The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-03-22
Quorum Of the Supervisors
Stayed Away From Last
Nights Meeting.
FIRE LIMIT LAW DELAYED
Suggestion of a Penalty for Nom
Attendance at Meetings
Is Made.
(From Saturdays g Advertiser }

(fr0m SATURDAY AuVertlser)
There was no meeting of the board
of supervisors last night to take up
the matter of final passage of the fire
limits ordinance--for the simple reason
that majority of the board stayed
away from the meeting place and there
was no quorum. The impression pre-
vailed among those who were at the
meeting that the absentees had stayed
away on purpose, to avoid vote. They
had been scared, it was freely stated,
by w: C. Achi S hints on Tuesday even
ing that those who proposed to vote
for the ordinance had better consider
what might happen to them in the No
vember elections.
On Tuesday evening the ordinance
passed second reading, and a special
meeting was set for last night to pass
1t finally. AHA, Aylett and Kane were
all present and concurred in this ar
rangement, though Kane went on record
as opposed to the ordinance, without
explaining why. All three stayed away
last night.
Mayor Fern and Supervisors Logan,
Quinn and Mcclellan waited for nearly
an hour and tried to get in touch with
the other members of the board. But
II was impossible to get quorum, and
shortly after eight o'clock it was de
cided to adjourn to next Monday even
ing. ,
Before adjournment Logan asked
Deputy County Attorney Milverton re-
parding the powers of the board to
compel attendance of members. Mil
verton replied that the board had power
TO impose a penalty upon member
for not attending when meetings were
called
Cox, who lives far out of town, was
not expected to be present, but there
was no explanation of the absence OF
Ayiett, Kane and AHA. The board had
other important business on, besides the
fire limits ordinance, but everything
had TO go over.
Achi 8 veiled warming that those wh'
supported the fire limits ordinance
would get the opposition of the tene
ment vote, is regarded as responsible
for the failure of some of the super
visors to appear last night and pass tn
measure according to their settled pro
gram of last Tuesday.
Achi himself denies that he made an.
political threats. The foxv politician
saws he had no idea of telling the su
pervisors that if they voted for the fir
limits law they would get it in tn
neck politically next November. H
merely mentioned that there was to b
an election in November in order tha
the supervisors might have in mind tn
fact that they could, if they .wante
to. let the people vote on the ordinance
al only ask what is fair" said Ach
sand it is not correct to say that
made any threats about the Novembe
election. -
Against Aehi's suave disclaimer
a political threat, is the fact that thre
supervisors found themselves unable
take any time to act on the ordinanc
last night. They may have been KEEP
away by more important business, bu
il was apparent last night that the in
preston prevailed among supervisor
and county officials present at the NEE
ing, that the absentees stayed away
avoid vote.
In fact during the afternoon an int
nation was given that there would b
n quorum of absentees, and that tn
fire limits ordinance wouldn't pass.
In the mean time, there is a boo'
in the building of structures whic
wouldn 4 he allowed if the ordinane
were in effect, and the business con
munity appears to be unanimous in tn
opinion that they are a grave menac