The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-15
.OUR FRISCO LETTER
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ted that those grating policemen,
heirlooms from the period Of Chief
Jerry" Oman and Commissioner
Flannery, are doing their utmost to
bring odium upon the Chief in hopes
popular sentiment will force change,
when the opportunity will again pre-
sent itself to install a man in the up
per office who will take his share
and keep his eyes shut"
The irony of the situation has been
that when a police officer was proved
unworthy, he was removed from the
more desirable beats" downtown and
sent to the woods" in the outskirts
of the city And now comes the res
idents of those districts to demand
why incompetent or dishonest police
men should be sent to guard their
community Such are the under
ground pulls of many of the officers,
however, that it is almost impossi-
BILE to force them out of the depart
ment entirely, as sufficient evidence
can seldom be gathered to make SER
ious charges stick" 1t looks now,
however, as though the Chief of Po-
lice would make good some of the
present charges and can this be done
wedding out of the force will un-
doubtedly follow at once.
Police conditions in San Francis
co much resemble those which pre-
vailed in Honolulu some years ago,
and the outcome of the police situa-
ton here will doubtless be followed
with interest in Honolulu.
That the fight for the Fair is not
entirely over is evidenced by the urg-
ent message received in San Francis
co today from r. B. Hale, Acting
president of the Exposition, during
that the state bonds for the fair be
made available at once.
Although New Orleans has practic-
ally withdrawn all opposition, and
does not seem inclined to dispute tho
passage of the Exposition bill in the
upper house, the task of getting the
bill through the Senate is fraught
with danger owing to possible delay
and the knowledge that amendments
may be offered which will send the
bill back to the House, and possibly
! place the fight almost where it was
, before the House of Representatives
favored San Francisco.
There is much legislation before
Congress of a grave nature, such as
the tariff revision, election of Sena-
tors by direct vote of the people, the
Lorimer matter, ETC., and but little
| left of the session. Owing to this
very fact the Kahn resolution may be
side tracked by the Committee, as
not being complete in fact.
This resolution specifies that Cal.
ifornia must have $15,000,0O0 avail
able; therefore unless the California
legislature Immediately passes neces-
| sary legislation naming the terms and
, conditions under which the provis-
ions of the State levy tax may be car,
I ried out, there is grave danger that
the ground already gained will be lost.
Should the Senate pass the Kahn
bill as formulated, the President
| must invite foreign nations to ex-
hibit when he finds the sum of $15,-
! 100000 available, but unless the Cal.
ifornia legislature takes immediate
action on the state tax, that amount
of money cannot possibly be said to
| be available, and under such circunl-
stances it is feared that the Senate
would not bother to carry the bill fur
| Their, and it would be held up in com.
mittee, and it would be doubtful
whether it could be brought out of
/ the committee before the end of this
session, which is only four weeks
away.
1t is for this reason that urgent
messages have been sent from Wash
ington to Governor Johnson and oth.
ers, and it is expected that immediate
action will result A number of prom
inent San Franciscans left immediate
ly for Sacramento, and every effort
will be made to get legislative action
before the Senate Committee meets
Who will be Director General Of
this Fair? This is a question which
is being answered in a dozen different
ways, according to what side you hap.
pen to be listening to.
Theodore Bell, who led the Demo
Gratis of California to a gallant defea
in the last political campaign, is mem
toned by many. He is a brillian
lawyer, a hard clean fighter, and die
good work at Washington; but anoth
er faction says that an out and on
business man must hold the all i'm
portant position-that the job call
for the training such as only a busi