The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-10-01
ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM
AND NEEDS OF COUNTIES
II. Goodins Field Tells
OF Betterments in
Government.
tFrom saturday Adversely

government and reform in tho matter of
Snanrcs otc WINS road Thursday oven.
in, beforc Tho civic conference of bnsi.
mass mon in giln which was b,ll undei
tho ausnices of ,be hoard Of trade of
that civ Tho rn,,er is nv II Gooding
Eieid Tho exnert Who has been Jelving
into facts RELATING "a Honolulu and Ua
NM; rocentlv and ,ybo pneortbed ths
I.y,r.n e,rhc,ylement in IJilo
a.,
Cnv Va lhe ea'ues VI w. uooulne
e'u Pop i's ,.i' ~ ~ rs,
Ior Inoueh ne se's ioi.n " i','I's ol
government ana aulni ll.,i ne aiso
seiis Tue Vonlelehee wherein tnese ue
Iee.s may NJ reineuie"' MS paper Is >"
part as loiio"s'
I'm my recent Investigations of the
affairs of the county governments Of
Oahu and Hawaii, it was found that
much, If not all, of the present failure
of administration was attributable TO
three causes, namely:
1.-The inadequaey of the present
county acts TO meet condlhons;t
The fewness of the people who pay
direct taxes, compared with the total
number of voters, resulting in
me PteuoiiliIat!hg ihn il o.
70 nnblic once
THE octnol dafacts in tho ranace.
mont of our comfy GOVERNMENTS which
have oitber a direct OR nm indirec+ hear.
inc ON tho foregoirg conditions are
uo.fold in cborsctnT ana reIata 70
s,Tbe administratiye fmrctions of 10.
col ,,o,,ornrnao+ and
s.fTbe adn,inistra tior and control of
oourt, fnoncos
"Tbese defects are MS follows. Under
tbe head of Adminis+ratinn.
UI.ool, of of,icioncy IN ,dr;nis+r,+;,,a
,o4Lo5,
WAbsenco of cons+rnct;ve n,ans and
defniteness of outlaws for nnhlir i'm.
,royou,on+s. ,,d
HT.acl< If orgarization and canacitv
Gov 5noI;r, ter oo,,,n,,r;+,- rroi,1or,s
uTn matters of finppce.
uI,ocl, of ON oncoyn+inu s,s+.,,,
which r;yee +ba accnrate facts Of GOV
srnn,ant. 81
aHAhsor,o IF rol;ob1o ;nfor,,o+;,,,,,
which shows tho r;obts francb;ses and
rronar+,, ~ +bo oo,,nt;os. .n5
SiTbo nrreI;,b;Iitr .nd Jef.;oncv, of
ronorts snhn,;ttod Nv count, .,,S;+ors
of tbo fnonc;oi s+ot;s of +be cor,,+; nc
administrator ha"s'
"Now let us consider the present law
governing the functions of admin stra-
ton of our local governments. The
County Act was undoubtedly drafted on
the theory that it would within reason
able bounds, meet the needs of the COM
munity, but as no legislature is far
seeing enough to determine for all
time what powers it may be expedient
for either a city or a county to exer-
else, it cannot give powers which win
be permanently satisfactory so long as
these powers are enumerated
HThere are counties in this Territory
which have had such changes since it
received the corporate grant, but no
adequate results can be expected from
any Act which is built up of number
of non: coordinate sources. The charter
should be fitted to the county as suit
of clothes is fitted to man. 1t is i'm
possible to fit the county to the char
ter.
''lt is my earnest opinion that before
we can attempt to obtain more lasting
and better results in the administration
ou nia oGu aana ~ nus ~, oonn ~
or,ha,ts ora a;rootr,, rasTons;I,Io g..
tba DoJ;a;os ~ 1o.oI .,o,arTn,on+ o.hor.
1,iso M tr,lw reeno5sive gore,r r,a,+
con ha arnao+od In +h;o tbe nresont
Connt,. - els IN tho. ~ ,,rn,-;5a. Co.
a mnIf;niic;tv of aIect;ve ofices resnlt.
;ng in p,ncb fr;c+ion lack of coord;n.
t;an "a ahsonoa ~ oornlato rosnonsi.
h;I;tv -, tha ,,a,t ~ o,,r r,,S,l;. ~et.i.1.
81 vorIJ strongJv advocate there,
fore sbor+ haJinf .on6n;na The eIec.
tive of,icars Of aacS county 70 tba s,n.
ar,,;soss an5 AZ ar5;tor tn s,,.,s,r
y;sors should anno,nt the official service
of Tho COUNTY ana he hold +as,,ons;bIe
to tbe toTnaye,s for tha adr,;n;str on
of county a fta;rs Nv ;rcInJing tbe
anditor n tbe nnmber If elective ON.
GERS 4 would ensnre n that oft;cial =
, str;ctiv indenandert nos;t;or ub;eb tbe
nature If bis duties demands Heals of
denartments. Who should be annointed
NV the hoard Of SUPERVISORS should, in
tnrn not only have The selection of
Their snhordinates hut in the cordnct
of their denart nepts thew should he
held d;rectly resnons;ble n the hoard
of sunervisors