The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-08-23
BOARD Of TRADE
STANDING ALOOF.
HiIo Body Not Backing Charges
Resulting From H. GOoding
Fields Report.
CMan Special to The Advertlser.)

(Man Special to The Advertiser.)
HILo, August 1.-THE board of
trade has no connection with the de-
falcaticn charges resulting from the
Gooding Field investigation of the
finances of the liquor commission.
The board was not and is not looking
for graft 1t is merely seeking a
basis on which may be built an i'm
provement of the present county sys.
tenn. The board has nothing further
to do with the entire matter brought
out as a result of the Field investiga-
tion, except that it reiterates its re-
quest that the supervisors provide
detailed audit of the county books.
The above was the sense of the
regular meeting of the board Tuesday
afternoon. The attendance was un-
usually large, owing probably to an
expectation of some excitement follow
ing the discussion as to what should
be done with the Field disclosures.
Those present were: President DIR. Ell
liot. Secretary Deyo, Messrs. Moir,
Metzger, Heen, Mckay, Lindsay Wat
son. Cook, J. D. Kennedy, Nichols,
Cool. Southworth, Brunette, Fenton-
Smith, Castendyk, Lindsay, Beers,
Guard, Filler, Detor, Brughelli, DIR. A.
Irwin, Campbell, Cabrinha, Corbett,
Field, Forrest, L. C. Lyman, c. c. Ken
nedy, Holmes, Mocine, Arioli, Williams,
Wilson, johnson, Harry Irwin, w. II
Smith. Wears, R. Balding, Hewitt and
Bowman.
Discuss the Report
Nichols reported for the committee
of the board which had presented tt
the supervisors the Gooding Field pre-
Iiminary report. There was some dis
cussion of the details of this report
and the manner in which they haC
been secured, when Mckay called at
tention to the fact that the reply o.
the supervisors, wherein they refused
to provide for detailed audit, con
tanned the statement that if any con
crete instance were found, showing
that such an audit was needed, tn
county would provide the money there
for Such an instance had now BEEF
furnished, and Mckay moved that tn
supervisors be asked to provide for tn
complete audit.
"What is that concrete instance?
asked Deputy County Attorney Heer
Mckay answered that he alluded t
the fact that the county treasurer ha
not received all the moneys collecte
from licenses, and that he had thu
allowed people to do business withou
having licenses.
Heen's Reply.
Heen replied that the county had n
control over the liquor license none!
The fault did not lie with the count
treasurer, and it was purely terrific
rial affair. That concrete instance r.
ferred to the Territory, not to the com
, ty, and if any detailed audit was to 1
made, the territorial books should
audited before those of the county. II
did not see why the county should a
ways be made the goat. The board {
trade or any one else was at perfet
liberty to audit the county books, pr
-vided such person or organization di
so at his own expense.
Metzger said that no one was tryiI
TO make the county the goat. 1t Ina
already been made so in that it had M
gotten the license realization. The SUI
ervisors should be interested in know
ing if the county got all the none
which it was entitled to, and it wou
certainly be to their interest to see
this phase of their business.
The board is not antagonistic to Il
county, added Mckay. The either
had realized the weakness of the Coui
ty Act The Gooding Field investig
ton had been gotten up, not to look fl
graft, but to get a basis ON which
base a request for amendments to Il
County Act. The board of trade W;
not asking OFF too much when
asked for an audit.
Castendyk asked Heen whether
We're representing the supervisors
this meeting
Department at Work.
Heen answered that he was presel
as a member of the board of trade, al
that he was representing no one, e
cept himself. Mckay said that II
board s connection with the suppose
defalcation cases now ceased. Thu
matter was now up to the regularly co
stituted authorities. Heen answer,
that the county attorneys departmel
had already begun 20 work on the ease
Mckay moved that it was the sen
of the meeting that the board of ira,
had nothing to do with the defaleatic
matter. County Attorney Beers sa
that the board certainly had nothing
do Herewith, and Elliott assured NJ
Kay that the motion was not necessar
Report Accepted.
The General report of Gooding Fie
was accepted and placed on file, Doet'
Elliott expressing his appreciate