formally reappoint his road SUI
pervisors and other appOintees, and
thus renew the fight for control of the
city's road department business. 1t is
understood that the Republican mem
bers wish to defer the transaction Of
} business as long as possible, or until
the municipal charter is amended to
give them, instead of the Mayor, the
power to appoint all employees.
/. A Republican Supervisor said yes
terday that if it came to the worst
with their side of the board that they
) could refuse to appropriate money for
pay of employees.
The $4,000 Damage Suit.
! Mayor Fern was yesterday cited by
the High Sheriff to appear before the
Circuit Court to answer as one of the
defendants in the case of John Has
kell VS.. the City and County of Homo
lulu, case brought for $4,000 dam
ages alleged to have been sustained in
November last, when he was thrown
, from a L. S. quartermaster wagon by
, being bumped into by a fire depart
mcnt wagon of the Palama depart.
ment HIS leg was broken. The suit
was entered in the Circuit Court yes
terday The Mayor, in communca-
ton to the board, called attention to
the fact of the suit, and asked that it
be referred to "the City Attorney for
appropriate action" But nothing was
doing
The Peck Case.
The report of the special committee
appointed by the Mayor to inquire into
the charges filed by the Mayor against
Sol. Peck, road overseer for Koolau-
poke, was also to have been read. The
report is understood to. contain state.
ments to the effect that some time
during the life of the last board Sol.
Peck was permitted TO employ a man
to look after horses of the county kept
at his private premises, aud that he
had mentioned the matter to Mr..
Quinn. and the latter said it would be
O. X.
Sheriff s Report.
The report of Sheriff jarrett for
, February, comprising n tabulated list
Of arrests and offenses under which de.
PENDANTS were charged, was also on
. the Glcrk' IS desk to be read. The re,
port shows total arrests in Oahu 10
have been 379, with 26z convictions,
and fines assessed $l62S.90. For HI.
nOlulu alone the arrests were $3.50 and
243 convictions, and fines assessed
amounting to $ll4790.
Some residents of Kama lane peti,
toned for more electric lights.
Opposition Employees.
Quite unconsciously the partisans of
the Mayor and those of the Republi.
can party have divided off the epec.
r tator space of the session room into
two parts. The mauka side is occu.
pied almost exclusively by Democrats
and the makai side by Republicans,
and largely by employees under one OF
, the other road supervisors.
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PEARL HARBoR DOMINATES.
During the course of debate in the