Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-04
THE SHERIFFSHIP
OCTOBER 1, 1912

The voters Of this community are cOnfrOntedl
with the duty of choosing sheriff Of the city
and county, and two candidates are before them.
Robert Parker, eX-captan Of police, and the
present sheriff. Jarrett. Parker is Republic
an, jarrett Democrat.
1t is time that the responsible voters of HO-
nOlulu realize exactly the kind of administration
that Jarrett is giving the police department. lit
is not hOpelessly bad administration, but it is
a pretty bad one 1t is not honeycombed with
corruption, but it is far from being an entirely
honest administration. The STAR.BUIIETINl
does not by this impute any dishonesty to the
sheriff himself The administration is not Civ.
ing the city anything like fair return for the
money it is costing The streets of the city are
far from being efficiently patrolled, and the de,
tectives department that Jarrett allows to go it's
own sweet way under his nose is nothing less
than joke
The STARBULLETIN is lOath too loath some
may perhaps think, to condemn public officials.
This paper believes that Jarrett is well-mean-
ing, and certainly he has attained a kind of pop
ularity with the electorate But it is incredibleI
that responsible citizens of Honolulu, whose
lives and property are dependent on efficient
policing, should not come to realize that JarrettI
is failing down.. OF his personal habits
nothing need be said except that he has on many
occasions been unfit for duty, in his office orI
any other. OF his organization Of the police,
something more may be said.
1t has been Jarretts boast that he removed
the sheriffs office and the police department.
from politics. That boast is not true. Only. onel
instance need be mentioned to prove it, AT thei
SO many members of the police department en-
rolled as delegates to the conventions therel
to work for Jarrett's renomination,-tha the
city was without any adequate police protection
for day and night. So obvious was the par
ticipation of the police department as an organ
ization, in this convention, that it was joke
among the politicians
AS individuals, the members of Jarrett's force
are sturdy, self prospecting and potentially capa-
Bile men. But the force fails to be efficient be-
cause it lacks drilling woefully, it lacks teaching
the men how to be good officers It is run in al
goodrhumored careless, trusting fashion by al
good-humored careless and trusting sheriff.
Capt Parker was .'let out" by Jarrett Par
ker's record is that of clean and capable poicel
official. Kamaainas will remember the personal
: DESteTy He SIONSu III TtSOlutIOHdIy udSS, WHSHi
his duty as a police captain led him into immi-
nent danger of death and he dared death to ac-l
conplish that duty. He has been one of the
most efficient police officers the city has eyerl
known, and he has been the foe of petty grafters
who thrive by police connivance.
There is comparatively little use in ''reast-
ing sheriff in the middle of his administra-
ton on general grounds. The situation now is
different Jarrett is before the voters of this
community for reelection, and the only fair basis
on which he can ask their support is his record
for two years past. Now is the time for the vOt-
ers to say whether or not they wish to continue
him in office.
The STAR.BULLETIN's opinion is that he
should not be reelected, and this is said in full
realization of his political strength. This paper
does not oppose him on any vague and general
grounds There are specific faults in his admin
istratiOn, and serious faults, and all the gloss
UNCOVER for his career that favoring newspa-
per, with which he has been hand-in-glOve, can
give, will not hide these faults
1t is fair to the voters of Honolulu to point
out what these faults are, and this the STAR
BULLETIN proposes to do from time to time. It'll
will also go more into detail on the uualifica-
lions of Robert Parker
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