Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-01-23

The expression OF number VI Hii-
portant ideas and recommendations in
connection with the session of the Leg
islature convening on the seventeenth
of next month. are contained in a
statement made by Governor Frcar this
morning.
The Governors most emphatic views
are in dealing with the problems OF
city and county government, and i'll
that connection he states there IS no
need of separate mayor with Il veto
power"
The Governors statement is as fol-
lows:
"Of course, a great many bills on
all sorts of subjects will come before
the Legislature. one of the most i'm
portant groups of bills will doubtless
be that relating to county and city
and county government. That Will
probably be the case in many legisla-
lures to come.
THE establishment of local govern
most important changes that has taken
S1lace in Hawaii for long while Hlth-
erto it has been in large measure q
3 question with some as to how far they
could extend county government, and
with others, how much they could re-
strict it, TO some it has been a
fetish, to others a bugbear one thing
is certain-it is here to stay The
question, now at least. whatever it may
have been before, should be, not how
far such government can be extended
or how much it can be curbed, but how
it may be put on the best basis; that
is. what it should be in itself in order
to be most efficient and what its re-
lations to the Territorial government
should be; how it may be perfected in
itself and coordinated with the Teri :
storial government. There must be
some reimbursement of functions be
tween the Territorial and county gov
ernlncnts and development within the
county governments themselves. This
will incidentally result in transferring
some powers back to the Territory and
in transferring additional powers from
the Territory to the counties, as well
as some reorganization and changes
within the counties
Local Government.
'Many changes would naturally oc-
N,tl,, Itipht tgN
thought to the matter. | will at TINS
time suggest only one line of charges
which it might be found advisable to
make and that relates to the election,
organization and powers of the govern
ing body in each county or city ana
county. 1t is in this respect that the
greatest advances have been made III
recent years on the mainland III the
matter of local goVernmcnt-adVahc
that have proved most remarkable IN
the degree in which they have lncreas-
ed the efficiency of local government
"ln the first place, 1t is now an eN-
ploded notion that the larger the num-
Der of elective officers the greater the
degree of popular government The
old notion was to elect as many officers
as possible on the idea that thereby
the people govern themselves, but as
matter of fact it has resulted the
other way The way to get popular
government is to elect those who de-
termine policies namely, the superVls-
ors. and let them appoint the officers
who are to carry out their policies
This is essential in order to obtain a
government that is responsible and re-
sponsive to the people. This principle
is now recognized and is being applied
more and more on the mainland.
Business Methods Urged.
"A board of supervisors is, or should
be. much like board of directors of Il
corporation. The directors are elected
and they appoint the other officers
They determine the policies and, are p