The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-03-10
DEN0UNCE BILLS
FOR COUNTY
ACT
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Politicians Do Not Like
Commission Form
Of Law.
AT PUBLIC HEARING
Champions Of Reform
Also Heard Before
Committee.
AT PUBLIC HEARING
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Commission government, direct prl'
mary laws and Republican party DOM
nation was tine political potpOurri
mixed at a public hearing on house
hills number ll3, 115 and l2O, amend
ING the county act more or less lhto
an approach TO commission government
while house bill 81, providing ior pr
mary elections, was dlsseeteu, u
pouneed, praised, damned and neiu ip
as the saving measure OF the hepuo.
Tcan marty, all before the judiciary
committee of the house, in the oid
tbroperoom of the Capitol, last even
ing. ..o;-man of the
iudieiarv committee, presided, and IN
his opening address said:
sIn this house many bills deaIlhg
with the city and county government
mostly amending, have been INTRODUCED
Tut tvhat the legislators want is to IN
trodpce one comprehensive measure 70
cover the whole county act. one Is
nnmber ll3. one number 1l5 and tine
other 12O. all changing somewhat tine
forr, of Government for the CITY ana
County of Honolulu.
unfortunately there has been more
or less disagreement between the mayor
and the supervisors. What we want 10
81 do away with this. In bill 1l5 the
,no;n change is that the mayor becomes
a member of the board of supervisors,
but without change in salary, ana
yotipg as a supervisor, the majority
vote to rule. The bill does not change
tba present system of electing county
officers, 49,, oyo-
is simply a member OF the noaru, anu M
the board appoints all the otnceIs az
down the line, except the audltof,
has been referred to as the commission
form of government bill, except tna1
4AeFf fiff If S RaR6ssqal Fssqll ra5 OF EsfsEsaS9@;
supervisors, in charge of FIVE depart
ments. each head of department hav-
ing the appointment of all officers IN
his department.
Then he called for expressions of
opinion.
dwelling upon the provisions in bill
ll3, and remarked:
TsIt seems to me that we are going
hack TO county government again. The
mayor is without any power at all, ex.
cent as a supervisor. Why not put
away the mayor altogether and elect
all supervisors7 To elect a mayor at
$3.50 month and supervisors at $50
a month is not right. If the mayor
had the power, all right; but 1T is not
right where all have the same power,
That's how feel toward bill number
ll3. And I feel the same toward bill
number 115.
Gas for bill number 120, there the
supervisors have a salary of 5000
month each. That is a better bill for
the city and county, as all will have
to work. That is government by COM
mission. We have been looking for it,,
hut if we are going to have a commits
sion form let us have it now as we'll
as two years from now. 1t is a law
measure. and it is up to the legislators
to pass the laws, and if they think this
bill is best do it. I think bill number
100 is best.
ffThe law as it is today is the best
this city and county ever had. Only
the difference today is that the board
of supervisors is Republican and the
mayor and one member are Democrats,
and the mayor has the veto power and
in the conflict today is the cause Of all
the trouble. If all were Re publicans,
or all Democrats, there would be no
trouble"
ON Eva Plan.
''In bill 12O it means this" said
William C. Achi, "that the city and
county is corporation for cooperation.
Like Eva plantation, it is owned by
thousands of stockholders and is run by
five men-fve good business men spend
ing million dOllars.a year. So think
bill number 120 is better law than we
have today, where if road supervisor
thinks he has the backing of the mayor
he can do as he pleases, and if he thinks
he has the backing of the supervisors he
can defy the mayor. If run on the EVA
plan, that is the way TO save money
and the government ought to make the
government business affair.
1.-THE reason for not having seven
supervisors is because they would not
have enough to do to keep them busy
while five supervisors win have plenty
70 do to earn their 5000 a month"; -
Well, If the man in charge of the
sherih's department can't get along
with him can he FIRE himq" asked Su.
pervisor Harry Murray.
: Only by a majority vote" was the
reply. (Laughter.)
Strongly Opposed,
City Clerk David Kalauokalapi was
bitterly opposed 10 the bin for commits.
SION government in any form, and want
ca TO know, In tragic tones, in what
way u was better than the law TO.
DAY He said the bills provided cen.