Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-09
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Field. Whether they may be induced
later to set aside an amount for the
prosecutions appears doubtful, al
though the county attorney, in letter
to the attorney general written last
! Monday and which is given in full be
low, pledges himself to labor with the
county supervisors to that end. -
Breckons at this time, viii attenG
only to the preliminary affairs in con
/ nection with the prosecutions of thu
| men involved in the graft scandal, As
| the present grand jury completes 1t;
| term next week and a new one viii
be called the following week. Breck
eas probably viii. return to Honolulu
next Tuesday, going back to HiIo tho
following week when the new inquis
itors are sworn in. Attorney-general
Thayer also will visit the Crescent
City the latter part Of next week, pos
sibly leaving here Wednesday and re
turning Saturday. He goes primarily
on business In connection with the
condemnation snit of the Hilo RoaIl
ing school and q boundary case in
which the territory is involved. *
The charge made by some OF the
Hawaii county supervisors recently
that the investigation commission.
while looking into the financial va.
carries of Hawaii county officials itself
perpetrated small graft by demand
ing and collecting pay at the rate of
$40 day per man for Sundays and
other legal holidays, is denied with
some heat by Attorney-general
Thayer. a. p. u s@5s25ssss B
Admitting that the. commissioners
were paid for such days when they
were on Hawaii, he asserts the com.
pensation was legitimate one, to
which they were well entitled, The
statute providing the method of their
pay and written opinion in which
he interpreted this feature of the spe-
Scial law specifically qualify the com
smissioners to receive full pay for
leach day devoted to the performance
of their duty meaning each day they
are kept way from their own business
at Honolulu. Moreover, says Attorney
general Thayer. the commissioners,
when caught on Hawaii Sundays or
other holidays continued their labor
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The law under which the commits.
sion operate Is noticeably different on
this point from that creating the ba.
nan claims commission. which was
signed by Governor Frear on the
same day he approved the investiga-
tior commission The banana claims
commissioners, under that statute.
were to be paid "$10 per day while
in session. Thus any work the latter
officials performed individually, even
though they may have devoted sew.
eFal days toIft, was performed gratis
unless tiiey5Bat IN session those days.
County Attorney, Beers is pledged,
to use his influence toward
inducing the supervisors to pay Brock
ons, at least for his service from this
time forward. This Is indicated In
the communication sent by Beers to
the attorney-general last Tuesday in
which the former says: 81
Il note that you do not feel that
you can complete the work begun by
Mr.. Rreck0ns, and that you will en-.
deavor to have the board of super
visors appropriate the necessary ..ands
to continue Mr.. Breckons in office. |
am transmitting copy OF your letter
to Mr.. Breckcns with the suggestion
that he hold himself in readiness to
go TO Hilo Immediately upon hearing
whether the board has appropriated
the money II the board does NOT
make such appropriation. ! win at the
first opportunity take this matter up
with the governor and suggest to him
the. necessity of continuing Mr.. Brock
ons as special prosecutor, this pay
ment to be made out Of the governors
contingent fund. ~ S. 6. #..Sz
AS you can very well understand
wrote you last week with no idea
in my mind of attempting to: eyada
any responsibilities that have been
placed upon rue in connection with
this Investigation. The spirit exhibit
ed by certain Hilo people in connec
tion with the work of the commission,
and the statement made that the pros
ecutions could be just as we'll car
Tied on by your Office. compelled me,
however, both in Justice TO you and to
myself, to suggest to you the carrying
on of the work yourself / hope that
you have given this matter very care
full consideration, and that your letter
to me represents your mature thought
upon the subject. for I do not think
it fair either to you or TO myself and
my department that the insinuations
should be, made that have taken out
of your hands work which you could
lust as well have carried on, owing &c
the very Indefinite and in no wise
supported insinuations that your de.
partment was involved in: some way
in the irregularities which have been
unearthed in the county OF Hawaii.
II am very DESTROYS of having the
work of the investigation commission
completed fully and also that such
completion shall be. at as early date
as possible am also exceedingly
DESTROYS of having all of the criminal
and civil cases which have been in
stituted since the commission began
its work carried through as speedily
as possible II Mr.. Breekons is con-
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