The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-03-10


tanu In.
lIaonef 40 bach 10 iho old form of
rnnniy government ana 40 away with
ne mayor. Now, when iho mayer gets
N25Q q month, Ne is On ornament and
ire supervisors. who get $50 q month,
ret tie criticism. The mayors only
nrcroeaiivo 10 20 call The ayes and
uocs.n
Fix Present Law.
Supervisor Murray said he did not
think u was really necessary 60 pass
any one Of the three bills. From q
political standpoint no was In favor OF
cutting out tho appointive power Of
the mayor aud eliminating the dead
lock. 80 as TO place the responsibility
on the board, where The criticism is.
Best for tho People.
Representative Archer, who intro.
duced bill l2O, said he wanted a chance
to defend it. He emphasized the fact
that the supervisors get only $50 q
month to run the government, but 5000
or $3.50 a month to run their private
businesses, and the government suffers.
"But under the provisions Of this
bill they will have to work and look
after their departments. The other day
saw the board Of supervisors went
bangl into tree (laughter), but un-
der this bill they will have to work
all day. This law is best for Hawa-
iians, and there is less politics. You
may call it commission form Of govern
ment, but it is the best law, and the
people should uphold It,"
Bertram Rivenburgh, secrtary to the
mayor, wanted Mr.. Archer to tell him
If he thought 5000 month would get
fine class of men, like W. o. Smith,
W. R. Castle and others, to run the gov
ernment.
"well, make it $780," answered
Archer, and there was a laugh.
"Whv not have commission with.
said that bill 100 was the best, but
that the legislature ought to go further
and establish the recall and referendum.
Would Grant Great Powers.
''I regret very much the way this
law has worked out said Mr.. Smith.
~ will say frankly think our worthy
mayor has been illadvised; a little
more regard for the public welfare and
little less of personal feeling might
have been better / approve Of bill
number 1lS, but not with the removal
of the veto as a check. This house of
thirty men has not the power it would
give the five supervisors if this bill is
passed"
"DOn't you think the present law
could be smoothed out by modifying
the appointing power7" asked Repre-
sentative Watkins.
f'I think it would" replied Murray
heartily.
81 would like to ask the mayor. if
he would be giving ap great deal by
giving up his appointive power, !" asked
Watkins.
"No, no." responded the mayor
slowly. "At the same Tins if that
appointive power is taken away he
should have a vote the same as the
supervisors.
Present Law Hybrid One.
Judge Robertson spoke of the pres
ent law as hybrid one, sort of New
York Galveston plan mixed. He spoke
of the New York plan, where the mayor
is held responsible and believed that
was the plan meant here, but the
RRy0qH5 II : Is E5SGf Ed5tHREa RaBs But hGsB Glinned and
elf the Legislature is to act it must
J decide upon one form or the other, !"
remarked Judge Robertson. ''But
that might not suit some Republican
politicians, and as 1 am out of politics
now 1 can afford to say so. (Laugh-
ter.) As it is, the supervisors are try.
ing to do the mayors work on $50 a
month. On the other hand, the mayor
and high-grade secretary are doing
nothing"
Full Commission.
eff the commission form of govern
ment is to be adopted here it should
be fully so, with the recall and the ref
erendum, or it will produce the worst
machine form of government ever seen
here. Or we should return to the old
plan with primary law. 1t was poll
ties cut the wings of the mayor"
Lorrin A. Andrews denounced any
change in the form of government.
'Don't- inflict ON Honolulu all kinds
lpf government as experiments. Let us
have peace" (Laughter.)
Primary Law Debate.
| INV pIlhdIg law as eNempllueQ IN
house bill number 81, was the subject
of heated debate. Chairman Castle
explained it and added that Judge
Whitney had drafted a primary bill
based on the Berkeley law, which is
non.partisan, but stated that the one
under discussion was partisan.
Mr.. Thompson, of the Republican
central committee, went into careful
analysis of the bill, explaining how it
eonserves the party and prevents vot-
ing split ticket.
Andrews called it revolutionary and
announced with tears in his eyes, or
seemingly so, that it would wipe out
the Republican party and that the party
would not be "worth that as he
snapped his fingers.
He cited affairs in Oregon and dwelt
upon the manner in which the willy
Democrats would run the Republican
party, also he referred TO Achi's "lt-
tie organization of his own" as a sam.
pie of how little factions would spring
up.
Smash Everything.
"Lets give the other islands n taste