The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-01-17
MAJORITY ABOVE PETTY
PARTY POLITICS
Supervisors Mcclellan, Pelrie
and Cox Refuse TO Be
Embodied.

chcicut men IN Office, without regard
to party affiliations, the majority Of
the board OF supervisors, az " meeting
at noon yesterday, rcappointed l.. NJ.
MhiichUuse rs city engineer and I. i.
Nichistcin as building aud plumbing
inspector The board also refused a.
approve the appointment by Mayor
Fern of A. u. Carter. Waterfront 10.
iccmnu, for the position Of chief OF
the ire department.
Encouraged by the applause of halt
a dozen iob.hungry Democrats. super
wilson's Pachcco and Woltcr made
gmndiloquent speeches which savored
of an appeal to the galleries. super
isor Iardosty voted with pacheco and
Woltor in favor of the appointment OF
George Whittomorc to succeed White.
house and against the appointment OF
Nich'stcn, but voted with the mai r
ity against the appointment of Carter
ms FIRE chief.
Case for Can.
Fol owing the meeting knot Of dis.
gruntled job hunters gathered in the
hallway, using incendiary language and
making insulting remarks concerning
the supervisors who voted for what
they considered the right. The ring.
leader appeared to be one Manuel
Olson, city detective, who made him.
self obnoxious during the meeting of
the supervisors by calling on the mem
bers of the board to vote the way he
directed His conduct was particular
ly insulting as regards Supervisor
| Markham, who ms chairman of the 10
lice committee Is the detectives supe.
rior officer. Olson, at the top of his
voice, attempted to order Markham to
vote a certain way, and was rebuked
by Mayor Fern. just ms the super.
visors adjourned he pushed his way
into the room and shaking his finger
at Supervisor Petrie, said "We III
get You for this two years from now,
tetrie;" to which Petrie replied that
he could not help it. He was elected
to represent the people, he said, and
not to play petty politics.
Olson was plainly under the influ.
ence of liquor. and it Will probably be
put up TO Sheriff Jarrett to decide
whether n city employe can, with inn.
punity annoy and insult members of
the board of supervisors while in ses.
sion, when a private citizen would be
summarily locked up.
Only one Democratic appointee will
take office today, and the rest will
have to wait until February 1, as the
result of action taken by the board
yesterday on learning that under the
law there are only tNo officials not
hired by the month, and who can be
removed at the pleasure of the board,
these being the inspector of garbage
and the city engineer. In view of this
1T was found necessary to reconsider II
motion passed at the last meeting un.
der a misapprehension and which pro.
vided that appointees of the board
should go to work today.
Would Fly to Courts.
Supervisor Pacheco and Mayor Fern,
with new recruit in Wolter, ms usual
, evinced their ardent desire to 90 to
court with the whole affair. Pacheco
demanded n supreme court decision
and spurned the legal opinions of the
city attorneys office. He, with VOL
: ter and the mayor, were of the opinion
that the supervisors had committed a
terrible blunder, which they would
hear from.
Petrie and Mcclellan said they could
not see the blunder. Petrie declared
that it might have been a political
blunder but he did not care anything
about that when considering the inter.
ests of the city. He said he was op.
posed to going to court. Mcclellan
/, sided with him in a short speech and
with Markham and Cox voting for the
common-sense solution of the tangle
the previous resolution was reconsider
ed and a motion adopted to the effect
that all appointees ana new employees
, will 90 to work February /, with the
exception of the inspector of garbage
who takes Office today.
Pacheco declared with fine frenzy
, that number of appointees had quit
Their jobs under the impression that
they would go to work today. "They
will be without bread and butter" he
declaimed, "and may starve if not
given work at once.''
Supervisor Petrie replied that he
, would give any of the disappointed APP
pointees work, if they would report to
him this morning. He said there was
; plenty of work on the road Cor those
who could use picks and shoyels in
keeping the wolf away from the door
until the end of the month.
Whitehouse Retained.
Supervisor PachecO then arose and
'appointed" George Whittemore city
engineer in a howery speech. Supervis.
or Petrie, in opposing the "appoint-
ment, - said that the seven members of
the new board in caucus had agreed
to retain Whitehouse, inasmuch as there
was no application from a Democrat
before them; that Whitehouse had been
callod into the caucus and informed
that he would be retained and had
made his plans accordingly, and that
he, Petrie, did not propose to 90 back
on his word. Supervisors Mcclellan,
Markham and COX SAID they did not in
tend 10 break their promises to White
house either Pacheco said that he had
voted for Whuehouse with the under.
q nding that Democrat would be
named when one was available. Wolter
explained his adherence TO Whittcmore
by saying that he had voted against
Nii tohouse in the CAUCUS but had
changed his vote 10 makn IL unanimous.
THE vote stood four 10 three for White.
house. md Mie'hsieIn waf appointed by
ilc Hsuic vote.