The Democrat. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1910-1910, 1910-10-25
SINGLE PROMISES TO
VIOLATE OATH OF
OFFICE

and county treasurer, has announced
what he will and will not do if he is
elected on November s. For unquali-
fed foolishness, colossal impudence and
willful attempt to deceive the voters,
the statements he made at the Repub-
lican meeting held last Tuesday even
ing at the corner of Liliha and School
streets have never been equalled.
Of Mr.. Shingles speech the Adver-
tiser Of Wednesday morning had the
following to say:
eff he was elected treasurer, and he
expected to be, said Shingle, for one
thing he wouldn t pay the new mayors
warrant if he had secretary that pull
ed him around by the coat tails as was
the case with the present mayor; H.
would he cash the steam rollers eX-
pense warrant if that machine was 60
ing to be used to haul around half a
dozen wagons and thus taking work
out of the hands of the voters who
should be given the job of driving each
separate wagon on the road work.
Indeed!
Since when, pray tell has the treas
urer had the right to refuse to cash a
properly drawn and approved warrant?
Mr.. Single, if elected, intends, ac-
cording to the only possible interpre-
tation of his own statement, to usurp
the functions of the mayor and the
board of supervisors He intends to
violate his own oath of office. He de-
clares that he will exercise the veto
power, will refuse to pay bills approved
by the board of supervisors and the
mayor, the ones to whom the people
delegate the right to order the payment
of bills.
Even if it were to turn out that John
Lane were elected mayor and had
secretary to pull him around by the
coat tails, what is that to the city and
county treasurer? That officer is not
eleced to prevent mayors being pulled
around by the coat tails, and if the
mayor and the board of supervisors
should decide to hire a private secre-
tary to perform that athletic stunt,
paying him certain salary therefor,
Mr. Bob Single, if he were treasurer,
could not refuse to cash the salary war
rant of such secretary. If he did re-
fuse, he would be very promptly i'm
peached and removed from office. Mr..
Single knows that very well, unless he
is utterly ignorant of the duties of the
office to which he aspires.
Neither is it any of the business of
the treasurer whether or not the steam
roller is used to pull around half a
dozen wagons. The business of the
treasurer is to be responsible for the
municipal funds placed in his keeping
and to hand out the moneys he is d.
rected by the board of supervisors and
the mayor to expend.
Perhaps Mr.. Shingles little grand
stand play that he wants to give each
of the voters job driving separate
wagon on the road work is intended to
gain him votes but Mr. Single must
greatly underestimate the good sense
Oh tHe VOTERS IL lie tlllihS loi Hlluuuo
that any of them will believe that Mr..
Single could do this-or would do it
if he could.
AT any other time than when he is
running for office, Bob Single would
be greatly insulted at being taken for
the fool he posed as on the stump
Tuesday evening. He knows very well
says he will do but apparently thinks
the voters are foolish enough to believe
him. Wherein he is greatly mistaken,
as he will learn on the evening of Nov
ember 8.
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