The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-31
SOLID -Four" Saves the Official
Head Of Wilson With
One Vote.
AND THE MAYOR JUST eRINS
Committees Recommendation Is
Turned DOwn-Money for
Nuuanu.

The burlesque of government with
which Honolulans are too familiar was
never better demonstrated than at the
meeting of the city fathers last night,
when the bungling road supervisor, who
defes his supervising committee on the
board, was retained in Office despite
unanimous recommendation of the
road committee members that he be
discharged for gross ineompeteney.
Wilson denies the right of the road
committee to interfere with him in his
work, declaring that he is an ap-
pointee of City Engineer Gere. Mr..
Gere washes his hands Of responsibility
for any of Wilson 8 actions, stating
that he was appointed by the super
visors. The road committe, in charge of
the road work, can not FIRE Wilson, be-
cause he is doing good politics for
Murray and Kruger, "building up our
machine, as the latter puts it.
After providing funds to cover the
overdraft of the road department,
Chairman Dwight, of the road com
mittee, presented n resolution calling
for the removal from office of Wilson
on charges of general incompetency and
insnbordination. As soon as this re-
moval resolution was read, Supervisor
Murray moved to table it, which mo-
tion was seconded by Mcclellan.
"solid Four Solid.
After half an hour of verbal persi-
aage INDUCED in by the supervisors
the motion was carried TO table the
resolution, the solid four voting for
and the three members Of the road
committee voting against.
Mayor Fern enjoyed the meeting inn
mensely, sitting back quietly and watch
ing the board wrangle over the removal
of Wilson, toying with the plaything
they created for themselves when they
acquired "centralization of power.
1t was good meeting and ran along
quietly for nearly an hour before any
thing broke loose, Charlie Arnold be-
ing the first to start the bali rolling
when the resolution came mp to switch
money from the outside districts to
Honolulu to help out Nuuanu work for
the next two months.
Arnold Gets Rather Warm.
Arnold believed that after the sean
dalous way in which Wilson had
handled the money given him, spend.
ing $1,000 in twenty days ON Nuuanu,
that it was a little too much, to take
away from the outside districts, which
had kept within their appropriations,
money which they needed for their own
use.
Murray said that he believed Nun
anu work was more important than that
of outside districts. Fern wanted to
know if this money could be taken
from outside legally, to which Milver-
ton said the appropriation bin would
have to be amended, and then Low
spoke a few words anent the whole
proposition.
The Cowboy Supervisor held that the
county was short of money, that it was
needed for schools, yet the expenditures
here had been kept within the apprO-
priation, although children were going
to school in barns and even under the
trees. That such being the case it was
almost too much to ask that an over
draft should be encouraged.
1t was voted FIVE to two to take the
money from the country Districts,
/ Arnold and Low voting against the
measure.
To Remove Wilson.
When this was finished, resolution
was introduced by Low providing for
money to cover the overdraft Of Viii,
son. This was passed unanimously, and
then Low introduced another resolu-
ton, signed by Dwight, to remove VIII.
son from office.
Here again fireworks eame into play
and the exhibition was one which yerg-
ed on the personal at times, Mcclellan,
of the smooth tongue; making a nicely
polite speech as to how he had been
opposed to certain things when they
came up, but that as they had been
adopted he would stand by them. Will
sons overdraft was but $1,000, he
said, and there were credits which
would take this sum down.
Low told Of the several occasions
when Wilson had disregarded orders
of the road committee and had ignored
It entirely, etc, etc.
Dwight Turned Down
Murray ana Mcclellan, Low and
Dwight induiged in the verbal battle
which swayed the board and spectators;
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came time 10 vote, when he einehed the
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