The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-07
CAMPAIGN FUND
YARN IS DENIED
Deputy Sheriff Rose Says That
Police Are Not Being Used
in Politics.

The story published last Saturday Il
the effect that the police station is be
| ing used as the political headquarter.
of certain men under Sheriff Jarrett
turns out upon full investigation to be
tommyrot. There is nothing in it and
there is nothing to justify it. 1t is q
weird fable based upon an innocent
and insignificant incident.
The fable published IN an afternoon
paper was that during the month OF
November Dan Kamahu tried to hold
up six policemen and asked them to
do something for their chief. 1t was
carefully minated, and very carefully
not stated, that Kamahu, acting for
Jarrett, had tried to make the police
contribute $3.50 apiece toward fund
for securing. the reelection of Sheriff
Jarrett. One of the policemen, whose
name-if he ever had one-was very
carefully suppressed, was quoted as say
ing that, even if the sheriff were. to
remove him, he would not contribute
to multiply the campaign funds. The
virtuous policeman was further quoted
as saving that neither the sheriff nor
anyone else connected with the police
department ''should use this police
man beat as political bait.
The latter sentiment, of course, is to
be applauded as heartily as are the
words of the hero of the melodrama
when he exelaims, amid terrific cheers,
q No one shall stick pin in mother s
wooden Leg But that does not mean
that there is any truth in the story
published, beyond the fact that Dan
Kamahu, as a Democrat who is entitled
to his own opinions, however wrong,
has been taking steps toward raising a
campaign fund.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Rose tells the
following about the matter:
"Several weeks ago, says the dep
uty sheriff, "Dan Kamahu came to me
and wanted to know if he could use
room in the police station for the
purpose of holding meeting of Demo-
cratic members of the force to talk
over campaign matters and make ar
rangements for the raising of a cam
paign fund. I told him he certainly
could not, that the police station was
not to he used in any way for political
purposes, and that, while neither the
Sheriff nor myself had anything to say
about, the politics of the individual
members of the force, we did not intend
to allow the police to be mixed up in
any way with politics. / advised him
that if any of the Democrats wanted to
hold a meeting, it would be the best
thing for him to go to Charlie Nc
Carthy and get the use of the Demo-
cratic headquarters | told him that
if any of them wanted to contribute TO
a campaign fund, that was their privi-
lege, but that no member of the force
must be forced or urged to contribute.
Kamahu took my advice and the
meeting was held in the Democratic
headquarters. Just what they agreed
upon as to what the individual Demo
Gratis should contribute I don t know,
for / was hurt in an accident about that
time and was kept at home. But | do
know that neither sheriff Jarrett nor
myself has anything to do with it, and
know that no member of the police
force is being forced to contribute any
thing toward the fund, nor is any effort
being made to force any of them to
contribute. The sheriff and myself
will not under any circumstances allow
such thing to be done. If any of the
boys want to contribute, that is their
business. not mine. But they are not
to contribute as policemen. We have
absolutely nothing to do with it.
''I do know that under a former ad
ministration the police were used in
politics, but we don't propose to have
anything of that kind during this ad
ministration. -
Dan Kamahu also absolutely denies
the truth of the story. "There is
nothing in it, - he says.