Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-09

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 attofney-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 will attend
only to the preliminary affairs IN con
nection with the prosecutions, of the
men involved in the graft scandal, as
the present grand jury completes its
term next week and q new one will
be called the following week. Breck
cas- probably will return to Honolulu
next Tuesday, going back to Hilo tbs
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.
Z sibly leaving here Wednesday and re
turning Saturday. He goes primarily
| on business in connection with the
condemnation suit Of the Hiio Boat.i.
ing school and 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' a small graft by demand
ing and collecting pay at the rate of
$40 a day per man for Sundays and
other legal holidays, is denied with
some. heat by Attorney general
Thayer. - f.s< <s..-+ =! =
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 a written opinion in which
he Interpreted this feature OF the spe-
cial law specifically qualify the COM
missiunefs to receive full pay for
leach dat devoted TO the performance
of their duty" meaning each day they,
are kept way from their own business
at Honolulu. Moreover, says Attorney
general Thayef, the commissioners,
when caught on Hawaii Sundays or
other holidays continued their labor
uninterruptedly. So. 81.
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 inVestigas
ton commission. The banana claims
commissioners under that statute,
were to be paid 1910 per day while
in session. =" Thus any work the latter
officials performed individually, even
though they may have devoted sew
Eeral days to it, was performed gratis
unless they sat in session those days.
County Attorney Beers Is pledgeds
however, to use his Influence toward
Inducing the supervisors to pay Breck-
Iofs, 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. / Ee5
4 anote that you do not feel that
you can complete the work begun by
Mr.. Breekons, and that you will EN-
deayor to. have the board OF super
visors appropriate the NECESSARY Mnds
to continue Mr.. Breckons in office, l
am transmitting a copy of your letter
to .hfr. Breckors with the suggestion
that he hold himself in readiness to
go to Ei1o Immediately upon hearing
whether the board has appropriated
the money II the board does, not
make such appropriation, ! will at the
first opportunity take this matter up
with the governor and suggest to him
the necessity Of continuing Mr., Breck
ons as special prosecutor, this pay
ment. to be made out Of the governors
contingent fund. - -. .4ss.
:. las, you can very well understand
wrote. you last week with no idea
10 my mind Of attempting to eyade
any responsibilities that have been
placed upon me in connection, with
this investigation. The spirit exhibit
ed by certain Hi1o people in connec-
ton with the work OF the commission.
and the statement made that the pros
ecutionss could be Just as well car.
ried 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
just as we'll have carried Oh, owing tc
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.
= Il 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. l am also exceedingly
DESTROYS of having, all of the criminal
and civil cases which have been In
stttuted since the commission began
its work carried through as speedily
as possible. If Mr.. Breckons is con-
tinued as q deputy of this office, in
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