The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-11-03
STREET LABORERs
ARE THROWN DOWN
BY BOURBON PUSH
Mayor Fern and Supervisors De-
eide To Hold Up Pay TIN
After Election
TRY TO MAKE AUDITOR
GOAT FOR THEIR PLAN
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His Honor Says Gang Would Get
Drunk With Money In
Pocket
[From Monday Advertiser. }

Aftef mWctihB the tuA-Pagefs 10
almost two years, Mayor J. J, Fern am
the board Of supervisors have startet
to mulct the laborers whom they hav,
employed for election purposes on thu
public roads.
And there are going 10 be n few hun
bred very peeved laborers today whrt
they learn this, and realize that thpi
are not TO be given their pay thi;
morning, as promised. There may b,
an emphatic anti Democratic demon
stration in the hallway Of the munie
ipal bnilding today.
Just as the supervisors thought they
had been dumped into their last hole, 0
new one has doomed up before them and
down into Il they have tumbled. They
called n buried meeting Saturday noon
They talked in whispers. They emery
ed from the meeting with expressions
OF sanG-froid and gloom smgularly
mingled
Laborers Would Get Drunk
should the laborers be paid before
the election or mott. The board talked
Il over-debated IL. Mayor Fern spoke
against prediction pay day. He said
that il the men were given money they
wonld get so drunk Monday rs to be
unable TO vote Tuesday. His argu.
ment carried good deal of weight,
but there were other sides TO the ques,
ton. And still, II was argued, while
they might get very drunk Monday, by
Tuesday at five o'clock, say, they
would be in good voting trim. 5a
Mayor Fern doubted this. He said
he knew how sneh things were-all
right in theory, but not IN practice. A
man with a hangover never makes a
good voter, even IL he, through mod.
esty, only votes once. Mayor Fern
continued arguing against the pre-elee.
ton payday. He cited the case OF
his bosom friend. This bosom frienl
got drunk once Just the. day before an
election, and when he went TO vote he
ntv ta.- a--llos "a F,lsisa 81 = y,aatting II
in the box. Mayor Fern said he
didn't want the supervisors to 90
away with the idea that every drunken
voter ate his ballot, but he mentioned
the particular ease TO show what q
danger half overseas electorate was
10 the machine. @n"
Revenge at the Polls
But here is another point the super.
visions said should not be overlooked:
II the leaders dom get their pay TO.
day, they are apt to all vote for Re,
publieans tomorrow. Revenge at the
polls,
"a characteristic Democratic decis,
ion was finally reached, passing the.
buck decision. The supervisors
agreed to call special meeting for
this morning, to pass the payrolls for
the laborers, turning them over TO the
auditor. E.. 1-a.,g
Now IL is a physical impOssibility for
the warrants for all the road laborers
TO be made up In the auditor y Office
In less than twenty four hours. Usu
ally the time allowed is much longer
1.-TWO or three days as a rule. BY
heaping this swollen payroll on the
auditor at once, they pat him in a
position where he cannot give the la
borers their warrants before election.
Thus Was the Buck Passed
In that way the buck would be-
passed, and the auditor, in place of
the supervisors and mayor, would be
Hin a hole. James Bicknell, the
AnnANNNy a hNHhbiithnt anu bO
hole they could put him in would b.
splendid for themj and in this partieu-
lar case, it was argued, IT would make
their position strong while weakening
his. .,... SAC. .s..,.
So last night, with this in mind,
the mayor and supervisors, all seeking
reelection, began. They alleged that
the laborers had not gotten their money
promptly because the auditor had held
up the warrants and that they had
done all in their power TO get them
their money without any delays what
ever.
Mayor Becomes Humorous H.. 81
Mayor Fern spoke strongly and hu.
morolisly-the humor being unconscious
ION this subject Z
We get yon money, y he cried. 81
mayor. | do what want, call meet.
ing supervisors Monday morning and
pass payroll. - ~. E...s#t
He spoke from the Democratic stand
Lear We Liberty theater.
t'I tell Jim Bieknell TO make pay
day. lie refuse. He no pay laborers,
though tell him pay" went on Mayor
Fern, absurdly serious, considering his
statement
Early yesterday morning things be.
gan TO move la the office of the road
department The payroll was being
made up. All day and late into the
evening the clerks In the office worked,
making up the payroll, which is to be
passed IN 20 the auditor at the last
.".
Report Is Ridiculous ..,' )"
Evidently the report that Bicknen
has refused TO issue warrants TO the
laborers has been spread by Democrats
over the Island, for the same report
was heard at Haleiwa and Kahana. II !
Is such an absurd charge that only ths
extremely uniformed could bear Il Sc.
riouslY II is the supervisors who spe
,ify the pay days, and the auditor has
nothing 70 DO with IL, except to make
Up the warrants, and the mayor could