Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-14
SUPERVISORS Deal BIIIERBLlW
IIDTIIE HOPEFULSOF IHEIRPARTY


Disappointment for the Bourbon
hopeful ones, who expected to get their
feet in the trough Thursday morning,
came with the ending of the meeting
OF the board Of supervisors last night.
Acting on the opinion handed In by
Deputy City and County Attorney Mil
yerton some days ago, the board decid-
ed that 1t would not take the chances
Of q series of law suits and concluded
to delay the busting OF the holdover
Republican officers until the end Of
the month. Furthermore it was de.
cided that, in view of everything, the
pay of the same holdovers would con-
tinne on the old basis, and not until
after the new appointees take office
shall the requirements of the new. APP
preparation bin go into effect.
Mayor Fern said that. il he was a
supervisor he would take the matter
into court with q test case, He said
that under previous administrations,
the new board had turned out the old
employees neck and crop on. January s,
Without saying as much as "by your
leave. & =
May Change Dates. i 7%.. r.. r..
AS a result of the ENHANCEMENT, it
| Is probable that the legislature will be
asked TO change the day on which a
new administration takes office from
January 6, to either January l. or Feb
fuary 1. By starting a new admins
tration on the first day of the month,
It is declared all contracts to employees
viii have been fulfilled and the board
can start work with a clean slate.
Wants More Back Pay. T.
Robert William Cathcart took tip
from MilVerton's opinion that men en-
ployed by the month must be paid for
the month and taking pen in hand in
formed the supervisors that he had
been summarily removed as chief clerk
in the road department by the old
board on February 3d., 1911, and that
his salary was only paid until Febru.
airy Is of that month. He said he be-
lieved he was entitled to $75 more I'M
der Milyerton's opinion and would re-
quest an appropriation be made for
this amount. The request was placed
on file.
; Supervisor Pacheco made a speech
in favor of new uniforms for the band,
and the other supervisors approved of
his idea to the extent of requesting
the ways and means committee to in
yestigate the matter.
On motion of Supervisor Petrie, the
city. clerk was authorized to advertise
for bids for supplying the city with
any number of mules up to thirty. He
said the city was now renting mules
and he did not think it economical.
Supervisor Wolter thought mules were
not up to date, and suggested that the
city buy motor trucks for the road de-
partment. He made quite a little
speech in favor Of tractors, and Gus
Schuman, lurking in the hall, snick-
cred loudly, inasmuch as he is in a po-
siiton to sell the city either mules or
trucks.
Arthur E. Carter, waterfront po-
liceman, was endorsed for the pO-
sition now held by Fire Chief Thurs
ton, and George F. Whittemore re-
ceived the county committees en-
dorsement Also there were three
recommendations as to miner officials
when the Democratic patronage board
made it's report and afterwards pre-
scented the names to the board of
supervisors: Action on the sugges-
tons will be taken al the next meet
ing of the supervisors.
fhe report of the patronage board
to the county committee was as fol
lows:
ITO the chairman and members OF
the Democratic County Central Com
mittee:
"Sirs: