The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-11-03
Territorial Treasurer Fires Cupid
Barrere In Broadslde Of
PoIysyllables
(From Sunday Advertiser

Half an hour after Col. Charles j..
Mccarthy took office yesterday as ter
ritorial treasurer he wrote a letter, and
that letter removed, Cupid" Frank NJ.
Barrere, Honolulu's only marriage H.
cense agent, from Office for cause. The
removal was peremptory. Barrere quit
his official position pronto on the re,
ceipt Of the letter, put was informed
later by the treasurer that he would
be permitted TO issue marriage licenses
until his successor is appointed. And
thus wrote the new territorial member
Of Governor Pinkham's cabinet:
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81 am advised that you have DELHI.
erately, despite the advice of. your su.
periors, declined to cooperate with the
United States immigration authorities,
refused to attend to your duties at the
immigration station, and have thereby
embarrassed those officials and imper-
lied the correctness Of their records Of
marriage, and have undaly magnifed
your official personality to the annoy
ance OF all concerned.
You pre hereby removed from Office
for Cause
Interrupted Bliss
Barrere noted receipt of this letter
at twenty minutes to two o clock yes.
terday afternoon. Five minutes after
that Japanese couple applied for a
license to lawfully wed. Barrere re-
fused, but explained.
Funny kind, these Democratic
said the prospective bridegroom, while
his inamorata agreed with wise nod
Of the head. fSuppose Republican in
job we marry any time; now Democrat
he get in and too much pilikia. /
wish election Tuesday make clean sweep
for Republican, anyhow
"Cupid" Barrere telephoned to his
new master.
''There is couple here to get a
license, but you have fred me-, Bar
rere says he told Colonel Mccarthy.
"Who's got tine job nowf If it's my
last official act, IN inform the wait.
ing couple where to seek what they
want" ,5g
No Successor ss '"s'...
Barrere says that the treasurer told
him there was no new marriage license
agent yet; that Barrere was still on
the job and would be until Monday,
when his successor would likely be APP
pointed. ~ ~. s..+.@> n.
4 81 rather like the tone Of Mr.. Nc
Carthy's letter. said BarTere yesteT,
day, "but l don Z agree with what he
says in regard to the advice Of my
superiors. / really don t know who
these superiOTs are. don't have to
cooperate with the federal immigration
authorities, and j don't know who one
Richard l.. Halsey is, officially or other
wise, a. far as my membership in the
territorial family is concerned. .,
T" Before my former superior, d.
Lloyd Conkling, left for Washington
and New York he Informed me that I
might go to the federal immigration
station if it suited my convenience.
! did that on several occasions, but
got tired cooling my heels around there
until the marriage bureau people there
we're ready for business.
Some time ago Halsey told me that
he would send some thirty couples up
TO my office for licenses TO wed That
seemed agreeable and ] consented.
Later he telephoned me and asked me
II / was not going down to that hot
section Of the town. / was busy, and
said he had agreed 10 send the loving
ones 10 my Office. They came and ]
served the whole bunch.
81 am really sorry that have
thereby emarrassed those officials and
imperiled the correctness of their rec.
ords OF marriage. and II tickles me
that / 'have unduly magnified my
Official personality 20 the annoyance Of
all concerned / did not know l was
that important. -
Barrere is ready to turn his office
and official documents over TO his sue
'cessor as soon as Treasurer Mccarthy
finds one to take over the big job.