The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-10-30
Colonel Mccarthy win Not Be
Allowed To Make Whole
sale Dismlssals
HE QUITS MUNICIPAL
JOB AND IS BLOCKED
MaIford 4. Drummond Succeeds
Politician As Treasurer Of
City Of Honolulu

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In the brief span Of a few hours
yesterday. an entirely new aspect was
given the possibility Of Col. Charles ,.
Mccarthy assuming the Office Of ter
ritOrial treasurer at any particularly
early date lie had arranged to move
into the capitol at noon tomorrow, but
this Is not to be, as Territorial Treas.
nrcr ID. l.. Conk1ing refuses 70 resign
until he Is assured that tho Office will
not be subjected to political abuse.
Within the same span Of time Col
onel MCCARTHY burned his bridges 80
10 speak, by offering bis resignation
as city treasurer 70 the board Of SUI
pervisors, which promptly accepted it.
These are two Of several Important
developments in the Conkling- McCarthy
situation, which promises to generate
into something OF vast political i'm
portance in the Territory within the
next few days.
Developments Summarized sl
The developments yesterday may be
summarized in this way:
ID, Lloyd Conkling, territorial treas
urer and candidate For city treasurer,
has refused to resign his territorial
position until he is given proper as
snrance that the Office win not be pros
tituted for political gain in these last
days before election. His position as
a candidate for county Office is not
invalidated because he is a territorial
Office holder, and be could, X he wish
cd, hold his present Office until he be.
comes city treasurer. .,I. Y, 4
Colonel MeCarthy's resignation as
city treasurer was accepted by the
board of supervisors yesterday and his
deputy, Maiford II. Drummond, was APP
pointed his successor, for the remain,
ing two months Of the term.
Governor Pinkhafn, while admitting
that Mr.. Conkling has refused to re-
sign, refrains from saying what he win
OF will not do ih- the matter, bat givetp
,fiie impression that conference will
be held today. 5pE,E at.
The members Of the board Of super
yieors, while extoliing Mccarthy In
public speeches, fling aniniadverslons
at him privately for putting them in
hole'' in his late warrant,withhold-
ing scheme
Mccarthy out Of Job
Thus, as the situation remains as
this is written, Colonel Mccarthy will
not take Office Saturday at noon, as he
announced he would, nor will the clean
sweep OF everybody, at present con-
nected with tho territorial treasurer's
department be made at that time. Pos
sibly II will never be made, Mccarthy,
himself, is now-out Of job
Indignant that Colonel Mccarthy
plans to throw out OF employment
everybody, high and low, of long and
short service In the department, Conk
ling has refused to resign until he is
given assurance that such q vicious
scheme is not to be carried out.
Mccarthy has not only cut HIS
bridges as far as his municipal posi-.
ton is concerned, but no has made
promises of positions to scores of per.
sons over the Islands. There are be-
tween $50 and 800 positions directly
or Indirectly in the gift Of the terri
torial treasurer, and these he has
agreed to pass out to disgruntled Dem
Ocrats with a lavish hand, provided
they hustle on election day for Link
MeCahdless -"
Scheme Was Election Bait
This gift OF jobs was all planned out
as an election day coup, and upon IL
rested the hopes Of the Democrats for
their many factions to be sm0othed
over Palmer Woods, il is understood
was to be made marriage license com
missioner here; A, v. Gear was to take
Henry q, Hapai's place as deputy
treasurer and registrar Of public ac
counts; and numerous other Democrats
had had some sop or other, in the way
Of a job, offered to them.
The roar that doubtless will 90 up
when saturday dawns and Mccarthy
fails TO take office win pe heard, fig
uratively ut least, from one end of the
Islands to the other from the jobs-in,
the promise m0n.,. .a. ~. x.
+ On the other hand, citizons who have
the best interests Of the Territory at
heart arc appiauaing heartily the posi-
tion taken by Conkling Rather than
see the offiee abused for political pur,
pc SEES, he has taken the position that
his, duty as a citizen to retain his
5IfONNHb uiil't uuiti htNdTIiy SHOWS lhdl
be intends to act in good faith to eff,
Gent and departmental employees in
taking over the post,
Coukling win Be Elected \.
Cohklihg Himself was the successful
Republican candidate for the position
of city treasurer in the primary, and be
doubtless win be elected, judging from
the heavy vote he polled In both dis
tricts, at the general election Tuesday
lie has carried ON his campaign max
ing hardly any personal canvass. In
deed, he was not in the Territory dur
ing the primary campaign, being in
Washington and New York tho entire
time on official business.
Gonkling planned to devote the timS
between Saturday and election day u
strenuous campaign for his election
but since he learned Of the pi6t afooi
20 be carried out with McCarthy's In
duction into office, he has abandoned
his campaign, program altogether, con
WINGED that his duty TO the public lies