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

anu county, anu two candidates are before them,
Robert Parker, ex-captan Of police, and the
present sheriff, Jarrett. Parker is a 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. IT.
is not h0pelessly bad administration, but it is
pretty bad one. 1t is not honeycOmbed with
corruption but it is far from being an entirely
honest administration. The STAR-BULIETINI
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-
tectiyes department that Jarrett allows to go it's
own sweet way under his nose is nothing less
thansa joke Ia. 49, s-.r<.&
The STARBUILETTN 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 kind of pop
ularity with the electorate But it is Incredible
that responsible citizens of Honolulu, whose
lives and property are dependent on efficient
policing, should not come to realize that JarrettI
is .'falling down.. OF his personal habits
nothing need be said except that he has on many
occasions been unfit for duty, in his office or
any other OF his organization OF the police,
something more may be said.
1t has been Jarretts boast that he removed
the sheriff's office and the police department
from politics That boast is not true. Only onei
instance need be mentioned to prove it. At the,
recent Democratic county convention, there were
so many members of the police department en-
rolled as delegates to the convention, sent there
to work for Jarrett's denomination, that the,
city was without any adequate police protection
for a day and night. So obvious was the par,
ticipatfon of the police department, as an organ
ization, in this convention, that it was joke
among the politicians
As individuals, the members of Jarretts force
are sturdy, selfrespeeting and potentially capa-
bic men, But the force fails to he efficient be-
cause it lacks drilling woefnily, it lacks teaching
the men howsto be good officers. 1t is run in al
good -humore1 careless trusting fashion by a,
good-humored careless and trusting sheriff
Capt Parker was 'Elet out by Jarrett Par
ker's record is that of clean and capable police
official. Kamaainas will remember the personal
bravery he showed in revolutionary days, when
his duty as police captain led him into immi-,
nent danger of death and he dared death to ac-
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complish that duty. He has been one of the
most efficient police officers the city has ever
known, and he has been the foe of petty grafters
who thrive by police eonniyance.
There is comparatively little use in ''roast- !
ing" a sheriff in the middle of his administra-
ton on general grounds. The situation now Isl
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 heI
should not be reelected and this is said i'm 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 handnglove can
give will not hide these faults.
1t is fair to the voters of Honolulu to pointi
J 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 Oh the Qualfica-
lions of Robert Parker