The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-06-12
NOW
WITHOUT 4 JOB



Edward r sfackaila ~. sarn,no,;iv
renewed from M. nos:t,on =. eolle.,or
OF cnstomS a., al. so,, H., o,.,e. - ~
pr.l,.a.... 4. .i,, ~. ~ 49,, N
s'''P.' y. me on,."a states yester-
Jay. cable 70 this effect was re.
eeived BY Mr.. Slackable yesterday. At
he same time Fable va. yece;vea hv
t,a,,,,.. eh.. .hs.e
~ - ~, ~ ~ m" "e'-
ing appraiser IN the custom house, no
tifying him that he had been appointed
temporarily to Ell the position made Va.
cam ~ M. stackable,s dismi,sal
Mr. Stackabie hea been twire = r 3,
Ell TO resign by Secretary MeAdoo al
the treasury department. hut deel ned
to do 80 until a reason FOR eailino for
his resignation was given.
Washington came as quite a surnrise
generally known around town much
speculation was made "a 10 who his
fsnecessor wonl1 be Mr. Sharn sf,fed
that he has not made anv apniicafion
for the position. and felt that even II
he had he would not have much chance
to land the plum, as he = hepnbiiesn
though no mas never taken an aetiye
part IN ponucs'
Endorsed BY McVeieh.
Mr.. Stackable attributes his removal
to purely political reasons, for his nd,
lninistration, lasting through three
presidential administrations, he says,
has record for being the best Of any
custom house in the United States. He
bears out this statement by commnni.
cation on Gle In his Office. IL was re-
ceived from Secretary Mcveigh during
President Taft's administration. Fol-
lowing is copy. dated at Washington,
April 8, l9i2.
My Dear Mr.. Collector:--It was a
grcat pleasure for ne 20 send to the
President your nomination for reap
pointment as collector Of customs at
the port Of Honolulu and the President
sppr1yea y neartl,y; your nominal on
! + have ;nsf sione, vonr eomm;ss an
nWitb lest wishes: / am
tfverv ssneerely vo,gs
fSo,l \ % eR A1IIlTfN MaevEAGH
6I1onorable n n StaekaNle : Oh.
Hector Of Customs Honolulu. Hawaii. :,
r,.,,.. - r.,,..,., ~. $500
:, -'os
Mr. otackapie stated yesterday tnat
had tne department gwen him its rea;
son LOT eaihng TOT ms resignation ne
"ouiu nave giauiy zone 80 Two mohtns
| ugo w ,.s'. tne lneipent was hrst prongnt
| ". ms sne uepaIt'nent thiied 70 40
and ne elected 70 stay until sncn time
as some aenNite statement from the de-
paralnent snouiu pe mAae:
me eapie received oy MT. stackabie
yestsruaf was euft, ans ngnt ~ the
point, anu-.lgaye no aieeway TOT ifurther
sts1n'ent y ~ q wne'ner ,ne uepaft'nent
nv f'th' 90 repivse lne co'eetor or
"o n,
~ W., iolniel Sv,iec.o =, announced inst
~ VII 20 70 hns once a. usual TINS
,a,ilg nnu srrIy on ms usnai autes-
/ VIII iul.nsr aetlon nc intenos 70 lake
y .i nv Sase ne s"i', ne was nor ~
PosiSion 70 s'ate ~ TINS ume'
sharp Has Fine Record.
Raymer Sharp, who finds himself SO
suddenly placed in complete charge of
lone Of the most important ports Of en-
| try In the United States. has been with
| the United States customs service con
tinuously for the past twenty-five years.
The fact that the government saw At
! to ignore the deputy under Mr.. stack
! able and select sharp Is looked upon az
a high testimonial Of the confidence
1 placed In the latter by the government.
Stackable succeeded +. b. McStocker
as collector of this port under the re.
public nearly fifteen years ago. sharp
was then employed in the customs SER
vice at San Francisco when Hawaii
became a Territory in 1900 the United
States treasury department. after care.
full consideration, selected Sharp to
come to Honolulu, as chief examiner and
acting appraiser, very important po-
sition. He has been engaged in this
work ever since and those who know
the workings Of the customs department
give him full credit for placing the ems,
toms Office in Honolulu in its present