Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-08
Henchmen of County Commit
tee Suffer Defeat in Effort to
Build Up Iron-CIad Machine
in Fire Department - Fight
Not Over Yet. Says Fern

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in Fire Department - Fight
Not Over Yet, Says Fern
When the tumulr anu ;hr SMou;;rg
Ct the Supervisors died last night,
Charlie Thurs;on ana Lew White.
house rod, untrOUbi,d uy the Storm.
aId the new board had split along
the lines predicted Some Gays ago by
! I've Star-bdlierin. Wtiter and Ia
chcCO lone retainers If the dlScom-
corted, but sti:l Undaun;ed Demo
cratic county committee. and Mayo:
Fern. bore thIia brunt of the a,,ack
and went down fighting. But the
struggle is not over. Fern has other
appointments up his sleeve The
other members OF tire board stood out
en- one point Only. Thurston is to be
retained as Fire Chief despite any eff
! forts that Fern may make to get rid
of him, and build up a compact little
Bourbon machine within the fire de,
partment. For the rest the board
moved forward, machine like.
| A hungry-eyed crowd besieged the
time set for the opening of the gath
ering, and when the doors were final
| ly opened the mob of job hunters,
! friends of job hunters and mere hang
ers on surged forward until there was
scarcely room to get ones breath in
the packed room. Little WOlter dis
appeared completely beneath the
| fringe of the crowd, and only emerged
with a sputter and a gasp when he
| had something desperate to say or to
do. SoapboX Barron, mouthpiece of
the mighty Link;N was very much il
| evidence, and fairly palpitated for a
chance to start something, and was
so disappointed when the chance fail
ed to appear that his rotund visage
became almost oval.
When, after the meeting the defeat
of the mayors appointment of Martin
j. Scully, and Alexander de Fries, as
successors to Charlie Thurston was
being discussed, Barron assailed His
! Honor for having neglected to call
upon an expression from the public.
Likewise he bitterly attacked the five
supervisors who, by their vote, had
They're Jelly fish, spineless," he
murmured in his modulated voice.
! wait, we'll show them yet who's
master here.
|, The pruning knife was set to work
at the very beginning of the session.
First it Topped off juicy hunks from
| the salaries of the staff of the city
and county, despite the request of
Mr.. Catheart. Down the line went
the blade, slicing here and there
while the unseen tears of the suffer.
ers who were undergoing the opera,
| ton without an opiate could be felt
almost. The cuts were announced in
this paper yesterday afternoon.
Auditor Bicknell informed the
board that he had appointed James
Lloyd deputy; Solomon Mahelona and
A. Q. Marcallino, clerks. The board s
resolution cut Lloyd $25 and Maize
Iona S10
/ The city clerks appointments were
E. Buffandeau, deputy; H. Van Gle
sen, chief clerk; J. Aea, stenographer
Antoine Fernandez, recording clerk
Buffandeau suffered a $25 cut and
Colonel Mccarthy reported the ap,
pointment of M. H. Drummond, dep
uty; B. n kahalepuna, chief clerk
R. B. Reedy, license collector.
Judge Monsarrat reported the ap,
/ pointment of N. Fernandez, first
clerk, cashier and bookkeeper at $135;
Daniel Kaeo, recording clerk, $110;
Eli Crawford, Hawaiian interpreter,
assistant clerk and evidence tran
scriber; Jos. p DiaZ, Portuguese in
terpreter; Edward Townsend, Japan,
csc interpreter; A. X. F. zap, Chinese
| interpreter, but the court announced
| that Joseph Rose has been dropped
as Spanish Interpreter and asked that
the appropriation be continued for
the employment Of interpreters when
| needed. He urged better salary for
Eli Crawford.
Doctor WaysOn announced the res
! ignation of Doctor Moore as assist
ant city physician and asked that he
| be allowed to remain in office until
| January 81. The request was grant
! ed.
Deputy City and County Attorney
Milverton, replying to request as tC
whether the board need continue ap-
| preparations to the humane society,
| associated charities, promotion com
mittee and other organizations, stated
that it was not compulsory. Super
visor Petrie SAID he had not wished
ID get this answer. but one as to
whether such. contributions were
| legal. Mr., MilvCrtOn will give an
| opinion at the next meeting.
Sanitary Inspectors.
Chairman WOlter Of the health
/ committee recommended the appoint