The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-12-23
INDIGNATION IS
GROWING FAST
Hawaii Citizens Denounce the
Supervisors for Refusing
Appropriation.


HlLO, December lS.-Business men
Of this city are up in arms over the
action by the board of supervisors mt
its last meeting in which, by vote of
four to three, the motion to appropriate
$4,000 to complete the audit of the
county books and wind up the investi-
cation into the particular graft which
has brought disgrace upon this county,
was lost.
Already from all parts of Hawaii are
being heard in no uncertain tones the
voice of protest from citizens of all de
grees, while residents of Hilo, irrespec.
tive of party, who have the good name
of the county at heart, are Outspoken
in their denunciation of what is gen.
'ra'iv stipmatized as the "cowardlv
act of the supervisors.
1.-The effort to block the inycsti ~
ton of the "raft commission appointed
by the legislature, by the board of sn-
pervisors, or at least four of them, in
Guiding the labor union chairman, Eva
liko, is Il warning to the people of this
county to elect men they can trust to
40 thcir duty fearlessly, said mem.
Der of the board Of trade yesterday.
Indignation Is General.
More than one man con the street, -
wherever two meet, are expressing
their Indignation over the stand taken
by the supervisors. One of the best
known business men of IIio said to-
day:
THAT item simply must pass. The
audit must be completed. 1t is i'm
possible not to finish the audit now.
The community will not stand for the
defeat Of this appropriation.
Action was taken by the Kohala
Civil League at a special meeting last
Wednesday apl adopted resolutions
presented by Speaker llolstein, of the
territorial assembly, in which the
league asserts that it is the wish of
all citizens who are in favor of cool
government that the appropriation
should pass and calling upon the super.
visors to take action to appropriate
the necessary $4,000
1t is understood that the Kona I'm.
provement Club is preparing similar
resolution to be adopted at its next
meeting, while other similar organiza.
tons are considering taking action
along the same lines.
How 1t All Happened.
The circumstances surrounding the
refusal of the supervisors to pass the
necessary appropriation to enable the
Gooding-Fieid audit TO be completed is
gradually becoming public. Doctor FL
hot chairman of the commission, had
written to the supervisors giving them
all the information they had demanded.
He stated that the commission would
have about $ll00 left on January l.,
and that it needed $4,000 more to com
plcte the audit. lie enclosed n letter
from II. Cooling Field which explained
just where the audit stood and what
vas necessary TO be done.
At the meeting of the board curt
action was taken when the matter
~ -" in discussion ON the budget
'Probe commission, twenty thousand
dollars read the clerk.
Gold brick!' commented Chairman
Ewaliko.
~ move that we add another $4,000
to it" said Supervisor Yates.
eyes, let us insert $4,000 more in the
item, added Prtchard.
| HlithilOH WAS tulleu 10 Int TACT tnat
the item for $4,000 must be passed
| first, and this was done, according to
agreement with the legislature last
| spring.
Ewaliko Responsible,
Then Supervisor Pritchard moved
that $4,000 be appropriated to finish
the audit, and Supervisor Lyman see
onded the motion. There was no dis
cussion and the vote stood as follows:
Ayes Lyman, Pritchard, Yatcs-3.
Noes: Kealoha, Kanehailua, Kau-
! hane-3.
This was n tie and the fate of the
motion rested with Chairman Ewaliko.
his vote being the deciding one. He
then proceeded to declare the motion
! lost
1t is probable the board will recon.
slider its action at it's meeting in Jan.
uary.
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