The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-10-08
STILL SHYING IN
THE AUDIT MATTER
Big Island Supervisors Pass the
Buck Again-Many Are
Asking "Why?"
(Mail Special to Tho Advortiscr.)

Mah opcciai W Ahe AuNoitAschJ
HILo, October 5.-The board of
trade s request to have a detailed audit
of the county's financial affairs has
been STAYED off again by reference
to committee.
The supervisors did not wish to take
up the matter Mt all. As matter of
fact, they took it up only when literally
forced to do so. They had tried to
sneak out of it. apparently they were
ashamed of turning down the request.
Possibly an even stronger reason pre-.
vented them from granting it.
The request had been placed before
the supervisors at their September
meeting, when they STAYED it off until
the October meeting, "to be taken up
with the consideration of the appro-
priation BILL.
The matter did, as matter of fact,
come up when the appropriations were
considered 1t was discussed with
much informality. Austin probably did
has best to have some action taken,
but the rest of the county fathers
bucked.
cit is dead anyhow. Let it alone.
1t is no use to dig up that trouble
again." they said. That is, they said
that in the privacy of their committee
meeting. On the outside they did not
speak that way. Not by long chalk.
So it was framed up that no mention
should be made of the matter at ALL
The county fathers rather enioved the
prospect of seeing the proposition ex.
piring ANONYMOUSLY from hamilton
without even having the honor of de
cent burial.
So the appropriation report was sub
mitted and passed, as were other finan
cial matters, and everything looked Sc
rene.
Committee on Watch.
But the board of trade committee
which had been appointed to look after
this matter, had not been asleep and
presently, when the end of the meet
ing was in sight, letter appeared on
the chairman s desk. 1t read as fol
lows:
"Your honorable body having at it.
September meeting deferred considera
ton of the board of trade s request fol
a detailed audit of the county I
finances, we respectfully request tina
: you furnish us with copies of resolu
lions or motions passed by you in thi
; respect that we may submit the same
to the board of trade"
This was signed by E. F. Nichols ant
f., n. Deyo, who were members of tn
committee.
The supervisorial eyes became as bi
/, as .saucers. The letter upset their lit
! tie scheme completely. So, childlike
they tried to fib out of it.
\ Must Have Been
!. fWhy this should really have bee
taken up with the appropriation bill,
they said. cit must have been owe
a looked
4 In view of the fact that the attentio
D of several members had been called I
i. the fact that report was due, and I'll
e fact that the subject had been talke
s of in committee meetings, demonstrate
d the piteous futility of the excuse
v County Clerk Kai gave the last bio
/. to it.
= 81 gave it to them the other day,
}. he said. "They looked it over an
passed it ON. -
h So, much against their will, the s.
o peryisors had to take up the reque
/. which they were ashamed to deny al
It which they would not grant. So the
did the best thing under the circur
n stances, and passed the matter back
n the finance committee.
o The finance committee soon evolve
the following report, which w
), adopted:
o "Relative to the communication fro
the committee of the board of trad
I. requesting a detailed audit of the cou
ty finances, your committee reeommeD
that the chairman of the board of S
a. pervisors, the chairman of the fnan
lie committee and the chairman of Il
N roads and internal improvements col
u mittee constitute the committee fro
this honorable board to meet with Il
is board of trade committee, and the
"a committees to look into the detail aud
is of the county finances and report bat
n at the next meeting of the board. 5"
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