The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-01-21
MAY TAKE AUTO
FROM HIS HONOR
Expose of Prison Labor Graft
Has Turned Attention to
Some Private Snaps.
(From Sunday Advertiser)

AS result of The Advertiser S ex-
pose OF the manner in which Honor
able Jay Fern, mayor of Honolulu,
has been able to provide himself with
corps of servants for the past
eighteen months, by using prisoners
from the county JAIL it is likely that
resolution will be introduced at the
next meeting of the supervisors, for
bidding the use of prisoners for any
thing but city work, and specifying
the labor they shall be permitted to
perform.
The Honorable Jay Fern has not a
single apologist in his official family
for his course in using the prisoners as
hewers of wood and drawers of water
for his own special benefit. In fact,
it was limited yesterday that as one
| of the Honorable Jays private snaps
had been exposed, it would be in the
interests of economy TO save the city
something like $1,000 a year by doing
away with the mayor IS automobile and
| chauffeur.
1t is possible that either this will be
| done, or else the machine may be turn
| ed over for the use of the road com
mittee, members of which would use
II in experimenting the work on the
| city's streets, and not in riding back
| and forth from their homes and from
the city hail to the Union Grill. The
members of the road committee who
would use the machine are capable of
driving it themselves, and there would
be no need of continuing "father S
SON. on the payroll at $50 month
as chauffeur.
1t is pointed out that the Governor
of the Territory has far more official
business to attend to than the Honor.
able Jay Fern has, or ever will have
and yet Mr.. Frear bought his own
machine, pays for its maintenance, an
he drives it himself.
Supervisor Pacheco, who has been a
source of much comfort to the Hon, r
able Jay Fern recently, 10y listenin
to the latter's speeches before thC
board, and pretending to understand
them, has abandoned the role of com
forter since hearing of the manner il
which the mayor was able to boast OF
fifteen yardboys at the cost of few
sacks OF tobacco.
"Thc Advertiser did a good thing
when ii exposed the private snap
which the mayor was enjoying sale
Pacheco yesterday, "There have beer
too many of these snaps in the past
and 1t is time TO put stop TO them
The mayor cannot excuse himself OF
the ground of ignorance, for he ha
} been in office a long time and certain
| ~ should know that be was not doin!
the right thing. Just because a thin,
! was done before does not make j
, right.
~ have heard that the mayor is no
the only one who has abused his Oil
! clal position in this respect, and tina
/ High Shoiih Henry has worked terri
torial pris0ners ON his ranch at dilieI
cnt times,
~ think Jailer Aseh was somewha
20 blame for letting the mayor hay
tho prisoners, inasmuch as he shOul
know that the mayor bias no authorit
over anybody but the memheTs OF GA
- band aud the iunitors OF tho schools.
2 ''lhf prisoners should rot he pei
j. mttrd to work for any private inteI
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