The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-11-24
vETO SUSTAINED
BY THREE VOTES
BIT as Matter Was Not Taken
Up in. Proper Form II viii
Have to Come Again.
Crrom wednesday . Advortiser.)

CFrom Wednesdays Advortiser.)
That tho belt road had nothing on
Nuuanu avenue was the gist Of some ro.
marks mnde last evening at board Of
supervisors, when the question Of taking
money from outside districts came up,
Eben Low stating that 1850 feet Of
Nuuanu had already cost sls,s55.2a
with none Of it completed, and part
only subgraded. Words few hot and
fast when money resolution vetoed
by Mayor Fern came up for reconsid.
Grafton on motion of Mcclellan, and
It was during this time Of airy per
sifage that Low made public the as
founding figures of Nuuanu work.
It will be remembered that Chair
man Dwight of the road committee
several weeks ago introduced a resolu-
tion calling for a certain portion of
money of the outside districts to help
out the work on Nuuanu, the appro-
priation for which had been overdrawn.
This measure was objected to by Ar
mold and Low but carried by a vote
Of FIVE to two, afterwards being vetoed
by Mayor Fern, who believed that all
the country districts needed their
money for their own work.
Who Would Changer
Much speculation has been INDUCED
in since the veto as to who would up
hold the Mayor besides Arnold and
Low, it being thought that Mcclellan
would stand with Hizzoner, and per-
haps Dwight would shift his position.
Last night Mcclellan came out fiat as
against Mayor Fern, the only other
Democrat in the executive branch of
the city government, and Dwight did
change, thus upholding the veto and
saving the country road department.
Dwight that distinguished himself by
being the one to lead in strangling his
own legislative offspring.
After Mcclellan moved to reconsider,
Arnold made motion, seconded by
Low, to "snstain the veto of Mayor
Fern" and then the fireworks began
to shoot. 1t has been many week
since such an exhibition of forensic
elOquence has been heard in the sacred
precincts, but it was all there last
evening, Murray, Mcclellan, Low and
Dwight taking turns in shooting of
q few verbal pinwheels and rockets.
Murray First Up.
Murray started things going by
quoting figures to show that the out
side districts had had considerably
moro money spent on their roads than
they had raised by taxes, in some cases
several times as much. Honolulu had
always got the worst Of it, according
TO Murray, and it was time to make
n change. They did not want to take
money from the country right along
but just for a couple of months.
Low came back as soon as Murray
had subsidized somewhat and told of the
oxtravagant work being done in Nun
anu, already costing considerably more
than the much talked-of Heeia road
and not mile by a lot.
"The outside districts are entitled
TO every dollar that they are now get
ting" said Low, "and they have beer
cut down already" and he went OF
to tell of necessary work which must
be done at Wahiawa in the near flu
ture.
Comes Back Strong.
This was like red rag to bull
rs far as Murray was concerned an,
he came back with a statement tina
the road committee had never report
ed any work necessary in that section
also that the figures quoted by Low
for Nuuanu included moving fences
building several storm sewers and othel
matters not pertaining directly to the
road itself. Nuuanu was in such bac
shape now that people were likely t.
be killed there, and it should be com
pleted at once.
Up jumped the Cowboy Supervisor
and maintained that there are no storm
sewers included in his figures and
proved it by Deputy Auditor Lloyd
who was present. Following this he
quoted City Engineer Gere as stating
the Nuuanu work should cost $500 a
running foot, and he said it had al
ready cost $5.6l a running foot and
nothing was completed. Murray was
quiet after that.
Mcclellan Opposes Fern.
Then it was that the lone Democrat
Mcclellan stepped into the breach Il
help out Murray. He told of the extrl
money which had been spent in tn,
country from time to time which haC
been taken from Honolulu, and called
attention TO the fact that the loan fun(
commission was TO spend 100000 il
the outside districts. He believed THU
money should be brought In for Homo
lnln work, and wonld have TO take
stand against the Mayor, the first time
be had ever done so.
After this the scrap became general
Low, Murray and Mcclellan all getting
mixed up at once, until someone called
question" and Il looked MS II vot,
was 10 be taken, until Sam Dwight goi
up 10 Hpeeehify a little,
lie started Ia by saying that be had
egTeed 10 take money from the outsld,
aistTieis A first, and those who heard
bis prefaeing remarks realized thai
Dwight had shifted 20 back up Arnold
and Low IN sustaining the veto.
Dwight Flopped
Dwight went 0n 10 explain that N
fnes huusnu poTk VAS lnporiapi, bu
"a bad hfeu aRainsi taxing money fr0u